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This peninsula, the namesake of an 1853-56 war, likely inspired this 2002 Justin Timberlake track about his previous relationship with Britney Spears.
What is Crimea (Cry Me A) River?
This Baltimore author of "The Gold Bug" and "The Black Cat" said "Nevermore" to Tai Lung, the antagonist of this Chinese character's 2008 debut film.
Who is Edgar Allen Po (the panda from Kung Fu Panda)?
A member of this 17th group of the periodic table probably doesn't include Alex Bach, but those born a few years later were part of this first demographic group to have never known a world without smartphones.
What is Halogen Alpha?
This Frank Sinatra track, illegal to karaoke in the Philippines, and whose instrumental version concludes episodes of Neon Genesis: Evangelion, was inspired by the lunar reflection of Lake Lucerne and is also known as Piano Sonata No. 14 or Quasi una fantasia.
What is "Fly Me to the Moonlight Sonata"?
This author of One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish was the youngest of six children of Cronus and Rhea and was ultimately the chief god of Greek mythology.
Who is Dr. Zeus?
This ursine family, the namesake of popular children's books, and whose spelling of which is subject to extreme debate, adopted a Prussian-born army officer famous for leading the reformation of the Continental Army.
Who is Berenstain Baron von Steuben?
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This Victorian author, one of three sisters who were published under the pseudonym "Bell," was drafted first overall in the 2003 NBA Draft out of high school in Akron, Ohio, and is today the oldest active NBA player.
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While he may be considered the GOAT, this novel by the aforementioned author features the nickname of this other player often considered the GOAT, a (mostly) career Chicago Bull with six rings.
What is Charlotte LeBronte's novel Jane Air Jordan?
This group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth, which can be treated with chemotherapy or radiation therapy, unlikely afflicted this Knight of the Round Table, a secret lover of Arthur's wife Guinevere whose name is often affixed with "of the Lake" or, in Chretien de Troyes' original French version, "du Lac."
What is Cancer Lancelot?
This German architect, a pioneer of modern architecture and last director of the Bauhaus, famous for his "less is more" aphorism, merrily, merrily penned this nursery rhyme which has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19236.
Who is Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Rohe, Rohe Your Boat?
This Norse god, married to Sigyn, and father of Fenrir and Jormungandr, makes delicious doughy pastries at this fictional bakery aptly created by Quinn Mosher.
What is Loki Buns?
This British suffragette, who founded the Women's Franchise League and staged hunger strikes with her daughters and other members of the Women's Social and Political Union, made plenty of this in her life, the study of the past from a feminist perspective.
Who is Emmaline Pankhurstory (Herstory)?
This former tennis prodigy and postmodern essayist of "Derivative Sport in Tornado Alley" found himself in the crosshairs of a penguin foe named Feathers McGraw, but luckily was accompanied by his canine friend, a beagle with a propensity for knitting.
Who is David Foster Wallace & Gromit?
This talent show, which features live performances ranging from opera singing to ventriloquism, and has been won by the ukelele-wielding Grace VanderWaal, was notably not won by this German polymath who developed calculus independent of contemporary Isaac Newton.
What is America's Gottfried Leibniz?
This 2003 Jack Black flick about a guitar-playing substitute teacher and bestower of anti-"the Man" propaganda unlikely featured a cameo from this Russian composer of Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, despite his prolific Lawrence-esque piano skills
What is School of Rachmaninoff?
This 1998 Antonio Banderas film, his first turn as the titular masked swordsman with a famous zed-shaped slash signal, would not be welcome in the Towers of Silence of this ancient Persian religion that venerates Ahura Mazda.
What is The Mask of Zoroastrianism?
In Sinnoh, one can choose to start with this fiery simeon, though few would anticipate he would grow up to be this Stalwart Republican who assassinated James Garfield in 1881.
Who is Chimcharles Guiteau?
This Philip Larkin poem, which instructs the reader to not "have any kids yourself" after sympathizing with his parents' rough upbringing, was written well after this Gallic king and chieftain of the Arverni tribe united the Gauls in a failed revolt against Julius Caesar.
What is "This Be The Vercingetorix"?
This powerhouse of the cell, an organelle that produces adenosine triphosphate or ATP, is possessed by all living human beings including this Italian tenor whose blindness was caused by a rogue soccer ball. Perhaps his most famous track is notably sung by Will Ferrell's Brennan Huff during the Catalina Wine Mixer that concludes Step Brothers.
What is Mitochondria Bocelli?
This artistic movement founded in England in the 1800s, which featured William Holman Hunt, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and his wife/muse Elizabeth Siddal, had little to do with this union of Pullman employees headed by A. Philip Randolph.
What is the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters?
This Swiss psychiatrist, a contemporary of Freud and Adler who founded analytical psychology and conceived of the Apollonian and Dionysian archetypes, was the centerpiece of this spin-off sitcom starring Iain Armitage as the title nerd.
Who is Carl Jung Sheldon?
Incidents of this kind in Bohemia occurred in 1419, 1483, and 1618, and potentially inspired this broad genre of music often associated with Pink Floyd and Yes, characterized by its eclectic instrumentation and long solos.
What are Defenestrations of Prog-Rock?
The Costco guys, chiefly A.J. and Big Justice, performed this debut single of theirs in 2024, though its magical realism was pre-dated by this Latin American literary movement associated with Cortazar, Fuentes, Vargas Llosa, and Garcia Marquez.
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What is "We Bring El Boom"?
This three-letter initialism, a recording of the heart's electrical activity through repeated cardiac cycles, likely registers increases in heart rate when one listens to the hip-hop jams of this group of East Coast rappers led by 50 Cent.
What is EKG-Unit? (accept: ECG-Unit)
This body of water, home to a "surgeon's photograph" of a creature now known to have been a hoax, has probably been visited by Luciano Pavarotti, whose performance of this aria from Turandot never fails to make Mr. Haisten weep.
What is "Loch Nessun Dorma"?
This collection of bovines, the subject of Heracles's tenth labor, possibly inspired this epic 1976 track by Kansas, which saw a resurgence in popularity after its prominent inclusion in Guitar Hero 2.
What is the cattle of Geryon My Wayward Son?