Literature
In The Premature Burial, Poe explores the narrator's deep fear of being buried alive, a fear common in this literary period
The American Gothic period
The “Wednesday” series is based on which author’s work?
Edgar Allan Poe
The Boston Tea Party was a key event leading to this war between American colonists and the British Empire
The American Revolutionary War
Which African country is associated with the Apartheid system?
South Africa
This country sold the Louisiana Territory to the United States in 1803, doubling the size of the U.S.
France
Which poem tells the story of a beautiful woman whose death leads to madness in the narrator?
Annabel Lee
This director is known for his frequent collaborations with Johnny Depp, creating films such as Edward Scissorhands and Sleepy Hollow
This term describes the forced migration of Native Americans from their ancestral lands, which led to thousands of deaths during the 1830s
The Trail of Tears
In 2022, British tabloid the Daily Star started a live stream of a vegetable, betting it would last longer than Liz Truss’ time in office. What vegetable did they use?
A lettuce
This famous British explorer was the first European to reach Australia and claimed it for England in 1770
Captain James Cook
This Poe story is set in an opulent abbey where nobles are hiding from a deadly plague, only to meet their doom at a masked ball
The Masque of the Red Death
This actor starred in almost 300 film roles over a nearly 70-year career, including as Dracula and as Saruman in The Lord of the Rings
Christopher Lee
On the Oregon Trail, many settlers died from this common illness due to poor sanitation and contaminated water
Dysentry
This U.S. President served during the Great Depression and World War II, holding office from 1933 to 1945
Franklin D. Roosevelt
The first country to grant women the right to vote
New Zealand in 1893
There’s a corpse of an old man under the floorboards, but his killer can still hear something coming from him. What part of his body is still working?
His heart (from The Tell-Tale Heart)
Adapted to film in 2013, this story is based on the 1853 memoir by Solomon Northup, who was kidnapped and sold into slavery
12 Years a Slave
The Battles of Lexington and Concord (1775) are best known for marking the start of this historical event
The American Revolution
This Nigerian activist won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 for her efforts to combat the problem of child labor and for her advocacy of education for girls, particularly in the face of the Boko Haram insurgency
Malala Yousafzai
This novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie depicts the impact of the Nigerian Civil War on the lives of three characters, exploring themes of love, loyalty, and the struggle for survival
Half of a Yellow Sun
This novel follows the life of a young boy named Rajkumar and is set against the backdrop of the British colonization of Burma, exploring themes of displacement, identity, and the effects of colonialism
The Glass Palace
This 1994 film directed by Frank Darabont is based on a Stephen King novella and tells the story of a banker wrongly imprisoned for murder
The Shawshank Redemption
This act, passed in 1863 during the U.S. Civil War, declared that all enslaved people in Confederate-held territory were free
The Emancipation Proclamation
In 2021, this U.S. state became the first to offer free community college education to all residents regardless of income
California
This 1972 film, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, is based on a novel by Mario Puzo and is considered one of the greatest films of all time
The Godfather