History's Purr-fect Players
During the Middle Ages, people thought cats were evil and got rid of them. Big mistake! Without cats to hunt rats, this deadly disease spread across Europe.
A scandal in the Tudor court! This King has broken with the Pope simply to divorce his wife and marry that Boleyn girl. Who is this monarch with a penchant for chopping off heads?
Who is Henry VIII?
This is the specific study of various aspects of human society. It is also the subject you are currently sitting in, so please, for the love of everything, get this right.
What is Social Studies?
Europe was in its 'flop era' for centuries. But then, around the 1400s, they had a major glow-up with art, science, and philosophy. Leonardo da Vinci was the main influencer, and the vibes were immaculate.
What is the Renaissance?
Woolly Mammoths were still walking the earth when the Egyptians were busy building these massive stone structures.
What are the pyramids?
Ancient Egyptians loved their cats so much they would remove this part of their body as a sign of mourning when their cat died.
What is an eyebrow?
Is it not true that this French Queen is shockingly out of touch? Rumor has it that when told her starving peasants had no bread, she simply shrugged and suggested they eat cake. Can you name this doomed royal?
Who is Marie Antoinette?
This is the academic term for 'Copying and Pasting from Wikipedia (or ChatGPT) and hoping the teacher doesn't notice the font size changed.
What is plagiarism?
Before this era, everyone was living that cottage-core life on farms. Then suddenly, it was all about that factory grindset, coal smoke, and child labor. 0/10 working conditions.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
This prestigious English university is actually older than the Aztec Empire.
What is Oxford University?
Ernest Hemingway was a famous author who loved cats with a genetic mutation that gave them this feature, also known as being polydactyl.
What are six-toes?
A scandal in the Roman Senate! Leaders have conspired against this leader on the Ides of March. Even his friend Brutus has turned his back. Et tu?
Who is Julius Caesar?
Humans drew these imaginary grid lines all over the Earth because we love organization. One set goes North-South, the other goes East-West. Good luck remembering which is which.
What are latitude and longitude?
The ancient Romans had this massive stadium where gladiators would literally throw hands and unalive each other just for clout.
What is the Colosseum?
France was still using the Guillotine to execute criminals when this famous movie premiered in theaters in 1977.
What is Star Wars (a New Hope)?
This was the first President to bring a cat to the White House. He famously fed his cat, Tabby, using a gold utensil during a formal dinner.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Dearest Gentle-reader, one wonders if the rebels in Boston have gone too far? They disguised themselves and tossed 342 chests of the King's cargo into the harbor! Whatever shall we call this destructive soirée?
What is the Boston Tea Party?
If you were actually at the protest, your selfie is this type of source. If you just read about the protest in a textbook 50 years later, it's a Secondary source.
What is a primary source?
This ancient trade route was the O.G. Amazon Prime. You could order fancy fabric from China and get it delivered to Rome... but the shipping time was like, two years. Zero stars.
What is the Silk Road?
You could play a card game made by this famous video game company in 1889, at the exact same time Jack the Ripper was terrorizing London.
What is Nintendo?
In the 1960s, the CIA spent $20 million trying to turn a cat into a spy by putting a microphone in its ear. The project failed immediately because the cat got distracted by food. The project was called 'Operation This... (Consider guitars!)
What is Acoustic Kitty?
A duel at dawn? How very dramatic. It seems the Vice President has shot the former Secretary of the Treasury! A Founding Father is dead, and Mr. Burr is on the run. One wonders if he threw away his shot?
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, which guarantee your basic freedoms, are collectively known as this.
What are the Bill of Rights?
In 1692, this town was acting totally sus. People started accusing their neighbors of being witches just to start drama. It was basically a real-life game of Among Us.
What is the Salem?
It sounds crazy, but this famous jewelry company, known for its blue boxes, was founded in 1837... which is before Italy became a unified country. You could buy a diamond ring before you could visit 'Italy'.
What is Tiffany & Co.?