Famous Figures
The first person to be awarded two Nobel Prizes. First for her research of the radiation phenomena, and second for the discovery of elements radium and polonium
Who is Marie Curie?
Sometimes called "Medusa" for its deadliness from being in the same room as it, this mass of radioactive material was created in 1986
Utensil invented in 1200 BCE used in Chinese food markets
What are Chopsticks?
This famous movie monster was created as a metaphor for nuclear weapons
What is Godzilla?
Mythical Greek figure with a name meaning "afterthought"
Who is Epimethius?
The planets of the Solar System named in order from starting from closest to the Sun according to the IAU
What are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune?
Name of the first city
What is Jericho?
What is Damascus?
Although often depicted as on opposite sides of the world these two countries in the top five countries by land mass have a border only 2.4 miles apart
What are Russia and the United States
This 20th Century author is the creator of the philosophical system known as Objectivism, is best known for writing the book title 'Atlas Shrugged'
Who is Ayn Rand?
Type of data storage that fell out of fashion for usage in computers during the late 1980s
What is magnetic tape?
Often misattributed to originating from when people were burned at the stake in France, this word more likely came from a derogatory term for 16th century English women who sold firewood
What is the f-slur?
Often considered offensive to Irish Nationalists this anti-war song from 1994 spent 23 weeks on the No. 1 US Billboard Alternative Airplay chart
What is Zombie by The Cranberries?
This ancient Greek philosopher is now most well known by the quote, "Behold I have brought you a man!" While gesturing to a plucked chicken
Who is Diogenes?
When a person has a variation in the olfactory gene OR6A2 this food item is described as tasting like soap
Cilantro
Event during the early widespread adoption of the World Wide Web resulting in many startups that ended in March of 2000
What is the dot-com bubble?
Name of the time zone of the East coast of the United States from mid-March to early-November
What is Eastern Daylight Time?
The name often used as a placeholder in English speaking countries when a man's name is unknown
Who is John Doe?
Also known as the "God Particle" this elementary particle was final discovered in 2012, 48 years after it was first proposed
What is the Higgs Boson?
This ancient Greek philosopher's name has been lost to time, the only name now known is their wrestling title
Who is Plato?
The reconstructed ancestor of all four of the following languages: Russian, English, Hindi, and Greek
What is Proto-Indo-European?