Fictional Geography
In between the Misty Mountains and the River Anduin lies this Kingdom, Gondor's northern counterpart.
What is Rohan?
This 1959 Hitchcock film with a directional name starred Cary Grant.
What is North By Northwest?
This 4th-century priest argued that Christ was created and not co-eternal with God before being punched in the face by jolly old St. Nick.
What is Arius?
This Roman general defeated Hannibal at the Battle of Zama and won the 2nd Punic War.
Who is Scipio Africanus?
Nikola Tesla, inventor of Alternating Current, emigrated from this country to the U.S.
What is Serbia?
This castle lies on the eastern shore of Narnia.
What is Cair Paravel?
This Disney Renaissance movie was the first feature-length animated film nominated for "Best Picture."
What is Beauty & The Beast?
Condemned at the Council of Ephesus, this belief held that Christ’s human and divine natures were separate persons.
What is Nestorianism?
This war, fought between Athens & Sparta, was fought between 431-404 BC.
What is the Peloponnesian War?
This inventor of the World Wide Web introduced it in 1989 while working at CERN.
Who is Tim Berners-Lee?
This River flows through the land of the dead, according to the Ancient Greeks, as well as in 'Percy Jackson.'
What is the River Styx?
This 1927 German expressionist film directed by Fritz Lang depicts a dystopian city sharply divided by class.
What is Metropolis?
This dualistic religion, once followed by St. Augustine before his conversion, taught a cosmic struggle between light and darkness.
What is Manichaeism?
This dynasty collapsed in 220 AD, resulting in the Three Kingdoms Wars.
What is the Han?
Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1877, and insisted that this be used as a greeting when making a call.
What is "ahoy!"
DAILY DOUBLE Located in the American south, some speculate that this District was a failed "career district."
What is District 11?
In this Spielberg film, Spielberg managed to cameo himself eating popcorn in a reflection.
What is "The Lost World?"
This late 1st Century heresy centered around the belief that Jesus only appeared human, and that Christ's only nature was his Divine Nature.
What is Docetism?
Hannibal's father, this Carthaginian general was crucial in the first and second Punic Wars.
Who is Hamilcar Barca?
DAILY DOUBLE Although he didn't technically 'invent' the Periodic Table, this Russian chemist was the first to discover it and map it out.
Who is Dmitri Mendeleev?
Obi-Wan's geography may not be the best, as this Tatooine city is much closer to the Skywalker farm than Mos Eisley according to maps.
What is Mos Espa?
This 1935 film was the first to use three-strip technicolor, which was later popularized by "The Wizard of Oz."
What is Becky Sharp?
This early heretic denied Jesus' divine nature and that Jewish customs still be strictly enforced.
Who is Cerinthus?
This naval battle, fought off the coast of Sicily in 256 BC, involved over 700 ships and resulted in a Roman Victory.
What is the Battle of Cape Ecnomus?
Often overshadowed by Edison, this inventor held patents for early motion picture technology, including the Kinetoscope.
Who is William Kennedy Laurie Dickson?