Blasts from the Past
The accident at this nuclear generation station in 1979 remains the most serious commercial nuclear power plant accident in U.S. history.
What is Three Mile Island?
For 27 years, Greece’s northernmost administrative region and their northern neighbor shared this name, until both countries signed the Prespa Agreement in 2018, ending the naming dispute.
What is Macedonia?
He started out as a member of the English rock band The Herd and Humble Pie, but left in 1971 to establish himself as a solo artist.
Who is Peter Frampton?
Calvin Cordozar Brodis Jr. was born in Long Beach, California, and loved the cartoon Peanuts as a kid, which inspired his stage name.
Who is Snoop Dogg?
Early 19th century embalmers often used arsenic-based fluids, until August Wilhelm von Hofmann discovered this less toxic gas.
What is formaldehyde?
In 2020, an explosion in this Middle Eastern capital city was caused by the accidental detonation of improperly stored ammonium nitrate.
What is Beirut?
He’s the Titan from Greek mythology who stole fire from Mount Olympic to give to man, which made Zeus quite upset.
Who is Prometheus?
He lives in Quahog, Rhode Island with his wife Lois, three kids, and a talking dog.
Who is Peter Griffin?
Because her sister was named Hennessy, Belcalis Almanzar was often called Bacardi, which was eventually changed to this.
Who is Cardi B?
Due to safety concerns, there are more than 200 corpses here that are likely to never be recovered, though they remain largely preserved due to the temperature.
What is Mount Everest?
In 1815, this Indonesian volcano erupted and killed more than 71,000 people, the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history.
What is Mount Tambora?
This is the river that separates the living from the underworld; it’s what the dead must cross in order to enter the realm of Hades.
What is the River Styx?
He was raised in Queens by his Aunt May and Uncle Ben, and fought street crimes until his mentor Tony recruited him to fight bigger things.
Who is Peter Parker?
Elizabeth Woolridge Grant wanted a name that sounded classic old Hollywood to match her artistic persona and style of music, and she landed on this.
What is Lana Del Rey?
Scientists refer to all of the diseases and microbiomes that break down decaying organic matter as this.
What is the necrobiome?
Evangelos Florakis Naval Base, located on this island, experienced a significant accidental explosion of military materials in 2011, basically decimating nearby Vasilikos Power Station.
What is Cyprus?
She’s the queen of the gods and wife of Zeus who presides over weddings, guards marriages, and protests mothers.
Who is Hera?
He’s baseball’s all-time hits leader, but not exactly the player with the greatest moral character.
Who is Pete Rose?
By the time she became a well-known actress, Demetria Gene Guynes had already begun going by a shortened version of her first name, and had taken her then-husband’s last name.
Who is Demi Moore?
The idea that one should be buried this far underground comes from a 1665 plague outbreak in England, when the London mayor decreed the burial limit to prevent the spread of disease.
What is six feet deep/under?
The GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) was designed during the war in Iraq for large surface targets; colloquially, MOAB is also short for this.
What is the Mother Of All Bombs?
The countries’ official name isn’t Greece, but this Republic.
What is Hellenic?
He plays Tyrion Lannister in The Game of Thrones.
Who is Peter Dinklage?
This man was born Eric Marlon Bishop, but changed his name to something more gender neutral when he noticed that female comedians would always score a time slot during comedy shows.
Who is Jamie Foxx?
Macklemore has heard that you die twice: “Once when they bury you in the grave, and the second time is the last time that somebody” does this.
What is “mentions your name?”