Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
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History by Stephanie Meyer
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If you get this Wrong you're Homophobic
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How many books are in the original 'Twilight' Saga by Stephanie Meyer?
4
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This spunky French peasant girl claimed to hear the word of God who wanted her to help lead the French to victory in the Hundred Years War.
Who is Joan of Arc?
1
According to Stephanie Meyer Rosalie's family had a very successful career in this during the Great Depression.
What is banking?
1
This classic author of the regency era is best known for her book "Pride and Prejudice".
Who is Jane Austen
1
This all-seeing trivia game can play up to 26 players and, and involves pyramids, maps, secret codes, and Julius Caesar.
What is Ubi?
1
This 1969 uprising is touted as the catalyst of the gay rights movement.
What is Stonewall?
2
In the first 'Twilight' book, what does Bella order when on her first date with Edward in Port Angeles?
Mushroom Ravioli
2
This inbred European dynasty ruled the western world for years with two primary branches in Spain and Austria. They are best known for their unfortunately long chins.
Who are the Hapsburg?
2
In the Quileute origin story, a wandering transformer created their tribe by transforming a wolf into a medicine man. According to Stephanie Meyer, the Quileute people actually transform into wolves, to do this.
What is to fight vampires?
2
This 2021 book by Zakiya Dalila Harris which takes place in a publishing company was later developed into a television series released on Hulu.
What is The Other Black Girl?
2
This game featuring hikers and a violent weather event, is difficult to find in working condition due to a fragile spinning mechanism.
What is Tornado Rex?
2
This sexuality, meaning to be attracted to people of all genders, regardless of gender identity.
What is pansexual?
3
How many medical degree's does Edward Cullen have?
2
3
Empress Elizabeth of Austria also known as Cici was best known for this feature. She would dedicate whole days to taking care of it.
What is her hair?
3
Electroshock therapy was first suggested and tested in the late 1930s with the first recordings of its use in 1941 at McLean Hospital in MA. This was the year that Stephanie Meyer has Alice receive so much electroshock therapy that it "drove her to the brink of insanity".
What is 1920?
3
This 54 book series explores themes of race, class, mortality, and what it means to be human through the lens of the young protagonists who are subjected to physical and psychological torment.
What is Animorphs?
3
This childhood matching game contains a board with holes on it laid on top of a dial containing several sets of pictures (and also shares a name with a fantasy creature created by Bee).
What is Husker Du?
3
This pride flag is named for this city, in which it was created.
What is Philadelphia?
4
Jane and Alec are the most feared members of the Volturi guard, using their abilities to inflict psychic pain and sensory depravation on their victims. They were saved by Aro is the 800s from this type of execution.
Burned at the stake
4
This Chinese concubine turned empress was coined for having said "I only need three things to subordinate it: an iron whip, an iron hammer, and a sharp dagger" when attempting to tame a stallion for the emporer.
Who is empress Wu Xetian?
4
According to Stephanie Meyer, in 1663 Carlisle Cullen was attacked by an ancient vampire hiding in the London sewer system. He then lived there, dealing with his shame and suicidal thoughts. In this century the London Sewer System was actually constructed and finished. Bonus points for the years.
What is the nineteenth century (1800s)? (specifically 1865-1875)
4
This reimagined fairy tale by Ava Reid, drawn from Jewish and Hungarian folklore is based on Grimm's fairytale about a man who eats his own son for dinner. While the book deviates greatly from the source, you can still count on the cannibalism.
What is Juniper and Thorn?
4
This 1986 board game advertises the ability to help you "explore the personalities of your fellow players, survive crisis, and escape psychosis".
What is Therapy the Board Game?
4
This woman was the first trans person to win a grammy, and is best known for creating the musical scores for Tron, A Clockwork Orange, and the Shining.
Who is Wendy Carlos?
5
Who killed Buttcrack Santa?
James, Victoria, and Laurent
5
This last sovereign monarch of the Hawaiian kingdom and the composer of Aloha'Oe.
Who is Lili'uokalani?
5
According to Stephanie Meyer, in the 1600s this religious sect carried out crusades against witchcraft, burning many people at the stake, despite evidence to the contrary.
What is Anglicanism?
5
This trilogy (which are Carson's favorite books) center around a woman vying for power in a complex political game, and has been touted as a "catalyst for the feminist shift in fantasy literature in the late 1980s to early 1990s".
What is the Empire Trilogy?
5
This 1973 board game was released only months after the scandal it is based on, and is advertised as "fun for the whole family. Nobody wins this game."
What is Watergate the Board Game?
5
This trans woman was known in the 1800s as a frontier woman, interior designer, midwife, wife, member of the Montana calvary, and famed tamale chef.
Who is Mrs. Nash?