Battles in Poem
On hills of Pennsylvania, cannons roar,
Three bloody days that shook the core.
A Union stands, though torn by war.
What is (the Battle of) Gettysburg?
Game of Thrones author George R. R. Martin modeled his sketch of Westeros after this far-off borough of New York City.
What is Staten Island?
In Einstein’s famous formula E = mc2 which forms a relationship between mass and energy, c represents this.
What is the speed of light?
Marshall Bruce Mathers III
Who is Eminem?
This product of Google, their first, was initially called “BackRub”.
Tony the Tiger does not get to say "Ils sont b-o-ont!" in commercials in Paris, as this American cereal is banned through most of Europe.
What is Frosted Flakes?
In 1815, a fateful night,
Where Napoleon met his final fight.
To allay fears about safety, 21 of these animals were paraded across the Brooklyn Bridge in 1884 with the help of PT Barnum.
What is an elephant?
With fun names such as up, down, strange, and charm, these subatomic particles form other subatomic particles.
What are quarks?
Abel Makkonen Tesfaye
Who is The Weeknd?
The U.S. does this, on net, for automobiles
What is import?
The U.S.D.A. says it is perfectly safe to use this chemical most commonly associated with swimming pools to sanitize chicken. The E.U. has banned its use in chicken since 1997.
What is chlorine?
In frozen Soviet streets where armies bled,
A city of rubble, the Volga ran red.
The Reich's great dream lay cold and dead.
What is (the Battle of) Stalingrad?
This apartment building was the site of the murder of John Lennon and sits close to the Strawberry Fields memorial.
What is the Dakota?
Developed by an Austrian physicist, this thought experiment explains quantum superposition using a feline analogy.
What is Schrödinger’s cat?
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta
Who is Lady Gaga?
These three letters, short for the Latin word for Queen, were found on British coins until the death of the late Queen Elizabeth.
What is reg?
Hoo-hoo! These buttermilk-based treats are a favorite of Doughboy in Minneapolis. If he were to fly to Hungary, he would get hungry, because they are banned there!
What are Pillsbury Biscuits?
An arrow flies, a king will fall,
The Normans rise at England’s call.
In 1066, they’ll rule them all.
What is (the battle of) Hastings?
Having passed through the hands of the Siwanoy, Ann Hutchison, and the Continental Army, this park is the largest in New York City.
What is Pelham Bay Park?
The quote “Every action has an equal and opposite reaction” is most closely associated with Newton’s this numbered law of motion.
What is third?
Shawn Corey Carter
Who is Jay-Z?
This good is the product of lemon slices, sugar, and unmashed fruit.
What is preserve?
You would not have watched the "Be Like Mike" commercials in Vienna as the product that started the ad campaign is banned in Austria due to its use of Yellow 5 and 6 food dye.
What is Gatorade?
On this field, Rome’s legions met their fate,
Hannibal’s tactics sealed their state.
In 216 B.C.E., a loss so great.
What is (the Battle of) Cannae?
The Catherine of Braganza, the rumored namesake of Queens borough, was born in this country.
Where is Portugal?
To the closest order of magnitude, how much faster the speed of light is relative to the speed of sound.
What is 1,000,000?
Kayleigh Rose Amstutz
Who is Chappell Roan?
This Taylor Swift single from Speak Now was written in response to a critic calling her 2010 Grammy Awards performance off key.
What is Mean?
The Irish Supreme Court ruled in 2020 that this chain's sandwich breads are not actually bread, and would have to lower its sugar content to be classified as such.
What is Subway?