Victorian England
According to genealogy, this person was the grandmother to Queen Elizabeth II and great grandmother to King Charles III
Who was Queen Victoria?
According to legend these brothers founded the eternal city in 753 BCE
Who are Romulus and Remus?
This Great Plains tribe is known for their horsemanship and are often associated with the Battle of Little Bighorn
What is the Lakota Sioux?
This toxic chemical compound could be found in the dyes and clothing throughout the late 18th and 19th century. It was also highly sought after
What is Arsenic?
Ths furry mascot was adopted in 1995
Who is Wolfie?
Due to the Victorian's love of this starch, this left Ireland in a state of distress and furthered their hatred of the English.
What is the Potato Famine of 1845?
According to Cato this mortal enemy of the Early Republic "Delenda est"
What/ Who was Carthago/ Carthage?
This sacred mountain in the Black Hills of South Dakota is of great importance to the Lakota people and is known to them as "He Sapa"
What is Bear Butte?
The first models were men
Ex. "Every three months the tailors renew the shape of thier suits; so they send for one of these gentlemen, dress him, and senf him on the town. The young man, called a mannequin, shows himself in the spaces consecrated by the incroyables; he listens to and welcome their advice, and according to the majority; the clothing is rejected if it is abominable; but if it is judged divine, then it is unanimously adopted."
(Les Nouvelles Parisiennes, by Etienne-Francois Bazot, 1814)
This alumni of Stony Brook is the youngest actor to be awarded the Academy Award for the best actor, it was for his performance in "The Pianist"
Who is Adrien Brody?
The Victorian Era had a large influx of inventors, one of these inventors is contributed to the discovery of the telephone
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
Know to us as the Colosseum, this marvel of ancient engineering may have been called this by the Romans
What is the Flavian Amphitheater?
This language, famously used as a code during WWII, belongs to the Diné people
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What is Navajo?
The beauty standards or even ideals in the Tang Dynasty (7th- 10th century CE) in China are...
What is plumpness?
*Faces, waists- the rounder you were, the better. This is due to the fact that wealth was associated with eating well and having a plump figure is one way of showing that.
In this year Stony Brook University was established. It would go on to be a flagship public institution
What is 1957?
In novels such as "North and South", "Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", "The Picture of Dorian Gray", and "On the Origins of Species" all attributed to...
His name is missing from this list of the 5 good emperors: Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Marcus Aurelius, -
Who is Antoninus Pious?
This late 19th-century religious movement, practiced by the Paiute and later by other Plains tribes, promised the return of ancestors, the disappearance of settlers, and a restoration of the land
What is the Ghost Dance?
These decorative items got their name from a famous river in the port city of Strasbourg on the border of France and Germany
What are Rhinestones?
Prior to Wolfie establishing dominance in Stony Brook University, these were the Stony Brook Mascots since 1966
Who are the Patriots?
What are the The Factory Act (1833), The Mines Act (1842), and The Ten Hour Act (1847)?
The greatest right hand man in history, he is responsible for the construction of the Pantheon and helped pave the way for Augustus to secure all power in the Empire by defeating Marcus Antonius at Actium in 31 BCE
Who is Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa?
Sign in 1868, this treaty promised the Sioux the Black Hills, through the U.S. later took back the land due to gold discoveries
What is the Treaty of Fort Laramie?
The inspiration behind pants was based on this character from this Venetian theater show
Who is Pantalone? and What is Commedia dell'arte
in 1974 researchers at the university successfully captured this, it was the first time this had been done on a living organism
What is an MRI?