Ancient
Maenads were female followers of this deity. Also known as the god of wine and vegetation.
Bacchus or Dionysus
This animal spread the Black Plague.
Fleas (on rats)
This 17th-century friar in Spanish Florida claimed fluency in the Timucua (Mocama) language.
Fray Francisco de Pareja
Coca-Cola no longer contains this original ingredient.
Cocaine
The Britannic and the Olympic were the sister ships of this infamous cruise ship.
The Titanic
The Temple of Artemis was located in this city.
Ephesus
In 1492, Isabella I of Castille and Ferdinand II of Aragon funded Christopher Columbus. They also completed this military campaign.
The Reconquista
This was the art and printing capital of the 16th century Northern European Renaissance.
Antwerp, Netherlands
Painter Vincent Van Gogh was from this country.
The Netherlands
This North African country won independence from France in 1962.
Algeria
This is the name of Alexander the Great’s horse.
Bucephalus
This ancient Mesoamerican empire is younger than Oxford University.
The Aztec Empire
Some scholars have theorized that the Salem witch panic could have been caused by this.
Ergot fungus on rye
This man was titled America’s first serial killer.
H.H. Holmes
This German physical fitness trainer invented a new type of exercise in the 1920s, named after himself, which has recently become popular with college girls and suburban moms.
Joseph Pilates
This Egyptian god of chaos is linked to deserts, storms, disorder, violence, and foreigners.
Set/Seth/Setesh/Seti
This Persian physician is considered the father of modern medicine.
Ibn Sina/Avicenna
This Chachapoyan city was abandoned in the 16th century, and is now often compared to Macchu Picchu by tourists.
Kuélap, Peru
This French queen spent the equivalent of $20,000 per day on clothing.
Marie Antoinette
These two nations have lost official wars against birds (name at least one).
Australia (Great Emu War of 1932) and China (Four Pests Campaign 1958-1962)
He is remembered in the oldest known written complaint for selling poor quality copper in ancient Ur.
Ea-Nasir
Ogham (Oh-um) is the name of the medieval alphabet from this European nation.
Ireland
In 1652, Jan Van Riebeeck established a base at this location on the African continent.
The Cape of Good Hope (Cape Town, South Africa)
This famous royal couple was celibate for eight years.
Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI
Activists (famously, 8-year-old Jennifer Keelan with cerebral palsy) did a “Capitol Crawl” up the Capitol steps to fight for the passing of the Americans with Disabilities Act of this year.
1990