Literature
In George Orwell’s 1984, this omnipresent leader is always “watching you.”
Big Brother
This sci-fi franchise features lightsabers, Jedi, and the Force.
Star Wars
This Mongol ruler, the grandson of Genghis Khan, founded the Yuan dynasty in China.
Khublai Khaan
This planet is known as the Red Planet.
Mars
This city is the capital of Japan.
Tokyo
This Russian author wrote Crime and Punishment, exploring guilt and morality through the character Raskolnikov.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
This singer is known as "Queen Bey."
Beyonce
This successor of Kublai Khan was the last Yuan emperor, overthrown by the Ming dynasty in 1368.
Togoon Tumur
This organ pumps blood throughout the human body.
Heart
What celebrity starred as Cat Valentine in the Nickelodeon show "Sam & Cat"
Ariana Grande
This author of Frankenstein also wrote The Last Man, one of the earliest examples of post-apocalyptic fiction.
Mary Shelley
This Netflix show, set in the 1980s, features the Upside Down and a girl named Eleven.
Stranger Things
This secretive assembly of Mongol nobles, held to elect a new Khan, was an essential political institution in steppe governance.
Khuraldai (Ikh Khuraldai)
This branch of science studies heredity and genetic traits.
Genetics
On the SAT, this punctuation mark is used to introduce a list, explanation, or example after an independent clause.
Colon
This Shakespearean tragedy features witches, a prophecy, and the famous line, “Out, damned spot!”
Macbeth
This 2020 K-pop song by BTS became the first fully Korean-language single to top the Billboard Hot 100.
Dynamite
This Venetian traveler visited the court of Kublai Khan and described Mongol wealth and culture in Il Milione.
Marco Polo
Known for its ability to regenerate lost limbs, this amphibian can regrow entire arms, legs, and even parts of its heart.
Axolotl
This Middle Eastern capital was once called Byzantium and Constantinople.
Istanbul
This novel opens with the line, “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”
Pride and Prejudice
Directed by Denis Villeneuve, this 2021 sci-fi epic was based on Frank Herbert's classic novel.
Dune
The Mongols attempted to invade Japan twice in the 13th century, but their fleets were destroyed by typhoons the Japanese called this.
Kamikaze
This space telescope, launched in 2021, replaced Hubble as the most powerful space observatory.
James Webb Telescope
This dance, created by 14-year-old Charli D'Amelio, became one of TikTok's most popular trends.
Renegade