American History
He was the only person to serve two nonconsecutive terms as president.
Grover Cleveland
She told 1,000 stories to avoid being beheaded.
Who is Scheherazade?
Opossums, kangaroos and Tasmanian devils are among what type of animal that carries its young in a pouch.
What is a marsupial?
You might eat one on this day, but that’s not what the day is named after.
What is Pi Day?
This bank was established in 1474 by a goblin.
What is Gringotts?
This sticky situation occurred in Boston’s North End on January 15, 1919.
What is the Great Molasses Flood?
He is doomed to repeatedly push a large boulder up a hill.
Sisyphus
Broccoli, cabbage, collard greens, kale, and Brussels sprouts are all examples of this genus of plants.
What is brassica?
The Greek mathematician Pythagoras discovered this formula that describes the sides of a right triangle.
What is a squared plus b squared = c squared?
According to this short lived alternative to the Gregorian Calendar, today's date is 24 Germinal CCXXIX.
What is the Republican (or Revolutionary) Calendar?
The songs "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" and "Free fallin'" were among those banned from radio play in response to this event.
What is 9/11?
This giant lumberjack was often accompanied by Babe the Blue Ox.
Who is Paul Bunyan?
The oldest living one of these is over 5,000 years old and lives in California.
What is a tree? (Bristlecone pine)
This area of mathematical study was independently discovered by both Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz in the 17th century.
What is Calculus?
In 1984, this American pop musician won eight Grammy awards in one night, a record that has not been broken since.
Who is Michael Jackson?
In 1916, this American became the world's first billionaire.
Who is John D. Rockefeller?
Possesions, alien abductions, and other nighttime encounters from various folklores may originate from people experiencing this relatively common medical issue.
What is sleep paralysis?
Mya arenaria is the Latin name of this popular food item native to the salt marsh.
What is soft shell clam?
This mathematical series beginning with zero, in which each number is the sum of the two preceding, forms the design for some seashells and flowers.
What is the Fibonacci series?
This second-longest river in Europe flows through four capitals, including Budapest and Belgrade.
What is the Danube?
The International Monetary Fund was established at this New England hotel in 1944.
What is the Mountain Washington Hotel?
According to German and Austrian folklore, this demonic counterpart to Santa Claus appears during the Christmas season to scare children who misbehave.
Who is Krampus?
This common weed was called ‘white man’s footstep’ by Native Americans because it followed European settling.
What is plantain?
This letter represents the square root of negative one.
What is i?
This fictional drug, first depicted in Hunter S. Thompson's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, is now a central part of the Q-Anon conspiracy theory.