Plague
The most common cause for plagues are these, one of the four types of germs: along with bacteria, fungi, and protozoa.
What are viruses?
This Roman city became a ghost town, after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.
What is Pompeii?
President John F. Kennedy was gunned down on a Dallas Motorcade route on November 22nd, 1963 while campaigning for re-election. While many conspiracies have been theorized around this event, the common belief is that this defected marine and Russian sympathizer pulled the trigger.
Who was Lee Harvey Oswald?
When a war is fought between two parties in one nation, it is one of these. China, America, Sri Lanka, Libya, and Syria all have had famous wars of this sorts.
What is a "civil" war?
This type of fictional "apocalypse" refers to when the dead rise and feast on the brains of the living.
What is a "Zombie" apocalypse?
This phrase refers to people who do not vaccinate their children, which the internet believes to be out of fear that they will develop autism, as suggested by Jenny McCarthy.
What is Anti-Vax?
On May 6, 1937, it came crashing down it a ball of fire. "Oh the humanity!"
What was the Hindenburg?
Shot by Sirhan Sirhan in 1968, while on the campaign trail, he could have been the second in his family to be President, but instead he was the second to be assassinated.
When one party willingly goes into an area where a trap has been set up where they are outnumbered, it is referred to as one of these.
What is an "ambush"?
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This term refers to a large area of land where there is no one left living. Often used in Apocalypse films and books.
What is a "wasteland"?
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What was the Titanic?
The most famous stabbing in World History, and possibly the origin of the phrase (stabbed in the back). "Et tu, Brute?"
What was the assassination of Julius Caesar?
In the United States, this is the branch of the government which can declare war.
What is the "Legislative Branch"?
This term is the opposite of a "Utopia" and it means the worst possible civilization or society, often used to describe Apocalypse fiction.
What is a "Dystopia"?
The Spread of COVID-19, heightened in March of 2020, is believed to because of this creature, being eaten in Wuhan, China.
What is a bat?
A Great Earthquake killed many in 1906, due to a slip of the San Andreas Fault, in this Bay City.
What is San Francisco?
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After shooting Lincoln, John Wilkes Booth jumped to the stage an uttered this quote of another assassin in history in Greek, which means "Thus always to Tyrants"
What is Sic Sempre Tyrannis?
These, often called the "most devastating weapons of war", have only been used in war twice, both by America in the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Since then the threats of these weapons have terrorized the world over.
What are "atomic" or "nuclear" weapons?
This book of the bible, is devoted to describing the events that will lead up to the apocalypse.
What is "Revelations"?
The most famous of history's plagues, The Bubonic Plague was nicknamed the "Black Death" because of the black spots that appeared on the skin of those infected. The plague was believed to be caused by these small creatures, who brought it over on ships.
What are fleas?
While often debated between Theologists and Archaeologists, this event is told of in many cultures. The most famous being through the story of the Bible's Noah.
What was "the flood"?
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A maneuver used to attack the enemy from a specific side, usually with a group.
What is a "flank"?
The word "Apocalypse" comes from this Greek word, meaning "unveiling".
What is "apokalypsis"?