FILM
The 2000 Coen Brothers movie “O Brother Where Art Thou?” helped launch a commercial revival of this colorful subgenre of folk music
What is Bluegrass?
Bats aren’t the only echolocaters! These sizable mammals with poor eyesight use sonar primarily to court partners, which people have long interpreted as “singing”
What are whales?
Genre: Pop
Who is Chappell Roan?
Political parties named after this color often focus on environmental issues and tend to be politically progressive. This color also is associated with Islam and with Puerto Rico’s Independence Party
What is green?
Non-protestant Christianity is mostly split between two large branches, the Catholic Church, based in Rome, and this tradition which solidified from Byzantine faith.
What is Eastern Orthodox?
Legendary director Akira Kurosawa’s films often use this precipitous phenomena in outdoor scenes to embody his characters’ emotional turmoil
What is rain?
These popular, colorful salamanders named after an Aztec god can only be found in the wild in one lake in Mexico
What are axolotls?
Album: Abbey Road (1969)
Who are The Beatles?
The Roman Brothers Gracchi, who would both be assassinated, were famed for their support of reforms that would help this lower class, opposite the Patricians
Who are plebeians?
This ancient Eastern philosopher’s “analects” promote such values as following tradition and respecting elders
Who is Confucius?
This famed director of such films as Do The Right Thing, Malcolm X, and Jungle Fever is also famous for being a superfan of the New York Knicks
Who is Spike Lee?
These mammals are able to break open sea urchin shells to eat their insides
What are otters?
Album: To Pimp A Butterfly (2015)
Genre: Hip-Hop
Who is Kendrick Lamar?
The modern concepts of political Left-wing and Right-wing were derived from this tumultuous event, when members of the National Assembly would sit on the left if they supported reform or abolition of monarchy, and on the right if they supported the traditional government.
What is the French Revolution?
Religious “dualism,” influential to later Abrahamic religions, can trace its origins to this ancient Middle Eastern religion founded by Zarathustra
What is Zoroastrianism?
Westerns were considered a traditionally American genre until the 1960s when Sergio Leone headed foreign westerns, called “this westerns,” after the cuisine of the country they’re from.
What are spaghetti westerns?
According to Japanese tradition, the Kitsune is believed to be an imposter woman, similar to a changeling, a shapeshifter whose true form is this quadruped
What are foxes?
Album: Highway 61 Revisited (1965)
Genre: Folk, Classic Rock
Who is Bob Dylan?
Finish this Karl Marx quote trying to inspire revolution: “The workers of the world have nothing to lose but their _____”
What are "chains?"
This Christian heresy, with a name similar to one describing a non-religious group, derived from the Greek word for “knowledge,” believed in a flawed creator and viewed introspection as the key to spiritual enlightenment
What is Gnosticism?
This horror director’s fans have interpreted three of their movies as an unofficial “apocalypse trilogy,” comprised of The Thing, Prince of Darkness, and Mouth of Madness
Who is John Carpenter?
These small, nocturnal birds with bifurcated beaks, traditionally associated with the Eastern United States, are named after their own song
What is a whip-poor-will?
Album: What's Going On (1971)
Genre: Soul
Who is Marvin Gaye?
Touissaint Louverture was born into slavery, but started a revolution against slavers that would earn this country in the carribean islands its independence
What is Haiti?
Not one of the "big five" religions, this Indian tradition with a feminine-sounding name has three core tenets which roughly translate to non-violence, asceticism, and intellectual non-absolutism.
What is Jainism?