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Acronym Alley
European Discoveries
Artists Named Thrice
Turanna
Murderer's Row
200
A world-famous painting, it was referenced in Dan Brown's "The Da Vinci Code", this is the painting's name.
What is the Last Supper?
200
Jimmy used to swat flies all the time, but the tables turned when his neighbour called SWAT on him, this is what it stands for.
What are Special Weapons and Tactics?
200
It is claimed that this man exclaimed "Eureka!" when he discovered his principle, in which any object in a fluid is buoyed up by force equal to the weight of the fluid displaced.
Who is Archimedes of Syracuse?
200
Known by many as a one-hit wonder for "Achy Breaky Heart" in 1992, this singer recently rose to prominence again as a featured artist in a 2019 release.
Who is Billy Ray Cyrus?
200
He was the large and in-charge mayor of Toronto before John Tory.
Who is Rob Ford?
200
Also known as "Scarface", Al Capone was a renowned gangster and murderer during the Prohibition era in this American City, before going to prison at the age of 33.
What is Chicago?
400
One of a series by this painter, he produced over ten different paintings of sunflowers that are some of his most famous to date.
Who is Vincent Van Gogh?
400
Edgar had been called a WASP his whole life, but he was a human boy, this is what it really meant.
What is a White Anglo-Saxon Protestant?
400
Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus was famous for promoting this model of the universe, which was heavily criticized by the Catholic church.
What is the Heliocentric or Sun-centered Model?
400
This "legen...dary" man has played many a role on television and in movies - a charisma machine, he's hosted the Tony Awards four times, the Emmy Awards twice, and the Academy Awards once.
Who is Neil Patrick Harris?
400
This is the "sturdy" name of Toronto's team in the National Lacrosse League.
What is the Toronto Rock?
400
This unidentified serial killer preyed on the ladies of the night in and around the East End of London, known for removing their organs.
Who is Jack the Ripper?
600
Ahhhh! While commonly known as "The Scream", the original name of this painting was in fact "The Scream of Nature", painted by this Norwegian expressionist.
Who is Edvard Munch?
600
ZIP codes are more American than Canadian, and while we call them postal codes, this is what ZIP stands for.
What is Zone Improvement Plan?
600
The Periodic Table of Elements is used to organize and display the different chemical elements, the earliest recognizable one was published by this Russian chemist.
Who is Dmitri Mendeleev?
600
Making her acting debut in Halloween (also in every sequel since), this actress rose to prominence as a "Scream Queen" before branching into lighter movie genres.
Who is Jamie Lee Curtis?
600
This movie featured a high school math competition which was filmed at the University of Toronto.
What is Mean Girls?
600
This American criminal started a doomsday cult, adopting the term "Helter Skelter" from the Beatles to signal an apocalyptic race war. His name also inspired a 1989 American rock band, well half of it anyways.
Who is Charles Manson?
800
This painting, by Italian artist Sandro Botticelli, depicts a beautiful goddess arriving at shore for the first time, and is titled this.
What is the Birth of Venus?
800
We're all used to flipping on the television and tuning into some sports on ESPN, but not many know that this is what it stands for.
What is the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network?
800
The Voltaic Pile was invented by Italian physicist Alessandro Volta, used to provide an electric current to a circuit, today it goes by this name.
What is a Battery?
800
You could say this British-Australian singer-songwriter-actress-dancer-entrepreneur-activist "met a boy cute as can be" in the summer of 1978, cast alongside John Travolta.
Who is Olivia Newton John?
800
Out of the 5 major professional sports leagues that Toronto participates in (NHL, MLB, NBA, CFL, MLS), these are the most recent 2 to win a championship.
What is Toronto FC and the Toronto Raptors?
800
In December of 1898, Marc Lépine committed the Montréal Massacre, killing 14 women, this is the school that it took place.
What is the École Polytechnique (Université de Montréal)
1000
Titled "The Great Wave off Kanagawa", this is the most famous woodblock print of this Japanese artist.
Who is Katsushika Hokusai?
1000
Internet headlines were made when popular Canadian streamer Alinity threw her cat, sparking complaints to the SPCA, this is what that stands for.
What is the Society of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals?
1000
Swedish zoologist Carl Linnaeus was known for formalizing binomial nomenclature, his legacy lives on and he's considered the father of modern [this].
What is Taxonomy?
1000
Beginning her career as a child actress, she quickly rose to stardom as a teen idol as Sarah Reeves Merrin in "Party of Five" (1995-1999), but has continued acting ever since.
Who is Jennifer Love Hewitt?
1000
Before playing Ted "Theodore" Logan in 1989, this famous actor attended four GTA high schools in five years, including Etobicoke School for the Arts (which, at one point, expelled him).
Who is Keanu Reeves?
1000
Publishing the manifesto "Industrial Society and its Future", Ted Kaczynski abandoned his academic career to live more primitively, and terrorize Americans, he was given this nickname by the FBI for targeting universities and airlines.
Who is the Unabomber?