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This dance with Cuban origin is named for the quick shuffling of the dancer's feet every measure
What is the Cha-Cha?
The first recorded evidence of this "black powder" occurred in 9th century China.
What is gunpowder?
Johann Strauss II composed this waltz that evokes sailing down a river in Vienna
What is the Blue Danube Waltz?
This son of Zeus, who gives his name to two Pillars at the Strait of Gibraltar, completed the 12 labors
Who is Hercules/Heracles?
Mary Shelley brought this doctor's monster to life in a tragedy critiquing rationalism
Who is Victor Frankenstein?
First name of French fashion designer Chanel, no, not the chocolate drink
What is Coco?
Sharing its name with a popular AC/DC song, megatons of this substance are used to judge explosiveness
What is TNT (trinitrotoluene)?
Even excluding her time in Destiny's Child, this Pop singer is 'irreplaceable'
Who is Beyoncé Knowles?
A column in London is named after this admiral who fought and died at the Battle of Trafalgar
Who is Horatio Nelson?
A myth surrounding this vampire posits his origin as Vlad the Impaler
Who is Dracula?
A small South Pacific island in French Polynesia northwest of Tahiti
What is Bora Bora?
After inventing this explosive, Alfred Nobel used his money to establish the Nobel Foundation and Prizes
What is dynamite?
This style of music derives its label from the former name of Mumbai and a Los Angeles sign
What is Bollywood?
This Egyptian Queen married to Mark Antony gives her name to a British "Needle"
Who is Cleopatra?
Scylla and Charybdis lie on opposite sides of a strait in this Homeric poem
What is The Odyssey?
A toy made up of a string and axle connected to two disks
What is a Yo-Yo?
This atomic bomb dropped over the city of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945 directly caused the deaths of over 40,000 people
What is Fat Man?
This 'Piano Man' signed with Columbia Records after performing renditions of "Captain Jack" throughout Philadelphia
Who is Billy Joel?
Julius Caesar's victim at the Battle of Pharsalus lends his name to an Egyptian pillar
Who is Pompey the Great?
According to myth, Pegasus was borne from the bloody stump of this Gorgon
Who is Medusa?
This 1958 musical set during the Belle Époque swept all 9 Oscars it was nominated for
What is Gigi?
With the formula C3H5N3O9, this substance is used for both explosive manufacture and heart failure medications
What is (tri)nitroglycerin?
This period of Western classical music preceded the Classical (uppercase "C") and succeeded the Renaissance
What is Baroque?
This Biblical woman supposedly turned into a pillar of salt at the Dead Sea while watching the destruction of Sodom
Who is Lot's wife (Ado, Edith)?
Daedylus designed the structure in which this hybrid menaced Athenians
What is the Minotaur?