Religion
This religion, founded by Siddhartha Gautama, teaches the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path.
What is Buddhism?
This man being assassinated in Sarajevo in 1914 is widely considered the spark that ignited World War I.
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
This rapper, known for hits like Lose Yourself and The Real Slim Shady, is from Detroit.
Eminem
This common English word for a house cat comes from the Latin word cattus.
What is cat?
This common phobia is the fear of enclosed spaces.
What is claustrophobia?
Muslims pray five times a day facing this holy city.
What is Mecca?
The two main alliances in WWI were the Allies and this opposing group.
What is the Central Powers?
She became the first solo female rapper to win a Grammy for Best Rap Album with Invasion of Privacy.
Who is Cardi B?
The word “biology” is derived from two Greek words meaning “life” and this.
What is study?
Anthropophobia is the fear of this.
What are people or society?
This Jewish holiday commemorates the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem.
What is Hanukkah?
This type of warfare, involving extensive digging and defense in the ground, became infamous on the Western Front.
What is trench warfare?
This Brooklyn rapper released the critically acclaimed Illmatic in 1994, considered one of the greatest hip-hop albums ever.
Who is Nas?
The English word “salary” comes from the Latin word salarium, originally money given to Roman soldiers to buy this.
What is salt?
This fear affects roughly one-third of adults worldwide, making it one of the most common specific phobias.
What is arachnophobia (fear of spiders)?
This ancient Persian religion, founded by Zoroaster, centers on the duality of good and evil and the god Ahura Mazda.
What is Zoroastrianism?
This British passenger ship was sunk by a German U-boat in 1915, contributing to U.S. entry into the war.
What is the RMS Lusitania?
This Brooklyn rapper is known for Liquid Swords and 36 Chambers, as part of a legendary hip-hop group.
Who is GZA (of Wu-Tang Clan)?
The word “vaccine” is derived from vacca, the Latin word for this animal.
What is cow?
About 6.5% of people globally are estimated to avoid air travel due to this fear.
What is aviophobia?
This 4th-century Christian heresy, named after a priest from Alexandria, denied that Jesus was fully divine, teaching instead that he was created by God and therefore distinct from Him.
What is Arianism?
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Signed in 1919, this treaty officially ended World War I and imposed heavy reparations on Germany.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
This experimental rapper released one of his most popular albums in 2004, a collaboration with producer Madlib.
Who is MF DOOM?
The English word “pandemonium” was coined by this 17th-century poet in his epic Paradise Lost.
Who is John Milton?
About 1 in 10 people say they experience anxiety around circus performers, often diagnosed as this fear.
What is coulrophobia (fear of clowns)?