What Nation is it?
This country's Grand Pensionary, Johan de Witt, was tortured, executed, and eaten along with his brother. The Prince's Flag and FIFA soccer uniforms of this country feature orange and blue designs. What country in Northwestern Europe is informally referred to as Holland?
(Kingdom of) Netherlands
Prompt on: Holland, until the word "Informally"
This author wrote the novel The Last Man, a dystopian story about the bubonic plague sweeping Europe in the late 21st century. The novella Mathilda was published post humorously in the United States almost 4 decades after being written. What British novelist's debut album was Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus?
Mary Shelley
In the Gylfaginning, this god is challenged to drink the sea and lift a gray cat that is actually a monster in disguise. At Ragnarok, this god is destined to kill his long-time rival, whose snake imagery has been mistaken to be referring to Loki. Who is this Norse thunder god who uses metal gloves to wield the hammer Mjolnir?
Thor, Donar
This is the heaviest element that contains no d electrons. The shells of mollusks are reinforced by the alkaline earth metal, just like the bones of humans. What element that is found next to potassium on the periodic table has the symbol Ca?
Calcium, Ca until the word "symbol"
This man later denounced the Italian Socialist Party after getting kicked out due to being in favor of military intervention in World War I. While he claimed that 80% of Soviet Leaders were Jewish, he said a few weeks later that "Bolshevism is not, as many people believe, a Jewish phenomenon." In 1922, about 30,000 Fascist blackshirts gathered in Rome to demand the resignation of Luigi Facta, leading to who becoming the Prime Minister?
(Benito) Mussolini
A leader of this country compared himself to Adolf Hitler by saying he "executed first and gave trials later" and was described as "crazier than a half dozen opium-smoking frogs". In 1954, Carlos Castillo Armas was brought to power in this country by the CIA-backed Operation PBSuccess. The United Fruit Company sought to depose Jacobo Árbenz as president of which Central American country?
(Republic of) Guatemala
Her book features a black doctor saving the Ingalls Family, and she made the news due to shaking an African American man's hand. Carloads of fans came to her rural Missouri home after she moved back there with her husband. What author wrote the books Let the Hurricane Roar and Free Land, which had very similar, more adult narratives to her "Little House" series?
Laura (Ingalls) Wilder
This is the first Book of Writings in the Tanach. This scripture is organized into five distinct books and has many authors, one of whom is suspected to be King David. What 19th canonical book of the bible contains the halfway point in a standard King James Bible?
Psalms
This dwarf planet has an irregular axial tilt, which covers a quarter of the planet in darkness during the solstices. This body hasn't cleared the neighborhood around its orbit, which has caused it to be downgraded to a dwarf planet. What is the name of this Kuiper belt dwarf planet?
Pluto
During her second stint as Prime Minister, she helped begin domestic car manufacturing as a tribute to her late son. This alleged dictator ordered Operation Blue Star, which, while made to destroy Sikh separatists, ended up killing hundreds of pilgrims to the temple. Which 'Iron Women's two Sikh bodyguards shot her with 30 bullets as retaliation for Operation Blue Star.
Indira Gandhi
The largest uranium spill in history released 94 million gallons of radioactive fluid, contaminating one of these places’ water supplies. Politician Kristi Noem is banned from over 10% of her state due to saying that drug cartels "have a presence on" these lands. The Navajo Nation is the largest of what places with high Native American populations?
(Native American or Indian) Reservations, NAR
This author and professor has recieved over 30 honorary degrees across Nigeria, South Africa, Canada, the UK, and the United States. Despite his dislike for the term, this author is sometimes called the father of modern African literature. What Nigerian Author wrote Things Fall Apart, his debut novel and the first in the "African Trilogy".
(Chinua) Achebe
Many different deities of this mythology held the highest position, including the "Mother Goddess" Isis. There are many myths about the Sun God of this religion becoming too old to lead, eventually having to be replaced. Atum or Atum-Ra was the "leader" of the gods in what religion at multiple points in history?
Egyptian Mythology, Mythology in Ancient Egypt, or Equivelent
The double-slit experiment was first performed using these particles, whose energy is quantized by Planck’s constant. Wave-particle duality was first explained using these particles, which move at 300 million meters per second and carry the electromagnetic force. What is the name of these elementary particles of light?
Photons
This dictator's wife, Imelda Romualdez Marcos, had an over 200-shoe collection, with a value estimated at over 10 million dollars. This Filipino dictator ruled for over twenty years, placing the country under martial law for almost half of that time. Over 700 million dollars worth of cash, suitcases full of gold, and diamond jewelry were some of the things that which dictator, along with his family and allies, allegedly brought while fleeing to Hawaii?
Ferdinand Marcos
In one play from this country, a Sarah Vaughn song is played to cheer up the target of a racist joke. A play from this country is set in a Port Elizabeth Tea Room, where two men discuss the boxer Max Schmeling and practice ballroom dancing. The play Blood Knot is set in what country, where Sam and Willie are verbally abused by Hally, Master Harold… and the Boys?
(Republic of) South Africa, RSA
This cartoonist, due to a lack of depth perception in his lazy eye, has a simple, motif-heavy art style. After interviewing his father about his experiences, this Jewish writer went on a research trip to Auschwitz. What author won a special Pulitzer Prize for their graphic novel, Maus, in 1992?
Art Spiegelman, Itzhak Avraham ben Zeev Spiegelman
The Quran traces this Pillar of Islam back to Abraham and in 630 CE Muhammed led his followers to do. It is said that when Mansa Musa did this pillar, he brought over 10,000 people and funded the building of a Mosque every Friday. What is the Fifth Pillar of Islam that states if someone is able they should go to the holy city?
Hajj, Pilgrimage (to Mecca),
Prompt on: Going to Mecca
This Italian nobleman taught "positive philosophy" at a high school. This scientist's law states that V1/n1=V2/n2 or V/n=k. What scientist contributed to chemistry with his constant of 6.022×1023 mol−1, equaling the amount of a substance?
(Amedeo) Avogadro
While this man referred to himself as the "class terrorist" in his high school yearbook, now he is the "world's coolest dictator" and a "Philosopher King." After this man announced that the Government bought 200 bitcoins, economists predicted that El Salvador would default on the debt. What El Salvadorian president denied accusations of corruption by calling journalists "imbeciles" after a journalist found he and his family purchased 34 properties during his first term.
(Nayib) Bukele
This country declined Napoleon's offer to extend its territory after he invaded Italy. The historic center of this country, along with its Mount Titano, was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site. What country is bordered by Italy on all sides, and is the smallest country to get an Olympic medal?
(Republic of) San Marino
This poet “disappeared in the dead of winter” according to a poem memorializing him that states “Poetry makes nothing happen.” This poet, who repeatedly states “A terrible beauty is born” in that poem, wrote “an aged man is but a paltry thing” in another poem that begins “That is no country for old men.” What is the name of the Irish poet of “Easter, 1916” and “Sailing to Byzantium.”
(William Butler or W.B) Yeats
In the Bible, Gideon gives 300 men this item and a clay jar and uses it to drive off the Midianite army. At the battle of Jericho, Jewish priests blew this ancient instrument, which brought the city's walls down. What is the name of this ram’s horn traditionally played on Rosh Hashanah?
Shofar, Horn until the word "ram's"
Prompt on: Trumpet
This agnostic molecular biologist was the only Jewish student at Lindores School and did Hebrew lessons while her friends went to Church. On an American business trip, this scientist discovered that she had cancer, which ran in her family. While Crick and Watson were out drinking, whose X-ray discovered the double helix shape?
Rosalind Franklin
This North African dictator once claimed he received fan mail from an American woman who liked his hair. While he would describe himself as a "pious Muslim," people in his inner circle may call him "extraordinarily vain." What dictator reportedly changed his clothing multiple times a day also invited the New York Times to see his clothing collection while the Libyan Revolution was still being fought?
(Muammar) Gaddafi/Quaddafi