I can't read the writing
This author of The Martian Chronicles is more famous for his novel Farenheit 451, in which the goal of the United States Government is to destroy all literature that is considered too subversive or intellectual.
Who is Ray Bradbury?
Although this band's album The Wall didn't sell nearly as well as their earlier album Dark Side of the Moon, songs like Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2, and Comfortably Numb are some of this band's best known.
Who are/what is Pink Floyd?
Leonardo da Vinci's mural The Last Supper depicts a scene from the Gospel of John in which Jesus tells prophesies that he will be betrayed by one of his disciples. In the painting, this disciple can be seen clutching a small bag, which is likely either a reference to his role as a treasurer or a depiction of a silver payment that he received in exchange for his treachery.
Who is Judas Iscariot?
When Fred Baur died in 2008, he was so proud of the fact that he came up with the idea for this potato chip brand that he had some of his ashes buried in a cylindrical can.
What are Pringles?
"Cry havoc, and let slip the dogs of war" is a line from this Shakespeare play in which a Roman dictator is assassinated at the hands of his political rivals.
What is Julius Caesar?
Known as "The land of enchantment," New Mexico is famous for UFO sightings, the most famous of which occurred in this city in 1947 and allegedly involved a government cover up.
What is Roswell?
In 2017, UFC fighter Connor McGregor went further than merely insulting this boxer's fighting prowess, asking his opponent why he was carrying a schoolbag and claiming that this man "Couldn't even read."
Who is Floyd Mayweather?
David Bowie's song Heroes tells the story of two people trapped on opposite sides of this wall built by the USSR, a physical and political barrier which John F. Kennedy criticized by saying that "Democracy is not perfect, but we have never had to put up a wall to keep our people in."
What is the Berlin Wall?
The largest religious complex in the world, this temple originally dedicated to the Hindu Goddess Vishnu was commissioned during the reign of the Khmer empire and today can be found depicted on the flag of Cambodia.
What is Angkor Wat?
Fairy bread, which consists of white bread covered in butter and sprinkles, is a beloved dish in this British Commonwealth Country with a capital in Canberra.
What is Australia?
This leader of the Soviet Union, JFK's adversary during the Cuban missile crisis, caused the western world to panic when, in 1956, his words were translated into English as "We will bury you." A more accurate translation of his words is thought to have been "We will outlive you."
Who is Nikita Khrushchev?
Some tourists who have visited Hawaii claim they were cursed by this volcano Goddess after removing rocks from their natural resting place. She shares her name with a Brazilian soccer player who led his country to a World Cup victory over Sweden in 1958.
Who is Pele?
Although this work of literature inspired Tolkien and is celebrated for its English translation by Seamus Heaney, Parts of this Old English Poem are lost- portions of it were destroyed in an 18th century fire that swept through London's Ashburnham house.
What is Beowulf?
According to the Book of Joshua, the walls around this Canaanite city fell after the Israelites marched around its walls for seven days. While most scholars agree that the Israelite conquest of Jericho did happen, the nature of how this city was actually captured remains debated.
What is Jericho?
Now housed in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, this 15th century Botticelli painting was the subject of a commercial in which, after consuming a Red Bull, a clam gives birth to a Greek Goddess.
What is The Birth of Venus?
On the Mexican holiday day of the dead, which occurs annually on November 1st and 2nd, it is tradition for children to eat sugary candy shaped like this anatomical form.
What is a skull?
In the year 1095, Pope Urban II presided over the council of Clermont, in which he both attempted to resolve conflicts between Frankish nobles and called on Western Europe to mount what would become this military campaign in order to save the Byzantine empire from Muslim invasion.
What is the First Crusade? (Prompt on Crusade)
Bobby Leach was the first man to accomplish this feat, a deadly gamble in which he suffered two broken knee caps and a fractured jaw, but survived. Fifteen years later, he met his fate after slipping on an orange peel and contracting gangrene. Only sixteen people have survived this stunt, leading both the United States and Canada to criminalize attempting this activity.
What is going over Niagara falls in a barrrel?
Despite becoming blind by the age of 43, this poet dictated his magnum opus, Paradise Lost, to scribes and friends while suffering from the death of his wife and infant daughter.
Who is John Milton?
A popular nursery rhyme for centuries, Humpty Dumpty is said to have "sat on a wall, and had a great fall." In his novel Through the looking glass, Lewis Carroll depicted Humpty Dumpty as an egg, but some historians think that Humpty Dumpty was actually one of these weapons that was destroyed after falling from a wall during the English Civil War.
What is a cannon?
This terrifying 19th century work depicting Saturn devouring his son (Or Saturno devorando a su hijo) was created by this Spanish artist who shares a first name with a dictator that ruled Spain for a large part of the 20th century.
Who is Francisco Goya?
This origin of this dessert, a layered pastry filled with chopped nuts and sweetened with honey, is disputed, but is popular in the Middle East, North Africa, and the Balkans.
What is Baklava?
In popular legend, "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes!" was said to have been uttered at this 1775 American Revolutionary War battle, but much like Marie Antoinette's "let them eat cake," the line was probably never said.
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
Controversial songs such as we're Not Going to take it and I Wanna Rock lead Dee Snider, the lead singer of this hair metal band, to testify before Congress in defense of the supposed vice of heavy metal music.
What is/who are Twisted Sister?
Once the center of intellectual activity during the Islamic Golden Age, this massive Baghdad library was destroyed during a 13th century Mongol invasion.
What is the House of Wisdom?
Built to secure Roman Britain, and declared a World Heritage site in 1987, this eponymously named wall was commissioned by one of Rome's "Five Good Emperors" and began construction in the year 122 AD. Sections of the wall still stand today.
What is Hadrian's Wall?
Between 1490 and 1510, Dutch artist Hieronymus Bosch created this five paneled oil painting that depicts scenes from the Garden of Eden and hell in order to warn against worldly temptations.
What is The Garden of Earthly Delights?
About five times the size of a French fry, slap chips are thick cut potatoes that are a staple in this African nation that lies south of the Khalahari desert and has three capital cities.
What is South Africa?
Germans are no strangers to nationalist leaders, one of the most famous of whom was Otto Von Bismarck, who claimed that "the Great questions of the day" be decided by these two words, one meant to signify industrialization and the other warfare.
What are blood and iron?
The story of the Brooklyn Dodgers becoming the first Major League Baseball team to racially integrate is well known, but less famous is the story of Pumpsie Green, who, in 1959, joined this team, the last to integrate just months ahead of the Detroit Tigers.
Who are the Boston Red Sox?