Ancient History
This empire fell in 476 CE after a series of foreign invasions.
What is the Roman Empire?
This British royal who died in a tragic car accident in 1997 shares a name with someone in this room.
Who is Princess Diana?
I wake up each day in a cold sweat thinking about how students are loosing the ability to read and write.
What is lose?
Miss Gibson's favorite musical artist.
Who is Joanna Newsom?
This artist dropped the revolutionary album "Ziggy Stardust" in 1972.
Who is David Bowie?
He was the first emperor of Rome.
Who is Augustus?
This sick and twisted man beheaded two of his six wives.
Who is Henry VIII?
Seriously, why can know one read anymore. I don't think I can do this anymore. We are in a global literacy crisis.
What is no?
Miss Gibson had an irrational investment in this ship from the show Stranger Things.
What is Byler?
Unlike other genres that are actually good, this one is actually very, very bad.
What is Country?
Athens fought this other Greek nation in the Peloponnesian War from 431-404 BCE.
What is Sparta?
This wife of the reigning British monarch faced serious backlash for a leaked phone call in 1989, commonly referred to as 'Tampongate'.
Who is Camilla?
Recieve this clue with trepidation and caution: this is the singular word that Miss Gibson cannot spell.
What is receive?
This is Miss Gibson's favorite TV show, and the story of two pirates with New Zealand accents, for some reason.
What is Our Flag Means Death?
This artist released 'Wuthering Heights' in 1978, but went viral for another song off of her 1985 album 'Hounds of Love'.
Who is Kate Bush?
The Romans battled this empire in a series of wars commonly called the Punic Wars, from 264 to 146 BCE.
What is Carthage?
What are corgis?
Speaking of concerning literacy rates, it is extraordinarily frustrating when people mispell things-- spell check is right there!!
What is 'misspell'?
Miss Gibson ran a radio show at UNH where she deliberately picked out the most obscure and weird songs she could find from this genre, which takes its American roots from the Appalachian mountains.
What is folk?
Miss Gibson had a slight fixation on this band in 2024. They have hits like 'Immigrant Song' and 'Black Dog'.
Who is Led Zeppelin?
This emperor attempted to murder his mother Agrippina the Younger three times. One attempt was via poison, which didn't work because Agrippina the Baddie was so hated by everyone that she regularly took poison antidotes in case someone wanted to murder her.
Who is Nero?
This British royal actively collaborated with the Nazis in World War II.
Who is Edward VIII?
It is outstandingly embarassing how far we have fallen as a society. Please become more conscientious of your fellow man, pick up a book and attempt to become more literate.
What is embarrassing?
This MMORPG game from 2008 where you play as a wizard and use spell cards to protect the magical world the 'Spiral' was a staple of Miss Gibson's childhood. And also adulthood. I've spent probably more than $100 on memberships for this game over the years.
What is Wizard101?
This semi-popular redheaded 90s artist has several hit songs like 'Cornflake Girl' and 'Silent All These Years'. Miss Gibson saw her live in 2022, and actually, it wasn't really that good.
Who is Tori Amos?