European History
Since 1930, this city (not Constantinople) has been the gateway from Asia Minor to Europe proper
What is Istanbul?
This fashion designer who popularized the "little black dress" has an "Activity as Nazi agent" section on her Wikipedia page
Who is Coco Chanel?
President Benjamin Harrison purposely shuffled the papers granting statehood to these two prairie states so that no one - not even him - would know which was signed first
What are North and South Dakota?
Ravi Shankar won multiple World Music Grammys for his virtuosity on this classical Indian instrument
What is the sitar?
Hattie McDaniel as Mammy (1939)
What is Gone with the Wind?
This term for a grouped set of lines in a poem, usually set off by blank lines or an indentation, is the equivalent of a paragraph in prose writing
What is stanza?
Napoleon's course of power in France took it along the same journey as Ancient Rome, transitioning from a republic to this more autocratic form of government
What is empire?
The "Jumpman" logo is used by Nike to promote this iconic brand of sneakers that's celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2025
What is Air Jordan?
The border between North and South Korea runs near the 38th parallel of latitude and is surrounded by a 4-kilometer-wide buffer called this - DMZ for short
What is the Demilitarized Zone?
Change one letter in this type of five-note musical scale found in musical traditions all over the world and you get an American a cappella group
What is pentatonic?
Ariana DeBose as Anita (2021) - or Rita Moreno as Anita (1961)
What is West Side Story?
A red Swingline 646 one featured prominently in the movie Office Space
What is stapler?
The Albigensian and Livonian instances of this kind of medieval holy war targeted pagans and heretics in Europe - no need for a lengthy journey to the Holy Land
What is a crusade?
Lesley Lawson is better known by this name from her modeling career that referenced her thin build - a sensation in the 1960's when she debuted
Who is Twiggy?
In colonial times, Zambia and Zimbabwe were known as Northern and Southern this, named after a diamond magnate with a controversial legacy
What is Rhodesia?
Western artists who have taken inspiration from world music include Paul Simon (Graceland, 1986) and this Ivy League-grown band that faced criticism for their 2008 debut being too similar to Graceland
What is Vampire Weekend?
Patty Duke as Helen Keller (1962)
What is The Miracle Worker?
This bacterial infection becomes significantly more dangerous when it migrates from its home on skin into a cut or abrasion
What is staph?
Pivotal events in the modern history of this country include 2004's Orange Revolution and the 2013-2014 Euromaidan protests
What is Ukraine?
Fashion icon Tyra Banks popularized this portmanteau term for a certain facial expression on America's Next Top Model
What is smizing?
This Caribbean nation spent its first decades of independence split between a predominantly Black North and a South with more mixed ancestry
What is Haiti?
This genre of electronic music that emerged in the UK has a "dirty" name befitting its typical lyrics that depict a tough urban life
What is grime?
Judi Dench as Queen Elizabeth I (1998)
What is Shakespeare in Love?
Fire hydrants aren't quite as practical in densely-built cities, so multi-story buildings often include this kind of water system that serves the same purpose
What is a standpipe?
This family that ruled Florence for centuries included such luminaries as Piero the Gouty and Piero the Unfortunate - and also Lorenzo, Catherine, some Popes, etc.
What is Medici?
In the US, fashion models walk the runway; in the UK, the place where they strut their stuff goes by this name
What is a catwalk?
The population in the one-time North Vietnam is concentrated in the Red River Delta; down South, it's this river's delta where settlement has predominantly centered
What is the Mekong?
This Afrobeat pioneer was the son of women's rights activist Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti and was political enough himself to be jailed by the Nigerian government in the 1980s
Who is Fela Kuti?
Linda Hunt as Billy Kwan (1983)
What is The Year of Living Dangerously?
Big Boi and André 3000 followed up ATLiens and Aquemini with this 2000 Outkast album featuring "Ms. Jackson", their first Billboard #1 single
What is Stankonia?