Byzantium
While modern historians call this nation the Byzantine Empire, they called themselves this.
What is the Roman Empire or Romans?
He was a pirate hunter who eventually turned to piracy himself, before being captured and executed. The idea of pirates burying treasure stems from myths about him. Also, he was not a child.
Who is Captain Kidd?
This British comedian is famous for his outrageous critiques of Hollywood celebrities and for creating "The Office"?
Who is Ricky Gervais?
This architectural and art style was started in the 1730s in France. It is characterized by exceptional ornamentation, asymmetry, warm pastel colors, wide use of flower motifs and gilding.
What is Rococo?
Measures of election outcomes and little girls' toys.
What are polls and dolls?
The year 1054 marked the start of this, the separation of Catholicism and Orthodoxy.
What is the Great Schism?
This privateer popularized tobacco in England and settled the disastrous Roanoke colony. He also searched for "El Dorado", but attacked a Spanish outpost. This broke an English treaty with Spain, and he was executed upon his return.
Who was Sir Walter Raleigh?
This American comic was famous for his word play and for his bits "7 Dirty Words" and "The 10 Commandments".
Who is George Carlin?
This art movement, started in France, consists of small, visible brush strokes, ordinary subject matter, and unusual visual angles. It takes its name from a Monet artwork.
What is Impressionism?
A blank color and the sound a toddler might make.
What are White and Whine?
Constantinople was sacked by Venetians during the 4th of these conquests in 1203 and 1204.
What are the Crusades?
An English privateer, he successfully circumnavigated the globe in a single expedition, received a knighthood for attacking Spanish ships, and led the English victory over the Spanish Armada in 1588.
Who is Sir Francis Drake?
Starting her career on Saturday Night Live, this comic found fame in both "Seinfeld" and "Veep".
Who is Julia Louis-Dreyfus?
This type of art refers to non-commissioned works created by avid admirers of fictional literature or movies.
What is fan art?
Another word for luck and pennies and nickels, for example.
What are Chance and Change?
The Fall of Constantinople in 1453 started this period in Europe.
What is the Renaissance?
Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum. This pirate based out of Port Royal raided Spanish settlements in the Caribbean and used his loot to buy himself land and influence in Jamaica, where he became Lieutenant Governor and owned three plantation and 129 slaves.
Who is Henry Morgan?
This Canadian comic starred in such movies as "Ghostbusters", "Little Shop of Horrors", "Brother Bear", and "Spaceballs".
Who is Rick Moranis?
This art movement formed in the 1960s and 1970s saw massive art installations, often using natural materials and set in outside environments. Robert Smithson's 1970 work "Spiral Jetty" is perhaps the most famous of these.
What are Earthworks, Earth Art, or Land Art?
Being by yourself and making amends for your sins.
What are Alone and Atone?
This Empire claimed to be the "Third Rome", the successor state of both Rome and Byzantium, both because of their shared religion and due to royal marriages.
What is the Russian Empire?
This pirate commanded over 300 Junks, crewed by over 20,000 men. They accepted a pardon from the Chinese government, retired, and died peacefully in 1844.
Who was Ching Shih?
This comedian starred in her own sitcom beginning in 1951. The original "Mission: Impossible" and "Star Trek" series were produced by her studio, Desilu, which she founded with her Cuban husband.
Who is Lucille Ball?
Marcel Duchamp's 1917 readymade art installation is named "Fountain". It is signed "R.Mutt". It is not in fact a fountain, but actually this kind of plumbing device.
What is a urinal?
A word describing what you might do and an injury you might receive in a war.
What are Would and Wound?