Truth Sets You Free
In this musical work, thirteen princesses are freed from a trance after a villain falls asleep after performing the Infernal Dance
What is The Firebird?
This five-syllable Japanese term literally translates to "pulling inward" or "being confined"
What is hikikomori?
The first 'true' antibiotic
What is penicillin?
This invention allowed the Ottomans to finally break through the walls of Constantinople
What are cannons?
This four-word phrase concludes the poem "No Swan So Fine"
What is 'the king is dead'?
In "Trio des Cartes," Carmen accidentally predicts her death while these two women predict fortune and true love instead
Who are Frasquita and Mercedes?
Mike Johns was trapped in a Waymo continuously going in circles in this type of location
What is a parking lot?
The first conflicts of the First Punic War took place on this island
Where is Sicily?
The Green Students Alliance is a school club in this earthquake-devastated city
What is Los Angeles?
This song includes the lyrics "there are people dying," "there's a love that cannot lie," and "see the nations turn their swords into plowshares"
What is "Heal the World"?
This 'noble truth' is also referred to as dukkha
What is the first noble truth (or "life is filled with suffering")?
A guilty fear of failure is considered a subtype of this psychological phenomenon
What is mind wandering?
This animal's native habitat was encroached on by the Three Gorges Dam, which means it may possibly be the first extinct species of dolphin
What is the baiji?
In "Tomorrow Never Dies," Sheryl Crow 'see[s] it in your eyes' that until a day when 'the world falls away' and this other event occurs, tomorrow never dies
What is "until you say there'll be no more goodbyes"?
The concept of soft power, and later smart power, was developed by this political scientist
Who is Joseph Nye?
The McGuffin in Ted Chiang's selected work flashes this color when it turns on
What is green?
The Global Oreo Vault contains oreos wrapped in mylar, powdered milk, and this other item
What is the recipe for Oreo cookies?
This final play by Sarah Kane was the first play performed by the Belarus Free Theatre
What is 4.48 Psychosis?
Zeppelin frameworks were typically made of this material, a type of copper-aluminum alloy
What is duralumin?
In the musical video of "If I Die Young," Kimberly Perry plays this instrument that provides the main melody to the song
What is the acoustic guitar?
This H. G. Wells book is the last of the Prophetic Trilogy and details human usage of radium to create nuclear propulsion as well as destructive nuclear technology. It sounds similar to the 2015 WSC curriculum
What is The World Set Free?
This Winston Churchill speech given to the House of Parliament is named after what follows the following excerpt: "I have nothing to offer except..."
What is "Blood, toil, tears and sweat"?
This orchestra was the first major orchestra to perform the pieces of a man whose selected work can be considered an homage to this orchestra
What is the London Symphony Orchestra?
The Great Fire of London was mostly contained by this structure
What is the London Wall?
Donald Trump notoriously said this gaffe during the 2024 presidential debate when his intentions of replacing the Affordable Care Act were questioned
What is "I have concepts of a plan"?