The Civil War
Union soldiers often named a battle after the nearest body of water or other physical landmark, while Confederate soldiers often named it after the closest town. A good example of this is the Battle of Bull Run, which was called this by Confederate soldiers.
What is the Battle of Manassas?
This Alabama oval holds the record for the world's largest superspeedway.
What is Talladega?
The first ever college football game was played between Rutgers and Princeton in this year, with a final score of 6-4 in favor of Rutgers.
What is 1869?
This programming language is well known for its use in the original versions of Minecraft.
What is Java?
You blockhead! Goodyear isn't the world's largest producer of tires! It's actually this Danish company.
What is LEGO?
As more and more states were seceding from the Union in the wake of South Carolina, Abraham Lincoln sent federal troops into this state to directly prevent citizens from voting on secession, imprisoning 10,000.
What is Maryland?
This Delaware speedway used to be a horse racing venue.
What is Dover?
The Miracle in Miami happened back in 1984 when the Boston College Eagles defeated the Miami Hurricanes with a touchdown scored off a last second Hail Mary pass thrown by this famous quarterback.
Who is Doug Flutie?
This programming language is used in the coding of a large number of first person shooter titles, ranging from PAYDAY to Star Wars Battlefront II (2005), and just about every game on the Source engine.
What is Lua?
This popular pet rodent was, and still is, consumed as a food product in Peru and other former territories of the Inca Empire.
What is a guinea pig?
While the first shots of official conflict started at Fort Sumter, a Union supply ship reported being fired upon by this Charleston military academy several months prior.
What is The Citadel?
Since 1949, there have been almost 2,700 Cup Series races, but only ONE race does not officially have a winner - the August 1971 race at this track.
What is Bowman-Gray Stadium?
The 2018 Clemson Tigers became the first college football team to go completely undefeated and win the national championship with a 15-0 record since the University of Pennsylvania in this year.
What is 1897?
This programming language is for cookie, and that's good enough for me.
This programming language is for cookie, and that's good enough for me.
This programming language is for cookie, and that's good enough for me.
Oh, cookie, cookie, cookie, starts with this programming language.
What is C?
Contrary to popular belief, this man did NOT invent peanut butter - as recipes for the food product dating back to the Inca Empire exist.
Who is George Washington Carver?
Stonewall Jackson's arm was lost in a friendly fire incident, and was buried separately from the rest of his body at this battlefield.
What is Chancellorsville?
Richard Petty is known for his record 200 career wins in the NASCAR Cup Series, however THIS driver has over 210 wins in all top three NASCAR series - and that number is certain to continue to go up before he retires.
Who is Kyle Busch?
The most lopsided football game in history happened in 1916 when this John Heisman-coached team defeated Cumberland College with a score of 222-0.
What is Georgia Tech?
This snaky programming language is often taught to beginners due to its easy-to-learn nature.
What is Python?
This garden supply store from a 43-second clip from The Simpsons has recently become one of the more popular memes to sprout from the show, helped somewhat in part by mocking and criticism of a total conversion mod for Fallout: New Vegas.
What is Sneed's Feed and Seed?
This Confederate general was widely considered to be the greatest officer to graduate from West Point.
Who is Robert E. Lee?
Richard Petty, Dale Earnhardt, Sr., and Jimmie Johnson all have a record 7 championships in the NASCAR Cup Series, but this late modified ace holds the record for most championships across ALL NASCAR sanctioned series with 9.
Who is Mike Stefanik?
When the world came to a standstill and lost all its sports during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, Barstool Sports' "Big Cat" decided to stream EA Sports' NCAA Football 14 live on Twitch and created this championship winning head coach who would go on to capture the hearts and minds of a nation - and the key to the city of Toledo.
Who is Gus Duggerton?
This real gem of a programming language is one of 80 languages supported by Notepad++ by default.
What is Ruby?
The adventures of this talking Great Dane and his friends have been broadcast on television screens worldwide since September 1969.
Who is Scooby-Doo?