Christmas Number Ones
1964
The Beatles
This Greek island gives it's name to the common English term for homosexual women.
Lesbos
To travel back in time to hear Britney Spears' debut single in 1998 you would need one of these (science fiction) devices.
(Hit Me)...Baby One More Time Machine
This online host and provocateur was ordered to pay $1.2 billion in damages for defaming the families of victims of the Sandy Hook massacre.
Alex Jones
Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
The Bible
1996
The Spice Girls
The birthplace of Napoleon Bonaparte
Corsica
'My home is your home' in Spanish.
1942 film starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, named for the Moroccan city of its setting.
Mi casa es su Casablanca
This secret society founded in Bavaria in 1776 use the Eye of Providence for their symbol
The Illuminati
For anybody who destroys a single life it is counted as if he destroyed an entire world, and for anybody who preserves a single life it is counted as if he preserved an entire world.
Talmud
1978
Boney M
The popular party resort of Ayia Napa is located in the southeast of this island nation.
Cyprus
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
OctoPussycat Dolls
Originating from Greek mythology, certain white supremacist esotericists claim this Northern land as the true origin of humankind
Hyperborea
Not by not acting in this world does one become free from action,
nor does one approach perfection by renunciation only.
Not even for a moment does someone exist without acting.
Even against one’s will, one acts by the nature-born qualities.
Bhagavad Gita
2009
Rage Against the Machine
After their defeat and withdrawal from Rhodes, the Knights Hospitaller made this island their home from 1530, constructing its modern day capital city, named for the Grand Master who led the defense of the island from siege by the Ottoman Empire in 1565.
Malta
In this small West African nation you are likely to see these birds of the family Numididae, endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa but now raised across the world for it's firm and flavoursome meat.
Equatorial Guinea Fowl
A pseudohistorical theory claims the existence of this globe-spanning, technologically advanced empire, wiped out by a 'mud flood' and expunged from the history books.
Tartarian Empire
Being and nonbeing give birth to each other, Difficult and easy complete each other, Long and short form each other, High and low fulfill each other, Tone and voice harmonize with each other, Front and back follow each other— it is ever thus.
Tao Te Ching
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
Renee and Renato
This largest satellite island of Sicily, famous for sweet passito wine made from Moscato, was used as a base for Allied air forces during the 1943 invasion of Sicily.
Pantellaria
If this theoretical physicist born in Germany 1879 had played the piano, perhaps he would have owned one a model made by this famed German-American company.
Albert EinSteinway (and Sons)
Many celebrities, including Eminem, Paul McCartney and this Canadian pop-punk singer have supposedly died and been replaced by a body double. The theory was traced back to a Brazilian blog, which stated verbatim that it was a hoax!
Avril Lavigne
By Thy perfect Intelligence, O Mazda
Thou didst first create us having bodies and spiritual consciences,
And by Thy Thought gave our selves the power of thought, word, and deed.
Thus leaving us free to choose our faith at our own will.
Yasna (Avesta)