People You Didn't Know Were Jewish
Yer not a Goyim, Harry.
Who is Daniel Radcliffe?
This unofficial symbol of the socialist movement is often seen as an emoji on Twitter.
What is the red rose?
Premiering in December 1939, this movie based on a Margaret Mitchell novel spent 25 years as the highest-grossing film of all time.
What is Gone with the Wind?
German: Deutsches Wörterbuch
Who are the Brothers Grimm?
Don't get this Egyptian cow goddess angry, or she'll turn into the lion-headed Sekhmet.
Who is Hathor?
With great chutzpah comes great responsibility.
Who is Andrew Garfield?
This founding member was a five-time candidate for President of the United States, running his final campaign from prison.
Who was Eugene Debs?
In February 1940, Tenzin Gyatso officially became the 14th person to hold this sacred title.
What is the Dalai Lama?
English: A Concise Introduction to Syntactic Theory: The Government-Binding Approach
Who is Elizabeth Cowper?
Contrary to his namesake's famous quote, this tiger is pleasant, polite, and tall.
Who is Hobbes?
She's no Mrs. Robinson. And you're no Joe DiMaggio.
Who is Marilyn Monroe?
Nickname for members of the IWW.
Who are the "Wobblies"?
Moviegoers began searching for the meaning of "Rosebud" when this classic film released on May 1, 1941.
What is Citizen Kane?
Greek: "Επιστολή προς τον M. Dacier σχετικά με το αλφάβητο των φωνητικών ιερογλυφικών" ("Epistolí pros ton M. Dacier schetiká me to alfávito ton fonitikón ieroglyfikón")
Who is Jean-Francois Champollion?
Term for an unspayed female cat.
What is a queen?
I guess her cancer wasn't metaphorical after all.
Who is Susan Sontag?
The term for a strike undertaken by unionized workers without authorization from leadership.
What is a wildcat strike?
This famous actress received a patent for a frequency-hopping device that guided torpedoes during the war and became the basis for Bluetooth technology in the decades to come.
Who is Hedy Lamarr?
Anglo-Saxon: "Beowulf: Sê orcnêas ac ðone as wyrgend"
Who is JRR Tolkien?
This disease has been posited as a cause of the "crazy cat lady" trope.
What is toxoplasmosis?
Less famous than her "Notorious" colleague (who is also Jewish), she is second Jewish woman to attain her position, and the fourth woman overall.
Who is Elena Kagan?
Series of alternative history short stories published in 1997, depicting the aftermath of a communist revolution in the United States.
What is "Back in the USSA"?
The all-time best-selling book originally in French, The Little Prince, was published in New York by this exiled aviator.
Who was Antoine de Saint-Exupéry?
Basque: Espainiako lehen biztanleen ikerketak euskararen laguntzaz
Who is Wilhem von Humboldt?
Mascot of the Nostromo and companion of Ellen Ripley.
Who is Jonesy?