When States Fight
STORY OF MYTH
Oh, That Horror!
Admitted to Duke
"YE" OLD
1

West Virginia broke from Virginia after the legislature voted for this in 1861

Secession 

1

In the labor of the man-eating horses of King Diomedes, this hero fed Diomedes to the horses

Hercules

1

Christian Bale plays Patrick Bateman is a Wall Street Banker, and serial killer in this 2000 flim

American Psycho

1

At 23 in 1705 Archibald Campbell, third Duke of Argyll, was appointed treasurer of this country

Scotland

1

One of "The Canterbury Tales" is told by this olde type of attendant or bodyguard

Yeoman

2

In 1998 New York & New Jersey made their arguments before the Supreme Court over this historic island

Ellis Island

2

Jealous Daedalus tossed his apprentice off the Acropolis, leading to banishment from this city

Athens

2

Kubrick's horror masterpiece The Shining takes place in this secluded Rocky Mountain Hotel

The Overlook Hotel

2

A constant schemer against his brother King Edward IV, George, Duke of Clarence was killed in this London prison in 1478

Tower of London

2

This word for a type of Jewish school entered English in the 1600s

Yeshiva

3

Maine split from this state in 1819 in protest of high taxes, poor roads & the distance to the capital

Massachusetts

3

This god of love fell in love with the mortal Psyche, of whom his mom Venus was jealous

Cupid, Eros

3

Name the author of the Goosebumps series

R.L. Stine

3

Machiavelli fittingly referred to the young duke Cesare Borgia as a "new" this title

Prince

3

This word for an annual publication was around more than 4 centuries before the class of 2020 got theirs

Yearbook

4

California & Arizona's 40-year dispute over water rights to this river ended in 1963

Colorado River

4

King Pelias used the Golden Fleece as an excuse to get this upstart nephew of his out of the city

Jason

4

A marriage-minded monster awaits this title creation in a 1935 horror classic starring Elsa Lanchester

The Bride of Frankenstein 

4

As a young man Arthur Wellesley, best known as this duke, had gambling debts & trouble at school before his martial glory

Duke of Wellington


4

This word for a leavening agent entered the language around the year 1000

Yeast

5

In 1855 many men from this slave state voted in Kansas, leading to bloodshed along the border

Missouri 

5

An errant lioness interrupts the budding romance of Babylonian youths Thisbe & this guy

Pyramus

5

 Both a 1999 film and its 2016 sequel feature found footage exploring this title figure in the Maryland woods

Blair Witch Project

5

Wealthy landowner & 1750s Prime Minister Thomas Pelham-Holles was Duke of this "upon-Tyne"

Newcastle

5

This 4-letter shrill cry has been around since the middle ages, not just the 2004 website launch

Yelp