World History
The 1948 airlift to this capital city was designed to thwart a Soviet blockade.
What is Berlin?
This woman is now the longest-running female character on network television.
Who is Olivia Benson?
This late night host hold the prize of being Prof. Nelson's celebrity crush.
Who is Conan O'Brian?
This term for an apocalyptic savior derives from the Israelite practice of pouring perfumed oil on a king's head.
What is "messiah?'
This vehicle was introduced in the Battle of the Somme, providing a new weapon platform that is still used to this day.
What is the tank?
This Hun got an annual tribute of 2,100 pounds of gold from the Romans.
Who is Attila?
This movement in which peaked in the nineteenth century is responsible for emergence of pop culture.
What is romanticism?
This American general holds a special place in Professor Nelson's heart for being terrible.
Who is Douglas MacArthur?
The YMCA was created as a part of this movement, which tried to counteract the perception that Europe's dominant faith had become too feminine.
What is "muscular Christianity?"
This nation invented dive-bomber tactics in WWI.
What is the British Commonwealth?
He won the 1953 Nobel Prize for Literature partly for his six-volume history of World War II.
Who is Winston Churchill?
This term, coined in 1963, described the phenomena surrounding a famous English band.
What is Beatlemania?
This revolutionary battle is the subject of Professor Nelsons 's book.
What is the Battle of Trenton?
This religion's goal of escape from the suffering of existence became the name of a leading 90s grunge band.
What is Buddhism?
This political figure orchestrated a failed attack against Axis forces, resulting in his enlistment to redeem his honor.
Who is Winston Churchill?
Exactly 600 years after the Norman Conquest, London suffered through plague and this other major disaster.
What is the Great Fire of London?
This term references the first teams to play in the NHL for its first 25 seasons.
What is the Original Six?
Professor Nelson's dog owes major name creds to this American general.
Who is Major General William Tecumseh Sherman?
Sufi, monks, and Cynics are examples of this spiritual way of life, where the body is disciplined in order to elevate the soul.
What is asceticism?
This political fugitive was used by Germany to kickstart the Russian Revolution and allow them to win the Eastern Front.
Who is Vladimir Lenin?
This conflict is the longest war in world history, spanning over 700 years.
What is the Reconquista?
What is Cap?
Professor Nelson graduated high school alongside this Professor in this year.
What is Professor Eckert in 2005?
She didn't keep on going and going forever, but this Christian martyr left us with the longest surviving piece of writing by a roman woman, including a remarkable dream in which she was changed into a man.
Who is Perpetua?
This German officer would earn the Iron Cross for his ability to maneuver his forces and outwit his enemies, inspiring the creation of blitzkrieg tactics?
Who is Erwin Rommel?