Space Science
Ancient History
English Literature
2000s Pop Culture
Current Events
100

This planet rotates on its side, making its seasons last over 20 years each

Uranus

100

The Rosetta Stone was key to decoding this ancient writing system.

Egyptian hieroglyphics

100

This epic poem begins with the fall of Satan

Paradise Lost

100

This singer interrupted Taylor Swift’s MTV VMA speech in 2009.

Kanye West

100

This political rising star’s upset primary win in NYC energized over 10,000 young people to consider running for office.

Zohran Mamdani

200

The largest known volcano in the solar system is Olympus Mons, located on this planet.

Mars

200

This ancient wonder stood in Babylon and was said to be built for a queen 

The Hanging Gardens

200

This Brontë novel tells the story of Jane Eyre and her mysterious employer.

Jane Eyre

200

This Shrek sequel introduced Puss in Boots

What is Shrek 2?

200

This grassroots protest movement, naming itself “50 protests, 50 states, 1 movement,” helped spark massive demonstrations under the slogan “Hands Off!”

50501 movement

300

This type of star ends its life in a violent collapse, sometimes leaving behind a neutron star or black hole.

supernova

300

This Greek historian, known as the “Father of History,” chronicled the Persian Wars.

Herodotus

300

In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, this character delivers the famous “To be or not to be” soliloquy.

Hamlet

300

This British TV series about time travel saw its revival in 2005

Doctor Who

300

This boycott strategy called for Americans to spend zero for a full day, as an act of protest against rollbacks of DEI policies.

Economic Blackout

400

This point in space is where a planet’s gravity balances with the Sun’s, allowing objects to “park” in orbit.

Lagrange point

400

This Mesopotamian king created one of the earliest written legal codes.

Hammurabi

400

This modernist work by T.S. Eliot begins, “April is the cruellest month.”

The Waste Land

400

This massively popular social media site was launched in 2004 and started as a way to rate women on their looks

Facebook

400

This combative messaging style, coined in 2025, marks a shift toward unapologetically provocative and confrontational progressive tactics.

Dark Woke

500

The term for the faint glow left over from the Big Bang, still detectable today.

cosmic microwave background radiation

500

This sea battle in 480 BCE saw the Greeks defeat a much larger Persian fleet.

What is the Battle of Salamis?

500

What Shakespeare Play is loosely based on the Lion King

Hamlet

500

This 2004 internet animation featured a surrealist llama with a fondness for “muffins” and a tendency toward chaos.

Carrrrrrrl That's Llamas with Hats 

500

This mega-rally tour, led by Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, drew tens of thousands and emphasized fighting corporate influence.

Fighting Oligarchy Tour