The Mongol Empire
Born with the name Temüjin, this warrior united the Mongol tribes before taking a title that would become synonymous with conquest.
Who is Genghis Khan?
This giant lumberjack is said to have been so enormous that his footsteps created lakes, while his blue ox helped him clear the forests.
Who is Paul Bunyan?
Currently sitting at number 24, this 1989 Spike Lee film takes place over the course of one sweltering summer day in a Brooklyn neighborhood.
What is Do the Right Thing?
This Italian dessert combines coffee-soaked ladyfingers with mascarpone cheese and cocoa powder.
What is tiramisu?
This songwriting duo created “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” “Mrs. Robinson,” and “The Sound of Silence.”
Who are Simon and Garfunkel?
Rather than relying solely on brute force, Mongol armies became famous for using this highly mobile weapon platform from horseback.
What is the composite bow/bow and arrow?
This larger-than-life steel-driving hero was said to have challenged a machine in a contest of strength and endurance.
Who is John Henry?
Sitting comfortably at #10, this 1952 musical follows an aging silent-film star who lives in isolation and becomes obsessed with a young screenwriter.
What is Singin' in the Rain?
This classic French dessert consists of caramelized custard beneath a thin, brittle layer of sugar.
What is crème brûlée?
This prolific songwriter wrote “God Bless America,” “White Christmas,” and “There's No Business Like Show Business.”
Who is Irving Berlin?
Some estimates suggest that a single Mongol warrior might have had as many as five of these animals available during a campaign.
What are horses?
This giant blue ox is the legendary companion of a famous lumberjack in American folklore.
Who is Babe?
At #6, this is the highest ranked of Stanley Kubrick's films, and is considered a masterpiece of the science fiction genre.
This Austrian pastry consists of thin layers of dough wrapped around a filling traditionally made with apples, sugar, cinnamon, and raisins.
What is apple strudel?
This songwriter wrote “Night and Day,” “I've Got You Under My Skin,” and “Anything Goes.”
Who is Cole Porter?
This grandson of Genghis Khan founded the Yuan dynasty and completed the Mongol conquest of China.
Who is Kubla Khan?
This legendary figure was supposedly responsible for planting apple trees across large parts of the American frontier, although the historical man behind the stories was a real person named John Chapman.
Who is Johnny Appleseed?
This 1966 Ingmar Bergman film follows a young woman whose increasingly isolated existence becomes entangled with an unsettling supernatural presence.
What is Persona?
This Middle Eastern sweet is made from layers of pastry, chopped nuts, and syrup or honey, with numerous regional variations.
What is baklava?
This lyricist partnered with Richard Rodgers after Rodgers' collaboration with Lorenz Hart ended, creating Oklahoma!, South Pacific, and The King and I.
Who is Oscar Hammerstein II?
This famous Venetian traveler described his years in the court of Kublai Khan in an account that introduced many Europeans to the Mongol world.
Who is Marco Polo?
This legendary cowboy supposedly wore a rattlesnake for a lasso and rode a horse named Widow-Maker.
Who is Pecos Bill?
Having dethroned such films at Citizen Kane and Verigo for the #1 spot, Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles is the first film directed by a woman to reach the spot, and was made in this European country.
What is Belgium?
The meringue coating on this dessert works as an insulator, allowing the frozen center to remain cold even while the exterior is briefly exposed to intense heat.
What is Baked Alaska?
This songwriter wrote “Hallelujah,” “Suzanne,” and “Bird on the Wire,” becoming one of the most influential singer-songwriters of the 20th century.
Who is Leonard Cohen?