They Played That
Eddie Van Halen, Django Reinhardt, Jimi Hendrix
What is the guitar?
After observing that a falling apple supposedly inspired him to think about gravity, this English scientist developed the laws of motion and universal gravitation.
Who is Isaac Newton?
This 1940 evacuation rescued more than 300,000 Allied troops from the French coast as German forces closed in.
What is Dunkirk?
A place where money is kept, or the side of a river
A man bun
What is Peter Rabbit?
Thelonious Monk, Alfred Brendel, and John Batiste
What is the piano?
In On the Origin of Species, this English naturalist argued that species change over generations through the process now known as natural selection.
Who is Charles Darwin?
Known as Operation Overlord, this June 1944 invasion put Allied forces ashore along five beaches in this region of France.
Something you do in a chair on a porch, or a type of music featuring a strong, steady beat
What is rock?
Consequences of someone playing the drums AGAIN
What are repercussions?
Stephane Grappelli, Itzhak Perlman, Joshua Bell
What is the violin?
This Italian astronomer used an early telescope to observe Jupiter's moons, the phases of Venus, and mountains on the Moon, challenging the traditional Earth-centered model of the universe.
What is Galileo Galilei?
This German armored force, whose name literally means “lightning war,” relied on speed, surprise, tanks, and coordinated air support.
What is Blitzkrieg?
A natural exit point at which groundwater emerges, and a coiled peice of metal
What is a spring?
John Bonham, Rinogo Star, Gene Krupa
This American primatologist spent decades studying chimpanzees in Tanzania and revolutionized our understanding of their behavior.
Who is Jane Goodall?
The July 1944 attempt to assassinate Hitler using a briefcase bomb was part of this German resistance plot, named for the military operation that was supposed to follow his death.
What is Operation Valkyrie?
A job at a lookout, and a device to measure time
How many people names "Mostel" I can name
Jaco Pastorious, James Jamerson, and Paul McCartney
What is the electric bass?
As director of New York City's Hayden Planetarium, this astrophysicist became closely associated with the 2006 decision to reclassify Pluto, sparking a debate that continues to annoy people who still consider it the ninth planet.
Who is Neil deGrasse Tyson?
This 1942 naval battle is often considered the turning point of the war in the Pacific, as the United States sank four Japanese aircraft carriers.
What is the Battle of Midway?
A series of musical notes, or a device to weigh things
What is a scale?
The English word for "schadenfreude"
What is "SADisfaction?