Deserts
This ancient city in modern day Jordan is carved into the side of a mountain
Petra
This prominent character in the film Alien was originally written for a man.
Ripley
This star-shaped spice has a licorice-like flavor and is an important ingredient in Chinese five-spice powder
star anise
A famous musician who played Feyd-Rautha in the 1984 film adaptation of Dune
Sting
Highly skilled members of the spacing guild that allow humanity to travel between solar systems
Guild Navigators (steersman)
An Asian desert made of mostly rock and not sand and subject to huge temperature swings, ranging from 113 F in the summer to -40 F in the winter
Gobi Desert
In the series Red Rising, this color caste is associated with medics and doctors.
Yellow
This fragrant spice comes in small green or black pods and is used in chai, coffee, curries, and desserts
Cardamom
This lead actress in Dune started started her acting career as a fashion model and back-up hip hop dancer in department store ads.
Zendaya
These members of the Tleilaxu faction can shapeshift and change their voices to mimic anyone
This generically named desert is actually 1 of 10 separate deserts comprising of the Great Australian Desert.
The Great Sandy Desert
Doc Brown swindles plutonium from this group in Back to the Future
Libyan terrorists
These Indonesian islands were once the world's principal source of nutmeg and mace, making them extremely valuable to European traders.
Banda Islands
Denise Villanueau, the director of the 2021 Dune film, also directed this dystopian sci-fi sequel film featuring Harrison Ford and Ryan Gosling.
Blade Runner 2049
The first line of the Bene Gesserit litany of fear
Fear is the mind-killer
This King of Mali is said to have deflated the price of gold during his journey to Mecca in 1324
Mansa Musa
In the first Hunger Games book/movie, Katniss shoots this off of the proctor's meal table
An apple
This famously spicy Indian curry is associated with Goa and often features vinegar and chili peppers.
Vindaloo
Little Women
This influential faction is known for their love of invention and technology
Ixians
This North American desert rodent can survive without drinking liquid water regularly, obtaining much of its water from the metabolism of seeds and inspired the Muad'dib in Dune
Kangaroo Rat
This book series tells the tale of a galactic spanning empire that is predicted to fall using mathematics that tell the future
Foundation (Isaac Asimov)
These tiny but fiery peppers are widely used in Thai cuisine.
Bird's eye chilies
This species of worm is the main antagonist in the Spongebob episode "Sandy, Spongebob and the worm
Alaskan Bull Worm
The completion of this event drove the people of the Dune universe to reject Artificial Intelligence and outlaw any "thinking machines"
Butlerian Jihad