MY ROMAN EMPIRE
With the original intent of being a venue for gladiatorial fights, this amphitheater is the second most visited site in Rome.
What is the Colosseum?
In 2006 "Monday Night Football" began airing on this network after decades as a mainstay on ABC
What is ESPN?
Gregory Corso, one of the leading poets of this hip 1950s movement, incorporated jazz rhythms into his verse
What is the Beat movement?
Streetcar transit from days of old is being revived, like the one seen here in St. Louis, called this
What is a (Loop) trolley?
Details are sketchy on him; was he a 9th century B.C. guy? 8th? From Ionia? Did he really create the 2 epic poems he's credited with?
Who is Homer?
This was the first Roman emperor following the assassination of Julius Caesar.
Who is Augustus (Octavian)?
Dwight was perplexed when Randall Park, seen here, showed up in an "Office" episode impersonating this character
Who is Jim (Halpert)?
Gertrude Stein is credited with giving this bleak nickname to a group of young writers alienated from post-World War I society
What is the Lost Generation?
An act of sheer madness or idiocy
What is a folly?
We have a theorem about this guy who was born in Ionia around 570 B.C.:
a2 + b2 = c2
Who is Pythagoras?
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GEOGRAPHY
During Nero’s rule, this event occurred that destroyed (about) 71% of Rome.
What is the Great Fire of Rome?
Lacey Chabert voiced this character on the first season of "Family Guy", but Mila Kunis picked up the ball & ran with it
Who is Meg?
Poet & playwright Amiri Baraka is considered the founder of this 1960s & '70s movement, BAM for short
What is the the Black Arts Movement?
North Carolina State University's Memorial Bell Tower is seen with the skyline of this city behind it
Where is Raleigh?
The first great civilization to emerge around Greece flourished circa 2000 B.C. with the Minoans on this island
Where is Crete?
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This former tax haven with capital Vaduz is one of two doubly-landlocked countries (landlocked by other landlocked countries) in the world. It is also available to rent at $70,000 per night.
This person directed Gladiator and Gladiator II.
Who is Ridley Scott?
On the "WandaVision" episode about Wanda's reunion with this "mercurial" brother, he's a different actor from "Age of Ultron"
Who is Quicksilver?
Wordsworth & this sometime friend & writing partner were the big stars of the early 19th century Lake School of English poetry
Who is Coleridge?
1621's "Anatomy of" this sad mood rhymes, "All my griefs to this are jolly"
What is melancholy?
In the long run, you'll know General Miltiades lost only around 200 men & the Persians, 6,400, in the 5th century B.C. Battle of this
Where is Marathon?
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Where is Liechtenstein?
The traditional end to the Western Roman Empire is marked by the overthrow of this emperor in 476 AD.
Who is Romulus Augustulus?
After a big time jump in season 9 of this show, we find a new actress playing young Judith Grimes & she's there to help the survivors
What is The Walking Dead?
For their gallant verses & loyalty to Charles I, 1600s poets like Richard Lovelace were known as these mounted knights
Who are the cavaliers?
A camera mounted on a cart is used for this type of movie shot in moving toward a subject or out for the reverse
What is a dolly?
This 400s B.C. physician had a school at Cos where he taught for fees; no word on if he had a loan program
Who is Hippocrates?