Russian Literature
This Anna Karenina author received Nobel Prize nominations 8 times but never received one
Leo Tolstoy
Julius Caesar had a bad day in mid March 44 BC when a group of senators ambushed him in a meeting hall
Assassination by stabbing
The first sweeper of the Razzies, this 2011 film features Adam Sandler in a dual role alongside Al Pacino and many other celebrity cameos
Jack and Jill
South Carolina produces more of this Crayola fruit than any other state in the country
Peaches
Mother to Mary Shelley, this similarly named feminist writer known for A Vindication on the Rights of Woman is commonly known as the founder of feminism
Mary Wollstonecraft
Poor Folk is the first novel by this acclaimed Russian writer, whose Notes are considered some of the first existential literature
Fyodor Dostoevsky
James Dean, 50’s Hollywood rebel, known for taking life in the fast lane, died 6 months after his first film released and a month before his second
Car crash
This 2007 musical comedy was a box office success despite negative reviews, resulting in three following “squeakuels”
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Fishing with this Looney Tunes-esque cartoon explosive is punishable by either 3 months of hard labor or up to 500 dollars on the first offense
Dynamite
This 2022 debut novel by Bonnie Garmus received acclaim for its depiction of feminist themes, resulting in a 2023 Apple TV miniseries starring Brie Larson
Lessons in Chemistry
Known for his novel Lolita, this Russian-American novelist spent the first 15 or so years of his career writing only in Russian
Vladimir Nabokov
Michael Jackson, king of pop, had trouble sleeping a called on his personal physician to help him sleep, however he wouldn‘t wake up this time
Overdose
This 2004 horror film created one of the most iconic horror villains by means of a puppet as well as bring director James Wan (Insidious & The Conjuring) into the mainstream
Saw
These two predecessors (in name) to the current king are the state’s namesake
Charles I and Charles II
With a total gross, this 2023 film with a 1.448 billion gross, received acclaim for its views on gender and feminism
Barbie
This diary writing madman was known not as a wimpy kid, but as a “mysterious dwarf” among his peers at school
Nikolai Gogol
Leon Trotsky, the man below Lenin in the Russian Revolution, was very against Stalin and ran away to a lot of places before finally ending up in Mexico in 1940
Assassinated by ice axe (or by Stalin, but who could say)
John W. Campbell’s 1938 sci-fi horror novella Who Goes There?, also released as The Thing from Another World, inspired what 80s movie which people on Reddit think is about AIDS?
The Thing
The first game of this Tiger led sport played in the United States was played in Charleston
Golf
Featuring purple and yellow prominently in its design, the National American Woman Suffrage Association was created by the merging of rival organizations, the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association, allowing women the right to vote in America starting in what year?
1919 (amendment approved) or 1920 (amendment ratified)
Russian playwright and doctor Anton Chekhov wrote many letters for young playwrights, many mentioning that every mentioned element should be necessary. What narrative principle did this bring forth?
Chekhov’s gun
David Bowie, known alongside the spiders from Mars, passed away in 2016, 2 days after his final album Blackstar was released. It has been theorized that his death was caused by drinking which caused this type of cancer
Liver cancer
Pulp Fiction
This pepper, known as the hottest in the world (as of 2023), calls South Carolina home
Pepper X
This social movement and awareness campaign against sexual assault and harassment, gained tons of traction in 2017 and 2018 in the wake of Harvey Weinstein and the “Weinstein Effect”
MeToo