X Marks the Spot
This tentacle-bearded man is a main antagonist of Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean movie series. He also lends his name to the euphemism for the bottom of the sea where sailors would go to die. If you’re wondering, it’s called his “locker.”
Davy Jones
North America, “not root”
Toronto
The Alvarez hypothesis posits that this species went extinct after an asteroid hit 65 million years ago. However, characters in Jules Verne’s Journey to the Center of the Earth discover some of these creatures on their journey through the caverns.
Dinosaurs
“Aaron Burr, Sir,” “My Shot,” “Helpless”
Hamilton
“Number of players on a soccer field (including goalie)” plus “Number of players on basketball court”
11 + 5 = 16
This privateer circumnavigated the globe from 1577 to 1580. Queen Elizabeth I knighted him, and he famously defeated the Spanish Armada in 1588. However, the Spanish branded him as the pirate El Draque, and even though King Philip II of Spain offered 20,000 ducats for his capture, this man actually died from dysentery off the Panamanian coast.
(Sir Francis) Drake
Europe, “regal bed”
Belgrade
In Star Trek, the annihilation of this substance and its counterpart is used to power the Enterprise. On Earth, this rare substance can be found in CERN and bananas.
Antimatter
“America,” “I Feel Pretty,” “Somewhere”
West Side Story
“The amount of strikes needed to get a batter out” minus “The number of hoops on one side of a quidditch pitch”
3 - 3 = 0
What was Blackbeard’s real name?
Edward Teach
Asia, “amok hoya”
Yokohama
Using this maneuver allows spacecraft to change its path and speed while conserving fuel. Donald Glover proposes this technique, using Earth, to save Mark Watney in the Martian.
Gravitational slingshot/gravitational assist (accept similar forms)
“My Favorite Things,” “Do Re Mi,” “Climb Ev’ry Mountain”
The Sound of Music
“The number of World Series titles the New York Yankees have” times “The amount you get when you score a safety in Football”
27 * 2 = 54
This man captured Algiers and declared himself Sultan. He was appointed Grand Admiral of the Ottoman Navy by Suleiman the Magnificent after his pirating gave the Ottomans dominance over the Mediterranean. Name this corsair, whose name means Redbeard in Italian.
(Hayreddin) Barbarossa
Africa, “aero trip”
Pretoria
In the 2014 movie Interstellar, gravitation from a nearby black hole causes this phenomenon to occur, where one hour on a distant planet equalled seven years on Earth. While the effects of this phenomenon was exaggerated in the movie, this concept was theorized by Einstein in his theory of special relativity.
Time dilation
“The Music of the Night,” “Masquerade,” “All I Ask of You”
The Phantom of the Opera
“The amount of seconds on the NBA shot clock” divided by “Babe Ruth’s Jersey Number”
24 / 3 = 8
Alongside Sweden, the United States fought against this group in the early 19th century, who had long been terrorizing the Mediterranean. The first of the wars against this group occurred when Thomas Jefferson failed to pay tribute to them. In the second of the wars, James Madison finally brought these Muslim pirates to an end.
Barbary Pirates (accept similar answers like Barbary corsairs, prompt on anything containing “Ottoman”)
South America, “fatal zero”
Fortaleza
This field of mathematics studies dynamic systems that are governed by deterministic laws- even if it may not seem that way at first. Ian Malcolm foreshadows the ending of Jurassic Park while describing this field, his specialization. In this scene, he tells Dr. Saddler that small changes in large, complex systems can have unpredictable effects.
Chaos theory
“The Worst Pies in London,” “Johanna”, “God, That’s Good”
Sweeney Todd: (the Demon Barber of Fleet Street)
“Number of bails on a wicket in cricket” to the power of the “Number of matches Floyd Mayweather has lost”
2^0=1