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Mumford and Sons sing: Roll away your stone, I'll roll away mine Together we can see what we will find Don't leave me alone at this time For I am afraid of what I will discover inside As a reference to these biblical figures who had their stones "rolled away" to come back from the dead...
What is Jesus and Lazarus
100
Hear the ________________ Covering distance in the night. The sound echoing closer. Will they come for me next time?
What is SIRENS
100
“Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation.”
What is ABRAHAM LINCOLN
100
This old sitcom features a young married couple: _______ and Greg. Her name, loosely translated, means "right way of living."
What is Dharma
100
Loose talk in the classroom To hurt they try and try Strong words in the staffroom The accusations fly It's no use, he sees her He starts to shake and cough Just like the old man in That book by Nabokov Don't stand, don't stand so Don't stand so close to me Don't stand, don't stand so Don't stand so close to me
What is Lolita, a story about a pedophile.
200
This Chicago bar famous for its bar fights is named for this biblical harlot who ruined a religious man by seducing him and then cutting his hair...
What is DELILAH
200
Goddess on the mountain top Burning like a silver flame The summit of beauty and love And ____________ was her name She's got it! Yeah baby, she's got it!
What is VENUS
200
Like that day ___________________ was assassinated in plain day/By the greatest lunatic with a gun/Who just happened to work in the on the same block in the library book depository/Where the President would go for a Friday stroll/Shots fired from the grassy knoll.
What is John F. Kennedy
200
Tom came upon the juvenile ___________ of the village, Huckleberry Finn, son of the town drunkard. .. This word has come to mean "outcast by society," but originated in the Hindu caste system
What is PARIAH
200
When logic and proportion have fallen sloppy dead And the White Knight is talking backwards And the Red Queen's off with her head Remember what the Dormouse said Feed your head, feed your head Jefferson Airplane's song "White Rabbit" alludes to this classic children's story.
What is Alice in Wonderland
300
This is not the burial, it's the resurrection Hey kids gather 'round It's DJ Muggs, with Wyclef Aha, I got a story to tell, check it out, c'mon What do you mean, ______________? For God so loved the world, every man packs an M-16 Says the boy to the fiend What do you mean? Huh Wyclef Jean refers to THIS Bible verse in his song title...
What is JOHN 3:16
300
You can run (or fly) at great speeds with our shoes, named for this goddess of victory!
What is NIKE
300
Maycomb had recently learned that they had nothing to fear but fear itself.
What is FDR's first inaugural address
300
From __________ in the Yankee Stadium “No king on his throne has the joy of the dead,” the skull told Chuang-tzu. The thought of death is peppermint to you when games begin with patriotic song and a democratic sun beats broadly down. The Inner Journey seems unjudgeably long when small boys purchase cups of ice and, distant as a paradise, experts, passionate and deft, hold motionless while Berra flies to left. This selection from a John Updike poem refers to which eastern religion?
What is TAOISM
400
“he slept face down on the newspapers with his arms out straight and his palms up” (122). This quote, referring to Santiago from "Old Man and the Sea" is an example of this kind of imagery.
What is Christ Imagery
400
You consider me the young apprentice Caught between the _____________________ Hypnotized by you if I should linger Staring at the ring around your finger. I have only come here seeking knowledge, Things they would not teach me of in college. I can see the destiny you sold turned into a shining band of gold.
What is Scylla and Charibdes
400
Makaveli, Tupac Shakur's "recreation" of himself (i.e. self-given nickname), is a reference to this politician. Tupac's fans believed he had faked his death and would be coming back from the dead, as this is a political strategy outlined in this politician's most famous book.
What is Niccolo Machiavelli, Italian politician and writer of "The Prince"
400
In the movie, this vessel allowed a soldier to become a blue member of the Na'vi. In Hinduism, this vessel allows a deity to come to earth.
What is AVATAR
400
Procul Harum refers to this late 1300's collection of stories in their song "Whiter Shade of Pale." “And so it was that later, As the miller told his tale, That her face, at first just ghostly, Turned a whiter shade of pale.”
What is Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales
500
Coolio refers to this bible verse in his song, "Gangsta's Paradise" “As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I take a look at my life and realize there’s nothing left. Cause I’ve been blastin’ and laughin’ so long that Even my mama thinks my mind is gone.”
Psalm 23
500
FTD will get your flowers delivered fast because our logo contains an image of this messenger god...
What is HERMES
500
Forrest Gump rocks at table tennis, eventually playing against the Chinese team. What a clever reference to this term for an incident that strengthened American/Chinese relations!
What is Ping Pong Diplomacy
500
Radiohead sings: __________ police I've given all I can It's not enough I've given all I can But we're still on the payroll This is what you get This is what you get This is what you get when you mess with us as a reference to this Hindu idea
What is KARMA
500
This sub-par search engine is named for these characters in Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels."
What is YAHOO!