Face The Music
This funnyman & former fiancé was one of those who inspired Ariana Grande's song "Thank U, Next"
Pete Davidson
Annotations on a First Folio of Shakespeare were found to be in the handwriting of this "Paradise Lost" poet
John Milton
Alan S. Boyd, the first Secretary of Transportation, went on to head this railway corporation
Amtrak
This Greek who took a long time to get home after the war came up with the idea for the Trojan Horse
Founded in 1252, this Swedish city is today the most populous in the Nordic countries with more than 1.5 million residents
Stockholm
When Dolly Parton left singing partner Porter Wagoner for a solo career, she wrote this iconic love song for him
I Will Always Love You
Poetic insult contests called flyting, basically 15th c. rap battles, are parodied in this Scottish poet's "To a Louse"
Robert Burns
Agatha Christie wrote a novel about a murder on this infamous train; Johnny Depp and Penelope Cruz starred in the 2017 adaptation.
The Orient Express
A prophecy said that Troy could not be taken without this warrior, so the Greeks tracked him down & brought him to the battle
Achilles
Around 1000 King Olaf underwent this rite, aiding the conversion of Sweden to Christianity
Baptism
Erin Everly's smile reminded Axl Rose of childhood memories in this Guns N' Roses hit
Sweet Child O Mine
Gil Scott-Heron turned his poem titled this "Will Not Be Televised" into a 1970s musical anthem
The Revolution
Korean for "modernity" gives us the name of this car company that makes the Elantra
Hyundai
Homer describes weapons, armor & even chariot wheels as being made of this metal--that was the age they were in
Bronze
The Warrior King Charles XII did this in 1708 with 44,000 troops; as military wisdom would suggest, it didn't work
Invade Russia
This late comic is the Andy of R.E.M.'s hit "Man On The Moon"
Andy Kaufman
It took this poet 5 years to sell 500 copies of his first book, "Prufrock & Other Observations"
TS Eliot
In 1936, Beryl Markham was the first woman to achieve this solo flying east to west; Lindbergh had gone the easy way
Crossing the Atlantic
Abducted by Paris, Helen of Troy had been the queen & wife of Menelaus, king of this Greek city-state
Sparta
Queen Christina of Sweden was mentored by this French "cogito, ergo sum" man when he lived there in 1649 & 1650
Descartes
Helô Pinheiro was a young Brazilian bathing beauty when she inspired Antônio Carlos Jobim to write this bossa nova classic
The Girl From Ipanema
Edmund Spenser coined the word "blatant" to describe a beast in this allegorical poem
The Faerie Queene
The B-29 named this was the first plane to drop an atomic bomb
Enola Gay
This leader of the Greek forces foolishly angered Artemis by boasting of his hunting skills
Agamemnon
"Talent & Taste" is the motto of the Swedish Academcy, founded in 1786, which hands out this artistic prize
Nobel Prize for Literature