Table of Malcontents
This novel’s dream sequences were widely perceived as blasphemous to Muslims globally, resulting in an assassination attempt on the author.
The Satanic Verses
This, Paris’ main international airport
Charles de Gaulle
This Pope, traditionally understood to be the first, has his burial site beneath the high altar of his eponymous Basilica.
St. Peter
When Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. Richardson died in a plane crash on February 3, 1959, the event was forever called this.
The Day the Music Died
The term ‘Norman’ originated from this term.
Northman
Published in 1922, this stream-of-conscious novel was banned in the U.S. until an obscenity trial in 1933.
Ulysses
This American airport, the busiest on Earth by passenger traffic
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta
From 1309 to 1377, the papacy left Rome for this French city.
Avignon
Killed by an accidental gunshot while filming The Crow.
This Viking leader was granted the land that became Normandy in 911.
Rollo
A dystopian novel depicting a million-strong refugee fleet from Calcutta landing in Belgium was out of print for nearly 50 years in the English-speaking world due to a "lack of sensitivity."
Camp of the Saints
This airport was built on an artificial island in the South China Sea.
Hong Kong International
After reigning for only 33 days in 1978, this smiling pope died suddenly thereafter.
John Paul I
Dead at 24 after crashing his Porsche 550 Spyder.
James Dean
This tapestry depicts the events leading up to and including the Conquest.
The Bayeux Tapestry
Published first in Fance in 1934, Henry Miller’s semi-autobiographical novel details his Parisian sexual exploits, and was the subject of an obscenity lawsuit.
Tropic of Cancer
Rome Fiumicino International Airport is named after this Renaissance artist and inventor.
Leonardo da Vinci
The breaking of this ring is performed upon the death or resignation of a pope to prevent forgery.
The Fisherman's Ring
Much like Pink Floyd, her last hit was The Wall, 1997.
Princess Diana
This novel governmental system for tenant farming replaced the Anglo-Saxon system of shrines and hundreds.
Feudalism
This novel’s depiction of the Cultural Revolution through the lives of three generations of women was banned in China despite international popularity.
Wild Swans
Paro International Airport is considered one of the world’s most challenging airports for pilots to land upon, as it is isolated and situated in a deep valley in this South Asian country.
Bhutan
A former Benedictine hermit, this pope was the first to resign voluntarily, and was immortalized in Dante’s Inferno for his “great refusal.”
Celestine V
Australian actor killed by a prescription drug overdose in 2008.
Heath Ledger
This, the first survey and census of landholdings in Britain was commissioned by William in 1085.
The Domesday Book