Before and After
School of Rock/Minecraft actor who is also a cosmic region in space where gravity is so strong that even light cannot escape
Jack Black Hole
The malfunctioning mechanical shark forced the director to shoot from the creature's perspective instead making this horror movie far scarier
Jaws
A famous Greek city got its name from this Goddess
Athena
Alongside the echidna, this semi-aquatic Australian mammal is one of the world's only two egg-laying mammals
Platypus
Designated by the letter c in physics equations, this universal constant measures approximately 300,000 kilometres per second in a vacuum
Speed of light
A movie franchise reimagining a classic dinosaur movie trilogy which is also what hippies want for everyone
Jurassic World Peace
Ay-o, Ay-ay-o; in this 2018 movie, Rami was more than ready to perform
Bohemian Rhapsody
Overlooking the city from the Acropolis, this iconic 5th-century BC temple was built to house a massive gold-and-ivory statue sculpted by Phidias.
The Parthenon
Reaching speeds over 200 mph during its signature high-speed hunting dive—known as a stoop—this bird of prey is the fastest member of the animal kingdom
Peregrine Falcon
Because it uses a logarithmic scale, an increase of one whole number on this earthquake measurement scale represents a tenfold increase in measured wave amplitude
Richter scale
Paul McCartney's Bond theme plays as Bruce Willis fights off bad guys at the Nakatomi Building
Live and Let Die Hard
This film with Margot Robbie brought even more drama to the world of figure skating
I, Tonya
The messenger Pheidippides famously ran 26 miles to Athens to announce victory over the Persians after this pivotal 490 BC battle
Battle of Marathon
Weighing roughly 8 to 9 kilograms—over five times the mass of a human's—this marine giant possesses the largest brain of any known animal species in history
Sperm Whale
Rosalind Franklin’s famous "Photo 51"—captured using X-ray diffraction—was critical in revealing the twisted, double-stranded ladder structure of this genetic molecule
DNA
Man who wore a black suit and worked with aliens and handgun manufacturer who celebrated their 150th anniversary in 2002
Will Smith and Wesson
In "The Wizard of Oz", the "snow" that falls on Dorothy & friends in the poppy field was actually this
Asbestos
King Leonidas and his 300 Spartans made their famous last stand defending a narrow coastal pass against the invading army of King Xerxes I during this 480 BC battle
Battle of Thermopylae
Covered in overlapping scales made of keratin—the same protein as human fingernails—this solitary creature holds the unfortunate distinction of being the most illegally trafficked wild mammal in the world
Pangolin
Absorbing up to 99% of the Sun's harmful ultraviolet radiation, this protective layer of triatomic oxygen gas ($O_3$) is located within Earth's stratosphere
Ozone layer
Elton John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Emma Stone & Glenn Close each brought their own unique menace to this fashion designer
Cruella de Vil
This philosopher lived inside a storage jar, acted strangely in public carrying a lamp in broad daylight claiming he was "looking for an honest man", and told Alexander the Great to move when he visited because he was blocking the sunlight
Diogenes
Able to survive the vacuum of space and absolute zero, this microscopic organism enters a near-complete state of suspended animation known as cryptobiosis by expelling nearly all water from its body
Tardigrade
Devised in 1935 as a thought experiment to illustrate the concept of quantum superposition, this hypothetical paradox features a feline that is simultaneously alive and dead until observed
Schrödinger's cat