Classical Civilization
This Greek historian is often called the “Father of History,” though some accuse him of embellishment.
Herodotus
This law states that voltage equals current times resistance.
Ohm's Law
This philosopher wrote “The Republic” and proposed the concept of philosopher-kings.
Plato
This organization includes western countries, like the USA, Britain, France, Germany, and now, Finland, much to Trump's chagrin.
NATO
This author wrote 1984 and Animal Farm.
George Orwell
This Carthaginian general famously crossed the Alps with war elephants during the Second Punic War.
Hannibal Barca
This data structure follows a "last in, first out"; or LIFO order.
Stack
This Enlightenment thinker argued for natural rights like life, liberty, and property.
John Locke
This sea is a major flashpoint involving territorial disputes between China and neighboring countries.
South China Sea
This novel by Mary Shelley features a doctor and a "monster".
Frankenstein
This Athenian leader delivered the famous Funeral Oration during the Peloponnesian War.
Pericles
These four equations, named not necessarily after the person who discovered them, dictate the rules for Electromagnetism.
Maxwell's Equations
This German philosopher developed the concept of the “categorical imperative.”
Immanuel Kant
This country controls the Bosporus Strait, a key link between the Black Sea and Mediterranean.
Turkey
This Shakespeare play features the line “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.”
Hamlet
This Persian king built the Royal Road and standardized administration across his empire.
Darius I
This dimensionless number, equal to inertial forces divided by viscous forces, helps predict whether flow is laminar or turbulent.
Reynolds number
This philosopher declared that “God is dead” and explored nihilism.
Friedrich Nietzsche
This agreement governs Iran’s nuclear program and has been a major diplomatic focus since 2015.
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
This author of The Stranger explored absurdism.
Albert Camus
This battle in 480 BC saw a small Greek force delay a massive Persian army at a narrow pass.
Battle of Thermopylae
DAILY DOUBLE
This algorithmic paradigm breaks problems into subproblems and combines optimal solutions.
This 20th-century thinker wrote Being and Nothingness and is associated with existentialism.
Jean-Paul Sartre
This region annexed by Russia in 2014 remains internationally disputed.
Crimea
This epic poem by Homer recounts Odysseus’s journey home.
The Odyssey