World History
This ancient empire, centered in modern-day Iran, spanned over 2.75 million square miles at its peak.
What is the Persian Empire?
This physicist's thought experiment involving a cat helped illustrate quantum superposition.
What is Schrödinger's cat?
This novel by Mary Shelley is considered one of the first works of science fiction.
What is Frankenstein?
The largest country in the world by land area.
What is Russia?
This director, known for his films’ nonlinear storytelling, also directed Memento and Dunkirk.
Who is Christopher Nolan?
Known as the "Sun King," this French monarch ruled for over 70 years.
Who is Louis XIV?
This telescope, launched in 1990, orbits Earth and has provided deep-space images.
What is the Hubble Space Telescope?
This novel, published in 1960, addresses racial injustice in the American South.
What is To Kill a Mockingbird?
This river, the longest in South America, flows through the Amazon Rainforest.
What is the Amazon River?
In The Matrix, this character offers the protagonist a choice between a red and blue pill.
Who is Morpheus?
The Treaty of Tordesillas divided new lands between these two countries.
What are Spain and Portugal?
The double-helix structure of DNA was discovered by these two scientists in 1953.
Who are Watson and Crick?
This English poet wrote Paradise Lost, an epic detailing humanity’s fall from grace.
Who is John Milton?
Known as the “City of Canals,” this Italian city is famous for its gondolas.
What is Venice?
Known for her “meat dress” and eclectic style, this artist debuted with The Fame album in 2008.
Who is Lady Gaga?
This ancient code of laws from Mesopotamia is one of the oldest known.
What is the Code of Hammurabi?
This scientist developed the "uncertainty principle," a fundamental concept in quantum mechanics.
Who is Werner Heisenberg?
This Russian author wrote Crime and Punishment, exploring themes of guilt and redemption.
Who is Fyodor Dostoevsky?
This country is home to the city of Timbuktu, historically known as a center of learning.
What is Mali?
This 1982 cult classic sci-fi film, directed by Ridley Scott, depicts a dystopian future Los Angeles.
What is Blade Runner?
This Japanese clan held power from the 12th century until the Meiji Restoration.
What is the Tokugawa clan?
This thermodynamic law states that the entropy of a system approaches a constant minimum as temperature approaches absolute zero.
What is the Third Law of Thermodynamics?
This The Bell Jar author is also known for her confessional poetry.
Who is Sylvia Plath?
The world's largest archipelago, made up of over 17,000 islands, is located in this country.
What is Indonesia?
This anime series, featuring Spike Spiegel, drew inspiration from Westerns and jazz.
Cowboy Bebop?