Greek Mythology
Whose capture prompted the Trojan war?
Helen
Edgar Allan Poe is often credited with having invented detective fiction. Which of his works is considered the first detective story?
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
This mathematician and physicist is co-credited with the invention of calculus, along with Leibniz.
Isaac Newton
This is the most-watched event on US television.
Apollo 11 moon landing
The hanging gardens (allegedly) in this city were considered one of the wonders of the ancient world.
Babylon
What could Orpheus not do if he wanted to escape the underworld with Eurydice?
Turn around and look at her
This novella written in 1886 by Robert Louis Stevenson follows the tale of a legal practitioner who investigates a series of strange occurrences between his close friend and a murderous criminal.
Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
This early mathematician and computer scientist was the daughter of 19th-century Romantic poet Lord Byron.
Ada Lovelace
The final episode of this show was the highest-rated TV broadcast in American history.
M.A.S.H.
This site was the location of a famous battle between the Persian empire and the Greeks, led by Spartan king Leonidas.
Thermopylae
Who is the Greek goddess who personifies the moon?
Selene
How long did it take for the first draft of Frankenstein to be written?
One night
This mathematician invented the basis for the modern computer and was the first to do substantial work in the field of artificial intelligence.
Alan Turing
This British show is the longest-running soap opera in the world.
Coronation Street
This modern Egyptian city was once the ancient city of Thebes.
Luxor
What instrument does Apollo play?
Lyre
This book written by Horace Walpole in 1764 is regarded as first gothic book and formalized horror as a literary genre.
The Castle of Otranto
This ancient mathematician supposedly built a heat ray to burn Roman ships.
Archimedes
This show made history in 1968 with the first interracial kiss on television.
Star Trek
This nation was once part of the Roman province of Lusitania.
Portugal
Where was Hades born?
Crete
In Charles Brockden Brown’s Gothic romance Wieland (1798), the elder Wieland, a German mystic who emigrated to Pennsylvania, dies of:
spontaneous combustion
This modern-day mathematician and Fields Medalist scored a 760 on the SAT math section at just 8 years old and received the 2014 CTY distinguished alumni award.
Terence Tao
The first ever televised presidential debate, between these two candidates, changed the face of US politics forever.
Kennedy and Nixon
This 21st century country contained the kingdoms of Kush and Meroe.
Sudan