Art & Architecture 2
This Cambodian temple complex was originally dedicated to the Hindu god Vishnu before later becoming a Buddhist site. Built during the Khmer Empire, it features a massive moat and a distinctive five-tower structure meant to represent Mount Meru. This temple complex is considered the largest religious monument in the world.
Angkor Wat
This English poet wrote the companion poems The Lamb and The Tyger. These works appeared in two different collections titled Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience. He also wrote a visionary work titled The Marriage of Heaven and Hell.
William Blake
These fundamental particles come in six flavors and combine in groups of three to form baryons such as protons and neutrons. Mesons, by contrast, contain two of them. They are held together by gluons through the strong nuclear force.
Quarks
This 1794 uprising occurred in western Pennsylvania when farmers protested a federal excise tax placed on distilled spirits. President George Washington ultimately mobilized state militias to suppress the rebellion, demonstrating the power of the new federal government under the Constitution.
Whiskey Rebellion
This 1851 opera by Giuseppe Verdi tells the story of a court jester serving the Duke of Mantua. Near the beginning of Act III, the Duke sings the famous aria “La donna è mobile,” which later reveals that the jester’s attempt to have the Duke assassinated has tragically failed.
Rigoletto
This modern performing arts center sits on Bennelong Point in Sydney Harbor. Danish architect Jørn Utzon designed its distinctive roof structures to resemble sails. Queen Elizabeth II officially opened this building in 1973.
Sydney Opera House
This American poet wrote a famous autobiography describing her childhood in Stamps, Arkansas. That work recounts how she eventually became the first Black streetcar conductor in San Francisco. Its title references a metaphorical bird whose song represents resilience and freedom. Her famous work is I Know Why the Cages Bird Sings
Maya Angelou
These principles describe the conservation and flow of energy in physical systems. The first says energy cannot be created or destroyed, the second says entropy tends to increase, and the third describes the behavior of entropy near absolute zero. Together, they are known by this general name.
laws of thermodynamics
This 1898 conflict began after tensions between Spain and the United States escalated over Cuba. During the war, Commodore George Dewey destroyed the Spanish fleet in Manila Bay, and the United States ultimately gained control of territories including the Philippines.
Bonus...who was president during this conflict? He was one of the assassinated presidents.
Spanish American War
This opera by Giacomo Puccini includes the famous aria “Nessun Dorma.” Set in imperial China, it tells the story of a princess who demands that suitors answer three riddles or face execution.
Turandot
This famous sculpture depicts a nude man seated with his chin resting on his hand in a pose of deep contemplation. It was originally part of a larger sculptural project inspired by Dante’s Inferno and placed beneath figures known as The Three Shades. This work was created by the French sculptor Auguste Rodin.
The Thinker
This French novelist wrote a famous work set in medieval Paris featuring the cathedral of Notre Dame. One of its central characters is the deformed bell-ringer Quasimodo, who was raised by the archdeacon Claude Frollo. Frollo becomes obsessed with the dancer Esmeralda and kills the soldier Phoebus out of jealousy.
Victor Hugo
These are the four basic interactions that govern the behavior of matter and energy in the universe. One of them binds quarks together inside protons and neutrons, another governs radioactive decay, one explains electricity and magnetism, and one acts over long distances between masses. Together, they are known by this collective name.
(strong, weak, gravitational, EM)
This 1883 reform law aimed to end the patronage-based spoils system that had dominated American politics. It was passed after the assassination of President James Garfield by Charles Guiteau, a disappointed office seeker, and required federal jobs to be awarded based on merit through examinations.
Pendleton Act
This opera by Mozart tells the story of a nobleman who attempts to seduce numerous women and is ultimately dragged to hell by a statue of the Commendatore.
Don Giovanni
This bronze sculpture by Donatello depicts the biblical hero standing triumphantly after defeating Goliath. The figure wears a distinctive laurel-lined helmet and holds the sword of the giant he defeated. Created in Florence during the early Renaissance, it is considered the first freestanding nude sculpture of that period.
David
This Czech-born writer created a disturbing novella in which the traveling salesman Gregor Samsa awakens transformed into a monstrous insect. Another of his stories describes a machine invented by the “Old Commandant” that carves sentences onto prisoners’ bodies. These works helped define the surreal and oppressive tone often associated with this author’s name.
Franz Kafka
the 2nd law involves this constant k sub b in which it states that the entropy of an isolated system tends to increase over time. It is related to the number of possible microstates with a formula involving this constant and a logarithm. It explains why natural processes tend to move toward greater disorder.
boltzmann constant (disorder is called entropy)
This famous Civil War battle in Virginia in June 1861 was the first major battle of the conflict. Union forces under Irvin McDowell retreated in what became known as the “Great Skedaddle,” and Confederate general Thomas Jackson earned the nickname “Stonewall.”
First Battle of Bull Run
This 1880 orchestral work commemorates the Russian victory over Napoleon’s invasion. It famously uses cannon fire to represent the defeat of the French army and quotes several melodies including “God Save the Tsar” and the French national anthem “La Marseillaise.” Early in the piece, violas and cellos quote the hymn “O Lord, Save Thy People.”
This Singapore structure is located inside Jewel Changi Airport. Designed as part of a large glass dome complex, it sends water cascading through a circular opening surrounded by vegetation. This installation is known as the world’s largest indoor waterfall.
Rain Vortex
This French writer is often considered one of the pioneers of science fiction. One of his novels follows Captain Nemo aboard a submarine exploring the ocean depths, while another describes a wager to travel around the world in eighty days. Another adventure story imagines a journey deep beneath the Earth’s surface.
Jules Verne
These simple mechanical devices store elastic energy when stretched or compressed. Their behavior is described by Hooke’s law, and the relevant constant is measured in newtons per meter. In energy form, they store an amount equal to one-half kx squared.
The force is = -kx
springs
This Russian ruler freed the serfs in 1861 in one of the most important reforms of imperial Russia. Despite these reforms, he was assassinated by revolutionaries belonging to the organization known as the People’s Will.
Alexander II
This Baroque composer wrote Water Music and the oratorio Messiah. Known for his large physical stature, he was sometimes nicknamed “The Great Bear.”
Handel