food
where are french fries from
germany
madonna
Now hanging in the Louvre, Leonardo da Vinci’s famous portrait of this woman features a notoriously enigmatic smile.
the mona lisa
In this 2018 thriller, Dev Patel plays a mysterious British Muslim man who journeys to Pakistan to kidnap a bride-to-be.
the wedding guest
Built in 80 AD, this massive Roman amphitheater hosted gladiator battles and mock sea hunts.
colosseum
what type of sushi is served raw and typicaly served on rice
nigiri
Queen sings that this "he coming down the street, gonna be a big man someday."
buddy
Though he was a sculptor at heart, Pope Julius II essentially forced this Renaissance master to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
Michelangelo
Dev Patel portrays the real-life self-taught Indian mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan alongside Jeremy Irons in this 2015 biographical drama.
the man who knew infinity
Known as the "Sun King," this French monarch built the grand Palace of Versailles.
Louis XIV
often called brain berries, these colorful small fruits belong to the genus vaccinium.
blueberries
This synth-pop band asked, "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" in a 1982 hit.
culture club
This surrealist 1931 Salvador Dalí painting features melting pocket watches.
The Persistence of Memory
In this sci-fi film directed by Neill Blomkamp, Patel stars as Deon Wilson, the brilliant programmer who creates a self-aware police robot.
chappie
This Portuguese explorer's crew completed the first circumnavigation of the Earth, though he died mid-voyage.
Ferdinand Magellan
garlic bulbs are broken up into segments called these for cooking
cloves
This upbeat 1977 Bee Gees track from Saturday Night Fever tells you 'you can tell by the way I use my walk, I'm a woman's man, no time to talk'.
stayin alive
Grant Wood used his dentist and his sister as models for this iconic 1930 regionalist painting.
american gothic
Patel plays Alex, a young man with severe obsessive-compulsive disorder, who goes on an unexpected road trip in this 2014 comedy-drama.
the road within
Code-named "Operation Overlord," this massive Allied amphibious invasion took place on June 6, 1944.
D-Day or the Invasion of Normandy.
Legend says this classic dessert was created in 1890 to honor a visiting French actor, or perhaps a famous French cherry orchard.
Cherries Jubilee
This 1972 instrumental smash by Hot Butter was actually a cover of a 1969 electronic track by Stan Free.
popcorn
Cut off in his prime at age 37, this Dutch post-impressionist only sold one painting during his lifetime.
Vincent van Gogh
Dev Patel voices the character of Naoufel’s severed hand in the English dub of this acclaimed 2019 French animated film.
i lost my body
This code of law from ancient Mesopotamia established the principle of "an eye for an eye."
the Code of Hammurabi