In this Shakespearean comedy, a Jewish merchant attempts to take a pound of flesh, but is rebuffed by a woman dressed as a lawyer.
What is "Merchant of Venice"?
100
This man described a narrative device that calls for every piece of information to be relevant to the overall plot, particularly with weapons.
Who is Chekov?
100
This geographic feature is what gives the country of Chad its name.
What is Lake Chad?
100
The Greek hero Orpheus was famous for his use of this instrument.
What is the lyre?
100
The Democrats adopted the donkey as their symbol after which president?
What is Andrew Jackson?
200
Nick is a witness to a dysfunctional relationship when he is invited to a party by George and Martha in this play.
What is "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"
200
This German mathematician developed two of Maxwell's four equations on electrodynamics, one of which relates the distribution of electrical charge through an electrical field.
Who is Carl Friedrich Gauss
200
This famous road was established in 1926 and went from Chicago to Santa Monica, California.
What is Route 66?
200
The song "Baba Yetu" by Christopher Tin is a rendition of the Lord's Prayer in this language.
What is Swahili?
200
This animal usually symbolizes marriage or fidelity in Postclassical European artwork.
What is a dog?
300
This play contains the quote: "All the world's a stage, and the men and women merely players; they have their entrances and exits and one man in his time plays many parts."
What is "As You Like It"?
300
This Russian mathematician researched the "memoryless" property of stochastic chains, which now bears his name.
Who is Markov
300
This city has a statue of a little boy peeing over a fountain, commemorating an event where a boy peed on a bomb fuse to put it out, saving the city.
What is Brussels?
300
This classical song was first played in renditions of Henrik Ibsen's five act play "Peer Gynt"
What is "In the Hall of the Mountain King?"
300
This location was torn down by a group of farmers led by Jose Bove as a symbolic fight against globalization in 1999.
What is McDonalds?
400
In this 1518 play by Niccolo Machiavelli, Nicia is convinced to drug Lucrezia with the play's namesake plant.
What is "La Mandragola (The Mandrake)"?
400
This man was a Roman dictator who relinquished power after his reign, thus gaining respect in the United States and having a city named after him.
Who is Cincinnatus?
400
At the battle of Antietam, McClellan drove back the army of this river.
What is the Potomac?
400
This is a colorful term for a note, commonly found in jazz, which is played at a slightly different pitch than normal.
What is a blue note?
400
The term fascism comes from the Roman term facses, a bundle of sticks wrapped around this object.
What is an axe?
500
Aliases and lost handbags form the crux of this wilde play.
What is "The Importance of Being Earnest"?
500
After the battle of Hastings in October of 1066, this man was king of England until William of Normandy was proclaimed ruler on Christmas Day.
Who is Edgar the Aethling?
500
According to legend, the Virgin of Guadalupe first appeared in what is now this city.
What is Mexico city?
500
Charles Ives wrote an arrangement of this country's de facto national anthem for the organ, at the age of 17.
What is America?
500
This is a Japanese watergoblin, which has in recent years become a meme.