ANIME
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SPORTS ANIME
19TH CENTURY LITERATURE
U.S. PRESIDENTS & THEIR WAR CRIMES
200
The anime Fruits Basket based on a manga series of the same name follows characters of the Sohma family, cursed by this ancient Chinese calendar tradition, who turn into their assigned animal when they feel weak or hug someone of the opposite gender.
What is Zodiac?
200
This MLB player was nicknamed "The Bambino."
Who is Babe Ruth?
200
Haikyuu!! is an anime based on a manga of the same name and follows a short athlete with dreams of flying high in this sport.
What is volleyball?
200
This "novel of manners" is the second and perhaps most renown book by English author Jane Austen.
What is Pride & Prejudice?
200
This president supported the Indonesian genocide of East Timor and is from Grand Rapids, Michigan!
Who is Gerald R. Ford?
400
Naoko Takeuchi, the iconic creator of this beloved franchise, is married to the creator of Yu Yu Hakusho and Hunter X Hunter, Yoshihiro Togashi
What is Sailor Moon?
400
After 10 months incarcerated in Russia, this NWBA player was brought home as part of a prisoner swap with arms dealer Viktor Bout.
Who is Brittney Griner?
400
Long story short, homoerotic fanfiction eventually led to the temporary banning of materials related to this anime at conventions and other events.
What is Koroku's Basketball?
400
Regarded as one of the greatest Victorian-era playwrights and authors, this Dublin-born man was also the lover of Lord Alfred Douglas.
Who is Oscar Wilde?
400
Ho Chi Minh to this U.S. president in 1967:
"Vietnam is thousands of miles away from the United States. The Vietnamese people have never done any harm to the United States. But contrary to the pledges made by its representative at the 1954 Geneva conference, the U.S. has ceaselessly intervened in Vietnam, it has unleashed and intensified the war of aggression in North Vietnam with a view to prolonging the partition of Vietnam and turning South Vietnam into a neocolony and a military base of the United States. For over two years now, the U.S. government has, with its air and naval forces, carried the war to the Democratic Republic of (North) Vietnam, an independent and sovereign country."
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
600
One Piece superseded this famous series as the number one best selling manga franchise of all time and also has officially outsold Batman and Superman in terms of sales per volumes.
What is Dragonball?
600
Deion Sanders is the only athlete to have a touchdown in the NFL and home run in this national athletic organization on the same day.
What is Major League Baseball?
600
The series Yowamushi Pedal, "revolving" around this sport, won the Best Shōnen Manga award in 2015, so it's no surprise it was given 5 television seasons and a live-action film.
What is cycling?
600
Brams Stoker was born in this country in 1847 and published Dracula 50 years later.
What is Ireland?
600
Signed the Indian Removal Act of 1830 and architect of the Trail of Tears.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
800
Name this dreamboat.
Who is Tuxedo Mask?
800
During the mixdown of tweez, Britt Walford of Slint requested Steve Albini "make the bass drum sound like a ham being slapped" by this two-word piece of baseball equipment (he then spilled a cup of tea on Albini's mixing board).
What is a catchers mitt?
800
Former athlete and coach of this sport Kenji Miyamoto not only choreographed the routines in Yuri on Ice, but also performed them so the show had authentic sound effects. After the shows release, athletes of the sport around the world took to performing the pieces as well.
What is figure skaing?
800
This character created in 1887 could be realized by the power of deduction.
Who is Sherlock Holmes?
800
"Little Boy" was the nickname of the first atomic bomb detonated in Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 by this president.
Who is Harry Truman?
1000
This young actor's pursuit of happiness is realized in his starring role as a wealthy high schooler in the 2017 anime Neo Yokio, created by Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend.
Who is Jaden Smith?
1000
Super Bowl XLVII had two nicknames: The Har-Bowl, for opposing head coaches brothers Jim and John Harbaugh, and this, after a power outage caused a 34 minute stop to the game.
What is the Blackout Bowl?
1000
Ping Pong the Animation is adapted from a manga series about this sport and is said to have laid the foundation for sports manga and anime genre.
What is table-tennis or ping pong?
1000
Victor Hugo is the author of this French historical novel; a musical based on the book was released over one hundred years later in 1980.
What is Les Misérables?
1000
Papa and former head of the CIA who supported the installment of genocidal dictatorships in Nicaragua and Guatemala.
Who is George H.W. Bush?