Pirate Queens
Bloody Black, a book I recently read, is based of the notion that this Golden Age pirate who operated in the West Indies and Caribbean and sailed the Queen Anne’s Revenge, was a woman.
Who is Blackbeard?
Known as the “Father of Medicine”, the Hippocratic Oath was named after this pioneering medical figure.
Who is Hippocrates?
Sharing its name with the world’s largest island, this shark is the oldest living vertebrate.
What is the Greenland shark?
In the Odyssey, Odysseus and his crew arrive on the island of this mythical creature during their journey home from the Trojan War.
What are cyclops?
A beloved TV Scientist takes a detour from the lab to Flavortown with a spiky-haired chef.
Who is Bill Nye the Science Guy Fieri?
In the late 1500s, Grace O’Mally, the “Pirate Queen”, negotiated with this Virgin Queen for her family’s release and lands.
Who is Queen Elizabeth I?
This never-expiring food was used as an antibacterial to prevent infection.
What is honey?
This physical torture method, also known as “The boats”, involved placing the victim between two boats and force-feeding them milk and honey.
What is scaphism?
These dwarf-life earth spirits guard underground treasure and are often depicted as little old men, often with hunched over backs.
What are gnomes?
ABBA song recorded in honor of the U.K.’s longest reigning monarch.
What is Dancing Queen Elizabeth?
During the Hundred Years’ War, Jeanne de Clisson began fighting for the English against this European country, raiding their castles and military vessels.
Where is France?
Also known for their long hibernation period, this animal’s slime would be used for burns and scalds, a method that is still used today.
What is a snail?
This shark’s name is almost identical to a popular skateboarding magazine brand, however, is known for its long caudal fin.
What is the thresher shark?
King Minos created a complicated maze named this to imprison the Minotaur
What is the Labyrinth?
Middle Eastern entertainment with rapid gyrations of the hips that’s a reality TV show judged by Carrie Ann.
What is Belly Dancing with the Stars?
Charlotte Badger was a former convict who was board this ship, named after a planet, during a mutiny is Tasmania in 1806.
What is The Venus?
St. Paul created a potion for epilepsy, catalepsy, and stomach problems containing this mythical creature’s blood, which is actually the bright red resin of the tree Dracaena draco
What is dragon’s blood?
If someone offers you a Swedish drink at the bar, you should politely decline due to this physical torture method’s past.
What is schwedentrunk?
This Scottish folklore creature represents a plesiosaur, a water-based dinosaur.
What is the Loch Ness Monster?
A CBS Sitcom about Ted Mosby’s search for the nun who founded the order of Missionaries of Charity in India.
What is How I Met Your Mother Teresa?
After her husband died, Ching Shih took charge of a massive pirate armada that flew a red flag and was known by this name.
What is The Red Fleet?
Despite its funny name, this theory explains how a number of bodily fluids relate to personality types and health.
What is the Four Humours theory?
As we all know, a cataclysmic event destroyed all trees on earth, but left this “tree trunk” in Wyoming.
What is Devil’s Tower?
Sharing a name with a popular dessert in this household, these creatures are small and usually helpful, but quick to anger.
What are brownies?
It’s two-day shipping even covers 0 degrees longitude.
What is Amazon Prime Meridian?