Gods of the Sun
This Egyptian deity travels across the sky in a solar bark and is often depicted with the head of a falcon.
Who is Ra?
In both MMA grappling and military hand-to-hand combat, this principle allows a smaller fighter to control or throw a larger opponent by using their momentum against them.
What is leverage?
This longtime co-host of NBC’s Today show was fired after multiple women accused him of sexual misconduct, including one who said he used a button under his desk to lock his office door.
Who is Matt Lauer?
Boris Karloff portrayed this creature assembled from body parts and brought to life by electricity in the 1931 Universal film.
What is Frankenstein's monster?
These first ten amendments to the Constitution, added in 1791, protect individual liberties such as freedom of speech and the right to bear arms.
What are the Bill of Rights?
This Greek Titan was the original personification of the Sun, riding a four-horse chariot from East to West and in the God of War video game series, Kratos brutally defeats this Greek Sun God and uses his severed head as a lantern to illuminate dark areas.
Who is Helios?
This physiological response, triggered by adrenaline in both fighters and soldiers, prepares the body for intense action but relies on inefficient anaerobic energy production.
What is fight-or-flight? (or sympathetic nervous system activation)
This Oscar-winning film director pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl in 1977, then fled the U.S. to avoid sentencing and has lived in exile ever since.
Who is Roman Polanski?
This amphibious gill-man from the Amazon, featured in the 1954 film, terrorizes a scientific expedition.
What is the Creature from the Black Lagoon?
In the U.S. Congress, this chamber has 435 voting members apportioned by state population and serves two-year terms.
What is the House of Representatives?
This Hindu deity is depicted riding a chariot pulled by seven horses, representing the seven colors of the rainbow or the seven days of the week.
Who is Surya?
This biomechanical concept refers to the effective portion of a fighter's body mass that actually contributes to impact during a punch, often higher in straight punches than hooks.
What is effective mass?
This New York congressman was expelled from the House in 2023 after being charged with 23 federal counts including wire fraud, money laundering, and lying about his education, family background, and campaign finances.
Who is George Santos?
This 1933 Warner Bros. film stars Lionel Atwill as a disfigured sculptor who preserves victims in wax, with Fay Wray as the heroine; it pioneered two-color Technicolor for its fiery climax.
What is Mystery of the Wax Museum? (Igor)
Citizens exercise this fundamental right when they vote in elections for candidates or on ballot measures.
What is suffrage?
In the world of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, this winged unicorn is the benevolent ruler of Equestria and the one responsible for raising the sun each morning.
Who is Princess Celestia?
In combat sports physiology, this byproduct of anaerobic glycolysis causes the burning sensation in muscles during prolonged high-intensity exchanges.
What is lactic acid? (or lactate)
Chaplin actor was convicted multiple times in the 1990s and early 2000s on drug-possession charges and served prison time after violating probation.
Who is Robert Downey Jr.?
This was the first horror film to win an Oscar in the new category for Best Makeup in 1982.
What is An American Werewolf in London?
This clause in Article VI declares the Constitution, federal laws, and treaties as the “supreme Law of the Land,” binding on all states.
What is the Supremacy Clause?
A magnificent Jade head unearthed in Belize depicts this Mayan sun god.
Who is Kinich Ahau?
In war , this type of study examines a projectile's curved path under gravity and air resistance after leaving the barrel.
What is exterior ballistics?
This music producer known for the “Wall of Sound” technique was convicted in 2009 of second-degree murder for fatally shooting actress Lana Clarkson in his Los Angeles mansion.
Who is Phil Spector?
Gloria Holden played the titular role in this 1936 sequel that became a classic in its own right.
What is Dracula's Daughter?
This political ideology emphasizes individual liberty, limited government intervention in the economy, and protection of natural rights, often associated with thinkers like John Locke and Adam Smith.
What is (classical) liberalism?