The Sims
The Sims, a daily life simulation game, was first released in this year.
What is 2000?
He was the last leader of the USSR.
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
He guy needed a mosquito net! This 18th dynasty pharaoh, also known as the Boy King, died at age 19, likely due to complications from a broken leg compounded by malaria.
Who is King Tutankhamun?
A person trained to give emergency medical care to people who are injured or ill, typically in a setting outside of a hospital
What is a paramedic?
Carpe Diem
What is "seize the day"?
This NPC, whose first name is Italian for beautiful, is central to Sims lore
Who is Bella Goth?
He was the longest reigning Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
Who is Suleiman the Magnificent?
Anubis, the god of the dead, resembles this animal.
What is a jackal?
Meaning to think out or plan an action - especially a crime - beforehand.
What is premeditate?
Fibromyalgia is derived from three Latin words: fibro, meaning fibrous tissues; my, meaning muscles, and algia, meaning this.
What is pain?
The floating diamond above your sim's head is called this, and indicates their mood.
What is the plumbob?
This North African world leader was a big fan of Nelly Furtado and hired her to perform for him in 2007.
Who is Muammar Gaddafi?
This biblical figure was adopted by the Pharoah's daughter when she found him in a basket in the Nile.
Who is Moses?
An Arabian one-humped camel
What is a dromedary?
The Latin word scirurus gives us this English word for a type of rodent.
What is a squirrel?
The Sims was developed by this American video game developer, a division of Electronic Arts (EA).
What is Maxis?
She is the current prime minister of Italy.
Who is Giorgia Meloni?
The Egyptians left this organ in the body because it was considered to be the center of intelligence.
What is the heart?
Past tense of a word meaning to state with assurance that something is true, to make definite, or to establish the truth or correctness of something. Also refers to a baptized person who has undergone one of the three sacraments of initiation into the Catholic Church (the other two being Baptism and Holy Communion).
What is confirmed?
Julius Caesar said this phrase, meaning "I came, I saw, I conquered," to describe his victory against King Pharnaces II of Puntus in 47 BC.
What is veni, vedi, vici?
Before deciding to make the Simlish language gibberish, game developers considered basing Simlish on these languages.
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What are Ukrainian, Estonian, Navajo, and Tagalog
This 19th c. Venezuelan became the most powerful leader in South America and was colloquially known as "El Libertador" for helping nations gain independence from Spain.
Who is Simon Bolivar?
The ancient Egyptian language is grouped into six major chronological divisions, the last of which was this vernacular commonly spoken after 200 AD (the time of Christianisation and the liturgical language of Egyptian Christianity).
What is coptic?
A protein, similar to insulin, that is made by the body that stimulates growth of many types of cells
What is somatomedin?
This two-word term, literally translated as "may you have the body," refers to a writ used to challenge the legality of detention.
What is habeas corpus?