Famous Assassinations
Plutarch reported that this man believed Brutus, one of his assassins, was his son
Julius Caesar
This "stately" lake connects to Lake Huron via the Straits of Mackinac
Lake Michigan
In September 1939 this country was invaded from 2 fronts & the war was on
Poland
Before becoming the iconic plumber we all know, this character made his debut in a classic arcade game in 1981, where he had to save his girlfriend from the clutches of a giant ape.
Mario
In tennis if you have 2 points, this is your score
30
Before his 1948 assassination, this father of modern India spoke of "The willing sacrifice of the innocent"
Gandhi
Under an agreement first drawn up in 1903, the U.S. maintains a strategically important naval base on this Cuban bay
Guantanamo
These suicide plane attacks near the end of the war in the Pacific sank 34 ships & damaged hundreds of others
kamikaze
The creator of this game got the idea while noticing a pizza missing a slice looked like an open-mouthed head
Pac Man
In Roman numerals it's XCVI
96
This assassin was at large for 12 days after shooting Abraham Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
A partially landlocked body of water on the southeastern periphery of the North American continent.
Gulf of Mexico
Jimmy Doolittle's April 1942 air raid on this Axis capital raised Allied morale at a dark time in the war
Tokyo
Try explaining to your kids how this 1972 4-letter arcade game from Atari was the coolest thing ever for a while
Pong
Barack Obama was this number president
44
The country in which Pancho Villa, Emiliano Zapata & Leon Trotsky were assassinated
Mexico
Known in Hebrew as Yam Ha-Melakh (the Sea of Salt), this is a landlocked salt lake bordered by Jordan to the east and the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Israel to the west.
The Dead Sea
"Hefty" nickname of the second & last atomic bomb used on Nagasaki during the war
Fatman
This iconic first fixed shooter arcade game, released in 1978, is often credited with popularizing the concept of "aliens descending upon Earth," challenging players to defend their planet with a pixelated laser cannon.
Space Invaders
Recalling Jesus' fast in the wilderness, fasting during Lent is practiced for this many days
40
On June 28, 1914 this Bosnian Serb terrorist jumped on Archduke Franz Ferdinand's car & killed him & his wife Sophie
Gavrilo Princip
a narrow channel that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and separates Europe from Africa.
Straight of Gibraltar
Today, this Japanese car company makes the Galant; in WWII, it was better known for its A6M "Zero" fighter
Mitsubishi
In this obscure 1970s arcade game, players used a light gun to shoot at moving targets such as quacking animals, but it wasn't until its re-release on the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1984 that it gained widespread popularity and became a household name.
Duck Hunt
Edward Rutledge, the youngest signer of the Declaration of Independence, was this age, 4 years shy of the required age to be a senator
26