She Blinded Me with Science!
Physicist and Chemist Marie Curie was one of only two people to win a Nobel Prize in multiple scientific fields; she won her second Nobel prize for her discovery of these two elements.
What are radium and polonium?
This late American fraudster ran the largest Ponzi scheme in history and described it as "one big lie" according to his sons Mark and Andrew.
Who is Bernie Madoff?
This Italian Explorer did not find a direct water route west from Europe to Asia, but he did establish the first permanent Spanish settlement in the 'New World' on what he named Hispaniola.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
This former opera singer and actress is a staple of the Sherlock Holmes brand despite making only one appearance in the tale "A Scandal in Bohemia".
Who is Irene Adler?
Luke Skywalker rose to Jedi greatness from his beginnings as a humble farmboy on this desert planet.
What is Tatooine?
American psychologist and industrial engineer Lillian Gilbreth applied her expertise in efficiency as a consultant to major corporations and as a mother of many children, inspiring this 1948 novel and its multiple movie adaptations.
What is Cheaper By The Dozen?
This 2001 live-action/animated feature lost $54 million at the box office - maybe the issue was the inciting incident - a contaminated boiled egg.
What is Osmosis Jones?
The failure of this part was determined to be the cause of the tragic Challenger Explosion in 1986.
What is an o-ring?
In this 1941 noir film, detective Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart) is hired to find a unique and valuable avian statuette.
What is The Maltese Falcon?
Gulliver traveled to this fictional empire, a satirical portrait of the Kingdom of Great Britain, in Jonathan Swift's 1728 novel.
What is Lilliput?
UC Berkeley professor Jennifer Douda helped develop this controversial genetic engineering method that could help eradicate conditions like sickle cell anemia.
What is CRISPR?
This self-taught lawyer and King's College Alum (now Columbia) is featured on the U.S. $10 bill.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
This musical landmark of the southern hemisphere took over 14 years and $102 million dollars to complete - that's 14.6x the original cost estimate!
What is the Sydney Opera House?
In Agatha Christie's novel "Murder on the Orient Express", this many characters take part in the murder of Samuel Ratchett.
What is 12?
This series created by Gene Roddenberry takes place circa 2266–2269 A.D. (around 300 years after it aired).
What is Star Trek:The Original Series?
English mathematician Ada Lovelace was the first to recognize the applications of this machine (designed by Charles Babbage) beyond pure calculation; she was also the only legitimate child of Lord Byron.
What is the Analytical Engine?
In 1803, the United States paid France this much money to purchase 828,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River.
What is $15 million dollars?
In 1971, Ford unveiled this affordable subcompact sedan with one catch - it bursts into flames when rear-ended - 1.5 million were eventually recalled.
What is the Pinto?
These two Washington Post reporters helped uncover the extent of the Watergate Scandal - they were subsequently played by Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman in the 1976 movie "All the President's Men".
Who are Woodward and Bernstein?
Suzanne Collins' dystopian country in future North America gets its name from this Latin word that translates to "bread".
What is Panem?
Theoretical physicist Maria Goeppert Mayer won the Nobel Prize in 1963 for proposing this model of the atomic nucleus.
What is the nuclear shell model?
This alliterative 14th-century African emperor is thought to have had the equivalent of $400 billion in today's US dollars.
Who is Mansa Musa?
The Naval Battle of Tsushima in 1905 left this country dead in the water, sinking only 3 Japanese Torpedo ships but losing 28 of their 38 ships.
What is Russia?
In this modern whodunit directed by Rian Johnson, Detective Benoit Blanc discovers that the donut hole inside the donut is, in fact, a donut itself with its own, smaller hole.
What is Knives Out?
The sky city of Cloud Cuckoo Land appears in ancient-award-winning comedy "the Birds" by this Greek playwright.
Who is Aristophanes?