Computer Science
This term describes the intelligence exhibited by machines or software, and it’s also a Spielberg movie.
Artificial Intelligence
This 14th-century disaster killed an estimated one-third of Europe’s population.
The Black Death
Known for his dark romanticism, this writer’s tales of mystery and the macabre include ‘The Tell-Tale Heart’ and ‘The Raven.'
Edgar Allan Poe
Known as the ‘King of Pop,’ his 1982 album ‘Thriller’ remains the best-selling album of all time.
Michael Jackson
These remnants of a supernova explosion are so dense that protons and electrons combine to form neutrons.
neutron stars
This markup language, the backbone of web design, structures and presents content on the World Wide Web.
HTML
This conflict between the Houses of Lancaster and York for the English throne is known symbolically as the war of these two flowers.
The War of the Roses
This American poet, known for her reclusive nature and distinctive style, penned nearly 1,800 poems but saw only a dozen published in her lifetime.
Emily Dickinson
This influential rapper and producer released ‘The College Dropout’ in 2004, marking the beginning of his illustrious career.
Kanye West
The name of the theoretical boundary around a black hole beyond which no light or other radiation can escape.
the event horizon
This law, named after Intel co-founder, predicts that the number of transistors on a microchip doubles about every two years.
Moore’s Law
The Defenestration of Prague in 1618 was the spark that ignited this European conflict, lasting until 1648.
The Thirty Years’ War
This author of ‘On Writing’ and ‘The Shawshank Redemption’ is known as the Master of Horror, blending elements of the supernatural with insights into the human condition.
Stephen King
This ‘Queen of Pop’ has reinvented her image countless times while delivering hits like ‘Like a Virgin’ and ‘Vogue.
Madonna
This term describes the effect by which objects moving away from an observer have their light shifted to longer wavelengths.
redshift
Named after a British mathematician and logician, this form of algebra is used in digital logic circuits and is based on binary values.
Boolean Algebra
This Frankish king, crowned Emperor in 800, is often called the ‘Father of Europe’ for uniting much of Western Europe for the first time since the Roman Empire.
Charlemagne
His novels, including ‘Of Mice and Men,’ explore themes of fate and injustice, capturing the struggles of the American working class.
John Steinbeck
This iconic music festival, held in 1969, is remembered as a pinnacle of the counterculture movement and featured performances by Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin among others.
Woodstock
This hypothetical substance makes up about 85% of the universe’s mass, yet it does not absorb, reflect, or emit light, making it invisible and detectable only through its gravitational effects.
dark matter
It’s the programming practice of making calls to a function with the same name within its own definition.
Recursion
This Scottish instrument of enlightenment, a compendium of knowledge published in the mid-18th century, is considered a precursor to the encyclopedia.
The Encyclopædia Britannica
His horror and science fiction stories, including ‘The Call of Cthulhu,’ have inspired the genre of cosmic horror.
H.P. Lovecraft
Known for his soulful voice and blending of musical genres, this artist’s ‘What’s Going On’ album is a landmark in the history of Motown Records.
Marvin Gaye
The concept introduced by Einstein that describes gravity as a warping of spacetime by mass and energy.
general relativity