Biblical Figures
This man first appears in Exodus, and frees the Israelites from Egypt after God speaks to him via burning bush.
Who is Moses?
What is quadratic?
Ancient pharaohs were believed to be direct descendants of this god of the sun.
Who is Ra?
This Andrew Lloyd Webber musical that was the longest running show on Broadway involves dropping a chandelier and a mysterious white mask.
What is the Phantom of the Opera?
This book by Upton Sinclair led to the creation of the FDA after describing disgusting conditions of the meatpacking industry in Chicago.
What is The Jungle?
This cousin of Jesus baptized him in the river Jordan.
Who is John the Baptist?
This conic section has a major and minor axes, which are different lengths, and is oval-shaped.
What is an ellipse?
This demigod was the son of Zeus and had to perform the 12 labors, one of which was cleaning some very dirty horse stables (Greek name only!!)
Who is Heracles?
This musical's main setting is the Kit-Kat Club in Berlin during the Weimar era.
This book by JD Salinger stars Holden Caulfield
What is the Catcher in the Rye?
This wise king, who was the son of David, ordered that a baby be cut in half because two women were arguing over whose it was.
Who is Solomon?
This function is equivalent to the original function's rate of change.
What is a derivative?
This "All-Father" and leader of the Aesir hung himself on Yggsdrasil for nine days in order to get knowledge and understand runes.
Who is Odin?
This musical involves Tony falling in love with Bernardo's sister, and then killing Bernardo in a rumble.
What is West Side Story?
This man wrote the poem "Harlem", which inspired Lorraine Hansberry's play "A Raisin in the Sun"
Who is Langston Hughes?
This man, who slayed 1,000 people with the jawbone of a donkey, had superhuman strength until his lover Delilah cut his hair.
Who is Samson?
This is the term for a function that is symmetrical about the origin, but not the y-axis.
What is odd?
This woman gave Excalibur to King Arthur and is frequently associated with the isle of Avalon.
Who is the Lady of the Lake?
This cowboy musical starred Hugh Jackman on Broadway and in its 1999 movie.
What is Oklahoma!?
This work by Dostoyevsky starts by the main character killing a pawnbroker with an axe.
What is Crime and Punishment?
Who is Lazarus?
This shape is given by the polar equation r = 2 a (1 − cos θ) and is named for its heart shape.
What is a cardioid?
This most famous cyclops appeared in the Odyssey to eat sailors and imprison them in his cave, before he is outsmarted by Odysseus.
Who is Polyphemus?
This musical is based on Puccini's opera "La boheme"
What is Rent?
This book by Joseph Conrad showed the atrocities committed against workers in the Belgian Congo.
What is Heart of Darkness?