Literature
This 1925 novel follows the titular millionaire's parties and efforts to win back his lost love Daisy Buchanan
The Great Gatsby
These two founding fathers are the only non-Presidents on US paper currency
Alexander Hamilton and Benjamin Franklin
Deoxyribonucleic acid is the name of the organic polymer better known by this acronym
DNA
This pop star surprised fans with the double-album Tortured Poets Department in April 2024
Taylor Swift
The word for this gardening implement comes from the Old English word raca
rake
This author, whose short stories include "The Cask of Amontillado" and "The Fall of the House of Usher," died penniless in the streets of Baltimore
Edgar Allen Poe
This famous "project" developed the first US nuclear weapon under the Field Stadium at the University of Chicago
The Manhattan Project
The second of these 1970s space probes reached the edge of our solar system in 2018
Voyager
Controversially acquitted in the 90s' "Trial of the Century," this man died in Las Vegas in 2024
OJ Simpson
This word comes from the Greek word meaning "chorus," which originally referred to a group of dancers
choreography or choreograph
This 20th century novel was a central plot point in The Hours, an Oscar-winning film starring Nicole Kidman as author Virginia Woolf
Mrs. Dalloway
This is where the Confederate general Robert Lee surrendered to then-Union general Ulysses S. Grant
Appomattox Court House
This underwater structure off the coast of Australia is currently under threat from rising sea temperatures, which have led to "bleaching" events
The Great Barrier Reef
A staple of early COVID-era binge TV, Joe Exotic is the mulleted zookeeper featured in this Netflix series
Tiger King
From the Latin for to sleep, this word is often applied to inactive volcanos and hibernating animals
dormant
After completing his famous short story collection, this medieval author wrote a scientific treatise about an astronomical device
Geoffrey Chaucer
This US president famously caught a cold during his inaugural address, leading to his death 31 days later
William Henry Harrison
This type of bird, featured in Coleridge's Rime of the Ancient Mariner, has one of the largest wingspans of all living species
Albatross
Still heard across US radio stations weekly, this group's "Manic Monday" topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 1986
The Bangles
Appropriately, this word meaning
"small collectibles" derives from the French word meaning "to remember"
souvenir
This Irish dramatist "waited" 16 years after his most famous work was staged until he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969
Samuel Beckett
This Lakota warrior chief is the subject of a mountainside memorial that has been in progress since 1948
Crazy Horse
Used in light bulb filaments and welding, this rare earth element somewhat unintuitively goes by the symbol W in the periodic table
Tungsten
A decade after her tenure on Full House ended, this actress was federally charged for a conspiracy to get her daughter into college
Lori Loughlin
The word for this refrigerator staple is thought to have originated from Hokkien, a dialect spoken on the Eastern coast of China
Ketchup