Man-Made Waterways
This canal, dubbed a “folly” by detractors of the state’s governor, was finished in 1825, two years ahead of schedule.
Erie
This state celebrated its bicentennial last year, gaining admission to the union in 1819 - two years after its western neighbor.
Alabama
This team won the Premier League, England’s highest division of football, for a record 20th time under its knighted, Scottish manager.
Manchester United
The Boss
Bruce Springsteen
In all honesty, this women - born into slavery - gave one of the most notable speeches of the mid-1800s: “Ain’t I a woman?”
Sojourner Truth
“I'm not superstitious, but I am a little stitious.”
Michael Scott, The Office
Several cities claim the moniker “Venice of the North.” Ray (played by Colin Farrell), however, hated his time “In [this city].”
Bruges
This state first filed for admittance to the union under the name Desert, meaning “honeybee,” from its settlers’ sacred text.
Utah
In 2014 this capital city team won “La Décima,” its tenth European Cup.
Real Madrid
The Man in Black
Johnny Case
Mamie Bradley insisted that her son’s body be visible during his funeral, saying “‘I want the world to see what they did to my boy.’” Who was her son?
Emmett Till
"We were on a break!”
Ross, Friends
In 2010, the 1 millionth vessel used this canal since it first opened in 1914. More than 25,000 workers died (particularly through yellow fever and malaria) digging this canal, however.
Panama
prospectors got lucky in this mineral-rich state, the second state admitted to the union during the Civil War.
Nevada
“The Old Firm” is a term used for any game between two heated rivals (divided in part by faith) from the largest city in this country.
Scotland
Chairman of the Board
Frank Sinatra
This woman refused to leave her bus seat for a white woman on March 2, 1955. Although her story wasn’t as widely publicized as Rosa Parks’, she was one of the plaintiffs in Browder v. Gayle, which ultimately overturned bus segregation in Alabama.
Claudette Colvin
"Never forget what you are. The rest of the world will not. Wear it like armor, and it can never be used to hurt you.”
Tyrion Lannister, GoT
This canal is not only the longest in the world, but the oldest.
Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal
This state’s nickname stems from when it first became a state, in 1876.
“The Hand of God” refers to a goal scored by this mercurial player in a World Cup match between England and Argentina.
Hardest Working Man in Show Business
James Brown
This Chicago native was a chairperson of the SNCC, organized the Freedom Rides, and later advocated for fair housing practices in her home city.
Diane Nash
"So you got one huh? That’s good. That’s like a 40-degree day. Ain’t nobody got nothing to say about a 40-degree day."
Stringer Bell, The Wire
This canal arguably creates a peninsula, connecting the Ionian Sea with the Aegean Sea.
Corinth Canal
Although Congress approved this state’s statehood petition in 1803, it did not ratify the state’s constitution which was formally needed to finalize statehood. It took a 1953 vote in the House to retroactively ratify the state’s constitution and admit this state as of March 1, 1803.
Ohio
It cost 222 million euros in 2017 to take this Brazilian player from Barcelona to PSG.
Neymar
First Lady of Song
Ella Fitzgerald
This women, sainted posthumously by the Episcopal church in 2012, wrote in “The Liberation of Black Women” in 1970: “If anyone should ask a Negro woman in America what has been her greatest achievement, her honest answer would be, ‘I survived!’”
Dr. Pauli Murray
“Thank god my grandfather just died, so I am fluh-uh-shed with ca-ah-ash.”
Jean Ralphio, Parks and Rec