WWI Military Units
Memes
The Lemon Tree Republic
Who said this Quote?
Things Fall Apart
100
Established in 1916, these elite German assault units were specialized in breaking the stalemate of WWI. George Lucas used the name in A New Hope.
What is the Stormtroopers?
100
What is the Wojak?
100
He runs the Howler.
Who is Jay Bruce?
100
"If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles."
Who is Sun Tzu?
100
These masked village elders represent the ancestral spirits of the clan and serve as judges in legal disputes within Umuofia.
Who are the egwugwu?
200
This segregated African-American unit served a continuous 191 days on the frontlines, longer than any American WWI unit. Their heroism and bravery challenged racial stereotypes and helped ignite the modern Civil Rights Movement.
What are the Harlem Hellfighters?
200
In 2017, BBC Africa released a video titled Ghana's Dancing Pallbearers. The footage paired with the song Astronomia, became one of the biggest memes in 2020.
What is the Coffin Dance?
200
He's president of the Alzheimer's Club.
Who is Veeresh Kale?
200
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
200
The title of the District Commissioner's planned book at the end of the novel, narrowing down Okonkwo's life into a single paragraph is The Pacification of the Primitive Tribes of this region.
What is the Lower Niger?
300
Engaging the German High Seas Fleet at the Battle of Jutland in 1916, this flagship Royal Navy fleet secured British naval dominance against the Central Powers
What is the Grand Fleet?
300
Former Hungarian engineer András Arató became an overnight sensation after his awkwardly forced smile in stock photography earned him this online moniker in 2012.
What is Hide the Pain Harold?
300
He is in Philharmonic Orchestra.
Who is Benjamin Oh?
300
"A lie told often enough becomes the truth."
Who is Vladimir Lenin?
300
Unoka consults this oracle of the hills and caves to ask why his harvests are poor, only to be told he suffers from a "weak arm."
What is Agbala?
400
During the Battle of Gallipoli, despite heavy casualties, tales of heroism and mateship from this army corps would forge the national identities of Australia and New Zealand.
What is the ANZAC? (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps)
400
In 1966, Arkady Ostrovsky & Eduard Khil's song I Am Very Glad, As I Am Finally Returning Back Home, was rejected by Soviet authorities for being 'too western.' The pair bypassed the censors by making the lyrics non-lexicable. The new song earned this name when it became a meme in 2012
What is Trolololo?
400
He is Trombone Sectional Leader.
Who is Kingston Tran?
400
"A person who never made a mistake never tried something new."
Who is Albert Einstein?
400
This fanatic Christian convert causes a major crisis in Umuofia when he unmasks an egwugwu during a festival, leading to the burning of the church.
Who is Enoch?
500
This Italian unit was the most decorated WWI army unit in Italian history.
What is the Brigata Sassari?
500
Long before Reddit or TikTok, this evolutionary biologist coined the word "meme" in his 1976 book The Selfish Gene, defining it as a unit of cultural transmission.
Who is Richard Dawkins?
500
He's in Cross Country
Who is Adrian Birjandi?
500
"Madam, you are ugly. In the morning, I shall be sober."
Who is Winston Churchill?
500
Okonkwo’s daughter Ezinma is believed to be one of these wicked children, who die young and repeatedly return to their mother's womb to be reborn.
What is an ogbanje?