Before & After
A rendition of 2-topping sandwich by trendy plush toy manufacturer.
What is peanut butter and Jellycat?
This term originally described the practice of Italian catholic clergymen giving their nephews positions in the church, but has since come to describe other types of cronyism.
What is nepotism?
This person developed the theory of evolution by natural selection. They also happened to marry their first cousin (womp womp).
Who is Charles Darwin?
Prior to the advent of LLMs, this sci-fi novel depicted a humanity that had been enslaved by and then freed from “Thinking Machines” via the Butlerian Jihad.
What is Frank Herbert's Dune?
"They’re poisoning the blood of our country."
Who is Trump?
A second career in adult entertainment for the speaker of the house.
What is Magic Mike Johnson?
The process of convergent evolution towards crab-like forms.
What is carcinization?
The first woman to win a Nobel prize and the first person to win two Nobel prizes. She died of aplastic anemia, likely as a result of radiation poisoning.
Who is Marie Curie?
The autoignition point of cellulose-based stationery provided the name for this 20th century novel.
What is Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451?
". . . In the course of my life I have very often been a prophet, and have usually been ridiculed for it."
Who is Hitler?
Ted Cruz’s alter ego’s cetacean furry persona.
What is Zodiac Killer Whale?
The first group to break the top 40 charts with a rap single.
(Hint: The song was released in 1979)
Who are The Sugarhill Gang?
This mathematician's calculus notation is still commonly used today, unlike their contemporary who developed calculus concurrently and received most of the credit.
Who is Gottfried Leibniz?
The discovery of electrically-stimulated muscle tissue by Luigi Galvani was inspiration for this classic novel.
What is Mary Shelley's Frankenstein?
"Our lineage and our legacy hails back to Athens, to Rome... Our ancestors built the cities. They produced the art and architecture. They built the industry."
Who is Stephen Miller?
The Habsburg's collab with Jay-Z.
What is Holy Roman Empire State of Mind?
Chappell Roan’s grandfather’s favorite song, and the source of the latter half of her stage name.
What is The Strawberry Roan by Marty Robbins?
This experimental psychologist was a prominent behaviorist. They were known for their work with pigeons, and famously developed a missile guidance system that relied on a trained pigeon placed in a transparent nose cone.
Who is B.F. Skinner?
The recent discovery of germ theory was inspiration for this prototypical sci-fi novel.
What is H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds?
"The fundamental question of our time is whether the West has the will to survive. Do we have the confidence in our values to defend them at any cost? Do we have enough respect for our citizens to protect our borders? Do we have the desire and the courage to preserve our civilization in the face of those who would subvert and destroy it?
Who is Stephen Miller?
A thrall of aging gay men being collected by Voldemort.
What is Twink Deathly Hallows?
*Before and After Bonus*
Gloria Watkins provides percussion on Don’t Fear the Reaper.
What is cow bell hooks?
This mathematician is the namesake for the iterative sequence where each element is the sum of the two preceding elements.
Who is Fibonacci/ Leonardo Bonacci?
A satirical sci-fi novel which centers ice-nine as a plot device- an alternative structure of water that is solid at room temperature, acts as a seed crystal, and subsequently carries the risk of mass-destruction.
What is Kurt Vonnegut’s Cat’s Cradle?
"God the Almighty has made our nation. By defending its existence we are defending His work."
Who is Hitler?