Its All Alexandria
The most famous Alexandria in the world is located in this North African country, also known for the pyramids.
What is Egypt?
Certain types of this fungus are some of the oldest and most common hallucinogens in the world.
What are Mushrooms?
Supposedly the richest man to ever live, this Malian monarch crashed the Egyptian economy due to his generosity on Hajj.
Who is Mansa Musa?
This state capital follows the Catholic naming convention of many colonial cities, in this case being an important ritual during Mass.
What is Sacramento?
The internet was originally called this less-catchy name by its developers; you can still see it today in WWW.
What is the Worldwide Web?
Alexandria in this state is best known for hosting many US bureaucrats, and for formerly being part of Washington DC.
What is Virginia?
This South American drug has been used by experienced shamans for hundreds of years to guide people on spiritual journeys; today, it's popular among soul-searching Westerners. (Daily Double)
What is Ayahuasca?
This era in American history might’ve been golden for economic growth, but saw one of the largest gaps in wealth ever created.
What is the Gilded Age?
This desert city, located on the Rio Grande, has historically been an important border point due to its proximity to Ciudad Juarez.
What is El Paso?
In the 90s and first years of the 2000s, this economic phenomenon was created due to strong investor confidence in the advance of technology despite few actual gains.
What is the Dot Com Bubble?
The city of Alexandria was best known for its library and this structure, which was critical for shipping lanes in the Mediterranean.
What is a Lighthouse?
This synthetic substance, first synthesized from ergot in 1943, was used by many intelligence agencies during the Cold War to conduct experiments.
What is LSD?
Before the Interwar period, this economic policy kept most of the world’s currencies pegged to one metal, which caused issues with growing global population and demand for credit.
What is the Gold Standard?
The oldest city in the United States is this Spanish fort in Florida, now known for its cheap housing and historic sites.
What is St. Augustine?
Often cited as the first example of large-scale criminal activity online, this drug-dealing website, which shares its name with a historical trade route, became the subject of many early internet documentaries and investigations.
What is Silk Road?
Alexandria on this Central Asian river was often considered the northeasternmost extent of the Seleucid Empire, and served as an important center of the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom until its collapse.
What is the Oxus?
This medicine is usually used to relieve allergies and colds, but in higher doses it is known to induce hallucinations that may include the Hatman.
What is Benadryl?
In order to show any intelligent alien life information about us, engineers created this object, which plays music from diverse societies in addition to greetings and information about the human species.
What is the Golden Record?
The 2nd-largest city in New Mexico is not Santa Fe, but this southern university city, which is often grouped with another on this list to form a unified metro area.
What is Las Cruces?
Before ChatGPT or even Google, there was this digital butler who was supposed to help with any of your questions. (Daily Double)
What is AskJeeves?
This modern city, originally called Alexandria Arachosia, is one of the biggest in Afghanistan, and a spiritual center for the Taliban.
What is Kandahar?
People have reported spending decades as objects on this drug, created with a species of sage, which was historically used by groups native to Central Mexico.
What is Salvia?
Joseph Smith claimed to have found these in order to support his claims of divine revelation, which many people over time have questioned.
What are the Golden Plates?
This SoCal city is infamously difficult to pronounce in addition to being a rugged suburb of Oxnard.
What is Camarillo?