American War Crimes
This U.S. detention facility in Cuba has been widely criticized for indefinite detention, harsh interrogations, and alleged torture of terror suspects.
What is Guantanamo Bay?
This mischievous green mascot has twice been assaulted by beloved baseball icons. Once beaten down by Tommy Lasorda and another time tackled by Lonnie Smith.
Who is the Phillie Phanatic?
This baseball player who Adam calls fish man is Adam's favorite baseball player.
Who is Mike Trout?
This building, once an Orthodox church was convert back into a Mosque after 86 years as a museum.
What is The Hagia Sophia?
Once a thrill-seeker’s paradise across from the Astrodome, this Astroworld, owned by this themepark giant, closed in 2005, breaking the hearts of Houstonians who grew up riding the Texas Cyclone.
What was Six Flags?
During the Philippine-American War, U.S. forces used this brutal form of torture involving water, later condemned in international law.
What is waterboarding?
The rally monkey became famous for sparking comebacks at these teams games with its on-screen appearances during rallies especially during their run to the 2002 world series.
Who are the Anaheim Angels?
This deceivingly named street was the place that Adam was held at gunpoint for half an hour.
What is Easy Street?
This famous Andalusian building features horseshoe arches from its Islamic past alongside a Renaissance cathedral nave inserted after the Christian Reconquista.
What is the Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba?
This former NFL team, known for its "Luv Ya Blue" era in the 1970s, played in Houston before relocating to Tennessee and eventually becoming the Titans.
Who are The Houston Oilers?
In the 1980s, the U.S. backed a rebel group in Nicaragua accused of widespread atrocities, despite a ruling by the International Court of Justice condemning U.S. involvement.
Who were the Contras?
This mascot, named “Toro,” represents the the NFl and reflects the team’s iconic Logo rather than their name.
Who is Toro?
Adam was in this class when he saved a kid from overdosing.
What is Debate?
This holy site in Jerusalem contains a golden dome sacred to Muslims and is built on a platform also revered in Judaism and Christianity.
What is The Dome of the Rock?
Nicknamed the "Eighth Wonder of the World," this now-vacant Houston landmark was the world’s first domed multi-purpose stadium when it opened in 1965.
What was The Astrodome?
In 1968, U.S. soldiers massacred over 500 unarmed civilians in this Vietnamese village, an atrocity that became a symbol of the brutality of the Vietnam War.
What is My Lai?
Lou Seal is the official mascot for this MLB team hosted in a city that has tried repeatedly to remove sea lions from pier 39.
Who are The San Fransisco Giants?
Adam spent over 8 months and sent nearly a hundred emails in order to obtain flying fish, the national dish of this nation.
What is Barbados?
This Building at the center of Rome originally a temple to all gods, was converted into a Christian church in the 7th century, helping preserve its ancient dome.
What is the Pantheon?
Once a towering symbol of Houston’s energy boom, this company collapsed in 2001 after one of the largest accounting scandals in U.S. history, wiping out thousands of jobs and retirement funds.
What was Enron?
In 1999, during the NATO bombing campaign in this European country, a U.S. airstrike mistakenly hit a Chinese embassy, causing international outrage.
What is Serbia?
This Mascot once threaten his cross state rivals, the Pittsburgh penguins, tweeting "Sleep with one eye open tonight, bird."
Who is Gritty?
Adam's Eagle Scout project undertaken at BIG in Georgetown involved this patriotic task.
What is erecting a flag pole?
This cubic structure in Mecca, considered Islam’s holiest site, is believed by some scholars to have origins predating Islam, with a history of veneration that included various Arabian tribes and religions.
What is the Kaaba?
This short-lived Negro League baseball team played in Houston in the late 1940s, continuing the legacy of the famous Newark team after they relocated to Texas.
What was The Houston Eagles?