History
This ancient city was buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.
Pompeii
In Breaking Bad, Walter White adopts this alias.
Heisenberg
This scientist developed the theory of general relativity, describing gravity through the curvature of spacetime.
Albert Einstein
In chess, this piece can move any number of squares diagonally, but can't move horizontally or vertically.
The bishop
The assassination of this individual helped spark World War I.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
In this 2000 film, a betrayed Roman general becomes an arena fighter and demands, “Are you not entertained?”
Gladiator
As scientific director of the Manhattan Project’s Los Alamos laboratory, this physicist led the development of the first atomic bombs.
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Teeth / Tooth Enamel
This country’s flag is the world’s only national flag that is not a square or rectangle.
Nepal
This ancient civilization built Machu Picchu in the Andes Mountains.
The Inca
In The Office, Michael Scott manages the Scranton branch of this paper company.
Dunder Mifflin
This physicist proposed a thought experiment involving a cat whose fate is linked to a radioactive event inside a sealed box.
Erwin Schrödinger
This large muscle beneath the lungs contracts and flattens when you inhale.
The diaphragm
In Greek mythology, this man was condemned to repeatedly push a boulder uphill, only for it to roll back down each time.
Sisyphus
During the American Civil War, this general led the destructive “March to the Sea” from Atlanta to Savannah.
William Tecumseh Sherman
In Game of Thrones, this former smuggler, nicknamed the “Onion Knight,” serves Stannis Baratheon before later advising Jon Snow.
Ser Davos Seaworth
Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize (in 1903)?
Marie Curie
Named for its resemblance to a seahorse, this brain structure is critical for forming new episodic memories and navigating space.
The hippocampus
Salvador Dalí’s painting The Persistence of Memory is famous for showing these regular objects melting.
Clocks / Watches
In 1815, Napoleon's defeat at this battle ended his brief return to power after the Hundred Days.
The Battle of Waterloo
In The Hunger Games, Katniss and Peeta represent this coal-mining district.
District 12
This scientist developed the first successful polio vaccine, introduced in 1955.
Jonas Salk
The longest and most complex cranial nerve in the body, it serves as the main "highway" between the brain and major organs.
The vagus nerve
This strait separates Spain from Morocco and connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea.
The Strait of Gibraltar