My Brother in Christ
The Old Country
Hobbies and Misdemeanors
Kissinger School of War Crimes
And the Rest
100
Not considered a Christian during his lifetime, he's a preacher whose teachings found acclaim after his death and he is now considered the most famous apocalyptic preacher of Christianity.
Who was Jesus Christ?
100
A mythical man likely based on a real person from Roman times, and who's later fanfiction would give us the invention of the Holy Grail.
Who is King Arthur?
100
An actress that got her start in vaudeville, a blonde bombshell that was a rave in talkies for her witty, sexual one-lines, such as "is that a gun in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?"
Who was Mae West?
100
A way of thinking about international relations that just sort of says "hey, it's whatever you want it to be, it's not real."
What is constructivism?
100
It comes in dessert and cooking varieties, and the kind Americans most commonly eat is the Cavendish.
What are bananas?
200
The man scholars think is most responsible for the spread of Christianity, and who wrote some of the New Testament.
Who was the apostle Paul?
200
A time period in which civilization was divided into three estates: those who pray, those who fight, those who work.
What was the medieval era?
200
A 1970s detective known for his shabby appearance, humble manner, and clever thinking.
Who is Columbo?
(Also accept, just a lil guy)
200
Male East German spies set to the West to seduce and get information out of well-placed women.
What were Romeo agents?
200
A model of accident causation that shows how many layers of defense can be defeated if there is a single flaw in each layer that aligns just right.
What is the Swiss cheese model?
300
He did not convert the Roman empire to Christianity, but he did legalize it and give it a favored status.
Who was the Emperor Constantine?
300
In this ancient society, murder wasn't against the law and was thought of as a personal problem.
What was Ancient Rome?
300
Very popular in the Elizabethan era, an embroidery that looks like this:
What is blackwork?
300
Known for a long time during the Cold War as "the man without a face" because he had never been identified by Western services, he ran the East German foreign intelligence service for like forty years.
Who was Markus Wolf?
300
A dinosaur that gained five pounds a day in its teen years.
What is a T-Rex?
400
According to some, the twin brother of Jesus.
Who is Didymus Judas Thomas?
(Also accept Thomas)
400
Known in certain eras as "the sick man of Europe," this empire spanned three continents and five centuries.
What was the Ottoman Empire?
400
A list created by Mrs. Astor in the Gilded Age to denote the best people of high society.
What was the 400?
400
An American cold war spy that invented the "brush past," that thing where you secretly hand something to somebody as you walk past them.
Who is Burton Gerber?
400
She founded a prestigious university based on the counsel of a ghost and her death was ruled a suicide, but she was def murdered.
Who was Jane Stanford?
500
A collection of Gnostic texts written in Coptic that were discovered in 1945 and are the second most important find in early Christian scholarship after the Dead Sea Scrolls.
What is the Nag Hammadi Library?
500
A royal house who's progenitor was just some guy, a general of Napoleon's that the country contacted to come and be king.
What is the Swedish royal house?
500
A 2007 financial espionage scandal in Formula One that resulted in the biggest fine in F1 history, and maybe all sports? I didn't check.
What was Spygate?
500
This country's intelligence service is apparently unionized.
What is Greece?
500
Brother of Igor and son of Marguerite, he designed for Jackie Kennedy and his fashion house still operates today.
Who was Oleg Cassini?