brooks lore 3
world lore
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video games/books
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100

Brooks' eyes are this color

blue

100
This is the most populated country on Earth 

Bonus points if you can give the exact number


India

1.4 Billion

100
This man was the final Emperor of Russia

Nicholas II

100
The shooter Battlefield 4 was released in this year

2013

100

This is the greatest artist of all time

Lil Mabu

200
When Brooks visited Europe, he visited these three countries

Britain, France, and Italy

200
This nation of 80 million people sits at the crossroads of Europe and the Middle East

Turkey

200

This war saw Israel facing invasion from both Egypt and Syria

Bonus points for the year

The Yom Kippur War

1973

200

This Halo entry follows a single ship and its marine unit in their battle against the Covenant on an uncovered Forerunner world

Bonus points for the ship's name

Halo Wars

The Spirit of Fire

200
This rock band from the 1960s is widely credited as having birthed the psychedelic genre

The Doors

300

This is the name of Brooks' pet lizard

Bonus points if you can say what he was named after

Belisarius

Named after Belisarius Cawl from Warhammer 40,000

300

This small country in Eastern Europe was often referred to as "Europe's last dictatorship" despite there being like three other de facto dictatorships on the continent

Belarus

300

This event in the Soviet Union saw a group of KGB and military hardliners attempt to overthrow Gorbachev and the rest of the Soviet government

Bonus points for the exact year

The August Coup

1991


300

This is the real name of the Scout from Team Fortress 2

Jeremy Willis

300

This album is considered to be Steely Dan's best

Aja

400

This is Brooks' major in college

International Studies

400

These three countries collectively make up a region referred to as Indochina

Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia

400

This war in East Africa in 1977 is viewed as having contributed to Somalia's current state

Bonus points if you can name all combatants

The Ogaden War

Ethiopia, Cuba, and the USSR vs Somalia and China

400

This book follows a US Air Cavalry officer across a 15 year-long series of proxy wars between the United States and a resurgent Japan in the (at the time of publishing) near future

The War in 2020 by Ralph Peters

400

This man is credited as having invented the Jazz Fusion genre

Miles Davis

500

This is Brooks' favorite music genre

Jazz

500

This Russian ultranationalist party features an extremely deceptive name, and is often described as being none of the attributes listed within said name

The Liberal Democratic Party of Russia

500

This battle on the Sino-Soviet Border nearly led to a full scale war between China and the Soviet Union

Bonus points for the year

Battle of Damansky Island

1969

500

This major character in World in Conflict was killed when the US Air Force dropped a nuke on a small town to stop the Soviet Army's advance in Washington State

Captain Mark Bannon


500
This Soviet band is widely considered the godfather of Russian rock music

Bonus points if you can name the lead singer


Kino

Singer: Viktor Tsoi