Academic Team Full Practice Set 1
Alexander II
"Czar Emancipator", freed all serfs, moves cities (St. Petersburg), eased censorship, improved health care, assassinated in 1881
Three major Taoist concepts
1) Te= power 2) Wu-Wei= concept involving relaxing the conscious mind 3) P'u= "unpainted wood". Importance of simplicity.
Book of the Dead
A number of magic spells intended to assist a dead person's journey through the underworld and into the afterlife.
Ren
A person's sacred name/ usually depicted surrounded by a magical cartouche (rope circle)
Helheim
A region of cold and gloom ruled by the goddess, Hel.
Stalwarts
AKA the Old Guard Republicans, they tried to nominate Ulysses Grant in 1880 but failed
James Cook
Captain James Cook was a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy. Cook made detailed maps of Newfoundland prior to making three voyages to the Pacific Ocean, during which he achieved the first recorded European contact with the eastern coastline of Australia and the Hawaiian Islands, and the first recorded circumnavigation of New Zealand. Commander of the HM Endeavor. Killed by Hawaiian natives
NATIVE SON by Richard WRIGHT
Description: a character kills a rat with a skillet, causing his sister to faint; Jan Erlone hires Boris Max to defend the protagonist after he smothers Mary Dalton with a pillow; Bigger Thomas is sentenced to death
The STRANGER by Albert CAMUS
Description: a court sentences the emotionally detached narrator Meursault to death for shooting an Algerian; by Albert Camus (kam-OO)
The GRAPES OF WRATH by John STEINBECK
Description: at the end, a starving man is breastfed by a woman who had given birth to a stillborn child; former preacher Jim Casy dies during a strike; the Joad Family flees the Dust Bowl during the Great Depression
The CALL OF THE WILD by Jack LONDON (protagonist is Buck)
Description: protagonist wins fight with Spitz to become group leader; after his master's murder the protagonist joins a pack of wolves to become "The Ghost Dog"; set in Alaska
NAPOLEAN BONAPARTE or NAPOLEAN I
EMPEROR: Crushed Mack von Leiberich's forces at the Battle of Ulm; after Alexander 1 and Francis II, was the third emperor in the Battle of the Three Emperors, another name for the Battle of Austerlitz which he won in 1805; depicted wearing an orange cloak in a painting of him "crossing the Alps" created by Jacque-Louis David; won 1805 Battle of the Three Emperors, or Austerlitz; defeated at Battle of Waterloo
Frederick BARBAROSSA
EMPEROR: Holy Roman Emperor who sent the German forces on the Third Crusade; name means "red beard"
Garuna
Eagle Vishnu rides
Harold II Godwinson
Earl of Wessex; chosen by Anglo-Saxon nobility as king; defeated Norwegians; rushed to defend England with a Saxon army; killed with an arrow in the eye
salvation
Early European Paganism, unlike Christianity, did not have the possibility for _________.
Geb
Earth god/ allows crops to grow/ sometimes associated with snakes or depicted as having a snake's head/ it was believed that his laughter were earthquakes
Dili
East Timor
Great Barrier Reef
Longest coral reef in the world. Home to over 400 species of coral.
Battle of Hastings
Norman invasion of England; William won and crowned king
Pyongyang
North Korea
Vladikavkaz
North Ossetia-Alania
North Nicosia
Northern Cyprus
Oslo
Norway
Leif Ericson
Norway. Around 1000 Norse First European to reach North American Mainland(1001 AD) His father was Erik the Red. He founded the Dutch rule in Greenland
Kansas City Chiefs
Otis taylor was a standout player for what football team in the late 1960s?
Alexander Mackenzie
Overland crossing of what is now Canada to reach the Pacific Ocean in 1793. Longest river in Canada is named after him
Wilfred OWEN
POET: Poet's Corner at Westminster Abby bears a quote by this author of "Dulce et Decorum est"
St. Peter Port
Guernsey
Budapest
Hungary
Hephaestus/Vulcan
Husband of Aphrodite and forged Zeus' lighting bolts. God of the forge and fire; known for hammer and tongs and the donkey.
Eros/Cupid
Husband of Psyche (soul). Daughter named Hedone (sensual pleasures or bliss) god of love and eroticism; son of Aphrodite
My Fair Lady
In this musical, as part of a bet with his friend Colonel Pickering, phonetics professor Henry Higgins transforms cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle into a proper lady. After Eliza falls for Freddy Eynsforth-Hill, Higgins realizes that he is in love with Eliza. Eliza returns to Higgins' home in the final scene. It is adapted from George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion.
The Music Man
In this musical, swindler Harold Hill attempts to con the families of River City, Iowa by starting a boys' band. While there, he falls in love with the librarian Marian Paroo. The scheme is exposed, but the town forgives him. Notable songs include "Trouble" (the origin of the phrase "trouble in River City") "Seventy-Six Trombones," "Shipoopi," "Gary, Indiana," and "Till There was You."
New Delhi
India
No
Is Antarctica a country?
Islamabad
Pakistan
Ngerulmud
Palau
Gylfi
The king of Sweden in Snorri's Prose Edda, he journeyed to Asgard to meet the AEsir and organized a contest with them.
Niflheim
The land of cold and ice.
Hinduism
The oldest major religion. It does not have one single founder.
Bifrost
The rainbow bridge that protected Asgard from the Jotars.
Reincarnation
The rebirth of the soul in various forms. It is a part of Buddhism and Hinduism.
Dromi
The second fetter the gods made for Fenrir was called _____, but eventually he was able to break free.
Byron Nelson
This man won five major championships overall, but is best known for having the single most dominant year in golf history. In 1945 he won a record 18 tournaments in 30 starts, including 11 consecutive tournaments, a feat no one has come close to matching. He was so even-tempered and mechanically sound that the USGA named its mechanical club and ball-testing device, the "Iron Byron," after him.
Pegasus
Wild winged horse. Helped Bellerophon kill the Chimera
Diwali
a Hindu Festival of lights that usually lasts 5 days it celebrates the goddess of wealth, Lakshmi, it may also be in commemoration of other deities depending on where in the world you are celebrating. In Bengal, it is the goddess Kali, and in Northern Italy it is Rama, Sita, Lakshmana, and Hanuman. Throughout the festival, rows of earthenware lamps are filled with oil and are lighted and placed in rows along the tops of temples and houses
Navaratri
a Hindu festival of Shakti (in Bengal) or Rama's victory of Ravana (south India) (September-October)
Dussehra
a Hindu sacred day to celebrate the victory of Rama over the Demon king Ravana (September-October)
Ganesha-Chaturthi
a Hindu sacred festival of Ganesh (August-September)
Yom Kippur
a Jewish holiday and the day of atonement, in which they fast, pray and repent for 25 hours.
Shemini Atzeret (Simchat Torah)
a Jewish holiday that follows up on Sukkot, it is the completion of the cycle of the annual Torah readings. It can last up to two days and includes limited dwelling within the sukkah and dancing and rejoicing with Torah scrolls
Samhain
a Pagan, Druid, Wiccan holiday one of the four "greater Sabbats" and is considered as the Wiccan new year
Wepwawet
jackal god of upper Egypt
Laylat al-Qadr
an Islamic holiday that is celebrated towards the end of Ramadan in which muslims observe the "Night of Power" which is when the first verses of the Quran were revealed to Muhammad
Menthu (also spelled Montu)
an ancient god of war - nomad - represented strength, virility, and victory
Krishna
one of the most popular gods, the eighth and most important avatar or incarnation of Vishnu.
Angleland
original name of England
Jan Hus
protestor of the church; tried, convicted, sentenced, and burned at the stake by the council of Constance
free market system
pure capitalism, in which all economic decisions are made without government intervention
5-6 AM
school began about this time
Ohio
Rutherford Hayes was elected governor of this state
Kigali
Rwanda
Bhu
The earth
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by Harper LEE
Characters: Atticus, Jem, Boo Radley, Scout, the Finch family
MOBY DICK by Herman MELVILLE
Characters: Queequeg, Pequod (the ship), Ishmael (narrator), Captain Ahab
The Zakat
Charitable giving (2.5% of your income)
Manticore
Creature with the body of a lion, face of a man, and a spiked tail
Centaurs
Creatures with the lower body of a horse and the upper body of a man, often lusty revelers
Rama
7th incarnation of Hindu god Vishnu made famous in the Ramayana
The MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE by Henry JAMES
Description: Michael Henchard drunkenly auctions off his family; set in a fictional British town
Nassau
Bahamas
Bayeux Tapestry
a tapestry that recounts William's campaign for the English throne
Vitoria-Gasteiz
Basque Country
Burgundians
betrayed Joan of Arc
Batumi
Adjara
bad
After the battle, the ___ live in a hall of poisonous serpents.
Canberra
Australia
Iphigenia
Daughter of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon who was offered as a sacrifice to Artemis at Aulis by her father
Tallinn
Estonia
Gadsden Purchase
Franklin Pierce approved this 1853 purchase which consisted of parts of New Mexico and Arizona
T'bilisi
Georgia
Accra
Ghana
Aesop
Greek author of Fables
Georgetown
Guyana
Hero
Her lover Leander swam the Hellespont to see her, but drowned; she committed suicide
Kingston
Jamaica
Tokyo
Japan
Riga
Latvia
Pontius Pilate
Jewish governor who orders Jesus Christ's crucifixion at Calvary.
Cleveland Browns
Jim Brown rushed for 12,132 yards during his nine-year career for what team?
Texas
John Tyler's last act as president was to annex this state.
New York Nets
Julius Erving Began his professional basketball career with what team?
Elista
Kalmykia
St. Paule
Main writer of the Epistles.
Niamey
Niger
Lima
Peru
China
Richard Nixon is the first president to visit this country in 1972
Samuel Tilden
Rutherford Hayes defeated this Democrat by just one vote in the 1876 presidential election
Yakutsk
Sakha
Sao Tome
Sao Tome and Principe
Cagliari
Sardinia
La Seigneurie
Sark
Honiara
Solomon Islands
Catherine the Great
Stood for human/natural rights, wanted to end serfdom but didn't, expanded many parts of Russia, killed husband and assumed throne
Saehrinmner
The Einherjar in Valhalla are feed with the pork of a boar called ___________, he is killed everyday and comes back alive every evening.
Endogamy
The custom of marrying only within the limits of a local community, clan, or tribe. Important in Hindu caste system.
Maundy Thursday
The Thursday before Easter, it commemorates the Last Supper of Jesus wit the Apostles.
Song of the Nibelungs
Vernacular German medieval story
Hanoi
Vietnam
Cleveland Indians
Willie Mays' famous over-the-shoulder catch happened in a game against
Day of Arafat
an Islamic Holiday in which the muslims on the voyage of Hajj gather at the Plain of Arafat to seek God's mercy and Muslims elsewhere fast for the day
(St) Valentines Day
celebrated by Christians February 14th in honor of the name sake saint who was martyred on the same date in 270 AD. The saint used to marry Christian couples outside the city of Rome and was beheaded by Claudius II.
Vernacular
everyday language
Bachelor of Arts Degree
lowest degree of education
Avignon, France
where Pope Clement V moved the Papacy
England
where did the Angels and Saxons and Jutes invade
Germany
where did the Angles and Saxons and Jutes come from
Monks
who copied books in the medieval era
House of Commons
parliament of burgesses and knights
Celts
people native of England
lack of sanitation
the cause for the disease problem in most medieval cities
House of Tudor
united houses of York and Lancaster after the war of the Roses
Reshep
war god who was originally from Syria
Richard M. Nixon
37th president (1969-1974) VPs: Spiro T. Agnew, Gerald R. Ford
Gerald R. Ford
38th president (1974-1977) VP: Nelson Rockefeller
Jimmy Carter
39th president (1977-1981) VP: Walter F. Mondale
H.G. Wells
Author of The Time Machine
Leo Tolstoy
Author of War and Peace
Shakespeare
Author of the play Julius Caesar
INTO THIN AIR by Jon KRAKAUER
BOOK: Jon Krakauer chronicled a 1996 disaster on Mount Everest where a "rogue storm" killed 8 people in this book
Charon
Boatman who carries dead souls across the River Styx into Hades
Anne
Bohemian Queen of England; sent copies of Wycliffe's writings to help Jan Hus
La Paz
Bolivia
Belgium
Bordered to the north by the Netherlands, to the east by Germany and Luxembourg, and to the southwest by France, this small yet cosmopolitan nation is cradled in west Europe. Both the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization are headquartered in this nation's capital, Brussels.
Gaborone
Botswana
Bandar Seri Begawan
Brunei
GILBERT and SULLIVAN
COMPOSER(S): Yum-Yum marries Nanki-Poo in their operetta, The Mikado, set in Japan; also wrote The Pirates of Penzance
John Philip SOUSA
COMPOSER: depicted a disguised viceroy in Peru in his opera El Capitan; invented a lightweight, coiled variety of the tuba and wrote piece "The Washington Post" while leading the U.S. Marine Band; "March King" who wrote "The Stars and Stripes Forever"
Olympia
Capital of Washington
Kangha
Carried by Sikh men, a small wooden comb
THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD by Zora Neale HURSTON
Description: a woman marries Jody Starks in Eatonville then runs away with a man called "Tea Cake"; African-American author created Janie Crawford in this novel
AS I LAY DYING by William FAULKNER
Description: the Bundrens make a journey to bury a woman named Addie; by William Faulkner
BABBITT by Sinclair LEWIS
Description: this novel, along with parts of Elmer Gantry (another novel by this author), is set in the city of Zenith in the fictional state of Winnemac
Djibouti
Djibouti
No
Do the pacific islands have large populations?
Roseau
Dominica
House of Lancaster
English house represented by a red rose
House of York
English house represented by a white rose
Henry VII Tudor
English king; Lancastrian leader that took the throne from Yorkist Richard III and formed the Tudor Rose
Richard III
English king; Yorkist leader that lost the throne to Henry VII Tudor
borough boro burgh
English suffix for a city
Vanir
Fertility gods that originated from Vanaheim, they are associated with peace and love. Considered more peaceful than the original gods, the Aesir.
Decision Points
George W. Bush's memoir in 2010
Fort Duquesne
George Washington helped take this French fort in Pennsylvania in 1758
Berlin
Germany
Cerberus
Giant dog with three heads. guard to the Underworld; Hercules had to retrieve it for another labor
Gibraltar
Gibraltar
Asclepius
Greek God of medicine and healing; he had five health related goddesses as daughters, including Hygiene, the goddess/personification of health, cleanliness, and sanitation.
Daedelus
Greek inventor, famous for his Labyrinth. King Minos imprisoned him and his son Icarus after Theseus' triumph. The inventor creates wings so he and his son can escape, but Icarus flies too close to the son and falls into the sea.
Pentheus
Greek king of Thebes who refused to worship Dionysus. Dionysus made the women of Thebes, including this king's family, to join the Maenads which proceeded to tear him apart.
Nuuk
Greenland
Lakshmi
Hindu goddess of fortune,prosperity, virtue and honesty/ the epitome of feminine beauty/ appears in avatars alongside Vishnu/ form of the mother goddess.
Hanuman
Hindu monkey god of courage and bravery, ate the sun as a child and got whipped with lighting bolts by Indra
silver
In The Last Supper, Judas (shaded) clutching a small bag of what?
Simon Wheeler
In the Mark Twain short story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County", this story teller tells about a jumping frog that is fed buckshot so it will lose a contest for Leonidas W. Smiley.
Troy
In the Prose Edda, Snorri explains that the AEsir gods originated in the city of ____.
Niflheim
In the process of gnawing on the roots of Yggdrasil, Niddhogg destroys ________ in the process.
Evita
In this musical, Che Guevara narrates the life story of Eva Peron, a singer and film actress who marries Juan Peron. Juan is elected President of Argentina, and Eva's charity work makes her immensely popular among her people ("Don't Cry for Me Argentina") before her death from cancer. It was made into a 1996 film starring Madonna and Antonio Banderas.
The Pirates of Penzance
In this musical, Frederic, having turned twenty-one, is released from his apprenticeship to the title pirates. Reaching shore for the first time, Frederic falls in love with Mabel, the daughter of Major-General Stanley. Frederic realizes that he was apprenticed until his twenty-first birthday, and, having been born on February 29, he must return to his apprenticeship. Mabel vows to wait for him. The Major-General and the police pursue the pirates, who surrender. The pirates are forgiven, and Mabel and Frederic reunite. As the work is actually a light opera, most of the songs are simply titled after their first lines; the most memorable ones include "Pour, oh pour, the pirate sherry" and "I am the very model of a modern Major-General."
Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
In what baseball park did Hank Aaron hit his 715th home run, breaking Babe Ruth's record
Bicycle Racing
In what event did Major Taylor become "the world's fastest"?
Jerusalem
Israel
Nairobi
Kenya
Tefnut
Known as "The Spitter"/ symbolizes the rain that falls.
Torah
Known as the Pentateuch to Christians; the Book of Moses and main text of Judaism
Vientiane
Laos
Majuro
Marshall Islands
Little Magician
Martin Van Buren's nickname
Windhoek
Namibia
RAMAYANA
POEM: epic attributed to the sage Valmiki; a prince of Ayodhya rescues his wife Sita from the demon Ravana
House of Lords
Parliament of nobles and clergy
Manila
Philippines
Doha
Qatar
DONATELLO
SCULPTOR: sculpted a bronze statue of David
Apia
Samoa
Nirvana
The goal of Buddhism; a condition of wanting nothing, calmness, great insight, and happiness.
Tyr
The god of battle, sometimes giving victory to those he favored. He was considered the bravest god and had lost his right hand proving it.
Bragi
The god of poetry and words. One duty that he had was to meet all of the heroes as they entered Valhalla, Odin's great hall for heroes.
Indra
The god of rain, thunder, and war, he wields the thunderbolt (vajra) and rides Airavat, the four-tusked white elephant. In early Vedic times he was king of the gods who ruled swarga; many Rig Veda hymns are devoted to him. With the aid of both the Marut storm gods and his favorite drink, soma, he leads the Aryan conquest of India. He also defeats the dragon Vritra, who had stolen the world's water.
Hermod
The god that took up Frigg's offer to get Baldr's soul back from Hel was a son of Odin named ______ the Bold.
Hyrrokkin
The gods attempted to build Baldr's funeral pyre on a large ship, but they could not launch it. They recruited a Ogress named _________. She was angered when the gods had to kill her steed (a wolf with vipers for reins), so she destroyed their ship.
Polyphemus
The most famous Cyclops in Greek mythology, is the son of Poseidon and the sea nymph Thoosa. Odysseus and his crew are trapped in his cave during his journey back to Ithaca. To escape, Odysseus gets the cyclops drunk on wine and blinds the one-eyed giant with a stick; the next morning, Odysseus and his crew ride out of the cave, hiding underneath the Cyclops' sheep.
Gary Player
The most successful non-American golfer in history, this South African has won nine majors. When this player took his only U.S. Open crown in 1965, he not only became the first non-American to win that tournament in 45 years, but he also became one of three (now five) golfers (along with Nicklaus, Woods, Hogan, and Gene Sarazen) to win all four modern Grand Slam events. Nicknames include "The Black Knight" for his dress and "Mr. Fitness" for his devotion to exercise.
Gangerli
The name Gylfi assumes when he arrives in Aesir stronghold.
Mjollnir
The name of Thor's hammer.
Aesir
The original gods, they are considered less peaceful than the Vanir.
Vanaheim
The original home of the Vanir race of gods. While they did not figure in any of the creation stories, the Vanir became prominent in the pantheon of the gods and eventually came to live in Asgard. The Vanir gods represented the more obscure parts of Norse mentality—love and peace. At one time the Vanir and the Aesir gods had been at war, but they realized that they had to live together. It is significant, therefore, that although some Vanir did enter Asgard, Odin was still their chief. Both the Aesir and Vanir were worshipped by humans.
Thor
The son of Odin and Jord (Earth). The strongest of the gods, god of thunder. He had three magical weapons: his hammer "Mjölnir" which burned red hot, could shatter locks, and always returned to its master's hand; an iron glove "Járnglófar" to catch the hammer when it returned; and a belt of power "Megingjörð" that doubled his strength when tightened.
Hector
The son of Priam and Hecuba, he is probably the noblest character on either side. A favorite of Apollo, this captain of the Trojan forces exchanges gifts with Ajax after neither can conquer the other in single combat. He kills Patroclus when that Greek goes into battle wearing the armor of his friend, Achilles. Killed by Achilles to avenge the death of Patroclus, he is greatly mourned by all of Troy. Funeral games take place in his honor.
Askr and Embla
The three gods (Odin, Vili, Ve) began creating the human race using timber they found on the beach. They made the first man and woman, ____ ___ _____.
Ymir
The three gods killed ____ because he was getting too large.
The Mikado
The title character in this musical has made flirting a capital crime in Titipu, so the people have appointed an ineffectual executioner named Ko-Ko. Ko-Ko's ward, Yum-Yum, marries the wandering musician Nanki-Poo, and the two lovers fake their execution. The title character visits the town and forgives the lovers of their transgression. It includes the song "Three Little Maids From School Are We."
Arjuna
The warrior prince in the Bhagavad-Gita to whom Krishna explains the nature of being and of God and how humans can come to know God, chief hero in the Mahabharata
Roaring Kettle
The well that contains a giant serpent, *Niddhogg*, which constantly gnaws at the roots of the tree. Trying to destroy the tree.
Well of Mimir (Well of Knowledge)
The well which was guarded by the Aesir god Mimir, the god of wisdom.
Fenrir
The wolf that bit off Tyr's hand when the gods did not let him out of the chains. *Child of Loki*.
The Norns
These are the equivalent to the Greek Fates.
Spanish-American War
This 1898 war between Spain and U.S. made Theodore Roosevelt nationally known
Albania
This Balkan country has coastlines on both the Adriatic and the Ionian seas. The terrain is rugged, mainly due to the Albanian Alps. Its capital, Tirana, has Skanderbeg Square and Et'hem Bey Mosque.
Gibraltar
This British Overseas Territory is on Spain's south coast. It is named for perhaps the world's most famous strait, linking the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea together. This semi-sovereign region is dominated mostly by the Rock of Gibraltar, a giant limestone ridge.
Liechtenstein
This German-speaking, 25km long principality between Austria and Switzerland is known for its castles, landscapes, and villages linked together by trails. The capital of this country is Vaduz.
Ben Hogan
This PGA Tour's leading money winner from 1940-42 and in 1946 and 1948, two events interrupted his playing career: service in World War II and a near-fatal 1949 head-on car accident. After each, though, this man rose to the top of his game; he won nine majors overall (six after the accident), including four U.S. Opens. In 1953 he accomplished a feat matched only by Tiger Woods: winning three modern major championships in one season: the Masters, U.S. Open, and British Open.
Sweden
This Scandinavian Country is dotted by cities such as Gothenburg and Malmo. The capital, Stockholm, is built upon 14 islands. In the forefront of the minds of small children everywhere, this country birthed Minecraft, the hit online game.
Joe McCarthy
This athlete began managing the Yankees in 1931. They finished second, beginning a nine-year run of second or better. From 1936 to 1939 his Yankees won four World Series in a row; from 1936 to 1943, seven pennants and six World Series. His .615 winning percentage (2125-1333) is tops for a big league skipper, and he is tied with Casey Stengel for most world championship teams managed (7). Besides winning--he never had a losing season in the majors--his teams are best remembered for their offense. The 1931 Yankees scored 1067 runs, the most of any team since 1900, while his 1936 club scored the second most, with 1065.
Slovenia
This country in Central Europe is known for its mountains, ski resorts, and lakes. A famous tourist location is Lake Bled and the nearby town of Bled. The capital and largest city is Ljubljana.
Macedonia (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia)
This landlocked Balkan country is known as the birthplace of King Philip II and his legendary son, Alexander the Great. The capital and largest city is Skopje.
Charlotte Amalie
US Virgin Islands
Yi
Upholding of righteousness and moral disposition (good-doing= value of Confucianism)
Introduction of non-native plants and animals
What has upset the environmental balance in Australia?
Mike Tyson
What professional boxer knocked out Carl "The Truth" Williams in the first minute and half of the first round, the fifth fastest title boul in boxing history?
The Last Supper, Mona Lisa, The Vitruvian Man
What three artworks did Leonardo da Vinci create?
Carl Lewis
What track star won four gold medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics
John Shippen
Who was the first Black American to compete in the U.S Open tennis tournament?
Johnny Grier
Who was the first black american to lead an NFL officiating crew?
Kara
Worn by Sikh men, a circular steel bracelet.
Io
Zeus had an affair with this mortal. A jealous Hera turned her into a cow. Later, in her cow form, she discovers the bound Prometheus upon his mountain prison.
Harare
Zimbabwe
Khnum
a creator deity, god of the inundation
anthology
a published collection of poems or other pieces of writing
Rama Navami
a sacred day in the Hindu faith known as the birthday of Lord Rama (April)
Krishna Jayanti
a sacred day in the Hindu faith that is know as the birthday of the Lord Krishna (July-August)
Watergate
a scandal in which President Nixon resigned in 1973 over accusations of illegal activity
University
a secular and advanced way of learning
Geb
god of the Earth and first ruler of Egypt
True
(True or False) Lee Elder was the first black american golfer to tee off in the 1975 Masters Tournament
creation
*Only* in Snorri's version, from destruction comes a new ________.
Five Pillars of Islam
1) The Shahada 2) The Salat 3) The Zakat 4) The Sawm 5) The Hajj
Rutherford Birchard Hayes
19th president (1877-1881) VP: William A. Wheeler
John Tyler
10th president (1841-1845) VP: N/A
James Buchanan
15th president (1857-1861) VP: John C. Breckinridge
Niccolo Machiavelli
16th century Italian author of The Prince
Abraham Lincoln
16th president (1861-1865) VPs: Hannibal Hamlin, Andrew Johnson
Ulysses S. Grant
18th president (1869-1877) VPs: Schuyler Colfax, Henry Wilson
George Washington
1st president (1789-1797) VP: John Adams
James A. Garfield
20th president (1881) VP: Chester A. Arthur
Gorgons
3 female monsters with snakes for hair who turned men to stone when they were looked at; Medusa was slain by Persus; the other 2 were Euryale and Sthena
Fates
3 goddesses ; Clotho, Lachesis , and Atropos who determine events in mortals' lives
Calvin Coolidge
30th president (1923-1929) VP: Charles G. Dawes
Herbert Hoover
31st president (1929-1933) VP: Charles Curtis
Franklin d. Roosevelt
32nd president (1933-1945) VPs: John N. Garner, Henry A. Wallace, Harry S. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
34th president (1953-1961) VP: Richard M. Nixon
John F. Kennedy
35th president (1961-1963) VP: Lyndon B. Johnson
Ronald Reagan
40th president (1981-1989) VP: George Bush
George H.W. Bush
41st president (1989-1993) VP: Dan Quayle
The Muses
9 goddesses of music, song, literature, and dance. Daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne (memory) invented theory and practice in learning, the musical vibrations in Lyre, the four known dialects in the language - Attica, Ionian, Aeolian and Dorian - and the five human senses. invented the seven chords of the lyre, the seven celestial zones, the seven planets and the seven vocals of the Greek Alphabet.
William Henry Harrison
9th president (1841) VP: John Tyler
Kwanzaa
A week long celebration of African heritage in African-American culture from December 26-January1st. It celebrates the seven core principals, called Nguzo Saba.
Margaret MEAD
ANTHROPOLOGIST: accuracy of her book criticized by Derek Freeman; she wrote Coming of Age in Samoa, which is about the psychosexual development of girls on the island of Ta'u
EUCLID
AUTHOR: Greek author of the Elements
O. HENRY (story was The Gift of the Magi)
AUTHOR: portrayed fictional Republic of Anchuria in 1904 collection Cabbages and Kings; in one story by this author, Della sells her hair to buy a watch chain for her husband
Kabul
Afghanistan
Clytemnestra
Aggamemnon's wife who killed him to avenge his slaying of Iphigenia; Lover of Aegisthus; mother of Orestes, Electra, and Iphigenia; Slain by Orestes (her son)
Episkopi Cantonment
Akrotiri
Mariehamn
Aland Islands
blood
Almost all of the frost giants drowned from the _____ from the killing of Ymir by the three gods. The ones that survived arrived at Jötunheim.
Gorno-Altaysk
Altai Republic
Beserkers
An elite group of warriors who worshipped Odin. A combination of mead and praying to the god. They entered battle in a frenzy. Think of the companions in skyrim.
League of Nations
An organization of nations formed after World War I to promote cooperation and peace.
Tatenen (also called Tenen or Tatjenen)
Ancient Nature god. Later combined with Ptah as Ptah-tenen
Oceania
Another name for Australia and the Pacific Islands
St. John's
Antigua and Barbuda
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Yerevan
Armenia
Oranjestad
Aruba
spoils system
As president, Andrew Jackson introduced this system, rewarding party members with government posts.
Hecate/Trivia
Associated with crossroads, entrance-ways, dogs, light, the moon, magic, witchcraft, knowledge of herbs and poisonous plants, ghosts, necromancy, and sorcery. Titan goddess of Chaos; often shown holding two torches or a key and depicted in triple form.
Langston Hughes
Author of the poem "Weary Blues"
Baku
Azerbaijan
The RITE OF SPRING
BALLET: final portion titled "Sacrificial Dance" and depicts a "Chosen One" who dances herself to death, Vaslav Nijinsky's strange choreography led to riots at its 1913 premiere, Igor Stravinsky work set during title season
The TALE OF DESPEREAUX
BOOK: a mouse saves Princess Pea from the evil rats led by Roscuro in this children's book by Kate DiCamillo
Ufa
Bashkortostan
Brussels
Belgium
Eagle
Bird that sits at the top of Yggdrasil and is known for its knowledge and wisdom.
Sarajevo
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Castes of Hinduism
Brahmans- priests Kshatriya- warriors, kings Vaishya- landowners, merchants Sudras- servants and peasants Untouchables
Brasilia
Brazil
Rothera
British Antarctic Territory
Diego Garcia
British Indian Ocean Territory
Road Town
British Virgin Islands
Buddha day
Buddha's birthday it is a major buddhist festival
Daniel WEBSTER (second story is The DEVIL AND DANIEL WEBSTER...Twain story is "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County")
CHARACTER: in a Mark Twain story, is the namesake of Jim Smiley's jumping frog; in another story, this man defends Jabez Stone in front of "jury of the damned"; devil battles this man in a Stephen Vincent Benet story
Bastet
Cat-headed goddess that was good or bad depending upon the situation/ responsible for demons and diseases sometimes.
Sukkot
Celebrated on the 15th of Tishrei, this holiday commemorates the sukkot (booths) that the Israelites lived in following the Exodus from Egypt; it also celebrates the harvest. Traditionally, Jews build booths, in which they live and eat for seven days.
Rosh Hashanah
Celebrated on the first and second days of Tishrei, this holiday marks the beginning of the Jewish year. It is believed that on this day, people's souls are judged, and God "temporarily" decides their fate. It is customary to wear white clothes and eat apples, honey, and pomegranates on this holiday. Other customs include the blowing of the shofar (an instrument made from a ram's horn) and the ceremony of Tashlich, in which Jews throw bread crumbs into running water to symbolize the cleansing of their sins, is also performed.
Bangui
Central African Republic
LITTLE WOMEN by Louisa May ALCOTT
Characters: Jo, Meg, Amy and Beth, the March sisters
CATCH 22 by Joseph HELLER
Characters: Milo Minderbinder, Major Major, Snowden, Yossarian
The GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott FITZGERALD
Characters: Myrtle Wilson, Daisy Buchanon, Nick Carraway
West Island
Cocos Keeling Islands
Radha
Consort of Krishna. Avatar of Lakshmi.
Avarua
Cook Islands
Ajaccio
Corsica
San Jose
Costa Rica
Yamoussoukro
Cote d'Ivoire
Satyr
Creatures with the lower body of a goat and the upper body of a man; tend to chase women and play pipes
Zagreb
Croatia
Willemstad
Curacao
Nicosia
Cyprus
Prague
Czech Republic
APOLOGY
DIALOGUE: in this dialogue by Plato, Socrates defends himself from charges of impiety and corrupting the youth of Athens
Francisco FRANCO
DICTATOR: he rose to power in the 1930s during the Spanish Civil War
Augusto PINOCHET
DICTATOR: ordered Caravan of Death which killed at least 70 people in 1973; took power in a coup that overthrew Salvador Allende; Chilean
Apollo/Apollo
Daily tasks was to harness his four-horse chariot, in order to move the Sun across the sky. god of music, healing, medicine and light; and the god of truth. son of Zeus and Leto, twin brother of Artemis.
stags
Dain, Dvalin, Duneyr, Durathror--these animals eat the foilage off of the world tree, they are _____.
Alexander I
Defeated Napoleon and denied reforms, people demanded change as education spread
Kinshasa
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Copenhagen
Denmark
Clio
Depicted as holding a clarion and/or book. Muse of History;
SONG OF SOLOMAN by Toni MORRISON
Description: Guitar Banes shoots a man named Pilate and gets into a fight with Milkman Dead
A CHRISTMAS CAROL by Charles DICKENS
Description: Marley, the protagonist's partner, was dead to begin with; ends with the phrase "God bless us, everyone!"; protagonist visited by 3 spirits
The JUNGLE by Upton SINCLAIR
Description: Phil Connor rapes Ona, the wife of Lithuanian immigrant Jurgis Rudkus, who works at a Chicago meatpacking plant; unintentionally led to factory reform
The GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott FITZGERALD (narrator is CARRAWAY)
Description: narrator meets Owl Eyes in the library during a party hosted by his rich neighbor; the title character is shot and found dead in his pool; Daisy Buchanon hits Myrtle Wilson with her car
GULLIVER'S TRAVELS by Jonathan SWIFT
Description: servants called "flappers" use prods to redirect the attention of the absent-minded Laputians; Irish author
BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous HUXLEY
Description: uses animal husbandry term "freemartin" to describe women made sterile by hormones administered at "hatcheries"; an old edition of Shakespeare's plays shapes the mindset of John the Savage; futuristic dystopia
The METAMORPHOSIS by Franz KAFKA
Description: violinist Grete is repulsed by the transformation of her brother, Gregor Samsa
Judas Iscariot
Disciple of Jesus who betrays him.
Kami
Divine beings of Shintoism
Patrocles/Patrocklos
Dresses as Achilles in order to fight in Trojan war, mistakenly killed by Hector. Cousin of Achilles.
NICHOLAS II
EMPEROR: issued the October Manifesto in response to a 1905 revolution that included Bloody Sunday; overthrown by the Bolsheviks in 1917
Quito
Ecuador
Asmara
Eritrea
Stanley
Falkland Islands
Torshavn
Faroe Islands
Paris
France
Gerda
Freyr loved the giantess named _____. He gave away a magic sword to win her hand.
Demeter/Ceres
Goddess of seasons and the harvest; Mother of Persephone. Abduction of Persephone by Hades brought forth the seasonal changes
Nike/Victoria
Goddess of victory
Basse-Terre
Guadeloupe
John Wilkes Booth
He assassinated Abraham Lincoln in Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. on April 14, 1865
Charles Guiteau
He assassinated James Garfield on July 2, 1881.
Talmud
Hebrew for "instruction," a codification of Jewish oral and written law, based on the Torah. It consists of the Mishnah (the laws themselves), and the Gemara (scholarly commentary on the Mishnah). The Gemara developed in two Judaic centers: Palestine and Babylonia, so there are two versions (Palestinian and Babylonian), the latter considered more authoritative by Orthodox Jews.
Leander
Hero's lover who drowned in the Hellespont while trying to see her
Pharisees
Hypocritical group of Jewish teachers around the time of Christ.
Boston Massacre
In 1770, John Adams successfully defended in court British civilians who fired on civilians in this event
Isis
Is sometimes depicted as having a cow's head or as having wings/ symbolizes spring and growth/ goddess of devoted and loving wives.
Ramadan
Islamic Holiday in which muslims spend a month in daytime fasting, it is the 9th month of the Islamic Calender
Douglas
Isle of Man
Rome
Italy
Amman
Jordan
Cherkessk
Karachay-Cherkessia
Nukus
Karakalpakstan
Astana
Kazakhstan
Circe
Kept Odysseus captive, turning many of his men into swine
Henry II
King of England; used Anglo-Saxon law as a basis for a system of common law instead of Roman law; sent traveling judges; made grand juries to issue indictments; made petit juries to hear trials; 'betrayed' by Becket
South Tarawa
Kiribati
Pristina
Kosovo
Kuwait City
Kuwait
Bishkek
Kyrgyzstan
JULIUS CAESAR
LEADER: In Dante's Inferno, two traitors who stabbed him are endlessly chewed upon by Satan; his ghost warns "thou shalt see me at Philippi" in a Shakespeare tragedy; killed on Ides of March
Beirut
Lebanon
Robert Peary
Led an expedition in 1909 to be the first man to reach the geographic North Pole
notary, peasant
Leonardo was the illegitimate son of a _______ and _______ girl sent to be an apprentice
Maseru
Lesotho
runes
Letters of the viking alphabet are called _____.
Monrovia
Liberia
Tripoli
Libya
Vaduz
Liechtenstein
Shortstop
Luis Aparicio earned a gold glove at what position
Luxembourg
Luxembourg
IVAN THE TERRIBLE or IVAN IV (4th)
MONARCH: succeeded Vasili III; his oprichniki secret police committed a 1570 massacre in Novgorod
The MUSIC MAN
MUSICAL: the beguiling con man Harold Hill targets River City, Iowa in this 1957 musical created by Meredith Wilson
Skopje
Macedonia
Lilongwe
Malawi
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Male
Maldives
The Salat
Mandatory prayers performed five times a day. One must face Mecca, wash before praying, and use a prayer rug.
Denver Broncos
Marlin Briscoe was the first black starting QB for what team?
9 avatars of Vishnu
Matsya, Kurma (tortoise), Varah (boar), Narasimha (man-lion), Vamana (dwarf), Parashurama, Rama, Krishna, and Buddha (Siddhartha).
Nouakchott
Mauritania
Palikir
Micronesia
Midgard
Middle-earth, the home of the humans, and it was protected from the Jotars by the Midgard wall, a wall created by Odin after he created the human race.
Fugitive Slave Law
Millard Fillmore signed this law that said free states had to help catch and return runaway slaves.
Compromise of 1850
Millard Fillmore supported these bills drafted by Henry Clay which made California a free state
Hebe
Minor Greek Goddess of youth, the cupbearer for the Olympians. Roman counterpart is Juventas.
Chisinau
Moldova
Lisa Ghrerdini,a wealthy wife of Florentine businessman
Mona Lisa was a portrait of?
"My Lady" or "Madam"
Mona is Italian for?
Plymouth
Montserrat
Rabat
Morocco
Hera/Juno
Mother of Hephaestus/Vulcan Goddess of marriage, Wife and sister of Zeus, Queen of the gods; known for extreme jealousy and revenge, especially upon Zeus' mortal lovers.
Rhea
Mother of Zeus and siblings, wife of Chronos
Maputo
Mozambique
Osiris
Mummified god/ represents the black, fertile land of the Nile Delta/ holds the crook and flail/ husband of Isis
Naypyidaw
Myanmar
Stepanakert
Nagorno-Karabakh
Kitty
Name of Anne Frank's diary
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Henry Hudson
Netherlands. 1609-1611 English Explored Hudson Bay, Hudson River, and Hudson Strait.
Lee Trevino
Nicknamed "Supermex" for his Mexican-American heritage, this golfer came from a poor Dallas family and served in the Marines, but came from nowhere to win the 1968 U.S. Open. He won six majors: the U.S. Open, the British Open, and the PGA Championship twice each, his second PGA in 1984 at age 44. That last win was most impressive because it came after the 1975 Western Open, where he was struck by lightning on the golf course.
Abuja
Nigeria
Jack Ruby
Nightclub owner who killed Lee Harvey Oswald
Alofi
Niue
Aesir
Njord and his son Freyr were the hostages of the _____, and were returned after the war.
assimilation
One of the reasons the Viking age ended was due to ____________ into the cultures they raided.
Vili
One of the three chief gods, his brothers were Odin and Ve.
Henri MATISSE
PAINTER: Fauvist who depicted five nude women holding hands and dancing in a circle on a hilltop in his 1909 painting The Dance; French painter of Woman with a Hat
CARAVAGGIO
PAINTER: depicted a boy whose belt holds a dagger and playing cards in The Cardsharps; Contarelli Chapel contains his painting of Jesus pointing at a tax collector titled The Calling of St Matthew; Italian known for use of chiaroscurro
The TAMING OF THE SHREW by SHAKESPEARE
PLAY AND PLAYWRIGHT: "induction" that frames this play involves the deception of the drunkard Christopher Sly; rivals Gremio and Hortensio team up after learning Bianca cannot we before her sister; Petruchio subdues Katharina
LYSISTRATA
PLAY: Women refuse to sleep with their husbands until a war ends in this Aristophanes comedy, title characters name means "Army Disbander"
Phillis WHEATLEY
POET: first published female African poet, who escaped slavery in 1773; wrote collection Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral
Ramallah
Palestine
Agni
Part of a trinity with Surya (the sun) and Vaayu (the wind), he can be brought to life by rubbing two sticks together. Since he is responsible for sacrificial fires, he is the patron of priests. He has a red body, two heads, three legs, four arms, and seven tongues; he often carries a flaming javelin. In the Mahabharata, his grandfather is one of seven great sages; with the help of Krishna, he devours the Khandav forest.
Hades/Pluto/Dis
Patron god of funeral rites, mining, and riches. God of the Underworld, husband of Persephone. Also Associated for the pomegranate fruit
Eos
Personification of the Dawn; Roman counterpart is Aurora.
The Hajj
Pilgrimage to Mecca; must be done at least once in a Muslim's lifetime.
John XXIII
Pisan Pope; deposed in the Council of Constance
Adamstown
Pitcairn Island
Warsaw
Poland
Martin V
Pope; elected by Council of Constance
Lisbon
Portugal
Vasco Da Gama
Portuguese explorer. In 1497-1498 he led the first naval expedition from Europe to sail to India, opening an important commercial sea route. Da Gama took advantage of the prevailing winds when sailing south around Africa by not hugging its coastline. Da Gama had been commissioned and provisioned by the Portuguese government under King Manuel I to find a maritime route to the East. Established trade ports at Mozambique and Calicut.
All in the Family
Producer Norman Lear created this sitcom, which was based on the successful British series Till Death Us Do Part. It starred Carroll O'Connor and Jean Stapleton as the central couple, Archie and Edith Bunker; Archie was notable for his prejudicial attitudes, while Edith—whom Archie would refer to as his "dingbat"—was his long-suffering wife. The show also featured Sherman Hemsley as George Jefferson, who would later be given his own eponymous spinoff, The Jeffersons, in which he and his wife moved on up to a "deluxe apartment in the sky" on the East Side of Manhattan.
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Kesh
Punjabi for "uncut hair." Sikhs often wear turbans to keep their long hair neat.
Elves
Regal and elegant beings that lived in Alfheim. While mostly they helped people, they could also play tricks on them.
Apophis
Represents CHAOS/ fights Ra every night
Brazzaville
Republic of the Congo
Bucharest
Romania
California
Ronald Reagan served as governor of this state in 1966 and 1970.
Moscow
Russia
Alexander III
Russification, had to stop all reforms, secret police cracked down on censorship, more pogroms, industrialized Russia
Max WEBER
SOCIOLOGIST: German who applied sociology to religion in The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
VENUS DE MILO or APHRODITE OF MILOS
STATUE: Dali added mink pompons to a reproduction of this statue; once attributed to Praxiteles and may have originally held an apple; likely sculptor was Alexandros of Antioch; arm-less love goddess
The NOSE by Nikolai GOGOL
STORY: Major Kovalyov remonstrates with a missing body part after pursuing it to a shopping center in this story by Nikolai GOGOL
The LADY, OR THE TIGER?
STORY: published 1882, ends after a princess points at a door and describes a choice that leads to marriage or death, by Frank Stockton
The Bottom
Saba
San Marino
San Marino
Riyadh
Saudi Arabia
Thalia
Seen with theater comedy mask. Muse of Comedy;
Dakar
Senegal
Tantalus
Sentenced to eternity in Tartarus, suffering eternal thirst and hunger for having killed and served his son, Pelops, for dinner to the Olympic gods.
Belgrade
Serbia
Nepthys
Set's wife/ associated with decay and diminuation.
Victoria
Seychelles
Nandi
Shiva's bull
Freetown
Sierra Leone
Bratislava
Slovakia
Ljubljana
Slovenia
Seoul
South Korea
Juba
South Sudan
Colombo
Sri Lanka
Saint-Pierre
St. Pierre and Miquelon
Islam
Strict monotheism; believe in a Judeo-Christian God, Allah. Believe that the Torah and Bible, along with the Qur'an, is the word of God. Muhammad received his first revelation from the angel Gabriel in the Cave of Hira in 610. Jesus is NOT considered divine.
Li
System of norms and propriety in a community (value of Confucianism)
The BIBLE
TEXT: memorized by title character in 2010 film The Book of Eli; 4th century Latin translation of it is known as the Vulgate; King James I commissioned an English translation of it
Taipei
Taiwan
Dushanbe
Tajikistan
Dodoma
Tanzania
Roskva
The daughter of the farmer. Thor took her and her brother as servants after her brother angered him by breaking the goat's bone.
Friday
The day of the week named after Frigga
Muspelheim
The land of fire and flame.
Yule (Winter Solstice)
The longest night of the year, it is celebrated in Pagan, Wiccan, and Druid culture. It is celebratd as the rebirth of the Great God.
Surt
The rainbow bridge, Bifrost, is broken by ____ and his army.
Montenegro
This Balkan country is shaped by rugged mountains, medieval villages, and beaches along the Adriatic Sea. A famous tourist location is the Bay of Kotor, a fjord-like geographical structure, which is dotted with old churches and fortified towns. This country's capital is Podgorica.
Sleipnir
This god, in the shape of a mare, gives birth to ________ and gifts him to Odin.
Vatican City
This microcountry is also a city-state. Home of the Pope and called the Holy See, this country can be found in Rome, Italy. This is the smallest country in the world.
Andorra
This tiny, independent principality is situated in the Pyrenees mountains between France and Spain. It's known for its ski resorts. Its capital has many boutiques and jewelers. The capital is also home to the Romanesque Santa Coloma Church.
Montevideo
Uruguay
Vatican
Vatican City
appearance
Ve gave humans senses and outward __________.
Rudra
Vedic god of death
Divine Comedy
Vernacular Italian medieval stories; a story about a journey the author takes from Hell through Purgatory and up into Heaven; Dante Alighieri
J.D. SALINGER
WRITER: reclusive American, created Glass family for stories such as "A Perfect Day for Bananafish"
Martin LUTHER
WRITER: vowed to Saint Anne after nearing being struck by lightning led him to leave law school and enter theology, summoned to 1521 Diet of Worms after lambasting sale of indulgences, wrote "95 Theses" to initiate Protestant Reformation
Cardiff
Wales
Laayoune
Western Sahara
Donatello
Which artist created David in the Bargello?
Don Newcombe
Who was National Leagues first black pitcher?
Savitri
Wife of Brahma
Riddhi
Wife of Ganesha
Vaayu
Wind god
Gunsmoke
With 635 episodes that aired over 20 seasons, this show was the longest-running prime-time series in American television history until The Simpsons overtook it. Set in Dodge City, Kansas in the late 19th century, it centered on U.S. marshal Matt Dillon. For several seasons in the early 1960s, it featured a young Burt Reynolds as blacksmith Quint Asper.
New Jersey
Woodrow Wilson was elected governor of this state in 1910
Kachha
Worn by Sikh men, a white undergarment.
San'aa
Yemen
Lusaka
Zambia
Magha Puja Day
a Buddhist holiday that commemorates an important idea in the life of the Buddha in which the four disciples traveled to join the Buddha
Kumbh Mela
a Hindu pilgrimage every 12 years to four cites (July-August; last one in 2003)
Passover (Pesach)
a Jewish holiday that remembers the Exodus from Egypt, the observers avoid all leavened grain products and related foods and there are family or communal retellings of the Exodus story for 8 days
Shavu'ot
a Jewish holiday that remembers the giving of the Torah, observers study the Torah for two days and eat only some dairy foods
Ptah
a creator deity, also god of craft
Sheut
a person's shadow
Hathor (also spelled Hethert)
among the oldest of Egyptian deities - often depicted as the cow, a cow-goddess, sky-goddess and tree-goddess who was the mother to the pharaoh and earlier to the universe, the golden calf of the bible, and later goddess of love and music
Estates-General
an assembly of representatives that met in case of crisis
Atoll
an island consisting of a circular coral reef surrounding a lagoon
Law Medicine Theology
areas in which a Middle Age student could achieve a doctorate
Quadrivium
arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, music theory
Sobek
crocodile god of the Nile
Ammit
crocodile-headed devourer in Duat, not a true deity
Hapy (also spelled Hapi)
god embodied by the Nile, and who represents life and fertility
Clergy
originally conducted the medieval education
Master Craftsman (Grandmaster)
owned and operated their own shops; took on apprentices; hired journeymen; controlled guilds
Pakhet
she who tears, deity of merged aspects of Sekhmet and Bast, cult center at Beni Hasan where north and south met - lioness protector, see Speos Artemidos
Troubadours
singer-songwriters; composed and created songs
Minstrels
singers; sang other people's songs
Battle of Agincourt
won by Henry V
False - Michael Jordan
(T or F) Charles Barkley was the first NBA player in history to win the Most Valuable Player and Most Defensive Player in same season
False
(T or F) Wilt Chamberlain is taller than Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
True
(True or False) Don King is a famous and controversial boxing promoter
False - Wilt Chamberlain
(True or False) Magic Johnson is the only Black American to have scored 100 points in a single game.
Noble Eight Fold Path of Buddhism
1) Right speech 2) Right action 3) Right livelihood 4) Right exertion or right effort 5) Right awareness 6) Right concentration 7) Right aspiration 8) Right understanding
Four Noble Truths of Buddhism
1) Suffering is universal. Everyone feels pain. 2) The cause of suffering is desire. 3) The only way to end suffering is to crush desire. 4) Must follow the Noble Eight Fold Path
Barack Obama
44th president (2009-2017) VP: Joseph R. Biden
Donald Trump
45th president (2017-present) VP: Mike Pence
Andrew Jackson
7th president (1829-1837 VPs: John C. Calhoun, Martin Van Buren
Martin Van Buren
8th president (1837-1841) VP: Richard M. Johnson
Chimera
A child of Typhon and Echidna. She is most commonly described as a lioness with a goat's head protruding from her back and a tail that ended in a snake's head. She was a fire-breathing menace to Lycia until Bellerophon slew her on orders from King Iobates. Flying on the back of Pegasus, Bellerophon shot at this creature and ultimately killed the beast by affixing a block of lead to his spear and causing it to melt the block with her fiery breath, suffocating her in the process.
Chiron
A famous centaur who taught many heroes, including Hercules. Among his pupils were many culture heroes: Actaeon, Theseus, Achilles, Jason, Peleus, Telamon, Perseus, sometimes Heracles, and in one Byzantine tradition, even Dionysus: granted immortality as the constellation Centaurus.
Thokk
A giantess by the name of _____ was the one that refused to weep for Baldr to return him to Asgard. *She was Loki in disguise*.
Angrboda
A giantess that Loki had three children with : Fenrir, the Midgard Serpent, and Hel. Everyone was afraid of their children, there was a prophecy that they'd bring evil and misfortune.
Yggdrasil
A great ash tree (*the world tree*) that supported the universe, with roots connecting the nine worlds together. "Steed of the Terrible One" in english.
Minotaur
A half-man, half-bull monster kept in the Labyrinth on Crete by King Minos. Minos prayed to Poseidon to send a snow-white bull as a sign of support during Minos' quarrel with his brothers for the throne of Crete, but instead of sacrificing the animal to the sea god, Minos kept it for himself. Angered, Poseidon caused Minos' wife Pasiphaë to lust after the bull, so Daedalus built her a wooden cow so she could mate with the bull. Theseus later slayed this beast and saved Ariadne.
Orpheus and Eurydice
A masterful musician loses his bride to a snake back. When travels to the Underworld to bring her back, Hades advises him to never look back. When he does, his bride is lost forever.
Calydonian Boar
A monstrous beast sent by Artemis to wreak havoc in Calydon after king Oeneus neglected to honor her while sacrificing to the gods. Oeneus's son Meleager led a group of heroes, including the huntress Atalanta, on a hunt. Atalanta drew first blood, and Meleager finished off the beast. Meleager, who had fallen in love with Atalanta, then insisted on honoring her by giving her the hide. Meleager's uncles protested, Meleager killed them, and Meleager's mother avenged the death of her brothers by burning up the log that represented Meleager's lifespan, killing him.
Rabbi
A spiritual leader in Judaism.
James WHISTLER
ARTIST: sued John Ruskin for libel after Ruskin reviewed his painting of a falling rocket; his butterfly signature appears on a dark curtain in his 1871 painting Arrangement in Grey and Black, No. 1; produced an iconic portrait of his mother
Salvador DALI (painting is The PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY)
ARTIST: surrealist who created the painting Swans Reflecting Elephants; depicted a hypercube in his painting of the crucifixion of Jesus; has a painting title "The Disintegration of..." another of his paintings
Piet MONDRIAN
ARTIST: used yellow to represent taxis in a work depicting a city grid; was part of the De Stijl movement and painted Broadway Boogie Woogie
Stephen CRANE (of Red Badge of Courage fame)
AUTHOR: 19th century American; depicted survivors of a shipwreck in "The Open Boat"
DANTE ALIGHIERI (accept either portion...go with just DANTE)
AUTHOR: described being "midway upon the journey of our life" in a poem that opens in a "dark forest" where the narrator sees a leopard, lion, and wolf; many of his poems celebrate a woman named Beatrice; depicted torments of hell in poem Inferno
T.S. ELIOT (the book is Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats)
AUTHOR: his 1939 collection claims these animals require "three different names" including "particular" ones such as "Quaxo"; his book about cats is attributed to "Old Possum"
Upanishads
Also called Vedanta, or "last part of the Vedas". Part poetry but mainly prose, laid the foundation for the development of several key Hindu ideas, such as connecting the individual soul (atman) with the universal soul (Brahman). Spiritual release, or moksha, could be achieved through meditation and asceticism. The name means "to sit down close," as pupils did when a teacher recited them.
Pelé
Also known as "the Black Pearl", this man led the Brazilian national team to three World Cup victories in 1958, 1962, and 1970 (though he was injured for most of '62 finals) and to permanent possession of the Jules Rimet Trophy. In his professional and international career, he played in 1,363 matches and scored 1,282 goals. He made his professional debut with Brazil's Santos in 1956 and played with them until 1974. In 1975, he came out of retirement to promote the game in the United States by starring for the NASL's New York Cosmos, earning him 1976 NASL MVP honors; his retirement game in 1977 at Giants Stadium against his old club Santos drew over 75,000 people, the largest crowd to see a soccer match in the U.S. before the 1984 Olympics. He later became Brazil's Minister of Sport and, in 1999, the National Olympic Committees named him the IOC's Athlete of the Century, despite having never partaken in an Olympic Games.
Ren
Altruism and humaneness (value of Confucianism)
Pago Pago
American Samoa
Joseph Smith
American religious leader and founder of Mormonism and the Latter Day Saint movement. He experienced a series of visions, including one in which he saw "two personages" (presumably God the Father and Jesus Christ) and others in which an angel directed him to a buried book of golden plates inscribed with a Judeo-Christian history of an ancient American civilization; murdered in a riot in Illinois.
Bay of Pigs
An unsuccessful military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the United States in 1961
Abraham
Ancestor of Israel; called by God from Ur eventually to Canaan having been promised land and descendants which would become a great nation; His children: Ishamel and Isaac; God commanded Abraham to sacrifice his son Issac in order to test this Biblical figure's faithfulness.
Creek
Andrew Jackson crushed these Indians at Horseshoe Bend, AL in 1814 during the War of 1812
Battle of New Orleans
Andrew Jackson defeated General Edward Pakenham and his British troops in this battle in 1815
Hermitage
Andrew Jackson's estate outside Nashville, TN where he died on June 8, 1845.
Old Hickory
Andrew Jackson's nickname because of his toughness
Tennessee
Andrew Johnson was governor of this state from 1853-1857
Luanda
Angola
The Valley
Anguilla
Odysseus/Ulysses
Another hero of the Trojan War; inventor of the Trojan Horse, responsible for the victory over Troy. Incurred Poseidon's wrath after blinding the his son, the Cyclops Polyphemus. leading to a solo 10 year voyage back to Ithica in epic story, The Odyssey in which he spends 9 of those years with Kalypso, a sorceress. King of Ithaca, known also as Ulysseus
Qur'an (Koran)
Arabic for "recitation," it is the most sacred scripture of Islam. Subdivided into 114 chapters, called suras, which are arranged in descending order of length. According to Muslim belief, the angel Jibril [Gabriel] visited the prophet Muhammad in 610 and revealed the work to him. Various suras discuss absolute submission to Allah [God], happiness in Heaven versus torture in Hell, and the mercy, compassion, and justice of Allah.
Imhotep
Architect of the first pyramids and extremely talented human that was eventually given the status of a god.
Michel Platini
Arguably France's greatest footballer, this midfielder won three straight European Footballer of the Year Awards beginning in 1983. He led Italian side Juventus FC to success in both Serie A (Italy's First Division) and UEFA (European) competitions. In 1985, he led Serie A in scoring for a third straight year, a unique achievement as well as leading Juventus to its only European Cup triumph, the tragic game at Heysel (Belgium) against Liverpool in which 39 Italian supporters were fatally crushed in the stands. He also led his French national side to triumph in the Euro 1984, setting the Euro scoring record. After his retirement in 1987, he was instrumental in organizing France's bid for the 1998 World Cup.
Heptathlon
At the 1992 Summer Olympics in what event did Jackie Joyner Kersee win a gold medal
Bellepheron
Athena helped him tame Pegasus. He fought the Chimera. He was killed trying to ascend Mount Olympus.
Emily Dickenson
Author of "Because I could not stop for Death" which describes a carriage that "held but just ourselves and immortality".
Robert Frost
Author of "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"
Robert Louis Stevenson
Author of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Edgar Allan Poe
Author of The Raven
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Author of The Scarlet Letter
Frances Burnett
Author of The Secret Garden
The PRINCE by Niccolo MACHIAVELLI
BOOK AND AUTHOR: chapter 25 uses metaphor of raging river to describe the concept of "fortune"; argues it is "far safer" for the title figure "to be feared than loved"; political treatise
The Art of War by SUN TZU
BOOK AND AUTHOR: first chapter notes that title activity "is based on deception", suggests you should "appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak" and that it is best to "subdue the enemy without fighting", military treatise
LEVIATHAN by Thomas HOBBES
BOOK AND AUTHOR: third part describes a "Christian" commonwealth; claims human existence took the form of a "war of all against all" in the "state of nature", that state is said to be "nasty, brutish, and short"
The PILGRIM'S PROGRESS
BOOK: In second part a family walks past chained lions on encouragement from Great-heart, Mr. Worldly Wiseman offers bad advice to Christian who visits Vanity Fair before reaching the Celestial City by John Bunyan
SILENT SPRING
BOOK: begins by imagining a "fable for tomorrow" involving "a strange blight"; chapter "And No Birds Sing" describes death of robins who eat poisoned earthworms; 1962 book by Rachel Carson which led to bans on pesticide DDT
WALDEN by Henry David THOREAU
BOOK: contains the assertion "we do not ride on the railroad; it rides upon us"; the author that because he "wished to live deliberately," he "went to the woods"; chronicles two year stay in a Massachusetts cabin
The DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
BOOK: historical non-fiction by Erik Larson recounting the World's Columbian Exposition (World's Fair) in Chicago in 1893
PETRONAS Towers
BUILDING: in cross section of this pair of towers, the Islamic symbol called the Rub el Hizb is duplicated; designed by Cesar Pelli in Kuala Lumpur
Dreams From My Father
Barack Obama memoir that explores events of his early years up until his entry into law school in 1988
The Audacity of Hope
Barack Obama's second book that expounds on many of the subjects that became part of his 2008 campaign for the presidency
Bridgetown
Barbados
New York Knicks
Basketball star Willis Reed became the coach of what team in 1977?
Ourania
Bearing stars, a celestial sphere and a bow compass. Muse of Astronomy
Sirens
Beautiful women who appeared harmless and sang a beautiful song to passing sailors, only to prove vicious and bloodthirsty when the sailors ventured too close. Odysseus encountered these creatures, tying himself to the mast of his ship so that he could safely hear their song while his crew plugged their ears with beeswax, on the advice of the sorceress Circe.
His Accidency
Because John Tyler was the first person to occupy the presidency without being elected to that office, this was his nickname
Dwarves
Beings living in Svartalfheim, home of the dark elves. They were skilled craftsmen that lived under the surface and to whom all jewels belonged. Depicted as small, stout creatures.
Belmopan
Belize
Porto-Novo
Benin
Sherman Antitrust Act
Benjamin Harrison signed this 1890 act that banned the formation of monopolies
Sherman Silver Purchase Act
Benjamin Harrison signed this 1890 act that increased the amount of silver the government was required to purchase every month
Hamilton
Bermuda
Quentin Blake
Best know for illustrating books written by Roald Dahl
Thimphu
Bhutan
Whitewater
Bill Clinton scandal where he was accused of making money on an illegal land deal
Blythe
Bill Clinton's former last name
1967
Bill Russel became the first black american to manage a major league sport team in what year?
Austria
Bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Hungary and Slovakia to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. This country is known for its history of fine arts. Some of the largest cities include Salzburg, birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Linz, Graz, and its capital, Vienna.
Olive branch
Branch brought back to Noah's ark by a dove to tell him that the flood was receding.
Giacomo PUCCINI
COMPOSER: like Jules Massenet, this Italian wrote an opera based on the novel Manon Lescaut; Loretta sings "O mio babbino caro" while discussing a will in his opera Gianni Schicchi; Rodolfo and Mimi are destitute Parisian artists in his opera La Boheme
Guiseppe VERDI (the operas are Rigoletto and Aida, respectively)
COMPOSER: one of his operas ends with a man holding his dead daughter Gilda in his arms and crying out "the curse!"; in another, Amneris weeps as Radames is buried alive with an Ethiopian princess; Italian
Frederic CHOPIN
COMPOSER: one of his piano pieces was nicknamed for having nearly all its notes either sharp or flat; November Uprising Led this composer of "Black Key" Etude to write a "Revolutionary" Etude; Polish composer, "Minute" Waltz. His B-flat minor Piano Sonata No. 2 contains a popular funeral march; composed a "Heroic" Polonaise; sight of dog chasing its own tail inspired him to write a piece whose title refers to size and not duration; Polish composer of "Minute" Waltz
Modest MUSSORGSKY
COMPOSER: paintings by Viktor Hartmann inspired his piano suite Pictures at an Exhibition; member of Russia's "Mighty Handful"
Joseph HAYDN ("HI-din")
COMPOSER: twelve London symphonies include 'Miracle' and 'Military'
Joseph HAYDN (HI-din)
COMPOSER: used fugues to end three of his Sun quartets; repeated pauses punctuate the coda of his string quartet The Joke; German national anthem is taken from his Emperor Quartet; "Father of the String Quartet"
George GERSHWIN
COMPOSER: wrote 1925 Concerto in F for piano and orchestra; wrote tone poem 'An American in Paris' along with 'Rhapsody in Blue'
Richard STRAUSS (need at least first initial R, or it will be a prompt)
COMPOSER: wrote a piece in which contrasting themes by the French horn and D clarinet depict the folk hero Till Eulenspiegel; wrote tone poem whose opening fanfare "Sunrise" was featured in 2001: A Space Odyssey; wrote Thus Spake Zarathustra
Ankh
Called the "Key of Life"/ symbol of eternal life
Dover
Capital of Delaware
Tallahassee
Capital of Florida
Atlanta
Capital of Georgia
Honolulu
Capital of Hawaii
Boise
Capital of Idaho
Springfield
Capital of Illinois
Indianapolis
Capital of Indiana
Des Moines
Capital of Iowa
Topeka
Capital of Kansas
Frankfort
Capital of Kentucky
Baton Rouge
Capital of Louisiana
Augusta
Capital of Maine
Annapolis
Capital of Maryland
Boston
Capital of Massachusetts
Lansing
Capital of Michigan
Saint Paul
Capital of Minnesota
Jackson
Capital of Mississippi
Jefferson City
Capital of Missouri
Helena
Capital of Montana
Lincoln
Capital of Nebraska
Carson City
Capital of Nevada
Concord
Capital of New Hampshire
Trenton
Capital of New Jersey
Santa Fe
Capital of New Mexico
Albany
Capital of New York
Cheyenne
Capital of Wyoming
Euterpe
Carries flute. Muse of Lyric Poetry;
Erato
Carries lyre, and love arrows/bow. Muse of Erotic Poetry;
Polyhymnia
Carries lyre, often looking skyward Muse of Religious Hymns;
Melpomene
Carries/near theater tragedy mask. Muse of Tragedy;
George Town
Cayman Islands
Passover
Celebrated for seven days beginning on the 15th day of Nissan (the seventh month), it commemorates the Exodus from Egypt. It is also the ancient Hebrew New Year (superceded in that role by Rosh Hashanah). On the first two days, Jews have a festival dinner called a seder, where they retell the story of the Exodus, from a book called a hagaddah. Jews are required to abstain from eating or owning leavened bread for the duration of the festival; matzah (usually a square flat unleavened bread) is eaten instead.
Purim
Celebrated on the 14th of Adar (the sixth month) and commemorating the victory of the Jews, led by Esther and Mordechai, against Haman, who tried to destroy the Jews because of his anger at Mordechai. The story, recorded in the Book of Esther (read from a one-handed scroll called a megillah), takes place in Shushan, the capital city of the kingdom of the Persian King Ahasueras. It is traditional to dress up, get drunk, give charity, eat triangular pastries called hamentaschen, and exchange gifts (Mishloach Manot) with friends.
Electra
Daughter of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon; helped Orestes to kill Clytemnestra and Aegisthus (her lover) to avenge Clytemnestra's murder of Agamemnon
AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY by Theodore DREISER
Description: Clyde Griffiths' desire for Sondra Finchley leads him to plan to murder his previous girlfriend; by Theodore Dreiser
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE by Jane AUSTEN
Description: Elizabeth changes her opinion of Mr. Darcy, who is the focus of a grudge held by the devious Mr. Wickham
FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS by Ernest HEMINGWAY
Description: Ernest Hemingway depicts Robert Jordan's experiences during the Spanish Civil War
The BELL JAR by Sylvia PLATH
Description: Esther Greenwood works as an intern at Ladies' Day in this novel by Sylvia Plath
CATCH 22 by Joseph HELLER
Description: Examines the absurdity of war and military life through World War II bombers who attempt to maintain their sanity while fulfilling their service requirements so that they may return home, set on island of Pianosa
O PIONEERS! by Willa CATHER (My Antonia is much more important to know)
Description: Frank Shabata kills his wife and her lover in a drunken rage in this novel about the Bergson family by Willa Cather
CRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRY by Alan PATON
Description: Johannes Pafuri's eye twitch fails to convict him in a trial in which the lawyer Mr. Carmichael works "pro deo"; Stephen travels by rail and looks for his sister Gertrude, who has become a prostitute; Absalom Kumalo murders Arthur Jarvis
The LAST OF THE MOHICANS by James Fennimore COOPER
Description: Mark Twain outlined the "literary offenses" of the author of this novel; Cora Munro is killed during a fight that also leads to the death of the noble warrior Uncas; part of the author's Leatherstocking Tales
FAHRENHEIT 451 by Ray BRADBURY
Description: Professor Faber helps the protagonist who flees from a "Mechanical Hound"; protagonist recites the poem Dover Beach to his wife and her friends; Guy Montag is a fireman
ABSALOM, ABSALOM! by William FAULKNER
Description: Thomas Sutpen marries Ellen Coldfield and later courts Ellen's sister Rosa after Ellen's death; by William Faulkner
FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD by Henry JAMES
Description: William Boldwood receives a playful valentine from Bathsheba Everdene; Bathsheba declines the marriage proposal Gabriel Oak in this novel by Henry James
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT by Fyodor DOSTOEVSKY
Description: a villain in this novel claims he was told to wind a clock by the ghost of his wife, Maria; Svidrigailov seeks out the protagonist; Porfiry suspects Raskolnikov killed a pawnbroker
The CATCHER IN THE RYE by J. D. SALINGER (protagonist is Holden Caulfield)
Description: protagonist buys record "Little Shirley Beans" for his sister; his late brother Allie wrote poetry on his baseball glove; protagonist expelled by Mr Antolini from Pencey Prep
The THREE MUSKETEERS by Alexandre DUMAS
Description: protagonist establishes an alibi by moving a clock back 45 minutes in Monsieur de Treville's office; illegal duel prompts Cardinal Richelieu's guards to confront the title characters, who befriend the duellist d'Artagnan
TURTLES ALL THE WAY DOWN by John GREEN
Description: protagonist fears "C. diff", a microbial infection; missing billionaire Davis Pickett is sought by protagonist Aza Holmes, a girl with anxiety disorders; an endless stack of reptiles inspires the novel's title
GONE WITH THE WIND by Margaret MITCHELL
Description: protagonist gives birth to daughter Ella Lorena after purchasing and managing a sawmill to pay taxes on her plantation, Tara; 1936 novel depicts Civil War experiences of Scarlett O'Hara
The RED BADGE OF COURAGE by Stephen CRANE (protagonist is Henry Fleming)
Description: protagonist is often referred to as "the youth", his friend Jim Conklin is killed during a Civil War battle; title refers to a wound that will counteract cowardice
DON QUIXOTE by Miguel de CERVANTES
Description: the title character renames a horse Rocinante and is obsessed with romances of chivalry; title character tilts at windmills he believes to be "hulking giants"
The ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN by Mark TWAIN
Description: the title character smears blood from a hog around his father's property to fake his death; at the end, the title boy vows to "light out for the territory" to get away from Aunt Sally; the title character helps a slave named Jim escape
INVISIBLE MAN by Ralph ELLISON (you cannot say THE INVISIBLE MAN, that is a separate novel by HG WELLS)
Description: the unnamed narrator is forced to participate in a "battle royale" before attending college; by Ralph Ellison
SILAS MARNER by George ELIOT
Description: title character framed for a crime at Lantern Yard and moves to Reveloe; by George Eliot
LOLITA by Vladimir NABOKOV
Description: title character performs in a play by Clare Quilty after being abused by the narrator Humbert Humbert; Russian author
DRACULA by Bram STOKER
Description: title character stays on the ship Demeter with crates of dirt to regain strength and controls mental patient Renfield; Lucy Wenestra's illness diagnosed by Abraham Van Helsing; Jonathan Harker engaged to Mina
The PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY by Oscar WILDE
Description: title character tells housekeeper to open an old schoolroom so he can hide a shameful item; Sibyl Vane nicknames the main character "Prince Charming", main character kills painter Basil Hallward; a painting helps to maintain youth
MOBY DICK by Herman MELVILLE
Description: title creature is the hearse "not made by mortal hands" from Fedallah's prophecy; a gold doubloon is nailed to a ship's mast and offered to the first man to spot the title creature; narrator survives shipwreck by hanging on to a coffin
The SCARLET LETTER by Nathaniel HAWTHORNE
Description: title refers to an alteration that must be made to the protagonist's clothes due to her sin; Pearl is conceived during an illicit affair between Reverend Dimmesdale and Hester Prynne, the wife of Roger Chillingworth
UTOPIA by Thomas MORE
Description: visiting diplomats are humiliated for wearing pearl jewelry in their hats; title location is a crescent-shaped island and indicates an imaginary ideal society
Yes - From desert to tropical rainforest.
Does Australia have a wide range of vegetation.
1. Cattle and sheep ranching 2. Mining
Dry areas in Australia rely on this type of primary activity.
William the Bastard
Duke of Normandy; illegitimate son of Norman nobleman; inherited land; related to Alfred; vassal to a French King; invaded England with the Normans; defeated Harold and crowned King of England; authorized Domesday Book
I Love Lucy
During its six-season run, this show was one of America's most watched programs. It centered on Lucy Ricardo, played by comedian Lucille Ball, and her husband Ricky Ricardo, who was played by Ball's real-life husband Desi Arnaz. The show's other major characters were the Ricardos' neighbors, Fred and Ethel Mertz. In one of the show's most famous episodes, Lucy was hired to do a TV commercial for a health tonic called "Vitameatavegamin"; after drinking too much of it, Lucy becomes inebriated and is unable to pronounce the word correctly.
1980 Winter Olympics
During these Olympic Games, Speed Skater Eric Heiden would win five gold medals. In what would become known as "The Miracle on Ice," the U.S. Olympic hockey team, led by head coach Herb Brooks and captain Mike Eruzione, defeated the powerful Soviet team 4-3 on February 22, 1980. Two days later, they defeated Finland to claim America's second Olympic hockey gold medal, the first being in 1960 at Squaw Valley.
Crusade in Europe
Dwight Eisenhower's memoir which outlined his role as supreme Allied commander of Europe and leader of the Normandy invasion on June 6, 1944
John Maynard KEYNES ("canes") (also, look for phrase "aggregate demand" in his clues)
ECONOMIST: used analogy of a beauty contest to explain how rational agents work within a stock market; fiscal policy involving deficit spending was central to this British man's theory; wrote The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money
ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD (If asked for the location, churchyard, graveyard, or cemetary work)
ELEGY: Thomas Gray wrote "the curfew tolls the knell of parting day" in this elegy whose title claims that it was composed in a general type of place
Cairo
Egypt
Pentateuch
First five books of the Bible ( Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy).
Mary Magdalene
First person to see Jesus after his resurrection.
Cain
First son of Adam and Eve; murdered his brother, Abel; eldest son: Enoch.
Adam and Eve
First two people; Sons: Cain and Abel
Homestead Grays
For what baseball team did Josh Gibbons play for?
Jacques Cartier
France. 1534-1542 French Explored the St. Lawrence River in Canada and claimed much of Eastern Canada for France
Samuel de Champlain
France. 1603-1616 French cartographer, explorer, governor of New France. Explored eastern coast of North America and the coast of the St. Lawrence River and Great Lakes to Lake Huron.
Marquette and Joliet
France. 1672 French Explored Northern Mississippi River.
Robert LaSalle
France. 1682 French Traveled to the mouth of the Mississippi River and claimed it for France
Winfield Scott
Franklin Pierce became brigadier general under him during the Mexican War. Pierce also defeated him, a Whig candidate, in 1852
New Hampshire
Franklin Pierce became governor of this state.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Franklin Pierce supported this act, which created the two title states
New Deal
Franklin Roosevelt's policies for ending the Depression
Utgard-Loki
Gangerli asks the High ones if anything has ever overcome Thor, which leads the High ones to tell him the story of Thor and ______-____.
Martin Luther King
Gave the "I Have a Dream Speech"
Gaza City
Gaza Strip
200 and 400 Meter hurdles
George C Poage was the first black american to win an olympic medal in what two events?
41
George W. Bush's biography of his father George H.W. Bush
Leslie Lynch King
Gerald Ford's former name
burg
German suffix for a city
Hapi
God of the Nile who is often depicted as a man with reeds on his head. Seen as the driving force behind the river that causes the annual flooding of the delta region that makes the land fertile.
Njord
God of the North winds and the sea to Asgard. Worshipped often by coastal peoples. Associated with the symbol of the ship. Gave birth to *Freyr* and *Freyja*. Equivalent to the Greek Poseidon.
Ganesha
God of wisdom and learning with elephant head. "Son" of Parvati via saffron paste bath situation
Port-au-Prince
Haiti
World War II
Harry Truman authorized the first uses of the atomic bomb on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ending this war.
Thomas Dewey
Harry Truman famously upsetted this Republican in the 1948 presidential election
John Hinckley
He seriously wounded Ronald Reagan. He was found not guilty in court by reason of insanity.
earth
Heaven and _____ burn and _____ sinks into the sea.
weeps
Hel agrees to allow Baldr to return back to Asgard with the gods if *everything* in the world _____ for him.
1896 Summer Olympics
Held in Athens, Greece, his first edition of the modern Olympics was the brainchild of Baron Pierre de Coubertin of France; winners were awarded silver medals. Some of the stranger events included one-handed weightlifting and 100-meter freestyle swimming for members of the Greek navy. Appropriately, Greek shepherd Spiridon Louis became the hero of the Games by winning the marathon.
Great Depression
Herbert Hoover was president during this disastrous 1929 event when the economy collapsed.
Thatched-roof dwellings
Huts found in the pacific islands.
Dallas Texans
In 1960 Abner Hayes played for what AFL Team?
Marlin Briscoe
In 1961 who became the first black starting quarterback in the NFL?
Lebanon
In 1986, the U.S. sold weapons to Iran in exchange for the release of U.S. hostages held in this country.
Pete Sampras
In 1990, this tennis player became the youngest man ever to win the U.S. Open. He would take five U.S. Opens and two Australian Opens, but his greatest accomplishments came on the Wimbledon grass. Starting in 1993 he won the tournament seven times in eight years, losing only to Richard Krajicek in the quarterfinals in 1996. His last Wimbledon win (2000) gave Sampras the all-time men's major record, passing Roy Emerson's 12. Married to actress Bridgette Wilson, he defeated Andre Agassi for the 2002 U.S. Open title before retiring.
Diomedes
In his day of glory, he kills Pandarus and wounds Aeneas before taking on the gods. He stabs Aphrodite in the wrist and, with Athena as his charioteer, wounds Ares in the stomach. Along with Odysseus, he also conducts a successful night raid against King Rhesus.
rebirth
In the *original* poetic eddas, there is no _______ after Ragnarok.
The Raven
In this Edgar Allen Poe poem, the speaker laments the loss of "dear Lenore" while the title bird repeats "nevermore".
Guys and Dolls
In this musical, Nathan Detroit runs an underground craps game but needs a location. To make enough money to use the Biltmore garage for his game, he bets notorious gambler Sky Masterson that Sky can't convince a girl of Nathan's choice to go to Havana with him for dinner; Nathan chooses the righteous missionary Sarah Brown. Sky wins the bet but ends up having to bring a dozen sinning gamblers to a revival meeting. As Nathan attends the meeting, his long-suffering fiancé Adelaide, a nightclub dancer, is increasingly frustrated that their fourteen-year engagement has not led to marriage. At the meeting, Sky bets a large amount of money against the gamblers' souls, winning, and eventually convincing Sarah to marry him and Nathan to marry Adelaide. Adapted from short stories by Damon Runyon, the musical includes songs like "A Bushel and a Peck," "Luck Be a Lady," and "Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat."
The Phantom of the Opera
In this musical, set at the Paris Opera in 1881, the mysterious Phantom lures the soprano Christine Daae to his lair ("The Music of the Night"). Christine falls in love with the opera's new patron, Raoul, so the Phantom drops a chandelier and kidnaps Christine. They kiss, but he disappears, leaving behind only his white mask. Adapted from the eponymous 1909 novel by Gaston Leroux, it is the longest-running show in Broadway history.
South Pacific
In this musical, set during the Pacific Theater of World War II, Nellie Forbush, a U.S. Navy nurse, falls in love with Emile, a French plantation owner. Emile helps Lt. Cable carry out an espionage mission against the Japanese. The mission is successful, and Emile and Nellie reunite. Featuring the songs "Some Enchanted Evening," "There is Nothing Like a Dame," and "I'm Gonna Wash that Man Right Outta My Hair," it is adapted from James Michener's Tales of the South Pacific.
Oklahoma!
In this musical, set on the eve of the title location's statehood, cowboy Curly McLain and sinister farmhand Judd compete for the love of Aunt Eller's niece, Laurey. Judd falls on his own knife after attacking Curly, and Curly and Laurey get married. A subplot concerns Ado Annie, who chooses cowboy Will Parker over the Persian peddler Ali Hakim. Featuring the song "Oh What a Beautiful Mornin", it is often considered the first modern book musical.
Jesus Christ Superstar
In this musical, set the week leading up to the crucifixion, Judas grows angry with Christ's claims of divinity, and Mary Magdalene laments her romantic feelings for Christ. Judas hangs himself, and Christ, though frustrated with God, accepts his fate. Among the songs in this musical are "I Don't Know How to Love Him," "Gethsemane," and "Trial Before Pilate."
The Scarlet Letter
In this novel, Hester Prynne is forced to sew and wear a capital "A" on her clothing as a sign of adultery.
The Secret Garden
In this novel, Mary Lennox, an orphan, goes to live with her uncle at Misselthwaite Manor.
Baucis and Philemon
Jupiter and Mercury go cruising about Phrygia disguised as beggars, finding no hospitality from its people. Finally they come across the titular old couple, who probably have the least to give, who take kindness on them. The two gods later make them priests, destroy Phrygia, and upon the couple's death transform them into a magnificent half-oak, half-linden tree.
LOUIS XIV (the 14th...prompt on Louis)
KING: "Second Grand Alliance" opposed him and his grandson in the War of the Spanish Succession; converted hunting lodge into a residence containing the Hall of Mirrors; created Versailles palace and was called the "Sun King"
LOUIS XVI (16th)
KING: Civil Constitution of the Clergy was passed during his reign; group known as "the Mountain" supported killing him; in the flight to Varennes, he tried to escape with Marie Antionette; executed in French Revolution
RAMSES II or RAMSES THE GREAT or OZYMANDIAS
KING: Signed one of the earliest peace treaties in history with Hattusili III at Kadesh; fought the Hitties in a massive chariot battle in 1247 BC; Eygptian ruler of the 19th century.
JAMES I of England, previously JAMES VI of Scotland
KING: first king of England from the House of Stuart
Dionysus/Bacchus
Known for the thyrsos (a pine cone-tipped staff), the leopard, and the fruit vine. god of wine and revelry; Rituals often involve orgiastic and wild nature. Female followers were known as Bacchantes or Maenads
MAO Zedong
LEADER: Placed exploited nations in the bottom-most tier of his Three Worlds Theory; ordered villages to construct smelting facilities to produce low-grade steel during the Great Leap Forward; began Cultural Revolution.
Simon BOLIVAR
LEADER: before winning Battle of Junin, met a rival at the Guayaquil Conference; his subordinate Antonio Jose de Sucre served as president of a country named for him; "Liberator" who led national independence movements in South America. Blamed weak federal government and 1812 earthquake for the failure of Francisco de Miranda's republic in a manifesto written from Cartagena; won Battle of Caraboro, which led to formation of Gran Colombia.
Archduke FRANZ FERDINAND
LEADER: he was in a car on a drive to Appel Quay to visit victims of a bombing when he was assassinated in 1914; killed by a member of the Black Hand named Gavrilo Princip, a Serbian nationalist; his death sparked WWI
Nikita KHRUSHCHEV
LEADER: his 1959 trip to Disneyland was cancelled for security reasons; U-2 incident led him to walk out of the Paris Four Powers summit; once banged his shoe on a desk to protest a UN speech; liberalized the USSR
TOKUGAWA Ieyasu (Meiji Restoration followed)
LEADER: his government was opposed by nobles who used slogan "sonno joi"; during his government's Bakumatsu period, its sakoku isolationist policy ended after Matthew Perry's squadron arrived in Edo; led final Japanese shogunate
LOUVRE Museum (I.M. Pei made a similar pyramid for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, but the references don't lead to this)
LOCATION: its Egyptian collection includes Seated Scribe and Great Sphinx of Tanis; I.M. Pei designed a steel-and-glass pyramid that serves as entrance to this place; it is the largest art museum in the world
engineer, sculptor, inventor, anatomist, architect, musician, geometer, and painter
Leondardo da Vinci was a _____________
Adam and Eve
Lif and Lifthrasir parallel ____ ___ ___.
MASH
Like The Mary Tyler Moore Show and All in the Family, his show twas a highly successful CBS sitcom that dealt with controversial social issues—in this case, war. Centering on the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital in South Korea, it was adapted from the 1970 feature film of the same name directed by Robert Altman. Major characters included Hawkeye Pierce, a wisecracking surgeon played by Alan Alda; Sherman Potter, who was added to the show in season 4 after the previous commanding officer, Henry Blake, was killed off; and Corporal Klinger, who would dress in women's clothing in an attempt to be discharged from the army.
Sekhmet
Lioness-headed goddess
Vilnius
Lithuania
Confucius
Lived in the 500s B.C.E; he was concerned primarily with restoring social stability and order. The Founder of Confucianism
Heimdall
Loki and ________ kill each other.
mistletoe
Loki discovers that Frigg did not exact an oath from this plant not to harm Baldr : _________.
Hod
Loki gave a blind god named ___ a mistletoe dart to throw at Baldr to kill him.
salmon
Loki hid himself away in a house on a mountain far from the gods. They eventually captured him when he was disguised as a ______.
Apples
Loki tells Dun that he found these in a forest to lure her out of Asgard.
Hel
Loki's daughter, she was so pale and ghost-like that Odin sent her to be ruler of the land of the dead. This was a kingdom close to the cold wastes of Niflheim and was soon called Helheim after the goddess.
Sigyn
Loki's wife, _____, holds a basin under Loki's face to prevent the poison from dropping on it. But when she leaves to empty the basin, it causes an *earthquake*.
Great Society
Lyndon Johnson's program to end poverty and discrimination
Terry Sawchuk
Nicknamed "Ukey", this athlete played more games (971), won more games (447), and recorded more shutouts (103) than any other netminder in NHL history. In 1952, he recorded eight straight wins, including four shutouts, in the playoffs for Detroit. Winning 5 Vezina Trophies in his career for lowest team GAA (the criteria during his era), He also won the Calder Trophy as NHL rookie of the year in 1950-51. Always deeply psychologically troubled, he died in a household accident in 1970 while a member of the New York Rangers.
Maurice Richard
Nicknamed "the Rocket", this athlete was one of the most gifted offensive players in NHL history. He was the first NHL player to score 50 goals in a single season, doing so in 1944-45, and also the first to score 500 in a career. The winner of eight Stanley Cups, his suspension by league president Clarence Campbell in 1955 led to his namesake Riot on March 17, 1955, which was quelled only by an appeal by this athlete for peace. Many sociologists credit that event with starting the Quebec independence movement. The NHL began awarding the his namesake trophy in 1999 for the league's top regular season goal scorer.
Sam Snead
No golfer has won more PGA Tournaments than this man's 81, and he amassed 135 victories worldwide. Nicknamed "Slammin' Sammy," he won seven major professional championships between 1942 and 1954, but he is known more for the one he never won: the U.S. Open. In 1939 he led the Open for 71 holes but lost on the last hole when he took an eight. In the 1960s and '70s he won a record six Senior PGA Championships.
Kingston
Norfolk Island
University of Paris
Northern European model for education located in France; emphasized disciplines theology and liberal arts; sacred curricula; church paid teachers
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Saipan
Northern Mariana Islands
Darwin
Northern Territory
Roald Amundsen
Norwegian explorer of polar regions. He led the Antarctic expedition of 1910-12 which was the first to reach the South Pole, on 14 December 1911. In 1926, he was the first expedition leader for the air expedition to the North Pole. Amundsen is recognized as the first person, without dispute, as having reached both poles. He is also known as having the first expedition to traverse the Northwest Passage (1903-06) in the Arctic.
BARBER OF SEVILLE by ROSSINI
OPERA AND COMPOSER: Count Almaviva courts Rosina, the ward of Dr Bartolo; the count's former servant rejoices in his new profession in "Largo al factotum"
PORGY AND BESS by George GERSHWIN
OPERA AND COMPOSER: Serena sings "Shame on all you sinners!" at picnickers who enjoy the humorous blaspheming of a drug dealer; a hurricane kills Clara, who sings the lullaby "Summertime"; setting is the slums of Catfish Row
MARRIAGE OF FIGARO by MOZART
OPERA AND COMPOSER: protagonist sings threatening aria "Non piu andrai" and succeeds in marrying servant Susanna, foiling the efforts of their philandering employer Count Almaviva to seduce Susanna in this Mozart opera
The RING CYCLE or The RING OF THE NIBELUNG by Richard WAGNER
OPERA AND COMPOSER: quartet of operas titled for a cursed object forged at the opening of its first installment, Das Rheingold
TOSCA by PUCCINI
OPERA AND COMPOSER: tenor in this opera compares the title character to a portrait of Mary Magdalene in the aria "Recondita armonia"; title character bemoans Cavaradossi's fate in the aria "Vissi d'arte"; title singer kills police chief Baron Scarpia
The PIRATES OF PENZANCE by GILBERT AND SULLIVAN
OPERETTA: a "very model of a modern Major-General" claims expertise on "information vegetable, animal, and mineral" in this Gilbert and Sullivan operetta
Spain
Occupying most of the Iberian Peninsula, this country surrounds much of Portugal and borders France along the Pyrenees. Historical landmarks in this country include the Alhambra, the Sagrada Familia, and the Mosque of Cordoba. Along with cities such as Barcelona and Valencia, its capital Madrid ranks as the largest city, population wise.
Runes
Odin allowed himself to be hanged on Yggdrasil for nine days and nine nights in order to obtain the secret of the _____, which helped him learn the art of writing and magic.
Ymir
Odin and his brothers used the body of ____ to create the universe. His flesh was used for the earth and his blood for the sea, his skull created heaven, his *eyebrows were used to make midgard*.
The ash and the elm trees
Odin breathes life into these two trees creating to create the first humans.
eye
Odin came to Mimir's well to seek knowledge for his people, but Mimir's cost is Odin's ___.
breath
Odin gave humans ______.
Fenrir
Odin is killed fighting ______.
Hanging on Yggdrasil for 9 days.
Odin learns the secret of the runes by doing this
Valhalla
Odin's great hall for the heroes. Think Shor's hall in Sovnegarde in skyrim.
Sleipnir
Odin's huge eight-legged horse that other gods often borrowed for their journeys.
Beowulf
Old English medieval story
Joshua
Old Testament leader who brought the Israelites in to the Promised Land after the death of Moses.
Methuselah
Oldest man mentioned in the Bible (969 years old), and grandfather of Noah.
Muscat
Oman
The Battle of the Century
On March 8, 1971, Muhammad Ali lost to Joe Frazier in what was called?
Czech Republic
Once called Czechoslovakia, this republic in Central Europe is known for its long history, alcohol, and castles/medieval architecture. The capital, Prague, is known as "The City of a Hundred Spires". Český Krumlov is a popular tourist location in the south of this country.
Nari (Narfi)
One of Loki's sons with Sigyn. As punishment for Loki killing Baldr, the gods have Vali tear him apart as a wolf, and bound Loki with his entrails.
Vali
One of Loki's sons with Sigyn. As punishment for Loki killing Baldr, the gods transform him into a wolf, and he kills his brother Nari (Narfi).
Munin
One of Odin's ravens, its name means Memory.
Hugin
One of Odin's ravens, its name means Thought.
Heimdall
One of Odin's sons, the *watchman of Asgard*. He was always pictured by the rainbow bridge, Bifrost, protecting it so no harm came to Asgard. His horn is called Gjoll.
Analects
One of the "Four Books" used by the ancient Chinese for civil service study, it contains the aphorisms of Confucius. They also contain some of the basic ideas found in Confucianism, such as ren (benevolence) and li (proper conduct).
Hyrm
One of the enemies of good is Loki and ____ arriving by ship.
serpent
One of the enemies of good is the midgard _______.
John 3:16
One of the most important verses in Christianity; how a sinner is saved from eternal damnation: "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life".
The Andy Griffith Show
One of the most popular TV series of its decade, this show starred its title actor as Andy Taylor, who was sheriff in the sleepy small town of Mayberry, North Carolina. The show is almost as well known for its distinctive supporting characters, including a gas station attendant named Gomer Pyle and Andy's awkward deputy sheriff, Barney Fife. Ron Howard rose to fame as a child actor on the show, playing Andy's son Opie, before going on to an adult career as a prolific actor and director.
The Hydra
One of the offspring of Typhon and Echidna, a multi-headed water serpent that breathed poisonous gas and had toxic blood, and every time one head was cut off, two more grew back in its place. It was killed by Heracles as his second labor for Eurystheus during a battle in which Heracles' nephew Iolaus provided aid by cauterizing the neck stumps after Heracles cut each head off, preventing additional heads from growing back.
Christianity
One of the reasons the Viking age ended was conversion to ____________.
Ve
One of the three chief gods, his brothers were Odin and Vili.
war
One sign of Ragnarok is ___ and strife between the gods.
serpent
One sign of Ragnarok is rough seas caused by the writhing _______.
mountains
One sign of Ragnarok is that earthquakes cause the _________ to fall.
sun
One sign of Ragnarok is that the ___ and moon are swallowed.
winters
One sign of Ragnarok is three harsh _______ without any summers.
Medusa
Only mortal member of the Gorgons, a trio of monstrous daughters of Phorcys and Ceto who had brass hands, a petrifying gaze, fangs, and venomous snakes for hair. She was raped by Poseidon in a temple to Athena, where the goddess turned the beautiful woman into a Gorgon.
The CRUCIBLE by Arthur MILLER (slave's name is Tituba)
PLAY AND PLAYWRIGHT: in a climactic scene, the protagonist defends his actions by screaming "because it is my name"; Samuel Parris accuses a slave of harming his daughter during a ritual in the woods; based on Salem Witch Trials
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING by SHAKESPEARE
PLAY AND PLAYWRIGHT: the Mumford and Sons album Sigh No More takes its title from this play about a "merry war" between Beatrice and Benedick
WAITING FOR GODOT by Samuel BECKETT
PLAY AND PLAYWRIGHT: the mysterious title character never keeps an appointment with Vladimir and Estragon in this absurdist play
FAUST by GOETHE (GUR-tuh) (not Dr Faustus, by Marlowe...listen for Gretchen, Walpurgis)
PLAY AND PLAYWRIGHT: title character attends a supernatural celebration of Walpurgis Night where he has a vision of Gretchen trudging towards hell; God looks favorably on this scholar who faces temptation from the devilish Mephistopheles
OUR TOWN by Thornton WILDER
PLAY AND WRITER: a funeral is held for Simon Stimson; morning scenes feature visits from milkman Howie Newsome, "goodbye to clocks ticking" appears in a monologue by Emily Webb who is dead, set in Grover's Corners
OZYMANDIAS by Percy Bysshe SHELLEY
POEM AND POET: a "king of kings" leaves an inscription commanding "look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
BECAUSE I COULD NOT STOP FOR DEATH by Emily DICKINSON
POEM AND POET: depicts a carriage ride with "immortality"; written by the Belle of Amherst
HOWL by Allen GINSBERG
POEM AND POET: describes a "sphinx of cement and aluminum" that represents the god Moloch; section addressed to Carl Soloman repeats "I'm with you in Rockland"; the "best minds" of the poet's "generation" are said to be "destroyed by madness"
PARADISE LOST by John MILTON
POEM AND POET: epic that describes "Man's first disobedience" while seeking to "justify the ways of God to men"
The LOVE SONG OF J. ALFRED PRUFROCK by T.S. ELIOT
POEM AND POET: speaker proclaims that he is "not Prince Hamlet"; begins with the request "let us go then, you and I"; by T.S. Eliot
AENEID by VIRGIL
POEM AND POET: starts with narrator's intention to sing of "Juno's unrelenting hate" as well as "arms and the man"; in Book Five, the title character holds funeral games for his father, Anchises; Rome is founded by Trojans in this epic
The CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE by Alfred, Lord TENNYSON
POEM AND POET: this British poet wrote "all the world wondered" about a group of "six hundred" men who braved the "valley of Death" in this poem
The EMPEROR OF ICE-CREAM by Wallace STEVENS
POEM AND POET: this poem asserts that the "only emperor" is the emperor of a specific type of dessert
The ODYSSEY by HOMER (protagonist is Odysseus)
POEM: exemplifies the "nostos" genre (hero journeys homeward); after being disguised as a beggar by Athena, the protagonist talks to the swineherd Eumaeus; the protagonist is tied to a mast by his sailors so he can safely hear the song of the Sirens
BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC
POEM: features refrain "glory, glory, hallelujah", printed in The Atlantic Monthly in 1862 by Julia Ward Howe, more popular as a Civil War era song
Dylan THOMAS, poem is DO NOT GO GENTLE INTO THAT GOOD NIGHT
POET AND NAME THE SECOND POEM: wrote "though lovers be lost love shall not" in his poem "And death shall have no dominion"; declared old age should burn and rave at close of day" in a poem commanding "rage against the dying of the light"
Lord BYRON
POET: his lover Caroline Lamb called him "mad, bad, and dangerous to know"; wrote a poem describing a night of "cloudless climes" and depicted a seductive Spanish nobleman in an 1819 narrative poem; British poet of "She Walks in Beauty" and Don Juan
Langston HUGHES
POET: poem "Let America Be America Again" includes asides such as 'it never was America to me', wrote 'I bathed in the Euphrates' in his poem "The Negro Speaks of Rivers, wrote 'what happens to a dream deferred?' in his poem "Harlem"
John KEATS (poems were ODE ON A GRECIAN URN and ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE)
POET: the author's poem "On First Looking into Chapman's Homer" compares the experience of reading an excellent translation to the discovery of the Pacific; known for his Odes, including one named for a piece of pottery and one addressed to a title bird
Emily DICKINSON
POET: used numerous dashes in poems such as "I felt a Funeral, in my Brain" and "Because I could not stop for Death", recluse known as the "Belle of Amherst"
Sylvia PLATH
POET: wrote "perfection is terrible, it cannot have children" in poem "The Munich Mannequins", declared "there's a stake in your fat black heart" and "every woman adores a Fascist" in poem "Daddy", killed herself in 1963
Les FLEURS DU MAL or The FLOWERS OF EVIL
POETRY: "To the Reader" is the opening poem in this 1857 collection by French poet Charles Baudelaire, who described its contents as "unhealthy blooms"
Otto von BISMARCK
POLITICIAN: formed League of the Three Emperors and the Triple Alliance; after 20 years in office, this Prussian was dismissed by Kaiser Wilhelm II; "Iron Chancellor"
Cardinal RICHELIEU (re-shel-YOO)
POLITICIAN: in a book, he rips up Milady de Winter's letter of pardon; known as the "Red Eminence" in real life; in fiction, gives promotion to D'Artagnan at the end of The Three Musketeers; clergyman who became Louis XIII's chief minister in 1624
Boris YELTSIN
PRESIDENT: Vladimir Putin was his prime minister from 1999 to 2000; first man to serve as president of Russia when post was created in 1991
Charles DE GAULLE
PRESIDENT: helped to found the Fifth Republic, the latest incarnation of France's government
Avesta (Zend-Avesta)
Sacred scripture of Zoroastrianism. It consists of five parts: Gathas (poems written by Zoroaster), Visparat (homages to spiritual leaders), Vendidad (legal and medical doctrine), Yashts (hymns to angels and heroes), and Khurda (lesser rituals and hymns).
Singapore
Singapore
Oranjestad
Sint Eustatius
Philipsburg
Sint Maarten
Nut
Sky-goddess who gave birth to Osiris, Harmachis, Isis, Nepthys, and Set.
Iceland
Snorri Sturluson lived in _______.
Preserve the knowledge of the old gods before they were lost
Snorri Sturluson wrote the Prose Edda in order to...
Christian
Snorri purposely showed inconsistencies of the stories he gathered because he was _________.
Mogadishu
Somalia
Hargeisa
Somaliland
Nicaragua
Some money from weapon sales diverted to contras from this country in 1986
Isaac
Son of Abraham and father of Jacob and Esau.
Horus
Son of Osiris who serves as an intermediary between humans and Osiris.
Juan Ponce de Leon
Spain. 1513 Spanish Explored Cuba and Florida looking for the Fountain of Youth First governor of Puerto Rico
Vasco de Balboa
Spain. 1513 Spanish Led expedition across Panama. First European to reach the Pacific Ocean
Hernando Cortez
Spain. 1519-1521 Spanish Conquered Aztecs in Mexico
Ferdinand Magellan
Spain. 1520-1521 Portuguese Commanded first globe circling voyage. Killed in the battle of mactan in the Philippines... Died from a poison arrow
Francisco Pizarro
Spain. 1523-1535 Spanish conquistador like Cortes, who conquered the Incas in Peru, founded Lima. Miners, farmers, priests, friars and missionaries went to South America after it was conquered by the conquistadores.
Hernando De Soto
Spain. 1539-1541 Spanish Explored American Southeast-Discovered the Mississippi River Left Havana, Cuba, to pioneer Florida and Georgia, but died along the Mississippi River Introduced hogs and horses to North America
Francisco Vazquez de Coronado
Spain. 1540-1542 Spanish explorer who heard stories about the Seven Cities of Gold (Cibola) and set out to find them Led 300 Spaniards and 1000 Mexican Indian warriors north into present day American Southwest, including Texas
Christopher Columbus
Spain. But born in Genoa, 1492-1504 Italian Made 4 voyages to West Indies and Caribbean Islands
El Cid
Spanish medieval story
Ratatosk
Squirrel that runs up and down the world tree and transfers gossip between the Eagle and Niddhogg--represents "verbal hostility".
Gustavia
St. Barthelemy
Basseterre
St. Kitts and Nevis
Castries
St. Lucia
Kingstown
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
DAUPHIN (doh-FAN) of France
TITLE: until he died, Louis XVI's young son Louis-Charles bore this French title as heir apparent to the throne
Kazan
Tatarstan
Tuesday
The day of the week named after Tyr
The Shahada
The declaration of faith; testify that none has the right to be worshiped but Allah and Muhammad is His Messenger
Ymir
The first being that was derived from the formation of a drop of water. A primeval giant, became a father of a race of frost giants. The three gods Vili, Ve, and Odin killed him.
Loeding
The first fetter the gods made for Fenrir was called _______, but he easily broke it.
The Inferno
The first part of The Divine Comedy, in which Virgil guides Dante on a tour through hell.
Buri
The first primeval god that was formed from the stone Audhumla licked to feed. Father of Bor.
Jotars
The frost giants, the main enemies of the Vanir and Aesir gods, and constantly tried to overthrow them. Lived in Jotunheim.
Midgard Serpent (Jormungand)
The giant serpent that surrounds Midgard. The *child of Loki*. Also known as Jormungand. *NOT THE SAME AS NIDDHOGG*
hand
The gods told Fenrir that he would be able to break free from Gleipnir. Fenrir only agreed if someone put their ____ in his mouth as a sign of good faith.
Fenrir
The gods tried to convince ______ to allow them to restrain him in a fetter.
Asgard
The home of the Aesir gods. It was also protected from the Jotars by a huge wall and the rainbow bridge, Bifrost. No Frost Giant could cross this bridge because it was made of fire, their mortal enemy. It had been created by Odin and his brothers. The tallest building was Odin's great hall, at the very top of which rested his throne. From this throne, Odin could see over the entire world, and even into what was happening in the underground world of the dwarves. No one else could sit on Odin's throne except his wife Frigg.
Alfheim
The land of the Elves, sometimes referred to as Ljosalfheim, home of the light elves. Elves in skyrim are *altmer*.
simony
The selling of church offices
Rama
The seventh avatar of Vishnu is hero of the Ramayana. Born as a prince to King Dasharatha and Queen Kaushalya, he wins the hand of his wife Sita in a competition held by Sita's father, King Janaka; only he can string Shiva's bow. When his aunt Kaikeyi schemes to deprive him of Dasharatha's throne by putting her son Bharata there, he and Sita are banished to a forest for 14 years. During that time, the ten-headed demon Ravana kidnaps Sita but this hero rescues her and killed Ravana. Bharata abdicates; He makes Sita walk through fire to prove that Ravana had not corrupted her.
Bor
The son of Buri; he married the Giantess Bestla, the daughter of a frost giant.
Freyr
The son of Njord. A fertility god that gave humans the gifts of sunshine and rain and was responsible for rich harvests. Lived in Alfheim, the realm of the light elves. Associated with the symbol of the boar.
Thjalfi
The son of the farmer. He breaks the goat's thigh bone to get the marrow, angering Thor. Thor took him and his sister as servants, as reconciliation (*not as punishment*).
"The Road Not Taken"
The speaker of this Robert Frost poem believes he "shall be telling this with a sigh / somewhere ages and ages hence" while he discusses what happend in a "yellow wood"
Ra
The sun god/ principal god who is often depicted with a falcon head.
Geri and Freki
The two wolves of Odin are named ____ ___ _____.
Japan and Russia
Theodore Roosevelt mediated the peace between these two countries in 1905 earning him the Nobel Peace Prize
Bull Moose
Theodore Roosevelt ran for the presidency under this Progressive party ticket against William Howard Taft and Woodrow Wilson
The Winning of the West
Theodore Roosevelt wrote this book prior to his presidency
Rough Riders
Theodore Roosevelt's first U.S. Volunteer Cavalry that led the charge up Kettle Hill in San Juan, Cuba
Sagamore Hill
Theodore Roosevelt's home; he died there on January 6, 1919.
1972 Summer Olympics
These Olympic Games saw the kidnapping and killing of 11 Israeli athletes by eight Palestinian terrorists, five of whom were shot dead by West German police. Jim McKay of ABC Sports remained on the air for hours, bringing American viewers up to date on the situation. Though the Olympics paused for 34 hours, the IOC ordered the games to continue and memorable performances were turned in by American swimmer Mark Spitz, who won seven gold medals, and Russian gymnast Olga Korbut, who captivated audiences en route to winning three gold medals.
Estonia
This Baltic State includes about 1,500 islands. It has a very diverse terrain, ranging from stony beaches to forests and lakes. The capital is Tallinn, famous for its old town and Tallinn TV Tower.
Latvia
This Baltic State is sandwiched between Lithuania and Estonia. It's known for its beaches as well as its dense forests. The capital, Riga, is home to wooden and art nouveau architecture, as well as Central Market and St. Peter's Church.
Helen Wills Moody
This California native was nicknamed "Little Miss Poker Face" because her expression rarely changed on the court. Her play contrasted with that of the other great woman of the era, the emotional Suzanne Lenglen of France, though they met only once (as Lenglen turned pro). Nonetheless, this athlete dominated her competition; between 1927 and 1932 she did not drop a set. She won 19 major singles crowns—out of 22 entered—including eight Wimbledons, six U.S., and four French championships, in 1928 becoming the first player to win three Grand Slams in one season. She also swept the singles and doubles gold medals at the 1924 Paris Olympics.
Luxembourg
This Grand Duchy is a small, landlocked country bordered by Belgium to the northwest, Germany to the east, and France to the south. With a GDP of $109,190, this country is ranked as the second richest in the world. Its capital is Luxembourg City, and some famous people from this country include Robert Schuman and Desiree Nosbusch.
Arnold Palmer
This Latrobe, Pennsylvania native made golf popular with the masses, as his fans were known as "Arnie's Army." He won seven majors, including four Masters, and was the first golfer to earn one million dollars on the PGA Tour. Later he became one of the stars of the Senior Tour, winning the Senior PGA Open in 1980 and 1981. In 2002 he played in his last competitive Masters.
Pokémon
This RPG series about animal-like "pocket monsters" was the basis for the long-running Japanese animated series about trainer Ash Ketchum. These games are typically released in pairs that differ in which characters are available, such as Red/Blue, Gold/Silver, X/Y, and 2016's Sun/Moon. Notable creatures from this game include Pikachu, Charizard, Lucario, Greninja, and Mewtwo. A mobile version was released in 2016 to massive success.
Ireland
This Republic's capital is Dublin, with historical landmarks such as Rock of Cashel, the Blarney Castle with its famous stone, and Newgrange.
Treasure Island
This Robert Louis Stevenson novel features the pirate Long John Silver.
Finland
This Scandinavian Country borders the Baltic Sea to the south and Russia to the east. The largest city is Helsinki (which happens to be its capital), but other cities such as Espoo and Tampere are prominent.
Norway
This Scandinavian country is ruled from Oslo. It is known for its scenic fjords, such as Sognefjord, and long shoreline. Bergen is a popular tourist location in this country, known for its colored houses.
Lou Gehrig
This baseball player was born in Manhattan to German immigrants. A football and baseball player at Columbia University, he signed with the Yankees in 1923. He became a regular in 1925, replacing Wally Pipp at first base and beginning his streak of 2130 consecutive games played (since broken by Cal Ripen, Jr. in 1995) that earned him the nickname "The Iron Horse." His batting feats include 184 RBI in 1931 (the AL record), 23 career grand slams (the ML record), a triple crown in 1934, and a .340 career batting average. When it was discovered that he was suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis--ALS is commonly referred to as this man's disease--he delivered his famous "Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth" speech at Yankee Stadium on July 4, 1939. In deference to him, no Yankee was appointed captain until Thurman Munson in 1976.
Mario
This character first appeared in the arcade game Donkey Kong, in which he was originally named "Jumpman." Created by Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto, He has since appeared in over 200 games, including an iconic eponymous game, which launched with the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1985. This character, along with his brother Luigi, his nemesis Bowser, and his allies Yoshi, Princess Peach, and Toad, has also appeared in numerous spinoff series like his namesake Kart, Tennis, and paper Paper, along with Super Smash Bros.
Mr. Ed
This classic sitcom centered on the title talking horse—a palomino whose voice was provided by Allan Lane—and his owner, architect Wilbur Post. Much of the show's humor derived from the fact that Mr. Ed would solely speak to Wilbur, which naturally led to hijinks. Mr. Ed should not be confused with Francis the Talking Mule, who would solely speak to his owner Peter Stirling; he appeared in a number of film comedies during the 1950s.
Italy
This country has thousands of years of history. Some cities like Venice, Milan, Naples, and its capital Rome contain many years of history. Often considered the birthplace of the Renaissance, this country is called the Boot of Europe that is portrayed as kicking Sicily.
Monaco
This country is a small, independent city-state on France's Mediterranean coast. It is known for its upscale casinos and the Grand Prix motor race that winds through its streets once a year. Salle Garnier Opera House can be found in this country's Monte-Carlo district.
France
This country is located in Western Europe, across the English Channel from Great Britain. Some of this nation's famous leaders include King Louis XIV, Marie Antoinette, Napoleon Bonaparte, and presently Emmanuel Macron. Its capital is Paris and other larger cities include Marseille, Lyon, and Toulouse.
Germany
This country was blamed for the destruction of WWI, invaded Poland to begin WWII, saw the rise of the Third Reich, and then fell to pieces yet again. The capital of this country is Berlin, with other large cities such as Munich, Hamburg, and Frankfort.
Slovakia
This country's capital Bratislava features a pedestrian-only old town with a lively cafe scene. This Central European country is known for its dramatic terrain and scenery, as well as tourist locations such as Bratislava castle, which overlooks the Danube River.
The Netherlands
This country's name means low lands, and in fact, these lands are so low that dikes are built to separate the water and the land. It borders Germany to the east, Belgium to the south, and the North Sea to the northwest. This country is one of the world's most densely populated nations. Commonly called Holland, this country's capital is Amsterdam.
Cassandra
This daughter of Priam and Hecuba has an affair with the god Apollo, who grants her the gift of prophecy. Unable to revoke the gift after they quarrel, Apollo curses her by preventing anyone from believing her predictions. Among her warnings is that the Trojan horse contains Greeks. After Troy falls she is given to Agamemnon, who tactlessly brings her home to his wife Clytemnestra. Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus then kill Agamemnon and Cassandra, leaving Agamemnon's son Orestes (egged on by sister Electra) to avenge the deaths and kill Clytemnestra and Aegisthus.
Krishna
This eighth avatar of Vishnu is born when Vishnu plucks two of his own hairs - one light, one dark - and used the dark hair to impregnate Devaki. Her husband Vasudeva saves Krishna from evil King Kansa by carrying him across the river Yamuna to safety in Gokula. He can be depicted as a child, adolescent, or adult. As an infant, he plays pranks such as stealing butter. As a youthful lover, he plays the flute and dances with the gopis (cow-maidens) in the Vrindavana forest. As an adult, he is a dark-skinned warrior with a light, angelic face, charioteer to Arjuna (in the Mahabharata). In the Bhagavad-Gita it is he who reveals the importance of dharma and bhakti. His consort is the cowherd girl Radha.
Sonic the Hedgehog
This flagship Sega franchise stars a namesake blue hedgehog that runs at high speeds. A game from this franchise first appeared on the Sega Genesis console in 1991, and is accompanied in later games by allies such as Tails (an orange, two-tailed fox) and Knuckles (a red echidna). The series's villain is Dr. Eggman, known as Dr. Robotnik in the early Genesis games. Though the series has maintained popularity for over two decades, more recent games have had considerably less success than the first three Genesis games.
Moldova
This former Soviet Republic and Eastern European country is famous for its vineyards, forests, and rocky hills. Wine-producing regions such as Codru are home to some of the world's largest wine cellars. The capital of this country is Chisinau, which is famous for its Nativity Cathedral and the National Museum of History.
Bobby Jones
This golfer, an Atlanta native, never turned pro, but won thirteen major championships in eight years, including four U.S. Amateurs. In 1930 he won what was then considered the Grand Slam, taking both the British and U.S. Amateur and Open Championships. After that season, he retired from golf to practice law, but helped design a golf course in Augusta, Georgia that became the permanent site of the Masters in 1934.
Mario Lemieux
This hockey player scored his first NHL goal on the first shift of his first game, against Boston in 1984. He led the Pittsburgh Penguins to consecutive Stanley Cups in 1991-92. After a bout with Hodgkin's disease, he returned to lead the NHL in scoring in 1995-96 and 1996-97. He then later helped bail the Penguins out of bankruptcy by becoming the lead owner of the team in 1999.
Eddie Shore
This hockey player, nicknamed "The Edmonton Express" is the epitome of "Old-Time Hockey," as stated in the 1977 film Slap Shot. As a blue liner for the Boston Bruins he was named a first team NHL All-Star for eight of nine years during the 1930s and is the only defenseman to win 4 Hart Trophies as NHL MVP. He later went on to be the owner/GM of the AHL's Springfield Indians and the anecdotes about his stingy ways are now hockey lore.
Grand Theft Auto
This immensely successful Rockstar Games series that has repeatedly drawn criticism for its level of violence. These games are played in open world "sandboxes" that give the player the ability to do virtually anything they want. The series is set in satirized versions of real U.S. cities, with the third and fourth installations taking place in the New York knock-off Liberty City, the Vice City installment taking place in a fictionalized Miami, and the 5th taking place in Los Santos, a send-up of Los Angeles.
Hungary
This is a Central European country in the Carpathian Basin. The most popular tourist location in this country is Budapest, its capital, which is bisected by the famous Danube River and dotted with architecturally important buildings. Some other popular locations are Buda Castle or the Fisherman's Bastion.
The Ninth of Av
This is a day of mourning for the destructions of both the First and Second Temples. It is traditional to fast and to keep oneself in a solemn mood. The Book of Lamentations and the Book of Job are read, traditionally while sitting on the floor and with candles as the only lights, as Jews are supposed to refrain from physical comfort.
Isle of Man
This island is a self-governing British Crown dependency in the Irish Sea between Great Britain and the Emerald Isle herself. It's known for rural terrain, castles, and rugged coastline. Its capital is Douglas, but another large city is Ramsey.
Belarus
This landlocked Eastern European country is bordered to the south by Ukraine, Russia to the northeast, the Baltic States to the north, and Poland to the west. In Minsk, the capital, the KGB Headquarters throw a shadow over Independence Square.
Les Misérables
This musical is a partial retelling of the Victor Hugo novel of the same name, this work follows Jean Valjean, who was convicted of stealing a loaf of bread to feed his starving niece. He breaks his parole and is doggedly pursued by Inspector Javert. Several years later, the lives of Valjean, his adoptive daughter Cosette, her lover Marius and his former lover Éponine, and Javert become intertwined on the barricades of an 1832 student rebellion in Paris. The longest-running show on London's West End, it features the songs "I Dreamed a Dream," "Master of the House," "Do You Hear the People Sing?", "One Day More," and "On My Own."
Cabaret
This musical is set in the seedy Kit-Kat Club in Weimar Berlin, where the risqué Master of Ceremonies presides over the action ("Wilkommen"). The British lounge singer Sally Bowles falls in love with the American writer Cliff Bradshaw, but the two break up as the Nazis come to power. Adapted into an Academy Award-winning 1972 film starring Liza Minelli and Joel Grey, it is based on Christopher Isherwood's Goodbye to Berlin.
Rent
This musical tells the story of impoverished artists living in the East Village of New York City during the AIDS crisis circa 1990. It is narrated by filmmaker Mark Cohen, whose ex-girlfriend Maureen just left him for a woman (Joanne), and whose recovering heroin addict roommate Roger meets the dying stripper Mimi. Mark and Roger's former roommate and itinerant philosopher/hacker Collins comes to town, where he is robbed, then saved by the transvestite Angel, with whom he moves in. Meanwhile, the former fourth roommate of Mark, Roger, and Collins - Benny - has married into a wealthy family and bought the building Mark and Roger now live in, from which he wants to evict them. An adaptation of Puccini's opera La bohéme, this musical won the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and includes songs like "La Vie Bohéme" and "Seasons of Love".
Divergent
This novel by Veronica Roth tells of sixteen-year-olds in dystopian Chicago that are divided into five factions. The main character is Tris Prior, who shows aptitude for three factions.
The Three Musketeers
This novel includes the characters Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, and the protagonist Cardinal Richelieu
United Kingdom
This popular tourist location is across the English Channel from France. This country's capital is London and it also includes several larger cities such as Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Bristol, and Liverpool. Famous rulers include Queen Elizabeth I, King Henry VIII, and Queen Victoria.
Malta
This small archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea between Sicily and the North African coast is a nation known for its many historic sites related to the Romans, Moors, Knights of Saint John, French, and British. Numerous fortresses and megalithic temples are found on the islands. Its capital is Valletta.
Aeneas
This son of Aphrodite and Anchises often takes a beating but always gets up to rejoin the battle. Knocked unconscious by a large rock thrown by Diomedes, he is evacuated by Aphrodite and Apollo. He succeeds the late Hector as Trojan troop commander and survives the fall of Troy, ultimately settling in Italy. His son Iulus founds Alba Longa, near the site of Rome. That bloodline is the basis of Julius Caesar's claim to have descended from Venus.
Babe Ruth
This son of a saloon keeper grew up on the Baltimore waterfront and in the St. Mary's Industrial School for Boys. Released after signing a baseball contract with the minor league Baltimore Orioles, he was bought by the Boston Red Sox and played with them for six seasons, winning 87 games and 3 World Series, and, in 1919, setting a new single-season home record of 29. Already famous as a player, eater, and carouser, Boston sold him to New York for the 1920 season, where his fame became legend. Moved from the pitchers mound to the outfield, he won 9 homer titles and 4 World Series from 1920 to 1934. In 1927 he hit 60 home runs and lead the Yankee lineup known as Murderers Row to a sweep of the Pittsburgh Pirates in the World Series. He hit his controversial "Called Shot" homer against the Cubs during the third game of the 1932 World Series after allegedly gesturing towards the centerfield stands. Since his retirement from baseball in 1935, many of his most famous pitching and batting records have been surpassed, but power hitting as a legitimate approach towards playing baseball continues.
Romania
This southeastern European country is north of Bulgaria, south of Ukraine, and east of Hungary. One of the most popular tourist attractions in this country is Bran Castle, associated with Vlad Țepeș, the supposed inspiration for Bram Stoker's famous vampire tale. The capital of this country is Bucharest, known famously for the colossal Palatul Parlamentului government building.
Billie Jean King
This tennis player had 12 Grand Slam singles wins (including six Wimbledons) and 20 overall Wimbledon titles. This athlete, however, is best known for advancing women's athletics. Her brother, Randy Moffitt, pitched for the San Francisco Giants; she herself reached a #4 world ranking in 1960 and turned pro eight years later. At the time, prize money for women was paltry, so she co-founded the Virginia Slims Tour, and in 1971 became the first female athlete to earn $100,000 in a year. Two years later, in front of over 30,000 at the Astrodome, she whipped Bobby Riggs in the "Battle of the Sexes." She retired in 1983, but not before winning a singles tournament at age 39.
Margaret Smith Court
This tennis player was a prolific winner of 62 Grand Slam titles, 24 of them in singles (3 Wimbledon, 5 French, 5 U.S., and 11 in her native Australia). Billie Jean King called her "The Arm" because of her long reach, aided by her height of nearly six feet. In 1970 she became the second woman (after Maureen Connolly) to win the Grand Slam, taking 21 singles championships overall that year; less impressive was her 1973 loss to 55-year old Bobby Riggs. She did defeat King, Riggs's nemesis, 22 of 32 times. She retired in 1977 and became a lay minister.
Bjorn Borg
This tennis player won Wimbledon five straight years (1976-80) and the French Open six times, for a total of 11 majors. He got started at age nine, after his father won a tennis racket in a ping-pong tournament and gave it to him. He took his first French in 1974 and dominated through 1981, when John McEnroe finally knocked him off at Wimbledon.This athlete then inexplicably retired at 26; he tried an unsuccessful comeback in the early 1990s. Despite his great success, he never won the U.S. Open (reaching the final four times). He played at the Australian Open only once, usually preferring to take the winter months off.
Steffi Graf
This tennis player's most famous shot earned her the moniker "Fraulein Forehand." She turned pro at age 13 and steadily rose through the rankings, garnering the #1 ranking and her first major (French) in 1987. The following year, she made history by winning the Grand Slam and the gold medal at the Seoul Olympics, the only player ever to go 5-for-5 in one year. Seven Wimbledons, six French, five U.S., and four Australians add up to 22 major career singles crowns—the last coming at the French in 1999 after two years of major back injuries. She retired that fall, and is now raising her son Jaden with her husband Andre Agassi.
Jersey
This the largest of the Channel Islands, between Great Britain and France. It has a mix of French and English cultures; however, it is a British Crown dependency. It is known for its beaches, trails, historic castles, and the War Tunnels Complex, created during the German occupation of the island during WWII. The capital of this self-governing Crown Dependency is Saint Helier.
Ginnungagap
This was all that was present in the beginning, a seemingly endless chasm. Similar to the Greek Chaos. Bordered by Niflheim (ice) to the north, and Muspelheim (fire) to the south. When these two met, they formed a drop of water which gave rise to the first being.
Daphne
This youth is not as easy as Apollo hopes. She wants to be a maiden of Artemis, but Apollo lustfully pursues her. Peneus, her father, turns her into a laurel tree, which becomes a symbol of Apollo.
Loki
Thokk, the giantess that refused to weep for Baldr, was thought to actually be ____ in disguise.
House of Burgesses
Thomas Jefferson helped establish this first representative branch of legislature of Virginia
France
Thomas Jefferson was minister of this country from 1785-1789
Louisiana Purchase
Thomas Jefferson was responsible for this 1803 purchase from France
Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson was the main author of this 1776 document
Monticello
Thomas Jefferson's home in Virginia
goat
Thor and Loki stayed and ate ____ at a farmer's lodgings. Thor put the skin of the ____ on the floor and using their bones, brought them back to life.
The Midgard Serpent (Jormungand)
Thor and _______ kill each other.
masculinity
Thor's hammer symbolizes his ___________.
Lhasa
Tibet
Joseph CONRAD (second clue references LORD JIM, third is HEART OF DARKNESS)
WRITER: called a "thoroughgoing racist" in Chinua Achebe's essay "An Image of Africa"; in one novel by him, the title sailor abandons the ship Patna; in another novel by him, Marlow seeks the ivory trader Kurtz
They represent everything that could go wrong in the world; earthquakes, avalanches, etc.
What do the giants represent?
Bronze, young David with his foot on Goliath's severed head
What does David in the Bargello show?
Springtime renewal or Florentine Renaissance
What does Primavera represent?
reaction when when Jesus states one disciple will betray him
What does The Last Supper show?
Aristotle and Plato (Leonardo) in center talking
What does The School of Athens show?
30 figures from the Bible, 9 stories from Book of Genisis
What does the Sistine Chapel ceiling have?
The fight between order and chaos.
What does the contest between Thor and the Midgard Serpent represent?
Peter Jackson
What famous black boxer fought James Corbell in a 60 round draw
OJ Simpson
What football great made several advertising and commercial endorsements, paving the wave in an area of sports that was previously off-limits to black sports star?
Emmit Smit
What football star led the NFL in rushing during the 1992-93 season and led his team to victory in superbowl XXVII?
Wool
What is New Zealand's main export?
To destroy the giants, the enemies of man.
What is Thor's Purpose in Midgard?
Air Jordan
What is basketball star Michael Jordans nickname
marble from Pisa
What is the David made out of?
marble
What is the Pieta made of?
Sydney Opera House
What is the most recognizable building in Sydney?
Great Dividing Range
What is the only mountain range in Australia?
Antarctica
What is the world's coldest, driest, and windiest continent?
Warmer weather led to population surge and need for more land
What led to the beginning of the Viking Age.
Andrew "RUBE" Foster
What pitcher won 51 of of 55 games in Negro League 1905?
Chicago Cubs
What pro baseball team did Ernie Banks start and end his career?
Golf
What professional sport did Charlie Sifford play
Primavera, Birth of Venus
What two paintings were created by Sandro Botticelli?
Jimmy Connors
Who did Arthur Ashe beat in the 1975 to become the first black american to win the singles title at Wimbledon
Joe Louis
Who held the heavyweight champion title from 1937 until his retirement in 1947
Timmy Brown
Who holds the record for the most touchdowns scored from kick-off returns?
Willie Stargell
Who played in the 1971 and 1979 World Series and named the Most Valuable Player of the 1979 series?
Art Monk
Who was a member of the Washington Redskins "Posse"?
Croatia
With a long coastline along the Adriatic Sea, this country includes more than a thousand islands Its capital, Zagreb, includes the medieval Gornji Grad and many museums. A major coastal city, Dubrovnik, was built upon the ruins of a Roman palace and is a popular tourist site.
Portugal
With cities like Lisbon, Sintra, Porto, and Cascais, this is one of the technically four sovereign countries on the Iberian Peninsula. Vasco de Gama, Ferdinand Magellan, and Prince Henry the Navigator are some historically significant people from this chunk of land.
Poland
With its capital in Warsaw, this country's largest neighbor is Germany to the west. The most widely recognized event that took place in this country is the German invasion of it to begin WWII.
Henry V
Won the battle of Agincourt; betrothed to Katherine de Valois; son was king of England and France
Johns Hopkins University
Woodrow Wilson received his PhD, the first to do so, from this university.
Fourteen Points
Woodrow Wilson's plan for peace following WWI.
Selene/Luna
Wore crescent crown and flowing veil. Titan goddess of the Moon In classical times, was often identified with Artemis, much as her brother, Helios with Apollo. She and Artemis were also associated with Hecate, and all three were regarded as lunar goddesses, with only her as the personification of the moon itself. She drives her moon chariot across the heavens.
Laocoon
Yet another son of Priam and Hecuba, this priest of Apollo shares Cassandra's doubt about the merits of bringing the Trojan horse into the city. "Timeo danaos et dona ferentes," he says (according to Vergil), "I fear the Greeks, even bearing gifts." Later, while sacrificing a bull, two serpents from the sea crush both him and his two young sons. His death is often blamed on Athena (into whose temple the serpent disappeared) but more likely the act of Poseidon, a fierce Greek partisan.
Buena Vista
Zachary Taylor defeated Santa Anna in this Mexican battle
Naglfar
_______ is the name of the ship that it is believed Loki and Hyrm will arrive on.
Thjalfi
_______ volunteered to prove himself by racing. He competed against Hugi, who beat him three times in a row.
Heimdall
________ slept with the old wives of each of three houses, and they each gave him a son which represent the social classes (laborers, farmers, lords).
Ascension of the Baha'ullah
a Baha'i holiday that commemorates the death of the founder of the Baha'i faith (May 29,1892)
Naw Ruz
a Baha'i new year and a traditional celebration in Iran adopted as a holy day
Mardi Gras
a Christian holiday that is celebrated on the last day before Lent and is the day to enjoy one last feast before the 40-day fast. Literally translates to "Fat Tuesday"
Mahashivaratri
a Hindu festival that is known as the Great Festival of Shiva, it is held on the dark half of the lunar month of Phalguna. It is especially important to Saivites (devotees of Shiva), but is celebrated by most Hindus
schism
a division or disunion into mutually opposed parties
Ma'at
a goddess who personified concept of truth, balance, justice, and order - represented as a woman, sitting or standing, holding a sceptre in one hand and an ankh in the other - thought to have created order out of the primal chaos and was responsible for maintaining the order of the universe and all of its inhabitants, to prevent a return to chaos
Naunet
a goddess, the primal waters from which all arose, similar to Mut and later closely related to Nu
Sukkot
a jewish holiday that remembers the wandering in the dessert and it is also a harvest festival. They may build and dwell in a booth waving branches and a fruit during services for 7 days
Domesday Book
a record of every person, manor, and farm animal in England; called by William; determined how much was expected in taxes
Raksabandhana
a sacred day in the Hindu faith known as the renewing of bonds between brothers and sisters (July-August)
Ba/Bai
bird with human head/ moral essence part of the soul
Amunet
female aspect of the primordial concept of air in the Ogdoad cosmogony; was depicted as a cobra snake or a snake-headed woman
Ra-Horakhty
god of both sky and Sun, a combination of Ra and Horus - thought to be god of the Rising Sun
Set (also spelled Seth)
god of storms, later became god of evil, desert and patron of Upper Egypt - 'Set-animal'-headed- as one of the most promenant deities of chaos he does not have an actual animal to represent him, but is seen as an amalgamation of many different characteristics of other animals.
Thoth (also spelled Djehuty)
god of the moon, drawing, writing, geometry, wisdom, medicine, music, astronomy, magic; usually depicted as ibis-headed, or as a goose; cult centered in Khemennu
Osiris (also spelled Wesir)
god of the underworld after Hathor and Anubis, fertility, and agriculture - the oldest son of the sky goddess, Nut, and the Earth god, Geb, and being brother and later, the husband of Isis - and early deity of Upper Egypt whose cult persisted into the sixth century BC
Nekhbet
goddess depicted as an Egyptian vulture - protector of Egypt, royalty, and the pharaoh with her extended wings - referred to as Mother of Mothers, who hath existed from the Beginning, and Creatrix of the World (related to Wadjet); always seen on the front of pharaoh's double crown with Wadjet
Heget (also spelled Heqet)
goddess of childbirth and fertility, who breathed life into humans at birth, represented as a frog or a frog-headed woman
Meskhenet
goddess of childbirth, and the creator of each person's Ka, a part of their soul, thereby associated with fate
Nephthys (also spelled Nebthet)
goddess of death, holder of the rattle, the Sistrum - sister to Isis and the nursing mother of Horus and the pharaohs represented as the mistress of the temple, a woman with falcon wings, usually outstretched as a symbol of protection
Sekhmet
goddess of destruction and war, the lioness - also personified as an aspect of Ra, fierce protector of the pharaoh, a solar deity, and later as an aspect of Hathor
Nut
goddess of heaven and the sky - mother of many deities as well as the sun, the moon, and the stars
Taweret (also spelled Tawret)
goddess of pregnant women and protector at childbirth
Bast
goddess, protector of the pharaoh and a solar deity where the sun could be seen shining in her eyes at night, a lioness, house cat, cat-bodied or cat-headed woman, also known as Bastet when superseded by Sekhmet
King's Council (Great Council)
small advisory group that originated the concept of Parliament
Kuk
the personification of darkness that often took the form of a frog-headed god, whose consort was the snake-headed Kauket
Khepry (also spelled Khepra)
the scarab beetle, the embodiment of the dawn
Alfred the Great
united Anglo-Saxons to defeat Danes; founded schools; codified law; had books translated into Anglo-Saxon; wrote Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Decameron
vernacular Italian medieval anthology; a collection of stories told by a group of seven women and three men escaping a plague outbreak in Florence; written Giovanni Boccaccio
Hundred Years War
war between England and France through 1337-1453; 116 years; caused much destruction in France, although they gained pride and unity; England suffered social conflict; feudalism declined; knights declined
Mnevis
was the sacred bull of Heliopolis, later associated with Ra as the offspring of the solar cow deity, and possibly also with Min; when Akhenaten abandoned Amun (Amen) in favour of the Aten he claimed that he would maintain the Mnevis cult, which may have been because of its solar associations
A lord died with no heir; arranged marriages; alliances; gained town support; war
ways French monarchy acquired land
Eleanor of Aquitaine
wife of Henry II; former wife of Louis VII; Daughter of Duke of Aquitaine; powerful woman with feudal power; inherited Duchy of Aquitaine; controlled most of Southwest France
Hathor
wife of Horus/ fertility goddess that is often cow-headed or cow-eared/ nourished the living but also sometimes was shown carrying the dead to the underworld
Buddha
"The Enlightened One"; Prince Siddhartha Gautama, who leaves his palace and sees the misery of the world. Determined to find answers, the prince meditated under a tree for 49 days. Some believe he is a god; others believe he is a teacher.
Ammit
"The Gobbler"/ eats the heart if it is too full of sin.
Helen
"The face that launched a thousand ships"; the most beautiful woman in the world; her abduction from her husband Menelaus, by Paris started the Trojan War
Audhumla
A cosmic cow that licked a salty rime-stone to feed herself, she licked the stone into the shape of a man, which become the first primeval god.
Nemean Lion
A giant lion that ravaged Nemea until Hercules killed it for his first task
Job
A man of the Old Testament who was severely tested by Satan, but remained steadfast in his love for God.
Messiah
A saviour or liberator sent by God to restore Israel.
Leonardo da Vinci
A true "Renaissance Man"
Trolls
A type of dwarf that were said to only commit evil deeds. They lived in Jotunheim and were closely related to frost giants.
Vanir
A war broke out between the Aesir and the _____, because the _____ goddess, Gullveig, would ONLY talk about gold, so the Aesir tortured her and refused to pay amends.
Endymion
A youthful shepherd who the love-struck moon goddess Selene visits every night.
Maykop
Adygea
Baldr
After Ragnarok occurs, _____ and Hod finally return from Hel.
Sofia
Bulgaria
Ouagadougou
Burkina Faso
Bujumbura
Burundi
Ulan-Ude
Buryatia
pet banks
By defeating Henry Clay, Andrew Jackson diverted funds from the national bank into these banks, which are run by the state
N'djamena
Chad
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT by Fyodor DOSTOEVSKY
Characters: Alyona Ivanovna, Porfiry Petrovich, Rodion Raskolnikov
Santiago
Chile
Beijing
China
Paris
Chose Aphrodite (when asked to choose the most beautiful goddess (the golden apple incident at Thetis/Peleus wedding) between Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite) as she offered the most beautiful woman in the world. However, this woman, Helen, was already married to Menelaus, King of Sparta and therefore her abduction led to the Trojan War. one of the princes of Troy.
Advent
Christian holiday which is more of a season to mark the begining of the church year and the coming of Christmas
Flying Fish Cove
Christmas Island
Bogota
Colombia
Moroni
Comoros
1936, Berlin
Congressman Ralph Metcalfe won a gold medal at what olympics?
Vedas
Consist strictly of four hymnbooks: the Rig (prayers in verse), Sama (musical melodies), Yajur (prose prayers), and Atharva (spells and incantations). Each one, though, also contains a Brahmana (interpretation), and they also incorporate treatises on meditation (Aranyakas) as well as the Upanishads. Concentrate on sacrifices to deities, such as Indra (god of thunder), Varuna (cosmic order), and Agni (fire). The major gods Vishnu and Shiva appear as minor deities; their elevation, as well as the concept of karma, does not develop until the Upanishads.
Argus
Creature with 100 eyes, set as guard by Hera to watch over Io, the cow/woman. Killed by Hermes
Griffin
Creature with the body of a lion and the head and wings of a eagle
Simferopol
Crimea
Set/Seth
Evil god that cannot be destroyed/ associated with the red desert.
Fireside Chats
FDR was the first president to use radio for these talks.
The Tortoise and the Hare
Fable by Aesop which teaches "slow and steady wins the race"
Icarus
Flew too close to the sun on wings made of wax; wings were made by Daedalus (his father)
Oakland Raiders
For what professional football team did Carl Weathers play
Harlem Globetrotters
For what team did Willie "Sweet Willie" Al "Runt" Pullins, "Goose" Tatum and Marques Haynes play?
Giovanni da Verranzano
France. 1523 Italian Searched for a Northwest Passage to Asia Traveled to the Atlantic coast of North America between South and North Carolina and Newfoundland The European who first sighted New York harbor
St. Peter
His original name was Simon.
Trimurti
Holy trinity of Hindu gods, Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
four
How many gold medals did Jesse Owens win during the 1936 Gold Olympics?
2
How many times did Archie Griffin win the heisman trophy?
Reykjavik
Iceland
Jakarta
Indonesia
Tehran
Iran
Baghdad
Iraq
Urban VI
Italian Pope; elected by the College of Cardinals after Roman mobs forced it; led Denmark, England, Flanders, Holy Roman Empire, Hungary, Italy, Ireland, Norway, Poland, and Sweden in schism
Mamoudzou
Mayotte
Mexico City
Mexico
Hestia/Vesta
Patron goddess of the home, sacrificial flame, and family meal. Goddess of the hearth; . Tended the fire in the hall of Olympus. A virgin goddess.
Alexander V
Pope; elected in Pisa to resolve the issue of other two popes
Gregory XII
Pope; resigned to the Council of Constance
Monica Lewinsky
Prosecutor Kenneth Starr reported evidence of an affair between Bill Clinton and this White House intern
Edinburgh
Scotland
Calypso
Sea nymph that held Odysseus captive.
Abel
Second son of Adam and Eve; Murdered by his brother Cain.
The Five Ks of Sikhism
Sikh men must wear the Five Ks to show their faith: 1) Kirpan 2) Kara 3) Kachha 4) Kangha 5) Kesh
Khartoum
Sudan
Paramaribo
Suriname
Longyearbyen
Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Mbabane
Swaziland
Damascus
Syria
struck by lightning
The Oak tree was related to Thor worship because it was most commonly ______ __ _________.
Along the Coast
Where do most people live in Australia?
main entrance of Academia Gallery
Where does the David stand?
St. Peter's Basilica- Rome
Where is the Pieta?
palace of the Vatican (chapel built by Pope Sistas IV in 1477)
Where is the Sistine Chapel ceiling?
David in the Bargello (1444-46 -Florence)
Which artwork is a scuplture of bronze, young David with his foot on Goliath's severed head?
Lollard
a follower of John Wycliffe
curfew
a specified time when all the city's streets should be free from traffic and all people should be indoors
Eid al-Fitr
an Islamic Holiday which is celebrated at the end of Ramadan, Muslims celebrate "The Festival of Fast-Breaking"
Eid al-Adha
an Islamic holiday at the end of the annual pilgrimage in which Muslims celebrate "The Festival of Sacrifice"
Gothic
architecture of high, thin walls, flying buttresses, vaulting, large stained glass windows, pointed arches
Second Estate
assembly of nobility and aristocracy
Third Estate
assembly of peasants and townspeople
Geoffrey Chaucer
author of the Canterbury Tales
Giovanni Boccaccio
author of the Decameron
Dante Alighieri
author of the Divine Comedy
Battle of Crécy
battle won by Edward and the Black Prince
Battle of Poitiers
battle won by the black prince; the French king
St Patrick's Day
celebrated by Christians on March 17th to honor the namesake saint who once had a dream from God and spread it thoughout to the people of Ireland. The day is usually celebrated with alot of green and beer, but it does actually honor a real person
Danes (Vikings)
conquered England in the 800s
Model Parliament
consisted of nobles, clergy, knights, and burgesses
Anubis (also spelled Yinepu)
dog or jackal god of embalming and tomb-caretaker who watches over the dead
Bes
dwarfed demigod - associated with protection of the household, particularly childbirth, and entertainment
Oxford University
educator of John Wycliffe
Shu
embodiment of wind or air
apprentice
entry level position of the guild hierarchy; worked without pay; given room
Carpenters Shoemakers Masons tailors Weavors Bakers Coopers Brewers Vintners Tanners Millers Barber Surgeons Smiths
examples of occupations in artisan guilds
antipope
false pope
Wadj-wer
fertility god and personification of the Mediterranean sea or lakes of the Nile delta
Seker (also spelled Sokar)
god of death
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
history of Anglo-Saxons as a people
Credit Mobilier Affair
involved the Union Pacific Railroad and the title bank of America construction company in the building of the eastern portion of the First Transcontinental Railroad
Imam
leader of the Islam faith.
Magna Carta
limited the power of the king; prevented abuse of position; denied rights of nobles; signed by Prince Regent John;
Artisan Guilds
managed the number of skilled masters and shops there were in a specific town; set prices; determined wages; decided employment; set standards of quality; prevented advertising
Merchant Guilds
managed those who wanted to trade and do commerce in a specific region
Master's Degree
mid degree of education
Journeyman (Journeyer)
middle level position of the guild hierarchy; wage earners; day laborers; skilled workers; worked for wages in a master's shop; average pinnacle for a career
Ivan the Terrible
more power to the czar, started a new law code, expanded Russia's borders, encouraged serfdom, killed his oldest son in a power struggle
Doctorate
most advanced degree of education
Mut (also spelled Mout)
mother, was originally a title of the primordial waters of the cosmos, the mother from which the cosmos emerged, as was Naunet in the Ogdoad cosmogony, however, the distinction between motherhood and cosmic water lead to the separation of these identities and Mut gained aspects of a creator goddess
La Pucelle
nickname of Joan of Arc
Min
represented in many different forms, but was often represented in male human form, shown with an erect penis which he holds in his left hand and an upheld right arm holding a flail; by the New Kingdom he was fused with Amen in the deity Min-Amen-kamutef, Min-Amen-bull of his mother (Hathor), and his shrine was crowned with a pair of cow horns
Bat
represented the cosmos and the essence of the soul (Ba), cow goddess who gave authority to the king, cult originated in Hu and persisted widely until absorbed as an aspect of Hathor after the eleventh dynasty; associated with the sistrum and the ankh
Year and a Day Rule
runaway serfs ran to the towns to escape life on the manor; if they remained uncaught for one year and one day, they were free
Selket (also spelled Serqet)
scorpion goddess, protectress, goddess of magic
Mafdet
she who runs swiftly, early deification of legal justice (execution) as a cheetah, ruling at judgment hall in Duat where enemies of the pharaoh were decapitated with Mafdet's claw; alternately, a cat, a mongoose, or a leopard protecting against vermin, snakes, and scorpions; the bed upon which royal mummies were placed in murals
Ka
soul/ body double
House of Plantagenet
splintered into two camps that both laid claim to the English throne; causing the War of the Roses
grammar (language) logic (clear thinking) rhetoric (persuasive writing and speaking)
subjects found in the trivium
Arithmetic Geometry Astronomy Music Theory (harmony)
subjects the quadrivium
Surya
sun god
Tudor Rose
symbol of the House of Tudor
Apis
the Apis bull probably was at first a fertility figure concerned with the propagation of grain and herds; but he became associated with Ptah, the paramount deity of the Memphis area and also, with Osiris (as User-Hapi) and Sokaris, later gods of the dead and the underworld. As Apis-Atum he was associated with the solar cult and was often represented with the sun-disk of the cow deity between his horns, being her offspring. The Apis bull often represented a king who became a deity after death, suggesting an earlier ritual in which the king was sacrificed
Bubonic Plague
the Black Death; a bacterial infection that attacks the lymph nodes; killed a third of the population
Horus (also spelled Heru)
the falcon-headed god. Includes multiple forms or potentially different gods, including Heru the son of Isis, god of pharaohs and Upper Egypt, and Heru the elder
Shakti
the female principle of divine energy, especially when personified as the supreme deity.
Clement V
the first French Pope
Iusaaset
the great one who comes forth, the goddess who was called the mother and grandmother of all of the deities and later, the "shadow" of Atum or Atum-Ra
Vesak
the major Buddhist festival of the year as it celebrates the birth, enlightenment and death of the Buddha on the one day, the first full moon day in May
The Aten
the sun disk or globe worshipped primarily during the Amarna Period in the eighteenth dynasty when representing a monotheistic deity advanced by Amenhotep IV, who took the name Akhenaten
Ra
the sun, also a creator deity - whose chief cult centre was based in Heliopolis meaning "city of the sun"
Babylonian Captivity
the term used to describe the French control over the papacy likening it to the Children of Israel's captivity
Zinedine Zidane
this 1998 World and European Footballer of the Year as an all-around player is France's midfield. He was a critical player in the World Cup '98 (he scored a pair of header goals in the final against Brazil) and Euro 2000 (a game-winning overtime penalty kick in the semi-finals against Portugal), both triumphs for the French national side. Like fellow French legend Platini, this man plays for Italian side Juventus, where he has helped the Turin side win two Serie A titles.
John Wycliffe
translated bible into vernacular English for lay people to study; studied at Oxford
James K. Polk
11th president (1845-1849) VP: George M. Dallas
Zachary Taylor
12th president (1849-1850) VP: Millard Fillmore
Millard Fillmore
13th president (1850-1853) VP: N/A
Bartholomeu Dias
1487-1488 Portuguese First European to round the Cape of Good Hope
Franklin Pierce
14th president (1853-1857) VP: William R. King
Andrew Johnson
17th president (1865-1869) VP: N/A
Chester A. Arthur
21st president (1881-1885) VP: N/A
Grover Cleveland
22nd and 24th president (1885-1889, 1893-1897) VPs: Thomas A. Hendricks, Adlai E. Stevenson
Benjamin Harrison
23rd president (1889-1893) VP: Levi P. Morton
William McKinley
25th president (1897-1901) VPs: Garret A. Hobart, Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
26th president (1901-1909) VP: Charles W. Fairbanks
William H. Taft
27th president (1909-1913) VP: James S. Sherman
Woodrow Wilson
28th president (1913-1921) VP: Thomas R. Marshall
Warren G. Harding
29th president (1921-1923) VP: Calvin Coolidge
John Adams
2nd president (1797-1801) VP: Thomas Jefferson
Harry S. Truman
33rd president (1945-1953) VP: Alben W. Barkley
Lyndon B. Johnson
36th president (1963-1969) VP: Hubert M. Humphrey
Thomas Jefferson
3rd president (1801-1809) VPs: Aaron Burr, George Clinton
Bill Clinton
42nd president (1993-2001) VP: Albert Gore
George W. Bush
43rd president (2001-2009) VP: Dick Cheney
James Madison
4th president (1809-1817) VPs: George Clinton, Elbridge Gerry
James Monroe
5th president (1817-1825) VP: Daniel D. Tompkins
Peter the Great
6'8", became sole leader of Russia in 1696, great reformer, Romanov Dynasty, took a trip to Western Europe to study customs
John Quincy Adams
6th president (1825-1829) VP: John C. Calhoun
Adonis
A Greek youth who caught the eye of both Aphrodite and Persephone. To settle the debate, he was to spend one-third of every year with each goddess and the last third wherever he chose. He chose to spend two-thirds of the year with Aphrodite. He was later killed by a boar sent by a vengeful deity and turned into an anemone
Brahma
A Hindu god considered the creator of the world.
Vishnu
A Hindu god considered the preserver of the world
Lee Harvey Oswald
A commission chaired by Chief Justice Earl Warren concluded that this man killed JFK on November 22, 1963.
Loki
A frost giant originally, but found favor with Odin because of his smooth tongue and nimble mind. He was allowed into Asgard. He could change his shape, and played the role of the "trickster".
Svartalfheim (Nioavellir)
A region under Earth and home to the dark elves, dwarves. In this region, the dwarves mined for precious jewels and minerals.
Hadith
A report of the words or actions of a Muslim religious figure, most frequently the Prophet Muhammad. Each consists of a matn, or text of the original oral law itself, as well as an isnad, or chain of authorities through which it has been passed by word of mouth through the generations. Collectively, they point Muslims toward the Sunna, or practice of the Prophet, which together with the Qur'an forms the basis for shari'a , usually translated as Islamic law.
Pan
A satyr - 1/2 man/1/2 goat. God of shepherds and flocks; known for chasing nymphs and playing his namesake pipe, the Pan flute.
Pygmalion and Galatea
A sculptor, who claims he hates all women, falls in love with one of his creations. Venus sees these and brings the sculpture to life.
sweat
A second account for the creation of male and female is that the gods used the _____ of Ymir.
Svalberd and Jan Mayen
A statistical designation, these islands are "provinces" of Norway. They contain the northernmost town in the entirety of the world, Ny-Ålesund.
Johann Cruyff
A stringent believer that "the game should be played beautifully," this footballer helped usher in the system of "total football" into the world game, in which all positions should be equally willing and adept to play all portions of the game. Despite being both gawky and a chain-smoker, he helped Ajax Amsterdam to three European Cups (now known as the UEFA Champions' League) as well as being named European Footballer of the Year in 1971 and 1973. His greatest international success came in 1974 when he helped the "Orange" to their first appearance in the World Cup Final, where they lost to West Germany in Munich. "The Orange" would also make the 1978 World Cup Finals, this time without this man, who retired from international play after the qualification stage. This was followed by a brief stint in the NASL, where he earned 1979 NASL MVP honors. In 1984, at the age of 37, he helped Ajax's arch-rival Feyenoord to its first Dutch league title in a decade before moving into coaching at former club FC Barcelona, where he led the team to four Spanish League titles and a European Cup in a nine-year stint.
The Legend of Zelda
AGames in the this series star the green-clad Link, who typically must rescue the eponymous princess from the evil Ganon (who sometimes appears in his humanoid form, Ganondorf). Recurring weapons in the series include the Master Sword, boomerang, bombs, and hookshot. Much of the series's lore centers on the Triforce, a set of three golden triangles whose constituent parts represent power, wisdom, and courage.
Claude LEVI-STRAUSS (need BOTH parts of that last name)
ANTHROPOLOGIST: French, examined bricolage in "The Savage Mind", opened four-volume Mythologiques with a book called "The Raw and the Cooked"
Thor HEYERDAHL
ANTHROPOLOGIST: book Aku-Aku chronicled investigation of Easter Island, sailed across Pacific on raft to prove Polynesians could have come from South America, led Kon-Tiki expedition
I.M. PEI
ARCHITECT: he designed a building called the "Plywood Palace" due to problems with falling window panes; designed Boston's John Hancock Tower and Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame; Chinese-American who designed a glass pyramid for the Louvre
Louis SULLIVAN
ARCHITECT: with Dankmar Adler, he designed a terracotta skyscraper in St Louis called the Wainwright Building; said "form follows function"
IMPRESSIONISM
ART MOVEMENT: Louis Leroy coined the name and compared it to wallpaper sketches; name came from a painting of Le Havre at sunrise; included American-born artist Mary Cassatt; co-founded by Claude Monet
DADA movement
ART MOVEMENT: Marcel Duchamp was a member of this movement whose name in French means "Hobby Horse" and is said to have been chosen randomly
STILL LIFE
ART STYLE: Cezanne's Pyramid of Skulls is one example; depicts arrangements of small, commonplace items such as flowers or foods
MOUNT RUSHMORE
ARTIST'S WORK: artist Gutzon Borglum died in 1941 while working on this monumental structure
FRIDA KAHLO
ARTIST: Mexican artist famous for her numerous self-portraits
Eduard MANET (also painted Luncheon on the Grass...and he is NOT MONET)
ARTIST: Showed two women with blue scarves and yellow dresses sitting on iron chairs in Music in the Tuileries; shocked 1865 Paris Salon with a painting of a naked prostitute lying on a bed in front of her black maid; French painter of Olympia
Henri TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (need both parts)
ARTIST: created a poster for the French dancer La Goulue; grew to be just 4-foot-8 and depicted a Parisian cabaret in At the Moulin Rouge
Andy WARHOL
ARTIST: depicted a banana on the cover of a Velvet Underground album; his studio was called The Factory; his works include several silkscreen depictions of a blonde actress ("Marilyn Diptych"); depicted 32 Campbell's Soup Cans
Vincent VAN GOGH
ARTIST: depicted a foxglove and two yellow books on a table in his portrait of Paul Gachet, a doctor who treated him after a stay in Saint-Remy; was financially supported by his art dealer brother, Theo; Dutch painter of The Starry Night
Theodore GERICAULT
ARTIST: depicted a kleptomaniac and a gambling addict in his series of portraits of the insane; a man standing on a barrel waves a red cloth in a painting depicting survivors of a shipwreck, "The Raft of the Medusa"; French
Claude MONET (don't confuse with Eduard MANET!)
ARTIST: painted his series Water Lilies in a garden in Giverny in Normandy
BANKSY
ARTIST: secretive British graffiti artist of Balloon Girl, which self-destructed following its auction for one million pounds
Norman ROCKWELL
ARTIST: series by him depicts freckled soldier Willie Gillis; in 1968 he painted a portrait of Richard Nixon; a woman places a turkey on a table in Freedom from Want, part of his Four Freedoms series; frequent cover artist of The Saturday Evening Post
Marcel PROUST (proost)
AUTHOR: translator C.K. Scott Moncrieff gave this author's major work an English title drawn from Shakespeare's 30th sonnet; wrote about childhood memories evoked by a madeleine cookie in Swann's Way; French, wrote seven-volume Remembrance of Things Past
Jorge Luis BORGES
AUTHOR: wrote about the origin of an Irishman's crescent-shaped scar in "The Form of the Sword"; in one of his stories, Stephen Albert discovers that Ts'ui Pen created a labyrinth in the form of a novel; blind Argentine wrote "The Garden of Forking Paths"
Sukhumi
Abkhazia
H.M.S. Pinafore
Aboard this musical's title ship, Josephine promises her father, the captain, that she will marry Sir Joseph Porter, but Josephine secretly loves the common sailor Ralph Rackstraw, and the two plan to elope. A peddler named Buttercup reveals that she accidentally switched the captain and Ralph at birth: Ralph is of noble birth and should be captain, while the captain is nothing more than a common sailor. Ralph, now captain, marries Josephine, and the former captain marries Buttercup. Like The Pirates of Penzance, songs are named after their first lines; they include "We sail the ocean blue," "I'm called Little Buttercup," and "Pretty daughter of mine."
Stephen Douglas
Abraham Lincoln ran against him in a senatorial race in 1858. Lincoln also faced against him in the 1860 presidential election
Ivan the Great
Adopted the term "czar" for the first time, overthrew the Mongols, ruled as an autocrat, increased Russia's size
South Carolina
After Abraham Lincoln's victory in the 1860 election, this is the first state to secede from the Union
Spiro Agnew
After Nixon and this VP of Nixon resigned because of Watergate, Gerald Ford became the first president never to be elected to the presidency or vice presidency
Ragnarok
After ________, a new world rises from the sea, a new sun appears, and the world is repopulated.
good
After the battle, the ____ live in golden halls with food and drink.
Niddhogg
After the battle, the corpses of the bad are fed on by _______.
Weighing of the Heart Ceremony
Afterlife judgment event that occurs when the ib is weighed against a feather.
Tirana
Albania
St. Anne
Alderney
Algiers
Algeria
Vigrid
All of the enemies of the good assemble on the vast plain of ______.
Helios/Sol (Invictus)
All-Seeing god of the sun; called upon witness when needed by the gods. He was a son of the Titan Hyperion and Theia, and brother of the goddesses Selene,(Moon), and Eos, (Dawn) and son of the Titan Hyperion and the Titaness Theia Handsome titan crowned with the shining aureole of the Sun, who drove the chariot of the sun across the sky each day to earth-circling Oceanus and through the world-ocean returned to the East at night. As time passed, he was increasingly identified with the god of light, Apollo.
Andorra la Vella
Andorra
Thomas Becket
Archbishop of Canterbury; friend to Henry II; followed Holy Order instead of Royal Order
Mjollnir Amulet
Artifact most commonly found in Northern European burial mounds.
Vienna
Austria
Ray Bradbury
Author of Fahrenheit 451
Charlotte Bronte
Author of Jane Eyre
Roald Dahl
Author of Matilda
Jane Austen
Author of Pride and Prejudice
J.D. Salinger
Author of The Catcher in the Rye
James Fenimore Cooper
Author of The Last of the Mohicans
Guy de Maupassant
Author of The Necklace
Oscar Wilde
Author of The Picture of Dorian Gray
Mark Twain
Author of The Prince and the Pauper
Furies
Avenging spirits; also known as the Eumenides; their names were Alecto, Megaera, and Tisiphone.
Angra do Heroismo
Azores
Manama
Bahrain
Dhaka
Bangladesh
Illinois
Barack Obama served as senator of this state from 1997-2004.
Minsk
Belarus
Bill Tilden
Between 1920 and 1925, this tennis player won six straight U.S. championships and took Wimbledon both times he played. He was nicknamed "Big Bill" for two reasons: He stood 6-foot-2 with his trademark "cannonball" serve and he faced "Little Bill" Johnston in six out of seven U.S. finals. In all, he won ten majors (seven U.S., three Wimbledon) and turned professional in 1930—winning a pro title at age 42 and competing in barnstorming tours until he was 50. This athlete also loved the theater; he performed in several Broadway shows (including the lead in "Dracula"), but lost a lot of money backing failed ventures.
Kralendijk
Bonaire
Odin
Bor and Bestla gave birth to the first Aesir gods, ____, Vili, and Ve.
Gene Sarazen
Born Eugene Saraceni, this golfer came to prominence in the early 1920s, winning the PGA Championship in 1922 and 1923, as well as the U.S. Open in 1922. Bobby Jones and Walter Hagen then dominated golf until the early 1930s, when this player returned to form, winning four more majors. At the 1935 Masters, he carded an albatross (three under par) from the fairway of the Par-5 15th hole to force a playoff; when he won, he became the first golfer to complete the modern career Grand Slam.
Wayne Gretzky
Born in Brantford, Ontario, this "Great One" was named Canada's athlete of the century. He holds or shares 61 NHL records, including career goals (894), assists (1,963), and points (2,857). The winner of ten scoring titles (Art Ross Trophies) and nine NHL MVP's (Hart Trophies), his #99 was retired league wide. He won four Stanley Cups with Edmonton in the 1980s before a major trade sent him to Los Angeles in 1988. After a brief stint in St. Louis, he would finish career with New York Rangers in 1999.
Gordie Howe
Born in Floral, Saskatchewan, this man, nicknamed "Mr. Hockey", was equally adept with his stick as he was with his fists. His namesake "hat trick" was later joked to consist of a goal, an assist, and a fight in a game. A six-time Art Ross Trophy winner, he played 26 seasons with the Detroit Red Wings, retiring in 1971. After a two-year retirement, he returned to the fledgling WHA, to play with his sons on the Houston Aeros. He played his last NHL season at the age of 52 in 1980 with the Hartford Whalers, finishing as the NHL's career points leader until 1989.
Martina Navratilova
Born in Prague, this tennis player defected to the United States in 1975 because the Czech Tennis Federation had taken most of her earnings. Early in her career, she won the first two of her nine Wimbledons in 1978-79 but subsequent losses led her to pursue a grueling fitness regimen. This paid off: She won 18 singles Grand Slams (58 overall), 167 total singles titles, and even more doubles crowns, many with partner Pam Shriver. A Wimbledon finalist at 37, she retired from singles in 1994, but returned to play doubles in 2000. In 2003 tied Billie Jean King with 20 overall Wimbledons, taking the mixed doubles.
Tiger Woods
Born to an African-American father and a Thai mother, this man appeared on "The Mike Douglas Show" with a golf club at age two. He won three straight U.S. Junior Amateurs, and then became the only golfer to win three straight U.S. Amateurs (1994-1996). In 1997 he became the youngest ever to win the Masters--by a whopping 12 strokes. At the 2000 U.S. Open, when he won by 15 strokes, this man began a remarkable run of four straight major championships: British Open (by eight strokes, making him the youngest ever to complete the career Grand Slam), PGA Championship, and the 2001 Masters. He added a third Masters in 2002, giving him seven major pro titles.
Aaron
Brother of Moses and first high priest of the Israelites
The DECAMERON by Giovanni BOCCACCIO
COLLECTION AND AUTHOR: a story from this collection inspired John Keat's poem Isabella, or the Pot of Basil; Ciapelletto lies to a friar the collection's first story, which is told to people fleeing the black plague in Florence; collection of 100 stories
WINESBURG, OHIO by Sherwood ANDERSON
COLLECTION AND WRITER: this collection documents life in the title midwestern town as observed by the journalist George Willard (hint: set in Ohio)
BACH
COMPOSER SURNAME: one composer with this surname wrote oratorio The Israelites in The Desert", a composer with this surname wrote a harpsichord work featuring an aria and 30 variations (Goldberg Variations)
Aaron COPLAND (last clue references Appalachian Spring)
COMPOSER: "The Open Prairie" begins and ends his opera Billy the Kid; a "Hoe-Down" concludes his "Rodeo" (Roh-DAY-oh); composed ballet inspired by an eastern US mountain range
Johann PACHELBEL
COMPOSER: 1968 Jean-Francois Paillard recording popularized his best known piece which was originally paired with a gigue, the bass repeats D, A, B, F-sharp, G, D, G, A in his best known work, Baroque, wrote imitative Canon in D
Antonin DVORAK (d'VOR-zhahk)
COMPOSER: Cello Concerto in B minor was inspired by similar Victor Herbert piece; his Symphony No. 9 features a second movement English horn solo later arranged as "Goin' Home"; his New World Symphony influenced by American spirituals
Richard WAGNER
COMPOSER: an opera by him ends with second title character bemoaning her dead lover's shining eyes in "Liebestod"; prelude to one of his operas uses a highly dissonant chord as a leitmotif for a Knight of the Round Table; composer of Tristan und Isolde
Robert SCHUMANN
COMPOSER: depicted his persona Florestan in a movement of his piano suite Carnaval, his "Scenes from Childhood" inspired by his wife Clara, German Romantic composer of the "Spring" Symphony; vacation with wife inspired his Rhenish Symphony
Leonard BERNSTEIN
COMPOSER: his Kaddish Symphony commemorated JFK's assassination; he scored the film On the Waterfront; "Glitter and Be Gay" is a song from his opera Candide; hosted Young People's Concerts as director of New York Philharmonic; composed West Side Story
Johannes BRAHMS
COMPOSER: his Symphony No. 4 ends with a passacaglia based on a J.S. Bach piece and his Symphony No. 2 quotes his Tragic Overture; his Symphony No. 1 took twenty years to write and was dubbed "Beethoven's Tenth"; namesake lullaby
J.S. BACH
COMPOSER: his The Musical Offering comprises ricercars, canons, and a trio sonata all based on a theme presented by Frederick the Great
Edvard GRIEG
COMPOSER: included "March of the Trolls" and "Wedding Day at Troldhaugen" in his Lyric Pieces; wrote movements such as "Solveig's Song" and "Morning Mood" in his music for a Henrik Ibsen play; Norwegian composer of Peer Gynt suites
MOONLIGHT SONATA by BEETHOVEN
COMPOSITION AND COMPOSER: piece's opening instruction to play "without dampers" is usually ignored; its "Adagio sostenuto" first movement and "Presto agitato" last movement are in C-sharp minor; piano sonata evokes a night-time scene on a lake
CENTRAL PARK IN THE DARK by Charles IVES
COMPOSITION: Charles Ives depicted the sounds of nature heard at the title location "in the dark"; named for a famous manhattan park
BOLERO by Maurice RAVEL
COMPOSITION: original score called for a nonexistent "sopranino saxophone in F" and was commissioned by Ida Rubinstein; flute introduces a melody that is repeated over an ostinato snare drum rhythm; repetitive composition by Ravel
Massachusetts
Calvin Coolidge served as governor and senator of this state
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Yaounde
Cameroon
Ottawa
Canada
Las Palmas
Canary Islands
Praia
Cape Verde
Montgomery
Capital of Alabama
Juneau
Capital of Alaska
Phoenix
Capital of Arizona
Little Rock
Capital of Arkansas
Canberra, Australia
Capital of Australia
Sacramento
Capital of California
Denver
Capital of Colorado
Hartford
Capital of Connecticut
Raleigh
Capital of North Carolia
Bismarck
Capital of North Dakota
Columbus
Capital of Ohio
Oklahoma City
Capital of Oklahoma
Salem
Capital of Oregon
Harrisburg
Capital of Pennsylvania
Providence
Capital of Rhode Island
Columbia
Capital of South Carolina
Pierre
Capital of South Dakota
Nashville
Capital of Tennessee
Austin
Capital of Texas
Salt Lake City
Capital of Utah
Montpelier
Capital of Vermont
Richmond
Capital of Virginia
Charleston
Capital of West Virginia
Madison
Capital of Wisconsin
Kirpan
Carried by Sikh men, a short ceremonial sword kept in a sheath.
Shavu'ot
Celebrated on the sixth day of Sivan (the ninth month), the 50th day of the Omer, after Passover; this word means "weeks," hence the name Pentecost. This holiday commemorates the giving of the Torah to the Israelites at Mt. Sinai, as well as the beginning of the harvest in ancient Israel.
Yom Kippur
Celebrated on the tenth day of Tishrei, it is the Jewish Day of Atonement; at the end of this holiday, it is believed that one's fate is sealed. Jews are required to abstain from eating, drinking, washing, and sex. Forbidden fashions include jewelry, makeup, and leather shoes. One traditionally wears white clothes to symbolizing purity from sin. In the afternoon, the Book of Jonah is read. A full day of prayers begins with the Kol Nidre, an ancient incantation that forgives Jews from vows or promises unwittingly made during the past year.
Cheboksary
Chuvashia Republic
Wadjet
Cobra-headed goddess/ She was also the protector of kings and of women in childbirth/ Often depicted on the pharaoh's crown
Iceland
Contrary to its name, this island country is green for a good part of the year. With scenic Route 1 (also known as Ring Road), this country is a popular tourist attraction for its many natural sites including Skaftafell, the Blue Lagoon, Kirkjufell Mountain, and Landmannalaugar. Its capital is Reykjavik.
Prometheus
Crafted man and stole fire for them. Titan-god of forethought and crafty counsel; bound to a rock by Zeus as punishment for giving fire, and endures the pain of a vulture eating at his liver each day. Unbounded by Hercules
Sobek
Crocodile-headed god of the Nile/ associated with pharaonic power (as a symbol of the pharaoh's strength and was also on the pharaoh's crown) fertility, and military prowess, and Apotropaic magic (a type of magic intended to "turn away" harm or evil influences/ associated with healing because he helped Isis heal Osiris.
Havana
Cuba
Persephone/Prosepina
Daughter of Demeter; Wife of Hades. Ate 6 seeds of the pomegranate while in the Underworld compelling her to spend 1/2 year in the underworld
Artemis/Diana
Daughter of Zeus and Leto. goddess of moon and twin sister of Apollo (sun). Virgin goddess of the hunt and wilderness. associated with the bow-and-quiver. turned Actaeon into a stag for (accidentally) viewing her while bathing.
Judgement Day
Day at the end of time when Jesus Christ will return to judge all the living and the dead for their lives on earth.
Nicholas I
Decemberist Revolt, exiled 150000 people to Siberia; enforced nationalism, autocracy, and Orthodox Church, organized pogroms
Calliope
Depicted as holding laurels in one hand and the two Homeric poems in the other hand. Muse of Epic Poetry
The JOY LUCK CLUB by Amy TAN
Description: "The Twenty-Six Malignant Gates" is a section of this novel about a group of immigrants in San Francisco who play mahjong; by Amy Tan
The TURN OF THE SCREW by Henry JAMES
Description: A governess believes a home is haunted in this novella written by the 19th century author of The Portrait of a Lady, Henry James
The BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY by Thornton WILDER
Description: Brother Juniper witnesses the death of several people when the title structure collapses in this 1927 novel by Thornton Wilder
THE BLUEST EYE by Toni MORRISON
Description: Claudia MacTeer narrates much of this novel about Pecola Breedlove; written by Toni Morrison
GREAT EXPECTATIONS by Charles DICKENS
Description: Miss Havisham, a spinster abandoned on her wedding day, raises an adopted daughter named Estella, who is pursued by Pip
IVANHOE by Sir Walter SCOTT
Description: a knight named Wilfred uses the alias "Desdichado" while competing at a tournament in this historical novel
TREASURE ISLAND by Robert Louis STEVENSON
Description: a sailor called "Black Dog" asks if a man with a cut cheek is at the Admiral Benbow Inn; a map with red crosses marked by Captain Flint leads to the title location; one character is pirate Long John Silver
MIDDLEMARCH by George ELIOT
Description: a scholar researching a Key to All Mythologies marries Dorothea; by George Eliot
WUTHERING HEIGHTS by Emily BRONTE (if author wanted, need at least the E in Emily or it is a prompt)
Description: a servant named Zillah angers her employer by opening a "haunted" room to the guest Mr. Lockwood; the estate of Thrushcross Grange is contrasted with the novel's title location; Catherine marries Heathcliff
FOUCAULT'S (FOO-koh'z) PENDULUM by Umberto ECO
Description: about Belbo who is abducted by a secret society; 1988 novel named after a scientific device
MOLL FLANDERS by Daniel DEFOE
Description: about an English thief who accidentally marries her own brother after being transported to the colony of Virginia; by Daniel Defoe
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by Harper LEE
Description: after taking off his pants to squeeze under a fence, a character in this novel is shocked to return and find them neatly folded; Jem has his arm broken by Bob Ewell and his unconscious body is carried home by Boo Radley
LORD OF THE FLIES by William GOLDING
Description: antagonists in this 1954 novel set up a stronghold at a promontory called Castle Rock; epileptic character named Simon is killed after being identified with "the beast"; Jack and his hunters chase Ralph
THINGS FALL APART by Chinua ACHEBE (ah-CHAY-bay)
Description: author criticized Joseph Conrad's racism; residents of Umuofia burn down a missionary church; its sequel is the novel No Longer at Ease; Okonkwo is banished from Umuofia; Nigerian author
A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR'S COURT by Mark TWAIN
Description: character given title "The Boss" after claiming to cause an eclipse; Hank Morgan uses a gun to kill a knight and becomes an enemy of Merlin; man from Hartford travels back in time to Camelot
ULYSSES by James JOYCE (do NOT confuse with the Tennyson poem)
Description: describes "tan shoes" of Blazes Boylan who is having an affair with an opera singer; concludes with words "yes I said yes I will Yes" as Molly remembers she agreed to marry Irishman Leopold Bloom; takes place entirely on June 16, 1904
The TIME MACHINE by H.G. WELLS
Description: describes white statue resembling a winged sphinx which has a pedestal where the title object is hidden; Weena, a member of the Eloi, adores this novel's protagonist who starts a fire to scare the Morlocks; about a trip to the 8,028th century
ANIMAL FARM by George ORWELL
Description: in this novella, the addendum "with sheets" is added to a rule that forbids sleeping in beds; its "Seven Commandments" are eventually altered to say that some beings are "more equal than others"; allegory depicting barnyard uprising; describes a "sly-looking solicitor named Mr. Whymper who arranges to sell eggs and triggers protests among a group of hens; Boxer exhausts himself to build a windmill; chief villains are pigs
The WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ or The WIZARD OF OZ by L. Frank BAUM
Description: its villain uses the Golden Cap to summon winged creatures; according to common interpretation, this book is a populist allegory that represents William Jennings Bryan as a cowardly animal; Dorothy visits a magic land
JANE EYRE by Charlotte BRONTE (need at least "C" on first name or you will get a prompt)
Description: mentally ill woman is confined to the upstairs rooms of a mansion; title character loves Mr Rochester, the master of Thornfield Hall
MY ANTONIA by Willa CATHER
Description: moneylender Wick Cutter appears in this novel in which Jim Burden befriends a Bohemian immigrant girl in Nebraska; by Willa Cather
BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous HUXLEY
Description: novel about a "World State" where the residents are pacified with a drug called soma; the author compared this fictional drug to LSD in the essay "<this novel title> Revisited"; Bernard Marx meets John the Savage
SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE by Kurt VONNEGUT
Description: one character dies of gangrene after wearing wooden clogs; beings say "so it goes" after someone dies and place the protagonist in a zoo on the planet Tralfamadore; Billy Pilgrim is "unstuck in time"
OF MICE AND MEN by John STEINBECK
Description: one character in this book fears his wife is sleeping with a "jerkline skinner" named Slim; another character accidentally breaks the neck of Curley's wife as he strokes her hair; Lennie dreams of living off "the fatta" the land
MADAME BOVARY by Gustave FLAUBERT
Description: protagonist attends a performance of the opera Lucia di Lammermoor where she is irked by her husband's inability to follow the plot; after her marriage to Charles breaks down, the title character takes arsenic; while listening to a speech praising the famers near Yonville, the title woman holds hands with Rodolphe Boulanger; her husband, a doctor named Charles, dies soon after she swallows arsenic
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT by Erich Maria REMARQUE
Description: protagonist learns that a dead man named Gerard Duval was a printer by looking through a pocketbook; several characters wear boots once owned by Kemmerich; narrator is Paul Baumer; World War I novel
WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS by Wilson RAWLS
Description: protagonist sleeps at Robber's Cave on the way home from Tahlequah, Oklahoma; title refers to plant seen near the grave of Little Anne, who died after Old Dan is killed by a mountain lion
The AWAKENING by Kate CHOPIN
Description: protagonist, Edna Pontellier, moves into the "pigeon house", befriends the pianist Mademoiselle Reisz and begins an affair with Alcee Arobin while her husband Leonce is away on business
ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE by Gabriel GARCIA Marquez (yes, need the "middle name" at least)
Description: set in Macondo; magical realist novel about the Buendia family's decline; Colombian author
The HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME by Victor HUGO (protagonist is QUASIMODO)
Description: the accused witch Esmeralda is executed after being turned over to authorities by Claude Frollo in this 1831 novel; protagonist is the title deformed character
A FAREWELL TO ARMS by Ernest HEMINGWAY
Description: the author drew upon his own experiences to write this novel about the World War I ambulance driver Frederic Henry
The SUN ALSO RISES by Ernest HEMINGWAY
Description: the author's book Death in the Afternoon is about bullfighting, which is also practiced by the Spaniard Romero in this other novel by the same author
EMMA by Jane AUSTEN
Description: the mysterious gift of a piano causes the title woman to gossip about her Highbury neighbor, Jane Fairfax: Jane Austen's novel about a title matchmaker
BELOVED by Toni MORRISON
Description: the sentence "124 was spiteful" opens this novel; describes a house "full of a baby's venom"; Paul D. moves in with Denver and her mother at 124 Bluestone Road; a dead child's spirit haunts Sethe
TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES by Henry JAMES
Description: the title character is seduced by Alec and bears a child, Sorrow, who dies in infancy; title character works as a dairymaid when she meets and marries Angel Clare, who rejects her after learning of her past
ETHAN FROME by Edith WHARTON
Description: the title character of this novella is crippled after he and Mattie Silver try to kill themselves by sledding into a tree; written by the author of The Age of Innocence
SENSE AND SENSIBILITY by Jane AUSTEN
Description: written under the pseudonym "A Lady"; John Willoughby deserts Marianne for a richer woman; title refers to the traits held by sisters Marianne and Elinor
1980 Summer Olympics
Despite the glow from the Lake Placid Games, these Games were marred by a United States boycott ordered by President Jimmy Carter in response to the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. This lead was followed by Canada, West Germany, Japan, Kenya and China, while other Western nations left it up to their individual athletes, many of whom chose to partake. The result was an Eastern Bloc field day, with all 54 East German rowers earning a medal and the Soviets totaling 80 gold medals. British distance runner Sebastian Coe produced the West's best performance by winning the 1500-meter race.
Shiva
Developed from Rudra, the Vedic god of death, he is often shown sitting on a tiger skin and riding the bull Nandi. He is also associated with a lingam (phallus). He has three eyes, of which the third (in the middle of his head) is all-knowing; when it opens, the world is destroyed and regenerated. Lord of all underworld beings, he wears a necklace of skulls and another made of a snake. He carries a trident as a weapon and has a blue throat, the result of drinking poison while the ocean churns. Parvati, one of his several consorts, bears him two sons: Kartikeya (the god of war) and Ganesha.
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Sisyphus
Doomed to endlessly roll a boulder up a hill in Tartarus for successfully eluding Death twice.
Sugar Ray Leonard
During the 1970s, what boxing great defeated Thomas Hearns, Wilfredo, and Roberto Duran
SHAH JAHAN (juh-HAHN...need both parts)
EMPEROR: Mughal who built the Taj Mahal as a mausoleum for his wife Muntaz; father of Aurangzeb
NICHOLAS I
EMPEROR: first emperor of his name; targeted in failed Decembrist revolt; Russian
CALIGULA or GAIUS CAESAR
EMPEROR: had a collar of gemstones made for his horse Incitatus; name refers to "little boots" he wore while fighting barbarians in modern-day Germany; succeeded by Claudius after being assassinated by guards in AD 41; third Roman Emperor
HIROHITO (or SHOWA Emperor)
EMPEROR: his finance minister was killed in the League of Blood incident; his Jewel Voice Broadcast announced his nation's surrender following Bockscar dropping "Little Boy" on Nagasaki
CYRUS THE GREAT or CYRUS II
EMPEROR: his son and successor went mad after killing the Apis bull; not a Mede, but founded an empire that used governors called satraps; released captive Jews after conquering Babylon; first sovereign of Persian empire
ATAHUALPA (ah-tah-WALL-puh)
EMPEROR: killed following the Battle of Cajamarca even though he paid the Spanish a ransom of almost eight tons of gold; Incan emperor
Qin SHI HUANG (chin shur hwahng) or SHI HUANGDI
EMPEROR: monarch who sent sorcerer Xu Fu to find Anqi Sheng's elixir of life; after triumphing over Warring States, promoted his doctrine of legalism through mass book burnings; his tomb included the Terracotta Army; first emperor of unified China
A MODEST PROPOSAL by Jonathan SWIFT
ESSAY AND WRITER: satire suggesting the consumption of Irish children; Irish author
Duat
Egyptian afterworld
Little Rock, AR
Eisenhower sent troops to this U.S. capital to enforce school integration
San Salvador
El Salvador
London
England
John Cabot
England. 1497-1498 Italian Explored the shores of Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and Labrador. Gave England a claim in North America.
Sir Frances Drake
England. 1577-1580 English First English to sail around the world-Defeated the Spanish Armada- Claimed California for England
War of the Roses
English Civil War
Burgess
English Townsmen
Richard I
English king; Coeur de Lion; the lion heart; successor of Henry II
Edward I
English king; called together a Model Parliament
Edward III
English king; claimed to be king of England and France; won the Battle of Crécy
King Arthur Robin Hood Lady Godiva
English legends told by minstrels and troubadours
John
English prince; younger brother of Richard I; son of Henry II; signed Magna Carta
Malabo
Equatorial Guinea
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Dharma
Every Hindu has a duty or obligation to their caste in the cosmic universe.
Denmark
Famous kings from this country's past include Hemming, Horik I, and Horik II. Sharing its southern border with Germany, this country is ruled from Copenhagen.
Poseidon/Neptune
Famous offspring: Polyphemus, Bellerophon, and Theseus. God of the sea and earthquakes, also patron god of horses. Known for his Trident and Chariots.
The Sawn
Fasting during the holy month of Ramadan. No eating/drinking from sunrise to sunset; a method of self-purification.
Noah
Father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth; made an ark out of gopher wood.
Hyperion
Father of the Sun (Helios), Moon (Selene), and the Dawn (Eos).
Zeus/Jupiter
Father to both immortals, Apollo/Diana, Ares, Dionysus, Mercury, Athena, the Muses and mortals, Hercules and Perseus. Ruler of the gods, god of the sky, heaven, weather; known for his lightning bolt. Husband of Hera and brother of Hera, Hestia, Demeter, Hades, and Poseidon
Aken
Ferryman to the underworld
Suva
Fiji
Helsinki
Finland
Edmund Hillary
First climber to reach the top of Mount Everest in New Zealand Served in British Royal Air Force as a navigator during World War II. Prior to the 1953 Everest expedition, Hillary had been part of the British reconnaissance expedition to the mountain in 1951, as well as an unsuccessful attempt to climb Cho Oyu in 1952. As part of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition he reached the South Pole overland in 1958. He subsequently reached the North Pole, making him the first person to reach both poles and summit Everest.
Cayenne
French Guiana
Philip IV the Fair
French King; good looking and handsome; battled England and Flanders for territory; raised taxes; taxed the clergy; summoned the Estates-General
Phillip II Augustus
French King; involved in third crusade; laid basis for French state; strengthened monarchy; recaptured land from England through marriage; tripled the size of France; took back Normandy
Louis XI
French King; strengthened bureaucracy; promoted trade and agriculture; kept nobles in check; kept monarchy strong
Papeete
French Polynesia
Benedict XIII
French Pope; deposed by the Council of Constance
Clement VII
French Pope; elected after Urban's election was considered invalid; led France, Aragon, Castile, Leon, Cyprus, Burgundy, Savoy, Naples, and Scotland in the schism
Port-aux-Francais
French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Bourgeoisie
French Townsmen
Louis IX the Saint
French king; strong ruler; involved in seventh and eighth crusade; made royal courts dominant over feudal courts; only kings could mint coins; banned private warfare; led a moral life; made a saint; looked to as an example
Joan of Arc
French legend told by minstrels and troubadours
Song of Roland
French medieval story
Joan of Arc
French military leader at 17 years old; raised the siege of Orléans to drive English out of France; won four more battles before being betrayed by Burgundians and tried as a witch; burned at the stake at 19
bourg
French suffix for a city
Skirnir
Frey falls partly due to him giving his good sword to ______.
Skirnir
Frey's messenger. Created Gleipnir to restrain Fenrir.
Freyja
Freyr's twin sister, the daughter of Njord. The goddess of love.
Surt
Frigg fights ____.
goddesses
Frigg, Saga, Eir, Gefjone, Fulla, Freya, etc are *all* _________.
Kuk
Frog-headed god that represented primeval darkness.
Libreville
Gabon
Banjul
Gambia
Manuel Noriega
George H.W. Bush's troops overthrew the Panamanian government and captured this dictator and general in December 1989.
Texas
George W. Bush was elected governor of this state in 1994 and 1998
Burgher
German Townsmen
Anubis
God of embalming, cemeteries, and mummification/ Jackal-headed
Agni
God of fire
Indra
God of thunder, rain, war, and rider of four tusked elephant
Gifts of the Magi
Gold, frankincense, and myrrh
Trivium
Grammar, Logic, rhetoric
Moses
Great Israelite leader who God spoke to from a burning bush, commanding him to lead the Hebrews out of bondage; He received the Ten Commandments from God on Mount Sinai.
Athens
Greece
Ares/Mars
Greek God of war. Lover of Aphrodite, and father of Deimos and Phobos. The vulture is one of his symbols.
Mnemosyne
Greek Titaness of memory and mother of the Muses.
Perseus
Greek demigod, a son of Zeus, who is helped by Athena and Hermes in defeating Medusa. He also saves Princess Andromeda.
Iris
Greek goddess of the rainbow and a messenger goddess.
Theseus
Greek hero of Athens who ventures into the Labyrinth and defeats the Minotaur. He is assisted by Ariadne, his future bride, and her golden thread to find the way out of the maze.
Atalanta
Greek heroine who defeated the Calydonian Boar. She was an Argonaut. She challenges that any man who could beat her in a foot race could marry her. One man uses Aphrodite's three golden apples to distract her so he could win, and they are married. Later turned into a lioness.
Aeolus
Greek leader of the wind gods (anemoi) on Earth.
Oracle at Delphi
Greek oracle at the temple of Apollo
Eurus
Greek personification of the East Wind.
Boreas
Greek personification of the North Wind. Roman counterpart is Aquilo
Notus
Greek personification of the South Wind. Roman counterpart is Auster.
Zephyr
Greek personification of the West Wind. Roman counterpart is Favornius. He was in love with Hyacinth and jealous of his relationship with Apollo, and caused a discus to kill the youth.
St. George's
Grenada
Jacob Coxey
Grover Cleveland rejected this politician's plea of creating jobs for the unemployed
New York
Grover Cleveland served as governor of this state in 1882.
Hagatna
Guam
Guatemala City
Guatemala
Conakry
Guinea
Bissau
Guinea-Bissau
Green Bay Packers
Herb Adderly was signed by what professional football team in 1961
Nazareth
Home of Jesus
CLARINET
INSTRUMENT: not a trumpet, but a jazz composer who primarily played this had the signature tune "Sing, Sing, Sing"; a long trill and glissando for this instrument opens Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue; Benny Goodman played this single-reed woodwind
Thoth
Ibis-headed god who is the father of Isis/ God of wisdom and knowledge who often serves as a judge in disputes between gods/ Records the result of the Weighing of the Heart Ceremony
Eucharist
In Christianity, the representation of Jesus Christ through bread (body) and wine (blood).
Fast Sunday
In Mormonism, one Sunday of each month is put aside for a 24 hour fast and the donation of money to the poor.
bonds
In Ragnarok, the trembling of the earth is what causes fetters and _____ to be broken.
1986 Summer Olympics
In addition to being the first Olympics to be held at high altitude, these Games saw U.S. long jumper Bob Beamon set a record of 8.90 meters that would remain untouched for 23 years. The Games ended on a controversial note: to protest the Mexican government's killing of at least 250 unarmed demonstrators on the eve of the Games, Tommie Smith and John Carlos staged a silent protest with a black gloved, raised fist "Black Power" salute during the award ceremony for the 200-meter race.
Mickey Mantle
In high school, this athlete's leg was nearly amputated because of osteomyelitis, the first of his many leg problems. Known as the "Commerce Comet" because of his speed and because he grew up in Commerce, Oklahoma, he became the Yankee center fielder following DiMaggio's retirement in 1951. He played on 12 pennant winners and seven World Championship clubs. He holds Series records for home runs (18), RBI (40), runs (42), walks (43), extra-base hits (26), and total bases (123). During the regular season, his switch hitting powered 536 homeruns and won him 4 homer titles ('55, '56, '58, '60), 3 MVP awards ('56, '57, '62), and in 1956 a triple crown. In 1961 he and teammate Roger Maris both had a chance of passing Ruth's 1927 mark of 60, but injuries forced him out of the race (Maris hit 61). He was elected to the Hall of Fame alongside Whitey Ford in 1974.
Diego Maradona
In the infamous "Hand of God" goal, this footballer directed the ball into the net with his hand illegally, undetected by officials on the pitch. A two-time South American Player of the Year (1978 and 1979) before joining FC Barcelona in 1982 after the World Cup in Spain, in 1984, he moved on to FC Napoli, where he would help his side claim two Serie A Championships and a UEFA Cup win in 1989. He was banned for failing a drug test in 1991 and by the time he returned, he was no longer his old playing self, though he did lead a stirring performance for Argentina at the 1994 World Cup in the U.S., before being banned again for failing another drug test during the tournament. He finally retired in 1997 from his original team, Argentina's Boca Juniors.
The War of the Worlds
In this H.G. Wells novel, the Martians invade Earth but are killed by common disease
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
In this Mark Twain novel, the title character discovers gold in a cave and proposes to Becky Thatcher by giving her a doorknob. He is the older brother of Sid, and is raised by Aunt Polly.
Beowulf
In this Old English epic poem, this title hero of the Geats comes to the aid of Hrothgar, the king of the Danes, whose mead hall in Heorot has been under attack by a monster known as Grendel.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
In this Roald Dahl novel, Augustus Gloop, Mike Teavee, and Violet Beauregarde are among the children who win a tour of the title, oompa-loompa -infested building.
The King and I
In this musical, Anna Leonowens, a British schoolteacher, travels to Siam (now Thailand) to teach English to the King's many children and wives. Anna's western ways, the looming threat of British rule, and romance between Lun Tha and the concubine Tuptim all weigh heavily on the traditional, chauvinistic King. As the King dies, Anna kneels at his side, and the prince abolishes the practice of kowtowing. Adapted from Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon and inspired by Anna Leonowens' memoirs, it was made into an Academy Award-winning 1956 film starring Yul Brynner. Its songs include "I Whistle a Happy Tune," "Getting to Know You," and "Shall We Dance?".
Annie Get Your Gun
In this musical, Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show comes to town, and performer Frank Butler challenges anyone to a shooting contest. Annie Oakley wins the contest and joins the show. She and Frank fall in love, but Frank quits out of jealousy that Annie is a better shooter than he is. The title role was originated by Ethel Merman, and songs in the show include "There's No Business Like Show Business," "Doin' What Comes Natur'lly," and "Anything You Can Do."
The Sound of Music
In this musical, Maria, a young woman studying to be a nun in Nazi-occupied Austria, becomes governess to the seven children of Captain von Trapp. She teaches the children to sing ("My Favorite Things," "Do-Re-Mi"), and she and the Captain fall in love and get married. After Maria and the von Trapps give a concert for the Nazis ("Edelweiss"), they escape Austria ("Climb Ev'ry Mountain"). It was adapted into an Academy Award-winning 1965 film starring Julie Andrews.
West Side Story
In this musical, Riff and Bernardo lead two rival gangs: the blue-collar Jets and the Sharks from Puerto Rico. Tony, a former Jet, falls in love with the Bernardo's sister Maria and vows to stop the fighting, but he kills Bernardo after Bernardo kills Riff in a "rumble." Maria's suitor Chino shoots Tony, and the two gangs come together. Notable songs include "America," "Tonight," "Somewhere," "I Feel Pretty," and "Gee, Officer Krupke." Adapted from Romeo and Juliet, it was made into an Academy Award-winning 1961 film starring Natalie Wood.
Fiddler on the Roof
In this musical, Tevye is a lowly Jewish milkman in Tsarist Russia ("If I Were a Rich Man"), and his daughters are anxious to get married ("Matchmaker"). Tzeitel marries the tailor Motel ("Sunrise, Sunset," "The Bottle Dance"), Hodel gets engaged to the radical student Perchik, and Chava falls in love with a Russian named Fyedka. The families leave their village, Anatevka, after a pogrom. It is adapted from Tevye and his Daughters by Sholem Aleichem.
Cats
In this musical, the Jellicle tribe of cats roams the streets of London. They introduce the audience to various members: Rum Tum Tugger, Mungojerrie, Rumpleteazer, Mr. Mistoffelees, and Old Deuteronomy. Old Deuteronomy must choose a cat to be reborn, and he chooses the lowly Grizabella after she sings "Memory." It is adapted from Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot.
1996 Summer Olympics
In what have been called "The Coke Games," due to their exceptional commercialization in the city of Coke's business headquarters, sweltering Georgia heat and organizational problems plagued these Olympic Games. But a still-unsolved bombing in Centennial Olympic Park that killed one person and injured one hundred remains the Games' most memorable event. Irish swimmer Michelle Smith won three gold medals in the pool, only to be plagued by rumors of steroid use. Carl Lewis got his ninth gold by winning the long jump for the fourth consecutive Games, while American sprinter Michael Johnson became the first man to win the 200-meter and 400-meter races, the former in a world-record 19.32 seconds.
Football and wresting
In what professional sports did Gene "Big Daddy" Lipscomb earn stardom?
Dublin
Ireland
Developed
Is Australia a developed or developing country?
Taoism
It is both a philosophy and a religion. Its beginnings are connected to Lao-tzu, a 6th century Chinese philosopher. No emphasis of status, intelligence, desires. Believe in no one creator, that in the beginning there was only chaos (Wuji).
Marco Polo
Italy. 1271-1295 Italian Traveled to the Far East, to what was known then as Cathay or China-Made men want to travel there through his book
Peace Corps
JFK established this organization to help people understand cultures of countries
Roman Catholic
JFK was the first president to be of this religion
Addison's disease
JFK's endocrine disorder in which the adrenal glands do not produce enough steroid hormones
Ostend Manifesto
James Buchanan signed this 1854 document declaring a U.S. right to take Cuba by force should purchase efforts fail
Wheatland
James Buchanan's estate in Pennsylvania where he died June 1, 1868.
U.S. and Canada
James Madison demilitarized the border between these two countries.
Democratic Party
James Madison helped found this Party, which ultimately became this Party
University of Virginia
James Madison helped found this university.
Montpelier
James Madison's estate
Federalist Papers
James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay wrote these papers, defending the Constitution
Spain
James Monroe obtained Florida from this country.
Era of Good Feelings
James Monroe's administration during the aftermath of the War of 1812
Monroe Doctrine
James Monroe's contribution that opposed European intervention in the Western Hemisphere
Mexican War
James Polk is so intent on acquiring California from Mexico that he sent troops to the Mexican border instigating this 1846-1848 war
dark horse
James Polk is the first person to be this type of candidate for president. This term refers to a candidate who has a long-shot chance of winning the presidency
Tennessee
James Polk served as governor of this state from 1839-1841.
manifest destiny
James Polk's belief that they were destined to spread out across the continent
Shintoism
Japanese religion devoted to invisible spiritual beings and powers (kami) through shrines and various rituals.
Canopic
Jars held the internal organs of the deceased/ The stoppers were each shaped like a different head of the minor funerary deities known as the "Four Sons of Horus"
Carter Center
Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn founded this center in Atlanta that fights disease, poverty and starvation throughout the world in 1982
Israel and Egypt
Jimmy Carter played a major role in the negotiations leading to a 1979 peace treaty between these 2 countries
Georgia
Jimmy Carter was the governor of this state from 1971-1975.
Steel Curtain
Joe Greene, L.C Greenwood and Dwight White were known as the Pittsburgh Steelers'
Alien and Sedition Acts
John Adams signed this into law making it harder for an immigrant to become a citizen
Profiles in Courage
John Kennedy's book about efforts of senators to delay the Civil War. It won a Pulitzer Prize in 1957.
Smithsonian Institution
John Quincy Adams helped establish this group of museums in Washington, D.C.
Georgetown
John Thompson was the first Black American basketball coach to win an NCAA Division Championship. What team did he coach to victory?
Preemption Act
John Tyler signed this act into law which gave squatters on government land the right to buy 160 acres at the minimum auction price.
WILLIAM III or WILLIAM OF ORANGE (prompt on William)
KING: Virginia settlement of Middle Plantation was renamed to honor this Prince of Orange; installed on the English throne by the Glorious Revolution
HAMMURABI (references Code of Hammurabi)
KING: established short-lived empire after defeating King Rim-Sin I of Larsa; sun god Shamash credited with giving this king a text whose philosophy is summarized as "an eye for an eye"; Babylonian
WILLIAM THE CONQUERER
KING: first Norman King of England; his most famous battle depicted on the Bayeux Tapestry; defeated Harold Godwinson to win Battle of Hastings in 1066
RICHARD III or RICHARD THE LIONHEART (before it would be read)
KING: led English forces in the Third Crusade; nicknamed the Lionheart
FREDRICK the Great or FREDRICK II of Prussia
KING: to signify personal sovereignty, he changed his official title to use "of"instead of "in"; this Hohenzollern annexed and retained Silesia in the War of the Austrian Succession and Seven Years' War, "enlightened despot"
Abakan
Khakassia
Midas
King given the gift of a golden touch
Agammemnon
King of Mycenae and considered the 1st king among kings of Greece, of the cursed family of Ateus, brother of Menelaus (king of Sparta/hubby of Helen); assembles one thousand ships to retrieve Helen from Troy. Killed by his wife Clytemnestra upon his return home to avenge the sacrifice of their oldest daughter, Iphigenia so Greeks could sail to Troy.
Nestor
King of Pylos, is too old to participate in the fighting of the Trojan War, but serves as an advisor. He tells tales of "the good old days" to the other heroes
Reggie Jackson
Known as "Mr. October" because of his World Series slugging, in the sixth game of the 1977 World Series this baseball player hit three homeruns off three different pitchers on three consecutive swings of his bat. Besides Babe Ruth, who did it twice, he is the only player to homer three times in one World Series game. His .755 slugging average is the highest in World Series history. Soon after joining the Yankees in 1977 he created a sensation by proclaiming himself "the straw that stirs the drink." The wild atmosphere surrounding this athlete and the Yankees was captured by a teammate in a book called The Bronx Zoo. He won four homer titles ('73, '75, '80, '83), hit 563 homeruns, and set a major league record for strikeouts (2,597).
Sir Stanley Matthews
Known as "Wizard of the Dribble," the footballer debuted for England as a 19 year-old, and closed his international career in 1956 at the age of 41, when he was named the first-ever European Footballer of the Year. Though he played for unfashionable northern first division clubs like Blackpool and Stoke City, he was the most popular player of his era. In the 1953 F.A. Cup final against Bolton at Wembley, he lead a rousing comeback from a 3-1 deficit with 30 minutes remaining, setting up three goals. He is also one of the most gentlemanly players in history, having never been sent off with a red card during his entire career. In 1961, he became the first English footballer to be knighted. In 1963, at the age of 48, he helped Stoke City back into the FA First Division by scoring the goal that clinched promotion. He retired, quite reluctantly, from the game in 1965 at the age of 50.
Athena/Minerva
Known for Aegis and the spear, the owl, and the olive tree. A virgin goddess Goddess of wisdom and defensive war; also patron of weaving and pottery.
Syktyvkar
Komi
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART (or MoMA)
LOCATION: houses Jackson Pollock's works Full Fathom Five and The She-Wolf; in New York; emphasizes contemporary art
Nicholas II
Last czar of Russia, doubled number of factories, built Trans-Siberian RR, formed the Duma
Macau
Macau
Antananarivo
Madagascar
Kvasir
Made from mixing spit, blood, and honey; very wise man that could answer many questions--stumbled on his own knowledge when he expected uneducated people to ask him questions.
Valkyries
Maidens, daughters of the gods, that Odin sent to the battlefield to find Norse nobles that were worthy of being slain and bringing them back to Valhalla to become a warrior of Odin. "Choosers of the Slain". Only half of the slain went to Valhalla, the others went to Freyja.
Bamako
Mali
Valletta
Malta
Narcissus
Man who fell in love with his reflection; leads to the term Narcissism
Lazarus
Man who was brought back to life after being in a tomb for four days.
Free Soil Party
Martin Van Buren ran for president in 1848 on this ticket but lost.
Fort-de-France
Martinique
1994 Winter Olympics
Massachusetts native Nancy Kerrigan and Oregonian Tonya Harding were among America's leading hopes for gold in women's figure skating during these Olympic Games. During the Olympic Trials in Detroit, Kerrigan was viciously attacked by an unknown assailant, who would later be traced back to Harding. In the ensuing media circus, both Kerrigan and Harding were sent to Norway, but their thunder was stolen by Ukrainian skate Oksana Baiul, who edged out silver medallist Kerrigan, while Harding placed eighth. Sweden won the ice hockey gold by defeating Canada in a shootout; future Colorado Avalanche forward Peter Forsberg's game-winning effort against Canadian goalie Sean Burke was immortalized on a Swedish postage stamp. In speed skating, Bonnie Blair won her third straight gold in the 500-meters and second straight in the 1,000-meters, perennial hard luck kid Dan Jansen won Olympic gold in his last race, the 1,000 meters, and Norwegian Johann Olav Koss won three gold medals, all in world-record times.
Port Louis
Mauritius
Know Nothing Party
Millard Fillmore was nominated by this anti-Catholic and anti-immigrant party in 1856
Monaco
Monaco
Ulaanbaatar
Mongolia
Baha'i
Monotheistic religion founded in Iran in the 19th century. It seeks to unite all religions and has 7.5 million followers worldwide. It is governed by a council of nine people called the Universal House of Justice.
Podgorica
Montenegro
Jocasta
Mother of Oedipus who later, unknowingly, became his wife and committed suicide
Gaia
Mother of all living things;Titan-the earth goddess, wife of Oranos, Tellurium named after her
Football / Running Back
Name the sport and position that Gale Sayers played.
Graces
Names: Aglaia, Thailia, and Euphrosyne
Aborigine
Native Australians
Maori
Native New Zealanders
Yaren
Nauru
Kathmandu
Nepal
Tenzing Norgay
Nepalese-born Indian Sherpa mountaineer. Among the most famous mountain climbers in history, he was one of the first two individuals known to reach the summit of Mount Everest, which he accomplished with Edmund Hillary on 29 May 1953. TIME named him one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century.
Noumea
New Caledonia
Wellington
New Zealand
Managua
Nicaragua
Franz Beckenbauer
Nicknamed "Der Kaiser," this footballer invented the position of attacking sweeper, helping him to become the only man ever to win the World Cup as both team captain and as manager (1974 as a player, 1990 as manager). His first World Cup saw him help West Germany to the 1966 World Cup Final, where they lost to host England 4-2 at Wembley Stadium. 1972 saw West Germany win the European Championship and this man named European Footballer of the Year. Two years later, he had one of the single greatest football years in history, captaining FC Bayern München to the Bundesliga (German First Division), European Cup (now known as the UEFA Champions League) championships and West Germany to the World Cup, the nation's second triumph. In 1976, he left Germany for the NASL's New York Cosmos, where he teamed with Pelé and was named 1977 NASL MVP. He now serves as the FC Bayern München club president.
Walter Hagen
Nicknamed "The Haig," this athlete was the first great pro golfer, appearing in over 2,500 exhibitions. A five-time PGA Champion, including four straight from 1924 to 1927, This man won eleven majors overall, and he was known most for his showmanship and his ability to recover from poor shots with spectacular ones. He captained the U.S. Ryder Cup team six of the first seven times the event was held.
Guernsey
One of the Channel Islands in the English Channel between Great Britain and France. This is a self-governing British Crown Dependency. It's known for beach resorts such as Cobo Bay and the scenery of its many coastal cliffs. Castle Cornet is a popular tourist attraction in the capital, Saint Peter Port. Hauteville House was the home of the writer Victor Hugo, who wrote works such as Les Miserables, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, and The Man Who Laughs.
Vishnu
One of the Trimurti (the holy trinity of Hindu gods), the Preserver, protecting the world. When needed, he descends to Earth as an avatar, or incarnation. Nine have appeared so far: Matsya, Kurma (tortoise), Varah (boar), Narasimha (man-lion), Vamana (dwarf), Parashurama, Rama, Krishna, and Buddha. A tenth, Kalki, will appear with a flaming sword to save humans from the darkness. He has dark blue skin, rides with the eagle Garuna, and sits on the snake Shesha.
Hel
One of the enemies of good is Loki arriving with the family of ___.
Fenrir
One of the enemies of good is ______ the wolf.
Oranos/Uranus
Original lord of creation, castrated and deposed by son Kronos Titan-sky god, husband of Gaia
Rene MAGRITTE
PAINTER: surrealist who placed an image of a pipe above a phrase that translates to "This is not a pipe" in one painting; French painter of The Treachery of Images
Eduard MANET (not MONET!)
PAINTER: the artist's favorite model, Victorine Meurent, appears in his paintings Olympia and Luncheon on the Grass
Francisco GOYA
PAINTER: used same model and pose for his paintings The Clothed Maja and The Nude Maja; Peninsular War inspired his painting of a firing squad pointing rifles at prisoners in Madrid (THE THIRD OF MAY 1808); Spanish painter
NIGHTHAWKS by Edward HOPPER
PAINTING AND ARTIST: American artist's whose wife Josephine Nivison was the model in his previous work, Automat; an advertisement for Phillies cigars appears above three customers of a Greenwich Village diner
THE PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY by Salvador DALI
PAINTING AND ARTIST: Catalonian peaks loom in the back right while ants crawl on a watch next to a melting clock in the left foreground
The LAST SUPPER by Leonardo DA VINCI
PAINTING AND ARTIST: full scale copy of this painting completed by Giampietrino clarifies details such as a knocked-over salt cellar; mural's central person reaches out for a plate at the same time as Judas
The SCREAM by Edvard MUNCH
PAINTING AND ARTIST: in 1994, thieves stole this painting and demanded an anti-abortion documentary be shown on TV; part of the artist's Frieze of Life; depicts a red and orange sky above a figure with an open mouth
The NIGHT WATCH by REMBRANDT
PAINTING AND PAINTER: a girl in a yellow dress holds a goblet and wears a belt holding up a chicken; depicts a lieutenant wearing a white sash and a captain named Frans Banning Cocq; depicts a militia unit
The DEATH OF MARAT
PAINTING: 1793 painting by Jacques-Louis DAVID depicts a Frenchman lying murdered in his bathtub
Emmanuel KANT
PHILOSOPHER: called "7+5=12" a synthetic a priori proposition; set forth principle one should act according to maxims that one wishes could become universal laws; German whose Critique of Pure Reason formulated the categorical imperative
David HUME
PHILOSOPHER: introduced thought experiment involving a "missing shade of blue"; distinguished between states of what "is" and what "ought" to be in A Treatise of Human Nature; Scottish writer of An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
Saint THOMAS AQUINAS (either part in CAPS)
PHILOSOPHER: referred to Islamic thinker Averroes as "the Commentator"; Aristotle's thought inspired some of this man's "quinque viae", which are five proofs of the existence of God; wrote Summa Theologica
The JEW OF MALTA by Christopher MARLOWE
PLAY AND AUTHOR: 1590 play centers on Barabas who is the title "Jew" of a Mediterranean island
SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR by Luigi PIRANDELLO
PLAY AND AUTHOR: The Child drowns in a fountain; the Stepdaughter runs away at the end; Italian author
A DOLL'S HOUSE by Henrik IBSEN
PLAY AND AUTHOR: at the start the maid Helen is told to hide a Christmas tree, the play's protagonist dances tarantella to prevent her husband, Torvald, from reading a letter from Krogstand, Nora Helmer departs with the slam of a door
The MERCHANT OF VENICE by SHAKESPEARE
PLAY AND AUTHOR: in last speech a husband vows to safeguard "Nerissa's ring", heroine compares "gentle rain from heaven" to "mercy" while judging a debtor seeking a "pound of flesh", Portia humbles the Jewish moneylender Shylock
The GLASS MENAGERIE by Tennessee WILLIAMS
PLAY AND AUTHOR: phone conversations sell subscriptions to The Homemaker's Companion; character gets nickname "Blue Roses" from a bout of pleurosis; Jim accidentally breaks a unicorn's horn while visiting as a gentleman caller for Laura; Wingfield family
CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF by Tennessee WILLIAMS
PLAY AND PLAYWRIGHT: Big Daddy's family tries to keep him from learning that he is dying of cancer
A RAISIN IN THE SUN by Lorraine HANSBERRY
PLAY AND PLAYWRIGHT: Joseph lectures a woman for straightening or "mutilating" her hair; Willy, Bobo, and Walter plan to open a liquor store; Walter's family seeks to move to a white neighborhood
PETER PAN by J.M. BARRIE (or PETER PAN; OR, THE BOY WHO WOULDN'T GROW UP...full title)
PLAY AND PLAYWRIGHT: Wendy Darling asks the title character "boy, why are you crying?" in this 1904 play; the title character can fly because he is "innocent and heartless"
The CRUCIBLE by Arthur MILLER
PLAY AND PLAYWRIGHT: a character in this play recites the Ten Commandments when asked to defend his poor church attendance but forgets the one banning adultery; Ezekiel Cheever finds a needle in a doll; Tituba is accused of witchcraft
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE by Tennessee WILLIAMS
PLAY AND PLAYWRIGHT: at the end, Steve and Mitch play poker as the protagonist is taken to a mental hospital; its protagonist says she has "always depended on the kindness of strangers"; Blanche is attacked by Stanley, who is married to Stella
The CHERRY ORCHARD
PLAY: Ends with sound of axes chopping down a wooded section of the former Ranevskaya estate, written by Anton Chekhov
HENRY VIII (the eighth)
PLAY: Globe Theatre caught fire in 1613 during production of this Shakespeare history about a Tudor king
SOPHOCLES
PLAYWRIGHT: Greek dramatist who wrote about a horrific discovery in Oedipus Rex and described the daughter of Oedipus in Antigone
Jean-Paul SARTRE
PLAYWRIGHT: published extracts from Simone de Beauvoir's feminist book The Second Sex; in one play, three damned souls realize "hell is other people"; French author who wrote No Exit
The TYGER by William BLAKE
POEM AND AUTHOR: claims that heaven was "watered" by the "tears" of stars who "threw down their spears"; subject of the poem is asked "did he who made the Lamb make thee?"; about a beast with "fearful symmetry" that stalks the "forests of the night"
BEOWULF by ANONYMOUS
POEM AND AUTHOR: describes retainers who were executed for looking at Queen Modthryth; title character returns to serve King Hygelac after crossing the sea to defend the mead hall of Heorot; named for hero who kills Grendel
ODE ON A GRECIAN URN by John KEATS
POEM AND AUTHOR: imagines a "little town" whose streets will forever be "silent", after asking "what pipes and timbrels?" the poem claims "heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard/sweeter", contains maxim "beauty is truth, truth beauty"
The NEW COLOSSUS by Emma LAZARUS
POEM AND AUTHOR: sonnet, "Ancient lands" told to keep their "storied pomp", "give me your tired, your poor...", inscribed on Statue of Liberty
The RAVEN by Edgar Allan POE
POEM AND AUTHOR: title figure asked if there is "balm in Gilead" and told to return to the night's "Plutonian shore", title figure perches on a bust of Pallas while the speaker mourns Lenore
"O CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN!" by Walt WHITMAN
POEM AND AUTHOR: title figure offered "bouquets and ribbon'd wreaths" and is told "for you the shore's a-crowding", a ship "has weather'd every rack" returns though its leader has "fallen cold and dead"
"If--" by Rudyard KIPLING
POEM AND POET: urges listener to dream but "not make dreams your master" and tallies the conditions necessary to "be a Man"
A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS or Twas the NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS
POEM: describes children who "were nestled all snug in their beds"; set during a time when "not a creature was stirring"
BROWNING (Robert and Elizabeth Barrett)
POET SURNAME: surname shared by an author who coined the term "less is more" in a poem titled for Italian painter Andrea del Sarto as well as a poet who wrote a sonnet starting with "how do I love thee?"
Henry Wadsworth LONGFELLOW
POET: described man with "large and sinewy hands" standing "under a spreading chestnut tree", Fireside Poet, began work with instruction "listen, my children, and you shall hear", wrote "The Village Blacksmith" and "Paul Revere's Ride"
HO CHI MINH
PRESIDENT: known as "Uncle" Ho; led Viet Minh independence movement; Prime Minister of North Vietnam from 1945 to 1955 and president from 1945 to 1969; Saigon renamed to his "City"
Antonio Lopez de SANTA ANNA
PRESIDENT: ordered 342 prisoners killed at the Goliad Massacre; captured after the Battle of San Jacinto by soldiers seeking revenge for this man's army killing Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett; won 1836 Battle of the Alamo
Neville CHAMBERLAIN
PRIME MINISTER: British man who promised "peace for our time" after signing the Munich Agreement of 1938
Manmohan SINGH
PRIME MINISTER: Dismantled India's policy of state control of the economy called the License Raj; economist and first Sikh prime minister of India.
William PITT
PRIME MINISTER: The surname of two UK prime ministers know as the "Elder" and the 'Younger"; namesake of Pennsylvania city
Margaret THATCHER
PRIME MINISTER: nearly killed in the Brighton hotel bombing of 1984; Conservative; known as the "Iron Lady"
Indira GANDHI (need at least the "I" from the first name, or prompt)
PRIME MINISTER: suspended most elections in 1975 by declaring "The Emergency"; ordered Operation Blue Star, which sent troops into the Golden Temple at Amritsar; assassinated in 1984 by Sikh nationalists; female prime minister of India
Robert WALPOLE
PRIME MINISTER: the first UK prime minister
Spencer PERCEVAL
PRIME MINISTER: the only UK prime minister to be assassinated
Litha (Summer Solstice)
Pagan, Wiccan, Druid. A celebration of the longest day of the year, celebrating the Goddess manifesting as Mother Earth and the God as the Sun King.
Osatra (Spring Equinox)
Pagan, Wiccan, and Druid. It is known also as the Spring Equinox. It is marked as the time when te Goddess conceives the God's Child, which will be reborn during Yule.
Panama City
Panama
Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea
Asuncion
Paraguay
Hermes/Mercury
Patron god of roads, travelers, husbandry, and trade; known for winged boots, cap of invisibility, cattle, and shepherds pipe. The messenger god;
Dao de Jing (Tao Te Ching/The Way and Its Power)
Philosophical text behind Daoism, a religion-philosophy founded by the semi-legendary Laozi in the sixth century BC, though scholars now believe it was written about 200 years later, during the Warring States period of the late Zhou Dynasty. Instructs adherents in restraint and passiveness, allowing the natural order of the universe to take precedent.
Ernest Shackleton
Polar explorer to lead three British expeditions to the Antarctic. Famous ships are Discovery and Nimrod. Imperial Trans-antarctic Expedition resulted in being trapped in pack ice and was slowly crushed before the shore parties could be landed. The crew escaped by camping on the sea ice until it disintegrated, then by launching the lifeboats to reach Elephant Island and ultimately the inhabited island of South Georgia, a stormy ocean voyage of 720 nautical miles
Prince Henry
Portugal. 1394-1460 Portuguese Created navigation school in Sagres, Portugal Explored the western African coastline
Truman Doctrine
President Truman's promise to help nations like Greece and Turkey struggling against communist movements
Prince Vladmir
Prince of Kiev, "Russian Jesus", adopted Byzantine culture and Orthodox Church beliefs and ideas
Apocrypha
Protestants and Jews assign lower authority to it, but Catholics and Orthodox Christians consider the books that make it up to be just as important and divinely-inspired as other parts of the Old Testament. Scholars differ as to which books make it up, but Tobit, Judith, 1 and 2 Maccabees, Wisdom, Sirach (or Ecclesiasticus), and Baruch are almost always included.
Book of Mormon
Published in 1830 by Joseph Smith. Mormons believe that the prophet Moroni revealed the location of this book to Smith, and then Smith translated it from a "reformed Egyptian" language. It is inscribed on thin gold plates, and documents the history of a group of Hebrews who migrated to America around 600 BC.
Dido
Queen of Carthage who loved Aeneas; commited suicide when he left
Hippolyta
Queen of the Amazonians; gave Hercules her belt for one of his labors
Brisbane
Queensland
MOTHER TERESA (need both parts)
RELIGIOUS LEADER: canonized in 2016; founded Missionaries of Charity; gained fame for work with the poor in the Indian city of Calcutta
Martin LUTHER
RELIGIOUS LEADER: vowed to Saint Anne after nearly being struck by lightning caused him to leave law school and enter theology; summoned at 1521 Diet of Worms after lambasting sale of indulgences; initiated Protestant Reformation
Pope BENEDICT XVI (16th)
RELIGIOUS LEADER: wrote "I bless all of you from my heart" on becoming first person to tweet from the @Pontifex account; "emeritus" was appended to his title after he announced surprise resignation; preceded Francis
Toussaint LOUVERTURE
REVOLUTIONARY: defeated Andre Rigaud in the War of Knives; former slave whose revolution against French rule led to the independence of Haiti
ELEANOR of Aquitaine
ROYAL: supposedly dressed as an Amazon while taking part in Second Crusade; after her marriage to Louis VII was annulled, she married the duke of Normandy who later became king of England, Henry II; duchess
CONSTANTINE
RULER: Called First Council of Nicaea, which produced Nicene Creed; Lorenzo Valla debunked the idea that this man transferred authority to the Pope in namesake "donation", first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity.
Khnemu
Ram-headed god who fashions humans and their kas out of clay.
The Twilight Zone
Rod Sterling created this anthology series, whose iconic opening credits featured a theme composed by Bernard Herrmann and a narration warning that the viewer was "about to enter another dimension." One of its most famous episodes, "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet," starred a young William Shatner as a salesman who becomes convinced that a gremlin nobody else can see is trying to crash the airplane on which he is flying. It is the subject of a popular poem by John Fraser.
Janus
Roman god of beginnings, gates, transitions, time, doorways, passages, and endings. He is usually depicted as having two faces, since he looks to the future and to the past.
Bellona
Roman goddess of the destructive and belligerent aspects of war. She was more prominent in Roman culture than her Greek counterpart Enyo.
HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL
SCHOOL: painter from this school showed an artist and poet standing on a cliff in the painting Kindred Spirits; that painting by Asher Durand depicts Thomas Cole who was the leading member of this artistic school of painters named for a New York waterway
Auguste RODIN (first clue references The Thinker...also know The Kiss)
SCULPTOR: Auguste Neyt modeled for one sculpture by this man, which caused a scandal when he was accused of using a life cast of the model; sculpted The Age of Bronze; created a series depicting scenes from the Divine Comedy called Gates of Hell; French
MICHELANGELO
SCULPTOR: works "Dusk" and "Dawn" sit atop tomb of Lorenzo de Medici; based on translation of Vulgate, his tomb for Pope Julius II depicts Moses with horns; St Peter's Basilica houses his first Pieta; sculpted marble David, In 1972, a sculpture by this artist was attacked by the hammer-wielding Laszlo Toth; sculpted The Genius of Victory and a statue that depicts Moses with horns for tomb of Pope Julius II; Renaissance artist of the Pieta
I HAVE A DREAM by Dr. Martin Luther KING Jr.
SPEECH AND SPEAKER: states that a group of people was given a "bad check" marked "insufficient funds"; speaker began to improvise after Mahalia Jackson shouted "tell them" about the title concept; ends with words "free at last"
The FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER by Edgar Allan POE
STORY AND AUTHOR: a character sings about a "hideous throng" rushing out of a "pale door" while performing a ballad titled "The Haunted Palace"; a woman named Madeline is buried alive by her brother; title estate collapses
The LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW by Washington IRVING (protagonist is Ichabod CRANE)
STORY AND AUTHOR: a man employs the maxim "spare the rod and spoil the child" at a school designed by Yost Van Houten; after being rejected by Katrina Van Tassel, the protagonist encounters a headless horseman
The GIFT OF THE MAGI by O. HENRY
STORY AND AUTHOR: centers on a couple's ill-fated attempt to celebrate Christmas as they each give up prized possessions to purchase gifts for each other
The LOTTERY by Shirley JACKSON
STORY AND AUTHOR: ends soon after Tessie Hutchison is selected in the title event
The TELL-TALE HEART by Edgar Allan POE
STORY AND WRITER: narrator claims "disease" has sharpened his senses and is bothered by a man's "vulture"-like eye; ends with call to "tear up" floorboards to reveal a murder victim
TO BUILD A FIRE by Jack LONDON
STORY AND WRITER: story ends with the protagonist recalling the warning of an "old-timer" at Sulphur Creek before he dies and his dog runs off to find warmth; unnamed protagonist freezes to death after failing to perform the title action
RIP VAN WINKLE by Washington IRVING
STORY AND WRITER: story named after a man who falls asleep in the Catskill Mountains during the Revolutionary War and wakes up decades later
The WIFE OF BATH
STORY: A knight learns that women wish to have "sovereignty" over their husbands in a story narrated by this character from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
SYMPHONY NO. 9 (in D minor) by BEETHOVEN
SYMPHONY AND COMPOSER: D minor funeral march in 2/4 time ends first movement; at its premiere Caroline Unger turned the deaf composer to see the audience applaud; Schiller's "Ode to Joy" sung in finale
Bhagavad-Gita
Sanskrit for "The Song of God," it is a poem found in Book Six of the Hindu epic Mahabharata. Begins on the eve of a battle, when the prince Arjuna asks his charioteer Krishna about responsibility in dealing with the suffering that impending battle will cause. Krishna tells Arjuna that humans possess a divine self within a material form, and that Arjuna's duty is to love God and do what is right without thinking of personal gain--some of the main tenets of Hinduism.
Pied Piper of Hamelin
Saxon legend told by minstrels and troubadours
Sphinx
She was a lion-bodied, winged monster with the face of a human, who terrorized the city of Thebes in the generations before Oedipus. She would give a riddle—"What creature has one voice and yet becomes four-footed and two-footed and three-footed?"—and eat anyone who was unable to answer correctly. It is possible that this creature was sent to Thebes from Ethiopia by either the goddess Hera or the war god Ares. Eventually, Oedipus correctly answered the riddle—"Man"—and this creature threw herself off her mountainside perch to her death.
Gangtok
Sikkim
Baldr
Since he could not be harmed, the gods would have fun by hitting and throwing things at _____.
Leif Erikson
Son of Eric the Red who brought Christianity to the Norse and may have discovered America before Columbus
Hercules
Son of Zeus. Despised by Hera who tried to have him killed as an infant with 2 serpents. Driven mad by Hera and after killing his wife, Megara and children in a fit of rage, is compelled to perform the Twelve Labors as repentance. Trials were killing the Nemean Lion, the Lernean Hydra, the Cerynitian Hind, and the Erymanthian Boar, cleaning out the Stables of Augeas, killing the Stymphalian Birds, capturing the Cretan Bull and the Mares of Diomedes, acquiring the Belt of Hippolyte, collecting the Cattle of Geryon, Apples of Hesperides, and finally, the Hound of Hades.
Hanuman
Son of the wind god Vaayu and Queen Anjana, he has a human body with a monkey's head. As a boy he swallows the sun (mistaking it for a piece of fruit); the angry Indra whips him with a thunderbolt. In response the wind god Vaayu refuses to breathe air into the world, prompting Indra to apologize and the other gods to bestow immortality and shapeshifting ability on him. He figures prominently in the Ramayana, where he flies to Lanka to tell Sita that Rama will rescue her from Ravana.
Valhalla
Sons of Odin, Vidar and Vali, survive Ragnarok and go to live at ________.
Mjollnir
Sons of Thor, Modi and Magni, survive Ragnarok and get ________.
Pretoria
South Africa
King Edward Point
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Tskhinvali
South Ossetia
University of Bologna
Southern European model for school systems located in Italy; emphasized disciplines in law and medicine; secular curricula; students paid teachers
open skies
Soviet Union and United States allow planes to fly over each others countries so war doesn't start
Madrid
Spain
Amerigo Vespucci
Spain. 1497-1503 Italian Sailed to West Indies and South America Upon exploring the American mainland and the South American coast, concluded that Columbus' discovery was actually a new world. It was named "America" in his honor.
Stockholm
Sweden
William Tell
Swiss legends told by minstrels and troubadours
Bern
Switzerland
Decalogue
Ten commandments received by Moses that were written on two stone tablets.
Bangkok
Thailand
Qebui
The "Lord of the North Wind," associated with the lands beyond the third cataract (i.e. Kush and the land of the Modern Sudan.
Mummification
The 70-day process that prepared a body for burial.
Raiding of the Monastery at Lindesfarne
The 793 CE event that lead to the beginning of the Viking Age
Typhon and Echidna
The Father and Mother of All Monsters due to their numerous monstrous offspring, including the two-headed dog Orthrus, the Nemean Lion, the Hydra, the Chimera, and Cerberus. "The Father" was then trapped under Mount Etna, where he is believed to cause earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
Pyramus and Thisbe
The Greek story that is the precursor for Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
Last Supper
The Passover meal that Jesus ate with the apostles the night before his crucifixion.
The Bible
The Prologue in the Prose Edda begins with a version of the story of creation from this source.
The Norman invasion of England
The Viking age ended in 1066 CE with ______.
Bigamy
The act of going through a marriage ceremony while already married to another person. It's illegal...
Yijing (I Ching/Book of Changes)
The basis for ancient Chinese philosophy and religion. Legend has it that the dragon-emperor Fuxi derived its eight trigrams from a turtle shell. The trigrams consist of three either broken (yin) or unbroken (yang) lines, and by reading pairs of these trigrams randomly, one could learn about humans, the universe, and the meaning of life.
Karma
The belief that all good/bad actions, mental and physical, affect people's fate in their next life.
Von
The blade the gods placed in Fenrir's mouth causes him to howl and bleed, and the blood forms the river ___.
Arjuna
The chief hero of the Mahabharata, he is the son of Indra and one of five Pandava brothers, who fight a bitter war against their one hundred cousins, Kauravas, culminating at the battle on "Kuru's Field." Before the battle, he asks his charioteer (Krishman) why he must fight. Krishna responds that Arjuna must follow a devotion to god (bhakti) and that even as he slays his brethren, it is for a just cause. Along with the rest of the Pandavas, he is married to Draupadi.
Wednesday
The day of the week named after Odin
Thursday
The day of the week named after Thor
Shiva Lord of the Dance
The destroyer and lord of the dead
outback
The dry, unpopulated inland region of Australia
Dun
The eagle tells Loki to lure ___ out of Asgard.
Giants
The earth born offspring of Gaia (Earth), born from the blood that fell when Uranus (Sky) was castrated by their Titan son Cronus. said to be buried/imprisoned under volcanos, and their subterranean movements were said to be the cause of volcanic eruptions and earthquakes.
oak
The fall of Thor's ___ in 723 CE in Fritzlar, Germany changed Thor worship forever, it was as if Thor himself fell.
bone
The farmer's son broke the goat's thigh ____, causing it to limp when revived. This made Thor very angry.
monks
The first Viking raid was recorded by _____.
Menelaos
The king of Sparta, the husband of Helen, and the cause celebre of the war. He tries to win Helen back by fighting Paris in single combat but Aphrodite carried Paris off when it seems that this Greek hero will win. Despite his notionally equal say in commanding the troops with his brother Agamemnon, in practice Agamemnon often dominates.
King Priam
The king of Troy and son of Laomedon, he has 50 sons and 12 daughters with his wife Hecuba (presumably she does not bear them all), plus at least 42 more children with various concubines. Neoptolemus, the son of Achilles, kills him in front of his wife and daughters during the siege of Troy.
Lakshmi
The last and greatest treasure born from the "churning of the ocean," she is the goddess of prosperity and patron to moneylenders. The epitome of feminine beauty, she sits or stands on a lotus flower and appears in her own avatars alongside Vishnu: Sita to his Rama; Padma the lotus to Vamana the dwarf; Radha (or Rukmini) to Krishna. A form of the mother goddess (Shakti, or Devi), she also represents virtue and honesty.
Eric the Red
The man that discovered Greenland, he settled there after being banished. His son was Leif Erikson.
Natron
The mineral that Ancient Egyptians used to desiccate the dead body.
Balder
The most beloved of the gods. The son of Odin and Frigg, the sun god. Responsible for the story of kissing under the mistletoe.
Polygamy
The practice of being married to multiple spouses. A controversial component of Mormonism that delayed the statehood of Utah.
cat
The second contest Thor had to compete in was trying to pick up Utgard-Loki's ___. Which Thor failed, because *it was actually the Midgard Serpent, and would be altering the boundaries of the universe*.
Odin
The supreme ruler of the Norse gods. He was a worthy leader. He sacrificed one of his eyes to gain insight and wisdom for the people.
Elli
The third contest Thor had to compete in was wrestling with an old woman named ____, he lost because she *represented old age, and him trying to fight against mortality*.
Gleipnir
The third fetter the gods made for Fenrir was called ________, it was made with the help of the dwarves and Frey's messenger, Skirnir, from a bunch of nonexistant things.
Brahma
The third of the Trimurti, the Creator. The chief priest, he has four heads that each point in a cardinal direction, representing the Four Vedas. He has a fifth head until Shiva plucked it off; as punishment for that act, Shiva is forced to wander as a beggar and carry his severed skull as a bowl. His wife is Savitri, who curses him after he lets a cow-maiden stand in for her at an important ritual.
Norns
The three beings that protected Urda's well, which was located besides the three roots of the world tree. There were three : Urd (past), Verdandi (present) and Skuld (future).
Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street
The title character in this musical returns to London from Australia, where the evil Judge Turpin, who lusted after his wife, unjustly imprisoned him. His daughter, Joanna, escapes Turpin - of whom she had been a ward during her father's incarceration - and falls in love with the sailor Anthony Hope. The vengeful protagonist begins murdering his customers, and his neighbor, Mrs. Lovett, bakes them into meat pies. That character kills the Judge but, in his fury, accidentally kills a mad beggar woman who was really his long-lost wife. Mrs. Lovett's shop boy, Tobias, grows scared and kills him. Its famously complex score includes "The Worst Pies in London," "Johanna," and "God, That's Good".
The BFG
The title character of this Roald Dahl novel blow bottled dreams into the bedrooms of children and refuses to eat people or steal food from humans. Sophie and this character quickly become friends.
Caduceus
The traditional symbol of Hermes and features two snakes winding around an often winged staff. It is often mistakenly used as a symbol of medicine instead of the Rod of Asclepius, especially in the United States.
Lif and Lifthrasir
The two humans that survive the end of the world are ___ ___ __________.
Urda's Well (Weird's Well)
The well which was considered to be very holy. It was protected and cared for by the norns. The Aesir would sit at the court by this well, and had to cross Bifrost to reach it.
Dun
The wife of Bragi is ___, she holds the apples which the gods eat to remain young until Ragnarok.
Sigyn
The wife of Loki.
Frigga
The wife of Odin, knew the future of the gods and humans and constantly helped her husband. Often depicted spinning yarn.
Hecuba
The wife of Priam, she suffers the loss of most of her children but survives the fall of Troy. She is later turned into a dog.
bragi
The word "poetry" comes from _____.
Mia Hamm
The youngest American, ever to play for a U.S. National team, this woman was a member of both the 1991 and 1999 Womens' World Cup Champions and the 1996 Olympic Gold Medal winning side. A UNC-Chapel Hill alum (BS 1994, Political Science), and two-time Hermann Trophy winner and Missouri Athletic Club Player of the Year winner (1992 & 1993), her #19 was retired by the Tar Heels, where she won 4 NCAA titles. In international play, she holds the all-time international scoring record, for men and women, when she scored career goal 108 on May 16, 1999, against Brazil in Orlando. One of People's 50 Most Beautiful People in 1997, the largest building on Nike's Corporate Campus in Beaverton, Oregon, is named for her.
1936 Summer Olympics
These Olympic games are best remembered for Alabama native Jesse Owens' amazing work on the track against a backdrop of Nazi propaganda emphasizing Aryan superiority. The American athlete won the 100-meter dash, 200-meter dash, long jump, and 4 x 100-meter sprint relay. Despite the growing strength of the Nazi state, the German people became enamored with Owens and named a Berlin street for him after his 1980 death. On other fronts, the Olympics were broadcast on television for the first time (as seen in the film Contact) and also saw the introduction of the relay of the Olympic torch.
Venus and Serena Williams
These siblings were born in Compton, California and coached from an early age by father Richard. The older one of these siblings reached the final of the U.S. Open in 1997. The younger one won a Grand Slam before her older sister did (1999 U.S. Open), but that sibling hit #1 by sweeping Wimbledon and the U.S. Opens in both 2000 and 2001. For a long time the younger of these siblings could not beat her older sister, but that changed in 2002, when she took four straight major finals against her. With her 2003 win at Wimbledon, she now has six majors to her older sister's four.
Jack Nicklaus
This "Golden Bear" won the U.S. Amateur twice (1959 and 1961), and was the 1961 NCAA champion at Ohio State. He took his first major the following year at the U.S. Open, beating Arnold Palmer on Palmer's home course. This golfer became the youngest Masters champion at the time in 1963, and 23 years later became the oldest champion with a final round 65 in 1986. He has a record 18 major pro championships overall, including six Masters, five PGA Championships, four U.S. Opens, and three British Opens. He is still somewhat active on the Senior PGA Tour, and as a golf course architect.
Bobby Hull
This "Golden Jet" was the star of the Chicago Blackhawks of the 1960s, he won three Art Ross Trophies and led the NHL in goals seven times. In June of 1972, he defected to the fledgling WHA's Winnipeg Jets for a record 10-year, $2.75 million deal, where he would star and help make Winnipeg one of the four WHA teams to merge with the NHL in 1978-79. He is also the father of Brett Hull, making the duo is the only father-son combination to score 500 each in NHL history.
Chris Evert
This "queen of the Clay Courts" won the French Open a record seven times and rolled off a 125-match win streak on the surface. As a 15-year old, she upset Margaret Court, who had just won the Grand Slam. 1974 was the first of a record 13 straight years in which she won a major—several of them hard fought against her rival, Martina Navratilova. In all, this athlete took 18 Grand Slam singles titles, and was the first female player to win $1 million in her career. She was married to British tennis player John Lloyd for eight years, but they divorced in 1987, and she then wed Olympic skier Andy Mill.
Achilles
This "swift-footed" warrior is the greatest on the Greek side. His father is Peleus, a great warrior in his own right, and his mother is Thetis, a sea nymph. The consequences of his rage at Agamemnon for confiscating his geras (prize of honor) are the subject of the Iliad. He kills Hector, but is killed by a poisoned arrow in the heel, the only vulnerable place on his body after his mother dunked him in the River Styx.
Rod Laver
This Australian tennis player weighed just 145 pounds in his playing days but his massive left arm generated incredible topspin shots. The only player to win the Grand Slam twice—in 1962 as an amateur, and in 1969 as a professional—this athlete took 11 major singles titles overall. Turning pro in 1963, He won five U.S. Pro Championships; had he been allowed to play the majors from '63 to '67, he likely would hold the wins record instead of Pete Sampras. Martina Navratilova and Sampras both idolized this man, the first to earn $1 million in a career
Bulgaria
This Balkan country was a coastline on the Black Sea has a mountainous interior and numerous rivers, including the Danube. Many different cultures and ethnicities have come to live here, creating a melting pot of peoples of Greek, Slavic, Ottoman, and Persian descent. The capital, Sofia, dates back to the fifth century, B.C.
Tenure of Office Act
This act required the president to seek approval from the Senate before removing appointees.
Billy Martin
This alert, combative second baseman for the Yankees from 1950-1957, made a famous catch in the seventh game of the 1952 World Series when Jackie Robinson lifted a bases loaded pop-up near the pitcher's mound. In 1953 he was named World Series MVP after batting .500 and winning the final game with a single in the bottom of the ninth. As Yankee manager, he won two pennants and one World Series (1977). Strung extremely tight--he almost came to blows with Reggie Jackson during a nationally televised game--his barroom brawls and arguments with the Yankee front office cost him many jobs. His five terms managing one club is tied for the major league record.
Leon Czolgosz
This anarchist assassinated William McKinley on September 14, 1901.
Derek Jeter
This athlete became the starting shortstop for the Yankees in 1996, winning the Rookie of the Year Award and helping New York capture its first championship since 1978. More post-season highlights followed, including three more titles ('98, '99, '00), the 2000 Series MVP, and a controversial homer against the Baltimore Orioles in Game One of the 1996 ALCS when twelve year old Jeffrey Maier turned his fly ball into a home run by reaching over the right field wall to catch it. His junior-high yearbook dubbed him "most likely to play shortstop for the New York Yankees."
Ken Dryden
This athlete had a standout career at Cornell University before joining the Montreal Canadiens organization in 1970. In 1970-71, he starred in the playoffs, winning Conn Smythe Trophy honors (playoff MVP), before going on to win Calder Trophy (Rookie of the Year) honors the next season. Along with Tony Esposito, he served as Canada's goalie during the legendary 1972 Summit Series with the USSR. He sat out the entire 1973-74 season in a contract dispute, and worked as a legal clerk and obtaining his law degree from McGill. He currently serves as the President of the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Joe DiMaggio
This athlete left the San Francisco Seals of the Pacific Coast League and joined New York for the 1936 season, where he helped Lou Gehrig drive the Yankees to their fifth championship and the first of nine that he would win with the Bombers. "The Yankee Clipper" won 3 Most Valuable Player awards ('39, '41, '47), 2 batting titles ('39, '40), and 2 homer titles ('37, '48). In 1941 he hit safely in 56 consecutive games, a record that has never been challenged (he once hit in 61 straight for the Seals in 1933). His career totals are abbreviated because of his military service ('43-'45) and because of the distance to Yankee Stadium's left field power alley, in those days known as Death Valley. He wedded Marilyn Monroe in 1954, but they divorced after nine months.
Casey Stengel
This athlete managed the Yankees to 10 pennants and 7 championships, including a record five in a row from '49-'53. The "Old Perfessor" did not use a set lineup or pitching rotation, instead using a bewildering number of platoon arrangements. Somehow this did not undermine his defense, as his Yankees led the league in double plays six times. Remembered as a player for his two game-winning homeruns, one an inside-the-parker, against the Yankees in the 1923 World Series, off the field his vaudevillian personality involved him in many famous incidents. When in 1958 he was called in front of the Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust and Monopoly to testify on why baseball should be exempt from antitrust regulation, he testified with an hour's worth of infamous quotes. When the baffled politicians let him go and called on Mickey Mantle to answer their questions, he replied, "My views are about the same as Casey's."
Arthur Ashe
This athlete once claimed that he would consider himself a failure if he were remembered only for tennis. The first black man to win either the U.S. Championship (1968) or Wimbledon (1975), he was also the first American tennis player to earn over $100,000 in one year (1970). The author of Hard Road to Glory, a history of black athletes, he announced in 1992 that tainted blood from a 1983 heart surgery had given him the AIDS virus. A stadium named for him is the current home of the U.S. Open.
Bobby Orr
This athlete revolutionized the hockey position of defenseman. The first blue liner to win the Art Ross Trophy (scoring title), he also won the Norris (best defenseman), Hart (league MVP), and Conn Smythe (playoff MVP) in the same season (1969-70). That same year, he led the Bruins to their first Stanley Cup in three decades with the now famous "Goal." He recorded the highest +/- rating ever for a single season, +124 in 1970-71 and won eight straight Norris Trophies from 1968-75. Unfortunately, his bad knees forced him into early retirement in 1979.
Whitey Ford
This athlete was called "The Chairman of the Board" because of the cool, corporate-like efficiency of his pitching style. His 236 wins against 106 defeats yields a .690 winning percentage, third best, first for a pitcher with 200 or more victories. In the 1960, '61, and '62 Series, he pitched 33 consecutive scoreless innings, breaking Babe Ruth's World Series record of 29-2/3 innings of shutout ball. His other World Series records include wins (10), losses (8), innings pitched (146), hits (132), bases on balls (34), and strikeouts (94). Under Casey Stengel he was commonly rested against poor teams so that he could be used against contenders (or in relief), making his 2.75 career ERA even more impressive. Cy Young award in 1961.
Yogi Berra
This athlete was notorious for swinging at bad pitches, but his bat collided with them often enough to hit a catcher's record 306 homeruns that lasted for more than thirty years. His hitting, fielding, and ability to lead the Yankee pitching staff earned him 3 MVP awards ('51, '54, '55). He also stared in the World Series, collecting 71 hits while playing on 10 championship teams, both records. Hired as Yankee manager in 1964, he lead the Yankees to the pennant but was fired following their Series loss to the Cardinals. His 1973 pennant with the Mets made him the only manager besides Joe McCarthy to take home the flag in both leagues. Like Casey Stengel, he was famous for his quotes, including "It aint' over 'til it's over," "It's deja vu all over again," and "Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets."
Don Mattingly
This athlete was the best first baseman in baseball for most of the 1980's. He holds the major league record for most grand slams in a season (6 in 1987). He twice led the league in hits ('84 and '85), won the league batting crown by edging out teammate Dave Winfield on the final day of the 1984 season, and drove in the most runs in 1985 to win the MVP award. "Donnie Baseball" also won nine gold gloves--his career fielding percentage (.99599) is the best--but World Series glory eluded "the Hitman." His Yankees never played in the Fall Classic.
Andre Agassi
This athlete's father boxed for Iran in the 1948 and 1952 Olympics; his own Olympic exploits included the 1996 tennis gold. Born in Las Vegas, he reached the world's #3 ranking at age 18 but was better known for his image than for his play. Perhaps the greatest returner and baseline player ever, this athlete won his first major on Wimbledon grass in 1992. Briefly married to Brooke Shields, he fell to #141 in the world in 1997, but after they divorced, this man rededicated himself to the game. In 1999 he won the French Open, becoming just the fifth man to complete the career Grand Slam. In all, he has won eight major singles titles (five since 1999), and is now married to women's great Steffi Graf.
Ganesha
This elephant-headed god of wisdom and learning is often shown riding a rat. Parvati "gives birth" to him by creating him from the saffron paste she scrubbed off of herself after bathing. When Parvati instructs him not to let anyone in as she took another bath, he prevents Shiva from entering, prompting Shiva to cut off his head. To calm Parvati, Shiva tells servants to take the head of the first baby found whose mother had her back turned; the servants bring back the head of a baby elephant. He has two wives (Riddhi and Siddhi), two sons, and a daughter.
Hanukkah
This festival lasts for eight days, starting on the 25th day of Kislev (the third month). It celebrates the victory of the small Maccabee army against the large Greek army of Antiochus, as well as the recapture and purification of the Temple in Jerusalem (ca. 168 BC). It is traditional to light the eight-branched Menorah each night and spin the dreidel. Exchanging presents is only a recent tradition developed in the U.S.
Call of Duty
This first-person shooter (FPS) series is published by Activision. The first three games centered on World War II, while more recent editions—starting with 2007's Modern Warfare—have largely taken place in contemporary and near-future settings, and have courted controversy for such things as a level in which the player kills civilians while participating in a terrorist attack. The series is celebrated for its multiplayer modes, including cooperative Zombie modes.
Ukraine
This large country in Eastern Europe has a Black Sea coastline and is bordered by Russia to the east, Poland to the west, Belarus to the north, and Romania to the south. The capital, Kiev, overlooks the Dnieper River.
The Ed Sullivan Show
This long-running CBS variety show occupied the same time slot—Sunday night at 8 pm—for over two decades. For most of that time, it broadcast live from the theater on Broadway which is currently the home of the Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Among the characters it bequeathed to American popular culture were a Spanish ventriloquist known as "Señor Wences" and an Italian mouse puppet named Topo Gigio. In 1964, the Beatles appeared on this show for three straight weeks, appearances which are credited with launching the "British Invasion" in popular music.
Final Fantasy
This long-running Japanese role-playing game (JRPG) series' 15th main installment was released in November 2016. Its seventh installment, released in 1997, was a massive success and (at the time) a technical marvel that helped popularize the Sony PlayStation. Some notable protagonists from the series include Cecil Harvey (IV), Cloud Strife (VII), and Tidus (X). The series is closely associated with composer Nobuo Uematsu, who created the soundtracks for the first nine games as well as part of the tenth.
Tom Watson
This man became the major rival to Jack Nicklaus in the second half of the Golden Bear's career. His greatest achievements were at the British Open, a tournament he won five times between 1975 and 1983. He took eight major championships overall, and still competes occasionally on the regular PGA Tour, though mostly on the Senior Tour, where he won the 2001 Senior PGA Championship.
Vladislav Tretiak
This man is first Russian player in Hockey Hall of Fame. He came to North American prominence when he starred in 1972 Summit Series against Canada. A 10-time World Champion, he also won three gold medals (1972, 1976, and 1984). The decision to pull him after the first period of the U.S./USSR game in the 1980 Olympics is considered to be part of the reason the U.S. went on to win the gold. He played for CSKA Moscow (Central Red Army) for 15 years and, since his retirement, he now serves as the goaltending coach for the Chicago Blackhawks.
Ronaldo
This man was twice World Footballer of the Year, winning those honors in 1997 (while with FC Barcelona) and 1998 (with Inter). While he was on the Brazil squad that won World Cup `94 in the US, he was expected to star in the 1998 World Cup, where he helped Brazil to the Finals, winning the Golden Ball Award as tournament MVP. That MVP performance was tarnished slightly by a poor showing (one blamed by the media on a supposed all-night session of "Tomb Raider" on PlayStation) that kept Brazil from its fifth title. Injuries have plagued him over the past few seasons, but, when healthy, he is still among the world's elite players.
San Marino
This microstate is very mountainous and surrounded entirely by North-Central Italy. Among the world's oldest republics, it has some of the finest examples of historic architecture. On the slopes of the mountains sits its capital, San Marino. The Three Towers sits upon Monte Titano's neighboring peaks.
David Beckham
This midfielder for Manchester United FC is known as much for his talent as his marriage to Victoria Adams, better known as "Posh Spice." One of the FA Premiership's finest midfielders, he was named runner-up for both the 1999 European Footballer of the Year and the 1999 World Footballer of the Year. He also helped guide Manchester United to the rare 1999 "Treble," helping the Red Devils secure the FA Cup (Open Cup competition for all English sides), Carling FA Premiership Title (regular season champion of England's top division) and UEFA Champions' League (championship for national league champions of UEFA countries). These three titles made ManU only the fourth team (and first English team) to accomplish the feat. His results with the English national side have been mixed, including his now infamous booking against rival Argentina in World Cup '98, and his obscene gesture to English fans at the opening game of Euro 2000.
Switzerland
This mountainous Central European country is known for being extremely neutral, not taking part in either of the World Wars. It is not a member of EU and has only just recently joined the UN in 2002. Known for its banking industry, this country also makes watches and chocolate. Bern is the capital.
The Red Badge of Courage
This novel written by Stephen Crane tells the story of U.S. Army private Henry Fleming who flees from battle. To counteract his cowardice, he longs to be wounded.
Ajax
This prince of Salamis is the son of Telamon. He once fights all afternoon in single combat with Hector; since neither one can decisively wound the other, they part as friends. His most glorious achievement is fighting the Trojans back from the ships almost single-handedly. He commits suicide after the armor of Achilles is awarded to Odysseus rather than to himself.
Greece
This rugged Balkan peninsula country in Southeastern Europe has territory including the thousands of islands in the Aegean and Ionian Seas. This country is considered to be the Cradle of Western Civilization. Its capital, Athens, is nicknamed "The Birthplace of Democracy" and has famous landmarks such as the Parthenon.
StarCraft
This science fiction-themed video game series features three playable races: Terrans (humans), Zerg (a single-minded collective of insect-like aliens), and Protoss (strong, humanoid aliens with psionic powers). This series' latest entry was split into three parts whose stories each focused on one of the three races. Major characters in the series include Jim Raynor, a Terran leader, and Sarah Kerrigan, a former Terran psychic corrupted by the Zerg.
Faroe Islands
This self-governing archipelago is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is made up of 18 rocky/volcanic islands located in between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean.
Madden NFL
This series has featured yearly installments since 1990 and is published by EA Sports (which also publishes the FIFA soccer series). This series traditionally features a different player on its box art each year; an apparent string of injuries to and poor seasons by players on the cover of that particular year's game has become known as this game's namesake Curse.
WarCraft
This series, developed by Blizzard Entertainment, helped popularize the real-time strategy (RTS) genre, in which players fight against each other by constructing buildings and armies as quickly as possible. The first game in the series pitted Humans against Orcs; later games added Night Elves and Undead. A 2004 MMORPG (massively multiplayer online RPG), set in this game's universe, has had over 10 million subscribers.
The Honeymooners
This show is considered the first TV spinoff, as it centered on a character—Brooklyn bus driver Ralph Kramden—who had previously been introduced on The Jackie Gleason Show. Ralph's wife Alice was frequently the recipient of his bombastic threats, such as "Bang zoom, straight to the moon!". Like I Love Lucy, the show also centrally featured a neighbor couple—in this case, Ed and Trixie Norton. Although The Honeymooners is now considered a classic sitcom, it was not very popular at the time, and only 39 episodes aired in its original one-season run.
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
This sitcom centered on Mary Richards, a young woman who moves to Minneapolis, where she goes to work in the newsroom at WJM-TV. No fewer than three supporting characters eventually got their own spinoffs: Phyllis, which starred Cloris Leachman; Rhoda, which starred Valerie Harper; and Lou Grant, which—unlike both the other two spinoffs and this show itself—was a drama rather than a sitcom. The show is considered groundbreaking for its portrayal of Mary as an independent single woman.
Lithuania
This southernmost Baltic State is bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the southeast, Poland to the south, and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian controlled strip of land, to the southwest. The capital of this country is Vilnius. The Gediminas Tower is a symbol of this nation.
Embargo Act
Thomas Jefferson signed this act barring U.S. ships from setting sail to foreign ports
Sif
Thor's wife with long golden hair; Loki cuts it off as a prank.
Giantland
Thor, Loki, Thjalfi, and Roskva all headed for _________, where they met Utgard-Loki.
Einherjar
Those who have died in battle and are brought to Valhalla by Valkyries.
John McEnroe
Though perhaps best known for his fiery temper and abuse of referees (with taunts like "You can't be serious!"), this tennis player was the dominant player of the early 1980s. As a 17-year old amateur qualifier, he made the semifinals of Wimbledon, and in 1979 he won the first of three straight U.S. Opens. He almost ended Borg's run of Wimbledons in a five-set thriller in 1980, but succeeded the following year. In 1984, this tennis player compiled an 82-3 record, winning Wimbledon and his fourth U.S. Open, for a total of seven majors. An outstanding doubles player as well, he won 77 titles, many with partner Peter Fleming. He also played in the Davis Cup 12 times, captaining the U.S. team in 2000.
Ushuaia
Tierra del Fuego
Kronos (Cronos)
Titan husband of Rhea, father of Zeus and siblings, slain by Zeus
Atlas
Titan who held the world upon his shoulders.
Thor
To get his hammer back from Utgard-Loki, ____ dresses as a women in a wedding gown.
Jason
To regain throne from uncle Pelias, went to retrieved the Golden Fleece in Colchis on a ship called the Argos (hence sailors known as the Argonauts). Heir Prince of Iolchus. Married Colchian princess, Medea, but later abandoned her and their two boys. Medea's revenge was both ruthless and heartbreaking.
Lome
Togo
Nukunono
Tokelau
Nuku'alofa
Tonga
Brigham Young
Took over as head of the Mormon church after Joseph Smith's murder. He led the Mormons out to Utah.
Tiraspol
Transnistria
Jacob
Tricks his father Issac in order to obtain his blessing; His 12 sons formed the 12 tribes of Israel; father of Joseph.
Port of Spain
Trinidad and Tobago
Edinburgh of the Seven Seas
Tristan da Cunha
Moksha
True goal of Hinduism; a free soul from body so it can join the atman, or universal soul. It can not be achieved in only one lifetime.
False
True or False: Viking armies were unique because they allowed women to fight with the men as warriors and had entire armies of female shield maidens
True
True or False: Women in Northern Europe had more freedom than women in other parts of Europe during the middle ages
Tunis
Tunisia
Ankara
Turkey
Ashgabat
Turkmenistan
Cockburn Town
Turks and Caicos Islands
Lot's wife
Turned to a pillar of salt because she looked back at Sodom while escaping.
Kyzyl
Tuva
Funafuti
Tuvalu
Otus and Ephialtes
Twin Giants, sons of Poseidon, who pursued Artemis. Artemis used her powers to make the twins kill each other.
Izhevsk
Udmurtia
Kampala
Uganda
Kiev
Ukraine
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant accepted this Confederate general's surrender at Appomattox Court House in Virginia
15th Amendment
Ulysses S. Grant was over this amendment which gave African American men the right to vote
Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates
Washington, DC
United States
gods
Unlike Greek myths, the Norse myths are almost entirely about the ____.
Ma'at
Usually depicted as a feather or with a feather/ Thoth's wife/ represents truth and justice
magic
Utgard-Loki confesses to using _____ to deceive Thor and make him lose the challenges.
craft
Utgard-Loki made his visitors do things because they do not allow anyone in who is not a master of some _____.
hospitality
Utgard-Loki showed Thor and his companions lots of ___________.
Freyja
Utgard-Loki steals Thor's hammer and demands ______ as a wife.
stronghold
Utgard-Loki's final trick was making the giant's _________ disappear before Thor could destroy it in anger.
Tashkent
Uzbekistan
Virginia
VA
Port Vila
Vanuatu
Caracas
Venezuela
Canterbury Tales
Vernacular Middle English medieval anthology; pilgrims trek to visit Thomas Becket's shrine; written by Geoffrey Chaucer
Scandinavia
Vikings came from present day ___________.
understanding
Vili gave humans spirit and _____________.
Nebkhet
Vulture-headed goddess/ often depicted on the pharaoh's crown as a protector of the pharaoh—often depicted hovering in art
Rene DESCARTES
WRITER: French thinker discussed properties of a ball of wax in the second of his Meditations on First Philosophy, "cogito ergo sum"
J.D. SALINGER (last clue references The Catcher in the Rye)
WRITER: a number of his characters appeared on the radio quiz show It's a Wise Child; in the 1950s he moved to Cornish, New Hampshire, and became a recluse; created Pencey Prep student Holden Caulfield
Virginia WOOLF
WRITER: argued "intellectual freedom depends upon material things", claimed "women have always been poor", wrote essay "A Room of One's Own" and "To the Lighthouse"
Rudyard KIPLING
WRITER: described "heap" of winnings risked "on one turn of pitch-and-toss" in a poem listing qualities of "a Man", urged colonial powers to "send forth the best ye breed", Englishman who wrote "If-" and "The White Man's Burden"
DR. SEUSS
WRITER: described creatures with stars on their bellies, who discriminate against their "Plain" brethren, in his story "The Sneetches"
Friedrich NIETZSCHE
WRITER: described himself as the "last anti-political German" in his autobiography Ecce Homo; wrote "man is a rope stretched between the animal and Ubermensch" in Thus Spoke Zarathustra; "God is dead"
Jean-Jacques ROUSSEAU
WRITER: in one book, a "Savoyard vicar" defends natural religion; wrote educational treatise Emile, argued against divine right of kings in book with opening "man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains" - The Social Contract
Thomas PAINE
WRITER: while in a French prison, he worked on a book opposing religion titled The Age of Reason; he wrote "these are the times that try men's souls" in a series called The American Crisis; argued for the Revolutionary War in Common Sense
Mata-Utu
Wallis and Futuna Islands
Teapot Dome Scandal
Warren Harding's secretary of the interior, Albert Fall, secretly leased out oil-rich government land to make a profit in Wyoming and California in this bribery scandal
Balaam
Was commanded by God through a donkey.
Fort Necessity
Washington clashed with the French and surrendered this fort in Pennsylvania on July 3, 1754
Terpsichore
Wears laurel crown and plays the harp. Muse of Choral Song and Dance;
1. Volcanic 2. Coral 3. Continental
What 3 way are island made in Oceania.
Australia's Isolation
What allows for Australia to have unique animal life?
The School of Athens (1510-11 -Vatican City)
What artwork did Raphael create?
Pieta, David, Sistine Chapel ceiling
What artworks did Michelangelo create?
Baltimore Orioles
What baseball team did Frank Robinson help win the world series?
Kareem Abdul-Jabar
What basketball star center perfected a new shot called the "sky hook"
David in the Bargello (1444-46 -Florence)
What did Donatello create?
study of proportions
What did The Vitruvian Man show?
The downfall of the pagan religion and the birth of Christianity.
What do early Christians believe Ragnarok symbolizes?
truth acquired through reason
What does The School of Athens represent?
1. Communication 2. Financial services
What two tertiary activities are important to Australia's economy?
The Bible and the Poetic Edda
What two texts does Snorri reference?
Airplane and Boat
What two ways do goods and services make it to remote areas in the pacific islands?
Desert
What vegetation dominates most of Australia?
The Pearl
What was Earl Monroe's nickname during his basketball career?
.310
What was Henry Aaron's lifetime batting average?
The Babe Ruth of Negro Baseba
What was Josh Gibsons nickname?
1.12
What was bob gibson's run average 1968?
creation of Adam, Garden of Eden, the Great Flood
What were the most famous stories from the Book of Genesis?
Edwin Stanton
When Andrew Johnson removed this Secretary of War, Johnson was impeached on February 1868 on the charge of violating the Tenure of Office Act
Mount Vernon
When George Washington's half brother Lawrence died, Washington inherited this property in Virginia.
1947
When did Jackie Robinson break the color barrier by his entrance into baseball's national league?
Jotunheim
When the Jotars, or frost giants, were born, they inhabited a region of ice and frost called _________.
Mimir
When the enemies of good assemble, Odin rides to the well of _____ seeking prophecy.
Heimdall
When the enemies of good assemble, ________ blows his horn to wake up the gods.
Einherjar
When the enemies of good assemble, all the other gods, and the _________ head for Vigrid.
Hel
When the gods captured ___ for Odin, he sent her to Niflheim and gave her authority over nine worlds.
Fenrir
When the gods captured ______ for Odin, they had to make a fetter three times before restraining him.
Midgard Serpent (Jormungand)
When the gods captured _______ for Odin, he flung it into the deep sea that surrounds Midgard.
Armageddon
Where the battle that will end the world will take place.
Arthur Ashe
Which of the following black americans ranked as the number one tennis player in the world.
1912 Summer Olympics
While the Swedes introduced electronic timers during these Olympics, the athletic hero was United States decathlete and Native American Jim Thorpe. He won the pentathlon, placed fourth in the high jump, and seventh in the long jump. Finally, Thorpe went on to win the decathlon with a score so astounding that it would still have won him the silver medal in 1948. During the medal presentation, Swedish king Gustav V said, "Sir, you are the greatest athlete" to which Thorpe purportedly replied "Thanks, King."
Charybdis
Whirlpool which endangered passing ships; located across from Scylla
Joe Perry
Who became the first Black American running back to rush more than 1,000 yards in a single game?
Frank Robinson
Who became the first black American to manage a professional baseball team?
Anlta DeFrantz
Who became the first black American woman to sit on the international olympic committee?
Kareem Abdul Jabbar
Who broke Jerry West's career playoff scoring record?
Drew "Bundini" Brown
Who coined Muhammad Ali's slogan "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee"
Pope Julius II
Who commissioned 12 Disciples on the ceiling?
Florentine Republic
Who commissioned the David?
Leonardo da Vinci
Who created The Last Supper?
Raphael
Who created The School of Athens?
Leonardo da Vinci
Who created The Vitruvian Man?
Michelangelo
Who created the David?
Michelangelo
Who created the Pieta?
Leonardo da Vinci
Who painted the Mona Lisa?
Michelangelo
Who was a minor noble/sent to live with sculptor?
Oscar Robertson
Who was known as the "Big O"?
Dennis Green
Who was named coach of Minnesota Vikings in 1992?
Jesse Owens
Who was nicknamed the "Buckeye Bullet"?
French Cardinal for his funeral monument
Who was the Pieta commissioned by?
Sandro Botticelli
Who was the artist of Birth of Venus (1483- Florence)
Sandro Botticelli
Who was the artist of Primavera (1478-Florence)
Frank Robinson
Who was the first baseball player to win the honor of "Most Valuable Player" in both American and National League?
Jackie Robinson
Who was the first black american to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers?
Florence Griffith Joyner
Who was the first black woman to win a gold medal
Donatello
Whose father was a craftsman?
Raphael
Whose father was a poet/painter?
To show a symbol of black poverty in the USA
Why did American sprinters Tammie Smith and John Carlos raise a fist during the medal ceremonies in 1968 Olympics?
Grapes grew wild there and Vikings made wine from grapes
Why did Leif Erikson call the land in Newfoundland "Vinland"?
Siddhi
Wife of Ganesha
Andromache
Wife of Hector and mother of Astyanax, she futilely warns Hector about the war, then sees both her husband and son killed by the Greeks. After the war she is made concubine to Neoptolemus and later marries the Trojan prophet Helenus.
Aphrodite/Venus
Wife of Hephaestus; had affairs with Ares, Born of sea foam. Goddess of beauty and love; known for the dove, apple, scallop shell, and mirror.
Whig
William Henry Harrison is the first president representing this party
31
William Henry Harrison lasted only this many days in office.
Tippecanoe
William Henry Harrison squashed a Shawnee uprising in this Indiana town.
Indiana Territory
William Henry Harrison was the first governor of this territory
Philippines
William Howard Taft served as the first civil governor of this country.
Ohio
William McKinley served as governor of this state from 1892-1896
Old Rough and Ready
Zachary Taylor's nickname after fighting in the War of 1812, the Black Hawk War, and the second Seminole War
Echo
Zeus loved consorting with beautiful nymphs and often visited them on Earth. Eventually, Zeus's wife, Hera, became suspicious, and came from Mt. Olympus in an attempt to catch Zeus with the nymphs. This nymph, by trying to protect Zeus, endured Hera's wrath, and Hera made her only able to speak the last few words spoken to her. So when she met Narcissus and fell in love with him, she was unable to tell him how she felt and was forced to watch him as he fell in love with himself.
Surt
____ is one of the Son's of Muspell.
Surt
____ sets fire to the world.
Loki
____ transforms into the form of a hawk and steals Dun's apples.
Thor
____ volunteered to prove himself by entering a drinking contest. He had to empty the horn in one drink. It barely appears to move, and he loses. *The drinking horn was attached to the sea*
Loki
____ volunteered to prove himself with an eating contest, in which he competed against Logi and it appeared that he lost.
Loki
____ was angered when he saw that Baldr could not be hurt, and went disguised as a woman to visit Frigg.
Garm
____, a monstrous hound kills Tyr.
Baldr
_____ had many dreams that threatened his life, so Frigg exacted an oath from everything that they would not harm him.
Frigg
_____ offered the gods the ability to win her favor if they entered Helheim and offered a ransom to Hel to allow Baldr to return to Asgard.
Fenrir
______ only agreed to let the gods put the shackles on him when Tyr put his hand in his mouth as a pledge.
Holi
a Hindu Festival celbrated on the day after the full moon on the Hindu month of Phalguna. It is full of color and celebrates spring and other various events in Hindu history, it is a time of disregarding rules and social norms and indulging in general merrymaking
Shemini Atzeret
a Jewish Holiday known as Atzereth, it is known as a fall festival and includes a memorial service for the dead and features prayers for rain in Isreal. Jews light a Yahrzeit memorial candle at sundown (the eighth night of Sukkot)
Rosh Hashanah
a Jewish holiday celebrating the new year in which they sound the Shofar (ram's horn trumpet), dip apples into honey, and cast their sins off into rivers. It lasts anywhere between one and two days
Purim
a Jewish holiday that remembers the defeat of a plot to exterminate the Jews. There is a public reading of the book of Esther while "blotting out" the villian's name. It lasts one day and observers hold costume parties, drink, and eat fruit-filled triangular cookies
Tisha B'Av
a Jewish holiday that remembers the major communal tragedies by having observers to fast, and read the book of lamentations for 25 hours. The Torah is put in a cabinet and is draped in black
(C)hanukkah
a Jewish holiday that remembers the rededication of the Temple after it was defiled by the Greeks. They light a candle on the Menorah once every day for 8 days and usually eat fried foods and play with a dreidel (spinning top)
Imbolc (Candlemas)
a Pagan, Wiccan, and Druid holiday that is referred to as the Feast of Pan, Feast of Torches, Feast of Waxing lights, and Oimele. It celebrates the coming of spring and recovery of the Earth Goddess after giving birth to the Sun God at Yule
Mabon (Autumnal Equinox)
a Pagan, Wiccan, or Druid holiday that is referred to as Harvest Home, the Feast of the the Ingathering and is the ritual thanksgiving for the fruits of the Earth, and a recognition of the need to share the blessings of the harvest and also to secure the blessings of the Goddess and the God during the winter months
Gantan-sai
a Shinto holiday that is the annual New Year festival of the Shinto religion
Vaisakhi
a Sikh new year festival that commemorates 1969, or the year Sikhism was founded
Reformation Day
a christian Holiday that commemorates the Protestant Reformation
Christmas
a christian holiday on December 25 to celebrate the birth of Jesus
Easter
a christian holiday that celebrates the Resurrection of Christ, it is known as the oldest christian holiday and the most important day in the christian church
Hallowmas
a christian holiday that covers three specific dates. That of Halloween on October 31st, All Saints day on November 1st, and All Soul's day on November 2nd
Boxing Day
a christian holiday that in usually celebrated in Great Britain, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, it is traditionally when poor and servants are given gifts
Lent
a christian holiday that is a 40 day period of fasting and repentance in preparation for Easter
Assumption day
a christian holiday that is celebrated in Roman Catholic churches to celebrate Mary's transfer into Heaven
Epiphany
a christian holiday that is celebrated with a feast to recall the visit of the Magi, symbolizing Christ's manifestation to gentiles
Good Friday
a christian holiday that is in remembrance of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ
Palm Sunday
a christian holiday that is the sixth Sunday of Lent and the last Sunday before Easter. It commemorates the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem
Ash Wednsday
a christian holiday, the first day of lent in which ashes are placed on the forehead
Prose Edda
a collection of myths and tales written by Snorri Sturluson in around 1200 A.D.
Atum
a creator deity, and the setting sun
GUERNICA by Pablo PICASSO
a light bulb in the shape of an eye appears near the top center of this 1937 painting created in reaction to the bombing of a Basque village in the Spanish Civil War
Wosret
a localized guardian goddess, protector of the young god Horus, an early consort of Amun, who was later superseded by Mut
Pilgrimage
a long journey made to some sacred place as an act of religious devotion
Illuminated Manuscript
a manuscript in which the drawings and decorations often were placed in the margins and pictures were contained in the first letter of the first word of the chapter
Sikhism
a monotheistic religion founded in Punjab in the 15th century by Guru Nanak. One of the four main religions of India.
Holy Relics
a survival memorial of something in the past that had great importance to catholic worship
First Estate
assembly of clergy
Sandro Botticelli
came from a working class family
Typhoid Influenza Malaria Bubonic Plague
diseases that most medieval cities had to deal with
Apep (also spelled Apophis)
evil serpent of the Underworld, enemy of Ra and formed from a length of Neith's spit during her creation of the world
Battle of Bosworth Field
final battle of the War of the Roses; Yorkers vs. Lancastrians; Lancastrian Henry VII Tudor had victory over Yorkist Richard III
Isis (also spelled Aset)
goddess of magical power and healing, "She of the Throne" who was represented as the throne, also later as the wife of Osiris and as the protector of the dead
Anuket
goddess of the Nile River, the child of Satis and among the Elephantine triad of deities; temple on the Island of Seheil, giver of life and fertility, gazelle-headed
Swenet
goddess of the ancient city on the border of southern Egypt at the Nile River, trade in hieroglyphs
Meretseger
goddess of the valley of the kings, a cobra-goddess, sometimes triple-headed, dweller on the top of or the personification of the pyramid-shaped mountain, Al-Qurn, which overlooked the tombs of the pharaohs in the Valley of the Kings
Menhit
goddess of war - depicted as a lioness-goddess and therefore becoming associated with Sekhmet
Neith
goddess of war, then great mother goddess - a name of the primal waters, the goddess of creation and weaving, said to weave all of the world on her loom
Seshat
goddess of writing, astronomy, astrology, architecture, and mathematics depicted as a scribe
Tefnut
goddess, embodiment of rain, dew, clouds, and wet weather, depicted as a cat and sometimes as a lioness
Maahes
he who is true beside her, a lion prince, son of Bast in Lower Egypt and of Sekhmet in Upper Egypt and sharing their natures, his father varied—being the current chief male deity of the time and region, a god of war, weather, and protector of matrilineality, his cult arrived during the New Kingdom era perhaps from Nubia and was centred in Taremu and Per-Bast, associated with the high priests of Amon, the knife, lotuses, and devouring captives
Sandro Botticelli
his nickname means "little barrel"
England
major obstacle of French unity
Gregory XI
pope; returned the papacy to Rome
Romanesque
style of architecture with thick wells, close-set columns, heavy curved arches, small window
Satis
the goddess who represented the flooding of the Nile River, ancient war, hunting, and fertility goddess, mother of the Nile, Anuket, associated with water, depicted with a bow and arrows, and a gazelle or antelope horned, and sometimes, feathered crown
Wadjet
the goddess, snake goddess of lower Egypt, depicted as a cobra, patron and protector of Egypt and the pharaoh, always shown on crown of the pharaohs; later joined by the image of Nekhbet after north and south united; other symbols: eye, snake on staff
Ib
the heart that is taken out of the Ka and weighed
Amun (also spelled Amen)
the hidden one, a local creator deity later married to Mut after rising in importance
Khonsu
the son of Amun and Mut, whose name means "wanderer", which probably refers to the passage of the moon across the sky, as he was a lunar deity. In the late period, he was also considered an important god of healing
Shiva's consort
"Several incarnations of the "mother goddess" take this name. Parvati, the most benevolent form, is the reincarnation of Sati, who threw herself into the fire. Durga is a demon-slayer who rides a lion into battle and carries a weapon in each of her many arms. Kali is a black-skinned goddess of destruction, who defeats the demon leader Raktavija by drinking all of his blood. Although Kali's dance can destroy the world, Shiva throws himself at her feet to calm her, turning her into Parvati.