For selling a smokeless shotgun propellant called ballistite to Italy, what famous scientist was accused of treason by the French government in 1891?
Known for inventing a casing for nitroglycerin, what Swede was inspired to embrace pacifism after reading his own premature obituary?
What dynamite inventor's namesake peace and science prizes are annually awarded to laureates in Norway and Sweden?
Champoeg in the Willamette Valley and a town set up by John Jacob Astor were two of the earliest European settlements in what U.S. state?
Home to Crater Lake and Haystack Rock, what territory fought to expand its northern border with the slogan "Fifty-four forty or fight"?
The Portland Trailblazers play their home games in what US state that was the namesake and endpoint of a famous 19th-century trail?
What painter of "Primavera" supposedly painted his "Mystical Nativity" based on the sermons of the mad monk Savonarola?
Riding atop a seashell, the title goddess is blown to shore by the wind gods Zephyrus and Chloris in the most famous work by what Florentine?
"Botte" means barrel in Italian, thus what nickname for the painter of "The Birth of Venus" roughly translates to "little barrel"?
First crossbred at Winthrop University, an NPR reporter described rolling on the floor and having hallucinations upon trying what Ed Currie creation?
Bred from it, Pepper X has since unseated what other wrinkly cultivar as the the spiciest chili pepper in the world?
"Grim" to say the least, gloves are required to handle what spicy vegetable that did in fact originate in South Carolina?
Director Curry Barker drew some inspiration from "The Simpsons" episode "Treehouse of Horror II" for what 2026 indie film?
Inde Navarette is the breakout star of what 2026 horror film that shares its title with a 1984 new wave hit for Animotion?
An ill-chosen wish placed via the One-Wish Willow kicks off what indie horror hit with the same name as a Calvin Klein scent?