Question 1

This battle was fought in Western Russia, the largest tank battle ever. Soviets spies were able to discover Germany's Operation Citadel and built defenses. Germany couldn't mount a major attack on the Eastern Front ever again

Accepted Answer

Battle of Kursk
Other key facts include; . After the Soviets successfully stopped the Germans attack, they then launched a successful counterattack.

Question 2

June 6th, 1944, In the largest amphibious assault in history, codenamed: Operation Overlord.  Dwight Eisenhower's U.S troops invaded Germany's West Atlantic Wall defenses, German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel was absent celebrating his wife's birthday.

Accepted Answer

D-Day

Question 3

The bloodiest battle in history, totaling 2 million deaths. The battle began when Paulus's 6th Army was pinned down by Soviets while attempting to secure oil. Hitler prompted Paulus to either die fighting or commit suicide,Paulus surrendered despite this.

Accepted Answer

Battle Of Stalingrad
Other key facts include; The Soviets attack was called Operation Uranus. launched by Soviet Marshal Georgy Zhukov.

Question 4

A Novel by Ray Bradbury follows the protagonist "Guy Montag" hiding from "The Hound" who searches for him after he keeps books in his home. He has a wife: Mildred, he later kills Captain Beatty. Named for the temperature at which book paper begins to burn

Accepted Answer

Fahrenheit 451

Question 5

Remember The Formula! 
How do you find the slope of a line on the graph when given two points?

Accepted Answer

You take the two Y-Axises, subtract them, take the two X-Axises and subtract them too. And put the solution for the Y-Axises over the solution for the X-Axises. 
Y1 - Y2
___________
 X1 - X2

Question 6

Lasting October 1942-November 1942, this battle was the turning point of the African Campaign, named after an Egyptian town 65 miles west of Alexandria. The battle had British 8th Army defeat Germany's "Afrika Korps".

Accepted Answer

Battle Of El Alamein
Other key facts include: The British 8th Army was under Bernard Montgomery, while the Germans were under Erwin Rommel.

Question 7

This battle saw the British RAF defeat the German air forces known as "Luftwaffe". The British were helped by radar. This saved Britain from a sea attack codenamed Operation Sea Lion. This forced the Germans to attack cities at night in the "Blitz"

Accepted Answer

Battle Of Britain 
Other key facts include: The primary fighter for the Germans was the Messerschmitt Bf 109. it engaged in many dogfights with the British Spitfire and Hurricane aircraft.

Question 8

The plan in this battle was to sweep through the Ardennes Forest and capture port City Antwerp, Belgium. This plan was aided by Allied aircraft being on the ground due to weather. When town Bastogne was asked to give up General McAuliffe responded "Nuts!"

Accepted Answer

Battle Of The Bulge 
Last major offensive operation on the Western Front by Germany.

Question 9

Allies fought this battle to capture this island midway between the Mariana Islands and the Japanese home island to use as an airbase for when invading Japan. The island of this battle has camouflaged artillery and complex underground tunnels.

Accepted Answer

Battle of Iwo Jima

Question 10

By measurements, the largest naval battle in history,  this battle resulted in the Japanese Sho-Go plan to stop the American conquest of the Philippines. Admiral "Bull" Halsey  fell for a bait, luckily remaining forces fought off Japanese battleships.

Accepted Answer

Battle of Leyte Gulf

Question 11

The largest amphibious assault of the Pacific Theater, had many casualties of soldiers and civilians. The Japanese launched over 1,500 kamikaze attacks against the U.S. fleet and sent battleships on a suicide mission. Many civillians were forced to fight.

Accepted Answer

Battle Of Okinawa

Question 12

Caused by a Japanese plan to capture Port Moresby, This battle was fought entirely by carrier based aircraft. U.S Navy carrier "Lexington" was sunk down. The invasion of Port Moresby was cancelled, the loss of carriers gave U.S. an edge at the Battle

Accepted Answer

Battle Of Coral Sea

Question 13

When he was young, he was a Liberal who was "Serving asquith's cabinet". During the Korean war he won a second term, and later on even won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Who was the son of Rudolph Churchill?

Accepted Answer

Winston Churchill

Question 14

Whose assassination taken out by Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo started WWI?

Accepted Answer

Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Sophie

Question 15

Wrote works such as "There Will Come Soft Rains" which was in the Martian Chronicles. It writes about a lone, automated house that has survived a nuclear explosion despite its owners passing (Shown by silhouettes of them forever burnt into the house.)

Accepted Answer

Ray Bradbury

Question 16

In this story the year is 2055. Time travel now able to be done, while hunting a T-Rex Eckel steps on a butterfly, this causes a future where the fascist Deutscher wins an election.

Accepted Answer

A Sound Of Thunder By Ray Bradbury

Question 17

The controversial story starts with kids of a village gathering stones, soon an event starts and everyone draws a card from a black box. Bill from the Hutchinson family gets a black dot on his card. The story ends with Tessie Hutchinson being stoned.

Accepted Answer

The Lottery by Shirley Jackson

Question 18

The most well known one of this author, follows Billy Pilgrim experiencing his life out of order after becoming "unstuck in time". Billy survives the firebombing of Dresden,  taken by Tralfamadorians who say "so it goes" after learning about one's death.

Accepted Answer

Slaughterhouse-5 by Kurt Vonnegut

Question 19

This author satirized Army Bureaucracy in his novel that follows a soldier in the 256th division named John Yossarian. A rule in this book states that if airmen are insane they do not have to fly in missions, the main antagonist is Colonel Cathcart.

Accepted Answer

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

Question 20

Bonus Fact! When was the very first Times Square New Year Ball Drop?

Accepted Answer

December 31st, 1907

Question 21

This event supposedly began in Europe because of a tactic used by Mongol forces at the siege of Caffa. While fleeing this event, Boccaccio  wrote The Decameron Yersinia pestis caused this event, which killed up to 50% of Europe’s population.

Accepted Answer

The Black Death, or Bubonic Plague

Question 22

Before this president’s inauguration, his life was threatened in the Baltimore Plot. This man won the presidency by defeating John Breckinridge, the southern Democrats’ nominee, and his old  Illinois rival, Stephen Douglas.

Accepted Answer

Abraham Lincoln

Question 23

The U.S. funded its military by selling liberty bonds for the 1st time. During this war, the A.E.F. was led by General “Black Jack” Pershing. The sinking of the Lusitania by Germany was a factor leading to the U.S. to enter what global war in 1917?

Accepted Answer

World War One

Question 24

One character in this play is mockingly referred to as the “Prince of Cats.” In this play, Abraham is offended when Sampson bites his thumb. Tybalt kills Mercutio in a duel in this play. The title lovers from the Montague and Capulet families appear

Accepted Answer

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

Question 25

This campaign's purpose was to secure communications with Australia, the initial landing of U.S Marines was codenamed "Operation Watchtower" and the Battle of Savo Island happened here. Japan fled its troops from this island in the Solomons in early 1943.

Accepted Answer

Guadalcanal Campaign

Question 26

This author had many of his stories in his collection Cabbages and Kings and The Four Million.In one of his stories Jim and Della plan to buy each other gifts, Jim sells his watch to buy her a hair comb while Della sells her hair to buy Jim a watch chain.

Accepted Answer

O. Henry (William Sydney Porter)

Question 27

In this story, Bill and Sam kidnapped Ebenezer Dorset’s son (Who titles the book) and hold him for ransom. But Bill and Sam are so annoyed by him that they offer to PAY Dorset to take his son back. Who wrote this story and what is it titled?

Accepted Answer

The Ransom Of Red Chief by O. Henry

Question 28

Many of his stories feature the slight self insert character Nick Adams.Adam goes on a fishing trip to the town of Seney in "Big Two-Hearted River". Jig talks with a man about getting an operation, implied to be an abortion, in Hills Like White Elephants.

Accepted Answer

Ernest Hemingway

Question 29

Many of his stories feature the Glass family. One of these stories is "A Perfect Day For Bananafish" in which Seymour meets a young girl and talks with her before going back to his hotel and shooting himself. Also made For Esme- With Love and Squalor.

Accepted Answer

J.D Salinger

Question 30

In The Catcher In The Rye, the main character refers to untrustworthy people as these: ________

Accepted Answer

Phonies

Question 31

Who is the Author of "The Catcher in The Rye"?

Accepted Answer

J.D Salinger

Question 32

This author has wrote works such as The Gold-Bug, The Pit and the Pendulum, and The Murders in the Rue Morgue. In one of his stories, he writes about Montresor who lures Fortunato into catacombs with promises of wine. But instead chains him to the walls.

Accepted Answer

Edgar Allan Poe

Question 33

Mathilde Loisel borrows an expensive piece of jewelry, when she loses it she and Mr. Loisel have to sell everything they own to afford another one.Years later the woman who borrowed reveals it was a fake. Who wrote The Necklace and used ironic endings?

Accepted Answer

Guy de Maupassant

Question 34

Wrote The Minister’s Black Veil and Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment, both of which were in his collection Twice-Told Tales. He also wrote Rappaccini's Daughter which was alongside The-Birthmark and Young Goodman Brown in the collection Mosses From An Old Manse

Accepted Answer

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Question 35

In this book, Bailey takes him family on a vacation. Sometime they stop by a diner where the grandma talks to Red Sammy, the owner, about a murderer called The Misfit. When their cat causes them to crash into a ditch they are all murdered by The Misfit.

Accepted Answer

Good Men Are Hard To Find 
By Flannery O’Connor

Question 36

Wrote The Library Of Babel where hexagonal rooms form a library that has all possible 410-paged consisting of 25 characters.Also made The Garden Of Forking Paths where Yu Tsun, a WWI spy, learns about the title labyrinth really being an unfinished novel.

Accepted Answer

Jorge Luis Borges

Question 37

FREE CARD! Reflect on all the past cards you've seen to make sure you TRULY remember everything.
Also, feel free to copy and paste some cards I made to make your OWN cards if maybe you only want to study one topic I have in these cards!

Accepted Answer

No answer here! :)
But since you're here, how's your day? :D

Question 38

In this 1818 Novel, inspired by Galvani's experiments, Victor reanimates dead tissue and makes a "monster'. He fails to control it and the monster kills his Brother William, friend Henry, and wife Elizabeth. What book is "The Modern Prometheus"?

Accepted Answer

Frankenstein by !!!!!!!MARY SHELLEY!!!!!!!

Question 39

This 19th-Century novelist wrote about a more bright vision of tech advancing with adventure novels. One of these novels is Journey To The Center Of The Earth that features Professor Lidenbrock who travels from Iceland's Crust to Volcano Stromboli.

Accepted Answer

Jules Verne

Question 40

This 19th-Century novelist was the daughter of William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft, who wrote  A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. She was the wife of poet Percy Bysshe Shelley.  She was "a product of both the Enlightenment and Romantic eras."

Accepted Answer

Mary Shelley

Question 41

In this 1870 novel, the narrator, Pierre Aronnax, gives comments on marine biology, while along with Captain Nemo. Together they are on the Nautilus, a submarine,

Accepted Answer

20 Thousand Leagues Under The Sea by Jules Verne.

Question 42

This author wrote about social issues of his day from a left-wing perspective, in this 1895 novel by him he writes about a time traveler who goes to AD 802,701 where humans have been split into two breeds;  The kind Eloi and Intelligent Morlocks.

Accepted Answer

Herbert George Wells or H.G Wells
The book being referenced is "The Time Machine"

Question 43

Admiral Yamamoto planned to lure a U.S fleet into a trap but troops broke their code. Dive bombers were able to sink 4 aircraft carriers. This is considered the turning point in the Pacific Theater.

Accepted Answer

Battle of Midway

Question 44

In this battle after the Pearl Harbors attacks,Japanese bombers struck Philippine Island Luzon. General MacArthur said "I Shall Return" before fleeing to Australia.Eventually the General left in command surrendered and prisoners were sent on a Death March

Accepted Answer

Battle of Bataan

Question 45

Japan sank battleship "Prince of Wells" and took out British aircraft over the Malay Peninsula. Backup arrived too late and General Percival had to surrender.British POWs suffered bad conditions as shown in the book: The Bridge over the River Kwai.

Accepted Answer

Fall of Singapore

Question 46

Took place in East Asia during WWII, it was caused by Japan's invasion of China who had been making threatening moves since 1931. The Marco Polo Bridge Incident caused an open war between these two with many horrific acts being committed.

Accepted Answer

Sino-Japanese War between Japan and China, happened during WWII and was a part of it.

Question 47

Was planned by Admiral Yamamoto. In this attack dive and torpedo bombers struck Oahu and sunk four battleships, one of which was the USS Arizona. The U.S aircraft carriers were away allowing for devastation to happen. What caused the U.S to join WWII?

Accepted Answer

Attack on Pearl Harbor

Question 48

Surrey is where Martian spaceships land. The anonymous narrator flees from their weapons known as "Tripods" and "Black Smoke". The aliens defeat humanity's fight, but die from Earth's microbes that they have no immunity toward. Who wrote War of the Worlds

Accepted Answer

H.G Wells
I think you might have known the story by the description, but did you know the author? Well that's what this question is here for :)

Question 49

During his inauguration, he stated his firm belief that "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself."

Accepted Answer

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Question 50

This speech was by Winston Churchill to parliament during the Battle of France. Many promises included "blood, toil, tears, and sweat" and "commitment to victory at all costs." Churchill promised soldiers would fight till Britain's "Finest Hour."

Accepted Answer

The War Speeches

Question 51

This speech was aired on radio by Emperor Hirohito and announced Japan's surrender in WWII.The Kyujo Incident was a coup trying to stop the message from airing.Hirohito knew the power of the nukes in his speech telling citizens to "endure the unendurable"

Accepted Answer

The Jewel Voice Broadcast

Question 52

Called out Russia's growing communism in this 1945 novel in which animals overthrow the farmer and Snowball the pig makes a new system. This is until another pig , Napoleon, exploits the animals and states "Some animals are more equal than others."

Accepted Answer

Animal Farm

Question 53

In this novel set in future Britain,  Winston Smith and his lover Julia try to rebel against Big Brother, the cruel and harsh ruler, but are caught and tortured to comply in the Ministry of Love. Many words and phrases from this book are still used today.

Accepted Answer

1984

Question 54

Who wrote "Animal Farm" and "1984"?

Accepted Answer

George Orwell

Question 55

In this novel set in the dystopian "World State", Bokanovsky's Process is used to make clones of humans that are given certain intellectual traits and then sorted into social castes named after 5 Greek letters. People enjoy the Feelies for entertainment.

Accepted Answer

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Question 56

Part of the "Big Three" of science fiction, this author wrote about machines less like heartless monsters, and more like useful machines. He challenged this trope by creating The Three Laws of Robots. He is also known for his "Foundation" series.

Accepted Answer

Isaac Asimov

Question 57

In this book, a dystopian future tells of the U.S being replaced with the Republic of Gilead. The narrator has to bear children for The Commander and Serena Joy,  his wife. Member of the Mayday resistance, Nick, helps her flee. Author and title?

Accepted Answer

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

Question 58

Wrote "Monty Python's Flying Circus" and often poked fun at genre topes and the quirks of British culture. He would soon create the BBC radio series "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" in 1978 which would become the basis of a collection of novels.

Accepted Answer

Douglas Adams

Question 59

In this series of books, Arthur Dent is one of the last human after Earth is destroyed by "Vogons." He and Ford Prefect travel on the  starship Heart of Gold, along with the android Marvin, scientist Trillian, and galactic president Zaphod Beeblebrox.

Accepted Answer

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams; Authors of Speculative Fiction)

Scholastic Bowl!

It's better to know multiple topics for SB, so here's WWII and Literature +more!

Question	Answer
This battle was fought in Western Russia, the largest tank battle ever. Soviets spies were able to discover Germany's Operation Citadel and built defenses. Germany couldn't mount a major attack on the Eastern Front ever again	Battle of Kursk Other key facts include; . After the Soviets successfully stopped the Germans attack, they then launched a successful counterattack.
June 6th, 1944, In the largest amphibious assault in history, codenamed: Operation Overlord. Dwight Eisenhower's U.S troops invaded Germany's West Atlantic Wall defenses, German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel was absent celebrating his wife's birthday.	D-Day
The bloodiest battle in history, totaling 2 million deaths. The battle began when Paulus's 6th Army was pinned down by Soviets while attempting to secure oil. Hitler prompted Paulus to either die fighting or commit suicide,Paulus surrendered despite this.	Battle Of Stalingrad Other key facts include; The Soviets attack was called Operation Uranus. launched by Soviet Marshal Georgy Zhukov.
A Novel by Ray Bradbury follows the protagonist "Guy Montag" hiding from "The Hound" who searches for him after he keeps books in his home. He has a wife: Mildred, he later kills Captain Beatty. Named for the temperature at which book paper begins to burn	Fahrenheit 451
Remember The Formula! How do you find the slope of a line on the graph when given two points?	You take the two Y-Axises, subtract them, take the two X-Axises and subtract them too. And put the solution for the Y-Axises over the solution for the X-Axises. Y1 - Y2 ___________ X1 - X2
Lasting October 1942-November 1942, this battle was the turning point of the African Campaign, named after an Egyptian town 65 miles west of Alexandria. The battle had British 8th Army defeat Germany's "Afrika Korps".	Battle Of El Alamein Other key facts include: The British 8th Army was under Bernard Montgomery, while the Germans were under Erwin Rommel.
This battle saw the British RAF defeat the German air forces known as "Luftwaffe". The British were helped by radar. This saved Britain from a sea attack codenamed Operation Sea Lion. This forced the Germans to attack cities at night in the "Blitz"	Battle Of Britain Other key facts include: The primary fighter for the Germans was the Messerschmitt Bf 109. it engaged in many dogfights with the British Spitfire and Hurricane aircraft.
The plan in this battle was to sweep through the Ardennes Forest and capture port City Antwerp, Belgium. This plan was aided by Allied aircraft being on the ground due to weather. When town Bastogne was asked to give up General McAuliffe responded "Nuts!"	Battle Of The Bulge Last major offensive operation on the Western Front by Germany.
Allies fought this battle to capture this island midway between the Mariana Islands and the Japanese home island to use as an airbase for when invading Japan. The island of this battle has camouflaged artillery and complex underground tunnels.	Battle of Iwo Jima
By measurements, the largest naval battle in history, this battle resulted in the Japanese Sho-Go plan to stop the American conquest of the Philippines. Admiral "Bull" Halsey fell for a bait, luckily remaining forces fought off Japanese battleships.	Battle of Leyte Gulf
The largest amphibious assault of the Pacific Theater, had many casualties of soldiers and civilians. The Japanese launched over 1,500 kamikaze attacks against the U.S. fleet and sent battleships on a suicide mission. Many civillians were forced to fight.	Battle Of Okinawa
Caused by a Japanese plan to capture Port Moresby, This battle was fought entirely by carrier based aircraft. U.S Navy carrier "Lexington" was sunk down. The invasion of Port Moresby was cancelled, the loss of carriers gave U.S. an edge at the Battle	Battle Of Coral Sea
When he was young, he was a Liberal who was "Serving asquith's cabinet". During the Korean war he won a second term, and later on even won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Who was the son of Rudolph Churchill?	Winston Churchill
Whose assassination taken out by Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo started WWI?	Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Sophie
Wrote works such as "There Will Come Soft Rains" which was in the Martian Chronicles. It writes about a lone, automated house that has survived a nuclear explosion despite its owners passing (Shown by silhouettes of them forever burnt into the house.)	Ray Bradbury
In this story the year is 2055. Time travel now able to be done, while hunting a T-Rex Eckel steps on a butterfly, this causes a future where the fascist Deutscher wins an election.	A Sound Of Thunder By Ray Bradbury
The controversial story starts with kids of a village gathering stones, soon an event starts and everyone draws a card from a black box. Bill from the Hutchinson family gets a black dot on his card. The story ends with Tessie Hutchinson being stoned.	The Lottery by Shirley Jackson
The most well known one of this author, follows Billy Pilgrim experiencing his life out of order after becoming "unstuck in time". Billy survives the firebombing of Dresden, taken by Tralfamadorians who say "so it goes" after learning about one's death.	Slaughterhouse-5 by Kurt Vonnegut
This author satirized Army Bureaucracy in his novel that follows a soldier in the 256th division named John Yossarian. A rule in this book states that if airmen are insane they do not have to fly in missions, the main antagonist is Colonel Cathcart.	Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Bonus Fact! When was the very first Times Square New Year Ball Drop?	December 31st, 1907
This event supposedly began in Europe because of a tactic used by Mongol forces at the siege of Caffa. While fleeing this event, Boccaccio wrote The Decameron Yersinia pestis caused this event, which killed up to 50% of Europe’s population.	The Black Death, or Bubonic Plague
Before this president’s inauguration, his life was threatened in the Baltimore Plot. This man won the presidency by defeating John Breckinridge, the southern Democrats’ nominee, and his old Illinois rival, Stephen Douglas.	Abraham Lincoln
The U.S. funded its military by selling liberty bonds for the 1st time. During this war, the A.E.F. was led by General “Black Jack” Pershing. The sinking of the Lusitania by Germany was a factor leading to the U.S. to enter what global war in 1917?	World War One
One character in this play is mockingly referred to as the “Prince of Cats.” In this play, Abraham is offended when Sampson bites his thumb. Tybalt kills Mercutio in a duel in this play. The title lovers from the Montague and Capulet families appear	Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
This campaign's purpose was to secure communications with Australia, the initial landing of U.S Marines was codenamed "Operation Watchtower" and the Battle of Savo Island happened here. Japan fled its troops from this island in the Solomons in early 1943.	Guadalcanal Campaign
This author had many of his stories in his collection Cabbages and Kings and The Four Million.In one of his stories Jim and Della plan to buy each other gifts, Jim sells his watch to buy her a hair comb while Della sells her hair to buy Jim a watch chain.	O. Henry (William Sydney Porter)
In this story, Bill and Sam kidnapped Ebenezer Dorset’s son (Who titles the book) and hold him for ransom. But Bill and Sam are so annoyed by him that they offer to PAY Dorset to take his son back. Who wrote this story and what is it titled?	The Ransom Of Red Chief by O. Henry
Many of his stories feature the slight self insert character Nick Adams.Adam goes on a fishing trip to the town of Seney in "Big Two-Hearted River". Jig talks with a man about getting an operation, implied to be an abortion, in Hills Like White Elephants.	Ernest Hemingway
Many of his stories feature the Glass family. One of these stories is "A Perfect Day For Bananafish" in which Seymour meets a young girl and talks with her before going back to his hotel and shooting himself. Also made For Esme- With Love and Squalor.	J.D Salinger
In The Catcher In The Rye, the main character refers to untrustworthy people as these: ________	Phonies
Who is the Author of "The Catcher in The Rye"?	J.D Salinger
This author has wrote works such as The Gold-Bug, The Pit and the Pendulum, and The Murders in the Rue Morgue. In one of his stories, he writes about Montresor who lures Fortunato into catacombs with promises of wine. But instead chains him to the walls.	Edgar Allan Poe
Mathilde Loisel borrows an expensive piece of jewelry, when she loses it she and Mr. Loisel have to sell everything they own to afford another one.Years later the woman who borrowed reveals it was a fake. Who wrote The Necklace and used ironic endings?	Guy de Maupassant
Wrote The Minister’s Black Veil and Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment, both of which were in his collection Twice-Told Tales. He also wrote Rappaccini's Daughter which was alongside The-Birthmark and Young Goodman Brown in the collection Mosses From An Old Manse	Nathaniel Hawthorne
In this book, Bailey takes him family on a vacation. Sometime they stop by a diner where the grandma talks to Red Sammy, the owner, about a murderer called The Misfit. When their cat causes them to crash into a ditch they are all murdered by The Misfit.	Good Men Are Hard To Find By Flannery O’Connor
Wrote The Library Of Babel where hexagonal rooms form a library that has all possible 410-paged consisting of 25 characters.Also made The Garden Of Forking Paths where Yu Tsun, a WWI spy, learns about the title labyrinth really being an unfinished novel.	Jorge Luis Borges
FREE CARD! Reflect on all the past cards you've seen to make sure you TRULY remember everything. Also, feel free to copy and paste some cards I made to make your OWN cards if maybe you only want to study one topic I have in these cards!	No answer here! :) But since you're here, how's your day? :D
In this 1818 Novel, inspired by Galvani's experiments, Victor reanimates dead tissue and makes a "monster'. He fails to control it and the monster kills his Brother William, friend Henry, and wife Elizabeth. What book is "The Modern Prometheus"?	Frankenstein by !!!!!!!MARY SHELLEY!!!!!!!
This 19th-Century novelist wrote about a more bright vision of tech advancing with adventure novels. One of these novels is Journey To The Center Of The Earth that features Professor Lidenbrock who travels from Iceland's Crust to Volcano Stromboli.	Jules Verne
This 19th-Century novelist was the daughter of William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft, who wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. She was the wife of poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. She was "a product of both the Enlightenment and Romantic eras."	Mary Shelley
In this 1870 novel, the narrator, Pierre Aronnax, gives comments on marine biology, while along with Captain Nemo. Together they are on the Nautilus, a submarine,	20 Thousand Leagues Under The Sea by Jules Verne.
This author wrote about social issues of his day from a left-wing perspective, in this 1895 novel by him he writes about a time traveler who goes to AD 802,701 where humans have been split into two breeds; The kind Eloi and Intelligent Morlocks.	Herbert George Wells or H.G Wells The book being referenced is "The Time Machine"
Admiral Yamamoto planned to lure a U.S fleet into a trap but troops broke their code. Dive bombers were able to sink 4 aircraft carriers. This is considered the turning point in the Pacific Theater.	Battle of Midway
In this battle after the Pearl Harbors attacks,Japanese bombers struck Philippine Island Luzon. General MacArthur said "I Shall Return" before fleeing to Australia.Eventually the General left in command surrendered and prisoners were sent on a Death March	Battle of Bataan
Japan sank battleship "Prince of Wells" and took out British aircraft over the Malay Peninsula. Backup arrived too late and General Percival had to surrender.British POWs suffered bad conditions as shown in the book: The Bridge over the River Kwai.	Fall of Singapore
Took place in East Asia during WWII, it was caused by Japan's invasion of China who had been making threatening moves since 1931. The Marco Polo Bridge Incident caused an open war between these two with many horrific acts being committed.	Sino-Japanese War between Japan and China, happened during WWII and was a part of it.
Was planned by Admiral Yamamoto. In this attack dive and torpedo bombers struck Oahu and sunk four battleships, one of which was the USS Arizona. The U.S aircraft carriers were away allowing for devastation to happen. What caused the U.S to join WWII?	Attack on Pearl Harbor
Surrey is where Martian spaceships land. The anonymous narrator flees from their weapons known as "Tripods" and "Black Smoke". The aliens defeat humanity's fight, but die from Earth's microbes that they have no immunity toward. Who wrote War of the Worlds	H.G Wells I think you might have known the story by the description, but did you know the author? Well that's what this question is here for :)
During his inauguration, he stated his firm belief that "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself."	Franklin D. Roosevelt
This speech was by Winston Churchill to parliament during the Battle of France. Many promises included "blood, toil, tears, and sweat" and "commitment to victory at all costs." Churchill promised soldiers would fight till Britain's "Finest Hour."	The War Speeches
This speech was aired on radio by Emperor Hirohito and announced Japan's surrender in WWII.The Kyujo Incident was a coup trying to stop the message from airing.Hirohito knew the power of the nukes in his speech telling citizens to "endure the unendurable"	The Jewel Voice Broadcast
Called out Russia's growing communism in this 1945 novel in which animals overthrow the farmer and Snowball the pig makes a new system. This is until another pig , Napoleon, exploits the animals and states "Some animals are more equal than others."	Animal Farm
In this novel set in future Britain, Winston Smith and his lover Julia try to rebel against Big Brother, the cruel and harsh ruler, but are caught and tortured to comply in the Ministry of Love. Many words and phrases from this book are still used today.	1984
Who wrote "Animal Farm" and "1984"?	George Orwell
In this novel set in the dystopian "World State", Bokanovsky's Process is used to make clones of humans that are given certain intellectual traits and then sorted into social castes named after 5 Greek letters. People enjoy the Feelies for entertainment.	Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Part of the "Big Three" of science fiction, this author wrote about machines less like heartless monsters, and more like useful machines. He challenged this trope by creating The Three Laws of Robots. He is also known for his "Foundation" series.	Isaac Asimov
In this book, a dystopian future tells of the U.S being replaced with the Republic of Gilead. The narrator has to bear children for The Commander and Serena Joy, his wife. Member of the Mayday resistance, Nick, helps her flee. Author and title?	The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Wrote "Monty Python's Flying Circus" and often poked fun at genre topes and the quirks of British culture. He would soon create the BBC radio series "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" in 1978 which would become the basis of a collection of novels.	Douglas Adams
In this series of books, Arthur Dent is one of the last human after Earth is destroyed by "Vogons." He and Ford Prefect travel on the starship Heart of Gold, along with the android Marvin, scientist Trillian, and galactic president Zaphod Beeblebrox.	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams; Authors of Speculative Fiction)

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