When authors give shout outs to other great works, people, and events, it's usually not accidental. Put on your super-sleuth hat and figure out why.
Literary and Philosophical References
- "Big Brother" from George Orwell's 1984 (7.180)
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (10.60) (28.58)
- William Shakespeare (29.29)
- $25 million Charles Dickens (29.29)
Historical References
- The Napoleonic Wars (2.12)
- Frank Lloyd Wright (11.3)
- Benjamin Franklin (25.185)
- George Washington (25.188)
- Charlemagne (Chapter 27)
- Lewis and Clark (29.36)
- Ferdinand Magellan (29.37)
- Hernan Cortés (29.37)
- Christopher Columbus (29.37)
- Isaac Newton (29.29)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (29.29)
- Leonardo da Vinci (29.29)
- Jesus (29.29)
- Ludwig van Beethoven (29.29) (34.168)
- Michelangelo (29.29)
- Thomas Edison (29.29)
- Albert Einstein (29.29)
- Mahatma Gandhi (29.29)
- Galileo Galilei (29.29)
- Buddha (29.29)
- Beethoven, "Für Elise" (34.193)
Pop Culture References
- Lost Horizon (7.101)
- Evel Knievel (7.164)
- LeBron James (7.202)
- Scooby-Doo (12.41)
- Chuck Norris (14.63) (39.179) (40.70)
- Star Wars (15.29)
- Rear Window (15.29)
- Norman Rockwell (15.80)
- Lance Armstrong (19.39)
- Ripley's Believe It or Not (20.2)
- Clue, Professor Plum (25.119)
- The Village People (25.179)
- The Beatles (29.29)
- Uncle Fester, The Addams Family (31.115)
- Tarzan (34.38)
- Gilbert and Sullivan (39.77)
- Sleeping Beauty (44.131)