Eruption: Annotated

The following references to cultural and/or historical events or people in Supervolcano: Eruption occur during the novel.

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 * Motel 6 - Motel 6 is a major chain of budget motels with more than 1,000 locations in the United States and Canada.


 * Page 2
 * ... flailing away against Randy Johnson in his prime. - Randall David "Randy" Johnson is a retired American professional baseball player. A left-handed pitcher, Johnson played in Major League Baseball for 22 seasons. Johnson is a member of the 300 win club.


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 * ... liked turning it up to eleven. - "Up to eleven" or "these go to eleven" is an idiom from popular culture, coined in the movie This Is Spinal Tap, which has come to refer to anything being exploited to its utmost abilities, or apparently exceeding them, such as a sound volume control.


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 * Not the Black Hole of Calcutta ... - The Black Hole of Calcutta was a small dungeon in the old Fort William in Calcutta, India, where troops of the Nawab of Bengal, Siraj ud-Daulah, held British prisoners of war after the capture of the fort on 20 June 1756.


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 * ... but not the Ritz-Carlton, either. - The Ritz-Carlton Hotels is a chain of luxury hotels and operates 84 luxury hotels and resorts in major cities and resorts in 26 countries worldwide.