correction:
They would look at you with a blank face were you to bring up the inquisition, the St. Bartholowmew Day massacre, or Luther’s 95 thesis.
When I’m trying to be really snarky, I often make silly little errors such as forgetting how to spell “Bartholomew” or that the plural of “thesis” is “theses.” It makes the attempt at superiority much less persuasive.