Which country held the first Olympic games?
Greece
United States
Italy
Who is the famous scientist that discovered the formula E = mc2?
Isaac Newton
Charles Darwin
Albert Einstein
From what city did the Titanic set sail?
Southampton
London
New York City
Who invented the vaccine for polio?
Charles R. Drew
James Parkinson
Jonas Salk
Who did the alliance of Greek city-states, led by King Leonidas of Sparta fight with in the Battle of Thermopylae?
Persian Empire
English Empire
Mongolian Empire
To what country did the British transport 160,000 convicts over the course of 80 years?
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was widely considered the catalyst to what war?
Anglo Dutch War
World War I
Korean War
Which English lady went to the Crimea to nurse the soldiers and became famous?
Florence Nightingale
Mary Lincoln
Clara Barton
In what country did Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge facilitate a mass genocide in the 1970’s?
In which country was the Battle of Hastings fought in?
What was the “Black Death” that struck Europe?
What event took place on December 7th, 1941?
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Bay of Pigs invasion
World War 2 D-Day
The “Ides of March” are famous for what significant event?
The assassination of Indira Gandhi
The assassination of Malcolm X
The assassination of Julius Caesar
Why was the Berlin wall built?
To stop East Germans from defecting
To safeguard property and wealth
For protection against invaders
What was considered one of the first documents, written by the English in the 1200’s, listing the rights of free people?
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