Who was the first to sail around the world?
Magellan
Columbus
Vasco da Gama
Francis Drake
In which decade did the Wall Street crash, leading to the Great Depression, occur?
1910s
1930s
1900s
1920s
1890s
1880s
Which country was invaded on September 1, 1939, leading to Britain and France's declaration of war on Germany?
Italy
Norway
Poland
Austria
Which civilization is the Tigris–Euphrates river system associated with?
Which of King Henry VIII's wives was German?
Catherine of Aragon
Anne Boleyn
Catherine Parr
Anne of Cleves
Attila was the leader of which ancient empire?
Hunnic Empire
Ptolemaic Empire
Hittite Empire
Median Empire
Shunga Empire
Aksumite Empire
What was the cause of destruction for three of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
When did the first of the ancient Olympic Games take place?
779 BC
776 BC
785 BC
773 BC
782 BC
788 BC
Which gulf gave its name to the 1991 Gulf War?
Gulf of Maine
Gulf of Oman
Gulf of Mexico
Persian Gulf
What was the first American city to host the Summer Olympics?
Los Angeles
St. Louis
Lake Placid
Atlanta
Which denomination of U.S. currency does Ulysses S. Grant appear on?
To which island did the British exile Napoleon to, after his loss in the Battle of Waterloo?
Nightingale Island
Saint Helena
Ascension Island
Gough Island
The Pony Express was discontinued because of which invention?
Email
Mail
Telegraph
Morse code
Which brothers invented the hot air balloon?
Tesla
Montgolfier
Fulton
Marconi
Franklin
Wright
On what charge was gangster Al Capone eventually convicted?
Human trafficking
Tax evasion
Drug trafficking
Jaywalking
Felony murder
First-degree murder
Which US president was known as "Father of the Constitution"?
James Madison
Andrew Jackson
James Monroe
Thomas Jefferson
Which war did the Battle of Naseby take place in?
Second Barons' War
First English Civil War
The Anarchy
Thirty Years' War
Which European country ruled the Philippine Islands as a colony before 1898?
France
England
Spain
Italy
Who produced the first pair of stereo headphones?
John C. Koss
Jonathan Ive
Thomas Edison
Nathaniel Baldwin
Which Scottish bridge's collapse caused a train to fall in the river in 1879?
Forth Road Bridge
Overtoun Bridge
Glenfinnan Viaduct
Tay Bridge
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