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