Who was the first to sail around the world?
Francis Drake
Vasco da Gama
Magellan
Columbus
In which decade did the Wall Street crash, leading to the Great Depression, occur?
1910s
1920s
1900s
1880s
1930s
1890s
Which country was invaded on September 1, 1939, leading to Britain and France's declaration of war on Germany?
Austria
Norway
Poland
Italy
Which civilization is the Tigris–Euphrates river system associated with?
Which of King Henry VIII's wives was German?
Anne Boleyn
Anne of Cleves
Catherine of Aragon
Catherine Parr
Attila was the leader of which ancient empire?
Ptolemaic Empire
Hunnic Empire
Shunga Empire
Median Empire
Aksumite 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?
785 BC
779 BC
782 BC
788 BC
776 BC
773 BC
Which gulf gave its name to the 1991 Gulf War?
Gulf of Oman
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf of Maine
Persian Gulf
What was the first American city to host the Summer Olympics?
Atlanta
Los Angeles
Lake Placid
St. Louis
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
Ascension Island
Saint Helena
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
Wright
Marconi
Franklin
Fulton
On what charge was gangster Al Capone eventually convicted?
Jaywalking
Felony murder
First-degree murder
Drug trafficking
Tax evasion
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?
First English Civil War
Second Barons' War
The Anarchy
Thirty Years' War
Which European country ruled the Philippine Islands as a colony before 1898?
Spain
Italy
England
France
Who produced the first pair of stereo headphones?
John C. Koss
Nathaniel Baldwin
Thomas Edison
Jonathan Ive
Which Scottish bridge's collapse caused a train to fall in the river in 1879?
Forth Road Bridge
Overtoun Bridge
Tay Bridge
Glenfinnan Viaduct
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