World Wars
This battle was a crucial victory for the Allies, which was fought from December 1944 to January 1945
What is the Battle of the Bulge?
Los Angeles International
What is LAX?
This was the flagship Pullman train of the New York Central Railroad
What is the 20th Century Limited?
This Greek goddess won a contest against Poseidon, and she became the patron god of Athens
Who is Athena?
She and her husband, Mark Antony, were the last rulers of the Egyptian Empire, before it became a Roman province
Who is Cleopatra?
This empire joined the Central Powers in 1915, and held their line at the Dardanelles
What is the Ottoman Empire?
John F. Kennedy International Airport
What is JFK?
This train inspired countless stories in books and films, and it ran on a multi-day schedule between Istanbul, Turkey, and Paris or Brussels
What is the Orient Express?
A small dwarf planet is named after her, and it lures in the Asteroid Belt of the solar system
Who is Ceres?
This powerful city state, unlike it's neighbor Athens, valued military might and strength over Athens' view of trade and democracy
What is Sparta?
This bombing raid over Tokyo, Yokohama, and other Japanese locations in 1942, had first-hand accounts written by Army Air Force Captain Ted Lawson, which became a novel, then a book
What is the Doolittle Raid?
Heathrow Airport
This train has the award as the first steam powered train to reach over 100 miles per hour (160.934 kph)
What is the Empire State Express?
This symbol for Ancient Egypt was a common one that symbolized protection, health and well being
What is the "Eye of Horus?"
This trade route from Rome and Greece to Asia was named after one important product that came from its eastern endpoint of China
What is the Silk Road?
This country was divided into two after WW2: half east, half west
What is Germany?
Hong Kong International Airport
What is HKG?
The nickname for the combined City trains that ran on the Union Pacific, which stayed combined from Ogden to Omaha
What is the "City of Everywhere?"
He is king of Asgard in Norse Mythology
Who is Odin?
This code of 282 laws, mostly of retribution, was written by the leader of the original Babylonian empire before it's collapse
Who is Hammurabi?
This country fought for the Central Powers, then the Allies in WW1, and went back to the Axis side in WW2 before joining the Allied Forces again in 1943
What is Italy?
LaGuardia Airport
What is LGA?
This is what the ICE service in Germany stands for
What is Intercity Express?
This Mesopotamia epic poem tells the story of a mythical king of Uruk who begins as a greedy ruler, but ends out wiser and more knowledgeable.
What is "The Epic of Gilgamesh?"
This river valley rests in modern-day Pakistan and for a little bit of India, and was home of a civilization during the Bronze Age as part of Ancient India
What is the Indus River Valley?