Places/Events
Explorers/Adventurers
Leaders
Athletes/Performers
Scientists/Inventors/Creatives
100
This gorge was carved by the Colorado River over eons of time and is a National Park.
What is the Grand Canyon?
100
The first man to walk on the moon.
Who is Neil Armstrong?
100
America's third President
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
100
A magician who could escape from any handcuffs, chains, jail cells, or locks.
Who was Harry Houdini?
100
This author wrote The Diary of a Wimpy Kid series.
Who is Jeff Kinney?
200
The state where there is a cliff with the heads of four presidents carved into it .
Where is South Dakota?
200
Famed as a frontiersman, folk hero, congressman and Alamo Defender. "King of the Wild Frontier."
Who is Davy Crocket?
200
We see his portrait on the one dollar bill.
Who is George Washington?
200
The first Black American to play on a major league baseball team.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
200
The Hershey candy that was more popular then Hershey's chocolate bar.
What is a Hershey Kiss?
300
The name of the largest airship ever built that burned in less than a minute.
What was the Hindenburg?
300
The name of the guide on the Lewis and Clark expedition.
Who was Sacagawea?
300
The author of the Gettsburg Address.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
300
A horseback-riding, sharpshooting symbol of the Wild West.
Who is Annie Oakley?
300
The first woman to fly across the the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean and disappeared in 1937 during an around-the-world-flight.
Who is Amelia Earhart?
400
Where did Betsy Ross, maker of the first American flag, live?
Where is Philadelphia?
400
A nature lover who planted apple trees for pioneer families.
Who was Johnny Appleseed?
400
The name of the most important political position in Great Britain.
What is a Prime Minister?
400
An English rock band that formed in the 1960s and the best selling band in history.
Who are the Beatles?
400
Who said "imagination is more important than knowledge."
Who was Albert Einstein?
500
This event prompted the United States to join the British in the fight against Hitler in World War II.
What is Pearl Harbor?
500
This Venetian Merchant left a detailed chronicle of his experience in medieval China.
Who is Marco Polo?
500
One of the greatest wartime leaders of the 20th century and Nobel Prize winning author.
Who is Winston Churchill?
500
The United States' first prima ballerina and a Native American.
Who is Maria Tallchief?
500
This person invented the X-Ray machine to help wounded soldiers during World War I.
Who is Marie (or Madame) Curie?
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