world history
This conqueror and pupil of Aristotle expanded his empire from Greece all the way to modern-day India and Pakistan before dying at age 32.
alaxnader the great
This Japanese delicacy consists of vinegared rice combined with various ingredients, most commonly raw seafood.
sushi
Found in a national park in California, this valley holds the record for the hottest air temperature ever recorded on Earth at 134°F.
death vally
what is the cappital of illionis
springfield
This is the color you get when you mix blue and yellow paint together.
green
In 27 BCE, this man, originally named Octavian, became the very first Emperor of Rome.
augustus
Originating in North Africa, this vibrant breakfast dish features eggs poached directly into a spiced tomato and pepper sauce.
shakshuka
Located in South America, the Atacama Desert in this country is known as the driest non-polar place on Earth.
chile
Opponents Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee actually fought on the same side during this earlier 1840s conflict.
mexican american war
You are running in a race and you pass the person in second place. This is your current position in the race.
second place
This Mesoamerican civilization built the high-altitude estate of Machu Picchu around 1450 CE.
the incas
Cultivated for centuries, these root vegetables were overwhelmingly purple before Dutch growers selectively bred them to be orange in the 17th century.
carrot
This South American nation is unique for having two capital cities, La Paz and Sucre.
bolivia
Right after William McKinley was assassinated in 1901, this man delivered a wild and famously energetic first State of the Union address.
theodoor rosevelt
A farmer has 17 sheep, and all but 9 of them run away and escape. This is the number of sheep the farmer has left.
9
This 1st-century BCE Egyptian queen belonged to the Macedonian Greek Ptolemaic dynasty.
Cleopatra
This quick bread became an integral part of the fashionable British ritual of taking afternoon tea.
scone
This tiny European republic shares its name with its country and lies about 12 miles inland from Italy's Adriatic coast.
san marino
This $15 million land deal with France in 1803 effectively doubled the geographic size of the young United States overnight.
Louisiana Purchase
Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. This is the identity of this single word.
In 1618, an angry crowd tossed imperial regents out of a castle window, an event called the "Defenestration of Prague" that sparked this massive European war.
Thirty Years' War
While a standard kitchen stock is simmered using mostly animal bones, a proper culinary broth relies primarily on this ingredient instead.
meat
Among the 13 sovereign nations through which the equator physically passes, this is the only one whose coastline directly borders the Caribbean Sea.
colombia
These two U.S. states share a border along a 60-mile stretch, and they each uniquely tie for bordering the highest number of other states (eight each).
missouri, tennessee
Feed me and I live, but if you give me a drink of water, I will die instantly
fire