Historical
Who was the first President of the United States?
George Washington
Who painted the Mona Lisa?
Leonardo da Vinci
Who developed the theory of relativity?
Albert Einstein
Who was the President of the Soviet Union when the Berlin Wall fell?
Mikhail Gorbachev
Who delivered the "I Have a Dream" speech?Who delivered the "I Have a Dream" speech?
Martin Luther King Jr.
What actress starred as Holly Golightly in the 1961 film Breakfast at Tiffany's?
Audrey Hepburn
Who is credited with inventing the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
Which American President is associated with the New Deal program during the Great Depression?
Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)
Which Spanish conquistador led the expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire?
Hernán Cortés
Who composed the classical pieces known as the Brandenburg Concertos?
Johann Sebastian Bach
Who developed the vaccine for rabies?
Louis Pasteur
Who was the only US President to resign from office?
Richard Nixon
What Greek philosopher was the teacher of Alexander the Great?
Aristotle
What American photographer is famous for his stark black and white images of the American West?
Ansel Adams
Which 19th-century Austrian monk is considered the founder of the modern science of genetics for his work with pea plants?
Gregor Mendel
What 5th-century BC Athenian statesman and general is often called the "first citizen" of Athens for presiding over its Golden Age?
Pericles
What Italian political philosopher wrote The Prince in the early 16th century?
Niccolò Machiavelli
What Norwegian playwright wrote A Doll's House and Hedda Gabler?
Henrik Ibsen
What American botanist and agricultural scientist is famous for his many uses of the peanut?
George Washington Carver
Who was the first female Prime Minister of India, serving from 1966 to 1977 and again from 1980 to 1984?
Indira Gandhi