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100

This Boston event in 1773 involved colonists throwing tea into the harbor to protest British taxes.

What is the Boston Tea Party?

100

This river runs through London, England.

What is the Thames?

100

This ancient civilization is credited with building the Great Pyramids of Giza.

What is Ancient Egypt?

100

This invention by Johannes Gutenberg in the 15th century revolutionized the way books were made.

What is the printing press?

100

This 1941 film, directed by Orson Welles, is often regarded as one of the greatest movies ever made.

What is Citizen Kane?

200

This president delivered the Gettysburg Address in 1863 during the American Civil War.

Who is Abraham Lincoln?

200

The Taj Mahal is located in this Indian city.

What is Agra?

200

This ancient Greek city-state was known for its military discipline and prowess.

What is Sparta?

200

Alexander Graham Bell received a patent for this communication device in 1876.

What is the telephone?

200

Known for her "girl-next-door" image, this actress starred in It’s a Wonderful Life.

Who is Donna Reed?

300

The Great Depression began in this year after the stock market crash.

What is 1929?

300

This country has the most time zones in the world.

What is France?

300

This ancient Mesopotamian civilization developed the first known system of writing, cuneiform.

What is Sumer?

300

This invention, attributed to Thomas Edison, brought electric light to homes and streets.

What is the light bulb?

300

This 1954 musical film starring Gene Kelly celebrated the transition from silent films to talkies.

What is Singin' in the Rain?

400

This infamous wall divided East and West Berlin during the Cold War and fell in 1989.

What is the Berlin Wall?

400

This is the largest island in the world, located in the Arctic.

What is Greenland?

400

This empire, led by Alexander the Great, stretched from Greece to Egypt and India.

What is the Macedonian Empire?

400

The Wright brothers are credited with inventing this machine in 1903.

What is the airplane?

400

This actor was known for his roles in The Philadelphia Story and Rear Window.

Who is James Stewart?

500

This leader of the Soviet Union initiated the policies of Glasnost and Perestroika in the 1980s.

Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?

500

his South Asian country was once called Ceylon.

What is Sri Lanka?

500

This ancient Mesoamerican civilization is famous for its calendar and stepped pyramids, such as Chichen Itza.

What is the Maya Civilization?

500

This life-saving medical breakthrough, discovered by Alexander Fleming, was the first antibiotic.

What is penicillin?

500

This 1946 film noir, starring Rita Hayworth, is famous for the line, “Put the blame on Mame, boys.”

What is Gilda?

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