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100
  • This composer’s works include “The Magic Flute” and “The Marriage of Figaro.”
  • Who is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
100
  • This 1941 American drama, directed by Orson Welles, is often cited as the greatest film ever made.
  • What is “Citizen Kane”?
100
  • This Queen ruled over the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901, the longest reign of any British monarch at the time.
  • Who was Queen Victoria?
100
  • This artist painted the “Mona Lisa” and “The Last Supper.”
  • Who was Leonardo da Vinci?
100
  • This invention by Alexander Graham Bell was patented in 1876.
  • What is the telephone?
200
  • Known as the “March King,” he composed “The Stars and Stripes Forever.”
  • Who is John Philip Sousa?
200
  • This movie was the first feature-length animated film ever released.
  • What is “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”?
200
  • He was the first Emperor of France, crowned in 1804.
  • Who was Napoleon Bonaparte?
200
  • Known for his impressionist works, this artist painted “Water Lilies.”
  • Who was Claude Monet?
200
  • This man invented the first practical incandescent light bulb.
  • Who was Thomas Edison?
300
  • Known for his “Four Seasons,” this Italian composer was a virtuoso violinist.
  • Who is Antonio Vivaldi?
300
  • Known for its twist ending, this 1999 film features a character named Keyser Söze.
  • What is “The Usual Suspects”?
300
  • Known as the “Father of India,” he led the country to independence through nonviolent protest.
  • Who was Mahatma Gandhi?
300
  • This Dutch artist is famous for his works “The Starry Night” and “Sunflowers.”
  • Who was Vincent van Gogh?
300
  • Known as the father of the computer, he conceptualized the first mechanical computer in the early 19th century.
  • Who was Charles Babbage?
400
  • This German composer is famous for his nine symphonies and “Moonlight Sonata.”
  • Who is Ludwig van Beethoven?
400
  • This 1968 sci-fi film directed by Stanley Kubrick is known for its groundbreaking visuals and thematic complexity.
  • What is “2001: A Space Odyssey”?
400
  • This leader’s reform policies of Glasnost and Perestroika led to the end of the Cold War and the breakup of the Soviet Union.
  • Who was Mikhail Gorbachev?
400
  • This Renaissance sculptor created the “David” and painted the Sistine Chapel’s ceiling.
  • Who was Michelangelo?
400
  • This revolutionary product, released in 2007, reshaped mobile communications and technology.
  • What is the iPhone?
500
  • This Russian composer’s works include “The Nutcracker” and “Swan Lake.”
  • Who is Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky?
500
  • This film won the Best Picture Oscar in 2003, becoming the first fantasy film to do so.
  • What is “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King”?
500
  • She became the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 1979.
  • Who was Margaret Thatcher?
500
  • She was an influential Baroque painter known for her dramatic use of light and subject matter, such as “Judith Slaying Holofernes.”
  • Who was Artemisia Gentileschi?
500
  • This invention allows us to see the bones inside our body without surgery.
  • What is the X-ray?
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