INVENTIONS & DISCOVERIES
This invention, patented by Karl Benz in 1886, is widely regarded as the first practical gasoline-powered automobile.
What is the automobile?
This amendment abolished slavery in the United States.
What is the 13th Amendment?
This artist’s 1982 album Thriller became one of the best-selling albums of all time.
Who is Michael Jackson?
In December 1941, this event brought the United States into World War II.
What is the attack on Pearl Harbor?
This U.S. president famously challenged Americans in 1961 to land a man on the Moon before the decade ended.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
The Wright brothers made their famous first powered flight in this North Carolina location.
What is Kitty Hawk?
This amendment established that no person can be elected president more than twice.
What is the 22nd Amendment?
This Swedish group won the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest with “Waterloo.”
Who is ABBA?
In 1945, representatives from 50 nations met in California to establish this international organization dedicated to maintaining world peace.
What is the United Nations?
This 1963 civil rights leader delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech in Washington, D.C.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
This invention by Percy Spencer unexpectedly led to the development of the microwave oven.
What is the magnetron?
The U.S. Senate has this many voting members.
What is 100?
“Respect” became one of the signature songs of this Queen of Soul.
Who is Aretha Franklin?
In August 1945, the United States dropped the first atomic bomb used in warfare on this Japanese city.
What is Hiroshima?
The 1962 confrontation between the United States and Soviet Union over missiles placed in this country brought the world dangerously close to nuclear war.
What is Cuba?
Scottish physician Alexander Fleming discovered this antibiotic after observing mold inhibiting bacterial growth.
What is penicillin?
This Supreme Court case established the principle of judicial review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
This rock band’s album Rumors was released in 1977.
Who are Fleetwood Mac?
This European airlift supplied West Berlin after the Soviet Union blocked land access to the city in 1948.
What is the Berlin Airlift?
In 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first human to do this.
What is walk on the Moon?
This ancient Chinese invention, along with paper, printing and the compass, is traditionally considered one of China’s “Four Great Inventions.”
What is gunpowder?
This 1787 compromise created a bicameral Congress with representation based on population in one chamber and equal representation in the other.
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What is the Great Compromise?
This singer-songwriter wrote and recorded “Piano Man,” “Uptown Girl,” and “We Didn’t Start the Fire.”
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Who is Billy Joel?
In 1948, this country declared independence, leading to the first Arab-Israeli War.
What is Israel?
his 1968 assassination occurred at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.
Who is Robert F. Kennedy?