Famous Quotes
"I have a dream" speech was delivered in 1963 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial by this leader.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI).
meter
One-eyed Allfather god of wisdom and war in Norse mythology.
Odin
International organization founded in 1945 after WWII to maintain peace, headquartered in NYC.
United Nations (UN)
Tallest structure and skyscraper in the world, located in Dubai.
Burj Khalifa
Astronaut who declared "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."
Neil Armstrong
Temperature scale where water freezes at 32 degrees and boils at 212 degrees.
Fahrenheit
Hammer-wielding Norse god of thunder and lightning.
Thor
Specialized agency of the UN responsible for international public health, abbreviated WHO.
World Health Organization
Reference book published annually containing world records of both human achievements and extreme natural states.
Guinness World Records
"I think, therefore I am" is a foundational philosophical statement by this Frenchman
René Descartes
Scientific unit of electrical current named after a French physicist.
Ampere (or Amp)
Egyptian god of the underworld with the head of a jackal who weighs hearts against a feather.
Anubis
International humanitarian movement founded in Switzerland to protect human life and health, using a red symbol.
Red Cross
Most visited museum in the world, housing the Mona Lisa in Paris.
Louvre
Roman general who famously reported his swift victory to the Senate with "Veni, vidi, vici."
Julius Caesar
Absolute temperature scale starting at absolute zero, where 0 degrees represents no thermal energy.
Kelvin scale
Feathered Serpent deity prominent in ancient Mesoamerican religions like the Aztecs.
Quetzalcoatl
Economic union of 27 European member states sharing political and trade policies.
European Union (EU)
Largest country in the world by land mass.
Russia
British Prime Minister who promised "I have no offer to make but blood, toil, tears and sweat."
Winston Churchill
: Unit of frequency equivalent to one cycle per second, named after a German physicist.
Hertz
Trickster spirit in West African and Caribbean folklore taking the form of a spider.
Anansi
Intergovernmental organization composed of 12 oil-exporting nations that coordinates petroleum policies.
OPEC
World's largest living organism by mass, a giant sequoia tree named this located in California.
General Sherman