Which river was home to the ancient Nubian Empire?
The Nile
True or false: Cleopatra lived closer in time to the invention of the iPhone than to the construction of the Great Pyramid.
True! She lived about 2,500 years after the Great Pyramid was built and about 2,000 years before the invention of the iPhone.
Which sport is the only sport to have been played on the moon?
golf
Who led French forces during the Hundred Years' War and then was executed as a prisoner of war?
What is Ms.Vondra's favorite color?
red
The Neolithic Revolution
True or False: there were still wooly mammoths alive after the Great Pyramid was built.
True
This baseball player holds the MLB record for career home runs (he has 762).
Barry Bonds
What US state was the first to elect a female congress-woman?
Montana!
How many siblings does Ms.Vondra have?
4
There are four early civilizations that are often called the "River Valley Civilizations". Name all four.
Mesopotamia, Egypt, Indus Valley, Yellow River Valley
True or False: the last dinosaur lived closer in time to humans than it did to the first dinosaur?
False
This tennis player won 23 Grand Slam singles titles and spent 319 weeks ranked No. 1 in the world
Serena Williams
What year were US women allowed to have their own bank account (without their husband or father as a co-signer?)
1974
What month is Ms.Vondra's birthday?
August
The Babylonian ruler famous for creating one of the earliest known written collections of laws.
True or False: The Great Wall of China is visible to the naked eye from Space
False
This quarterback became the youngest player to win a Super Bowl MVP and has played his entire career with the Kansas City Chiefs
Patrick Mahomes
Who was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize?
Marie Curie
What was Ms.Vondra's first job?
Highlands Golf Course
True or False: Oxford University is older than the Aztec Empire.
True
This hockey player was known as the "Great One" and holds the NHL record for career points
Wayne Gretzky
This US woman cast the first ever female vote in a presidential election and then was arrested for this action 2 weeks later.
Susan B. Anthony
Two Truths and a Lie
The Lie: American Idol!