African-American History
U.S. Presidents
World War I and II
Pop Culture
20th Century Inventions
100
This Olympic Athlete won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games in Munich, Germany
Who is Jesse Owens?
100
This President loved jelly beans and he told Soviet Union Prime Minister Mikhail Gorbachev to "tear down this wall".
Who is Ronald Reagan?
100

This President presided over World War I thanks to the Zimmermann Telegram

Who is Woodrow Wilson?

100
This festival in 1969 drew hundreds of thousands of people to New York. It was headlined by Jimi Hendrix, the Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan, and Neil Young
What is Woodstock?
100
In 1902, King Camp Gillette invented this device that was said to be "the best a man can get".
What is the safety razor?
200
This African-American attorney refused to give up her seat on the bus, further sparking the Civil Rights Movement
Who is Rosa Parks?
200
This President started the EPA, withdrew troops from Vietnam, but was caught secretly wiretapping the Democratic Headquarters which led to his resignation.
Who is Richard Nixon?
200

Some historians have stated that this conference started the Cold War when American President Franklin Roosevelt met with Soviet czar Josef Stalin.

What is the Potsdam Conference?

200
This "king of pop" has the number one selling non-greatest hits album of all time. It was a "thrill" listening to his music.
Who is Michael Jackson?
200
This duo invented the first gas and manned airplane dubbed "Kitty Hawk".
Who are The Wright Brothers?
300
This African slave was shot and killed at the Boston Massacre during the American Revolution.
Who is Crispus Attucks?
300
This President started the Federal Reserve and got us in World War I, and presented the idea of an international "League of Nations".
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
300
This was dropped in Nagasaki and Hirsoshima, Japan which caused Japan to surrender the war in 1945.
What is the atomic bomb?
300
This famous artist was famous for about 15 minutes and is most known for creating the Campbell's Soup label design?
Who is Andy Warhol?
300
This genius created the Theory of Relativity and people remember him by E=MC2
Who is Albert Einstein?
400
Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in baseball by signing a contract with this man for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Who is Branch Rickey?
400
John F. Kennedy peacefully negotiated us out of the Cuban Missile Crisis and was assassinated by this man in Texas in 1963.
Who is Lee Harvey Oswald?
400
This General in World War II became a two-term President after World War II
Who is Dwight Eisenhower?
400
In 1986, this player for the Boston Red Sox let the World Series slip through his legs, literally.
Who is Bill Buckner?
500
Martin Luther King was shot and killed at a hotel in Memphis by this man.
Who is James Earl Ray?
500
This was the only President not elected in the 20th Century.
Who is Gerald Ford?
500
The Germans sunk this British ship that caused America to switch from neutrality to involvement in World War I.
What is the Lusitania
500
This was the longest running Broadway musical in history.
What is Cats?
500
This "Special K" invented cornflakes.
Who is William Kellogg?
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