This wicked queen, wife of Ahab, promoted Baal worship in Israel and was thrown from a window to her death.
Who is Jezebel?
The North American plate and Pacific plate meet at this famous California fault line, shifting geography slowly over time.
What is the San Andreas Fault?
She’s the Swedish author of the beloved children’s character Pippi Longstocking.
Who is Astrid Lindgren?
This author wrote Wuthering Heights, a classic tale of passion and revenge set on the Yorkshire moors.
Who is Emily Brontë?
This 2010 U.S. law was passed to increase financial regulation and consumer protection after the 2008 crisis.
What is the Dodd-Frank Act?
She was the wife of Isaac and the mother of Esau and Jacob.
Who is Rebekah?
This nation declared independence from Serbia in 2008, making it Europe’s newest country.
What is Kosovo?
This Viking king, who ruled in the 11th century, converted Sweden to Christianity.
Who is King Olof Skötkonung?
This Oscar Wilde play features a character named Algernon and revolves around mistaken identity.
What is The Importance of Being Earnest?
This economist developed the theory of comparative advantage in the early 19th century.
Who is David Ricardo?
This judge of Israel defeated the Midianites with only 300 men armed with trumpets and torches.
Who is Gideon?
This famous Indonesian island grew by several square kilometers after a volcanic eruption in 1883.
What is Krakatoa?
These small pancakes, thinner than American ones but thicker than crêpes, are popular in Sweden.
What are pannkakor?
What is the name of Frankenstein's Monster
He is not given a name
This 1987 event caused the largest one-day percentage drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
What is Black Monday?
Ruth, the Moabite woman, gleaned in the fields of this town
What is Bethlehem?
Before 1971, Bangladesh was known as __________________.
What is East Pakistan?
This 17th-century Swedish king, called “The Lion of the North,” led Sweden during the Thirty Years’ War.
Who is Gustavus Adolphus?
Known for The Charge of the Light Brigade, he became Poet Laureate after Wordsworth.
Who is Alfred, Lord Tennyson?
This economist’s “General Theory,” published in 1936, argued for government intervention during recessions.
Who is John Maynard Keynes?
The Tower of Babel was built in this ancient land.
What is Shinar?
This East African country existed from 1959 to 1964 before merging with Zanzibar to form Tanzania.
What is Tanganyika?
Sweden’s northernmost province, famous for the midnight sun and the indigenous Sami people.
What is Lapland?
He wrote the dramatic monologue My Last Duchess and was married to poet Elizabeth Barrett.
Who is Robert Browning?
UBS was formed in 1998 through the merger of Union Bank of Switzerland and this other bank.
What is Swiss Bank Corporation?