Ancient Civilizations
The Hanging Gardens, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, were associated with which ancient civilizations?
Babylon
Which war, starting in 1950, was one of the first proxy-wars during the Cold War?
The Korean War
Which Italian artist made the Last Supper, the Vitruvian Man, and the Mona Lisa?
Leonardo da Vinci
What movie depicts soldiers waiting to be rescued in the largest evacuation in wartime?
Dunkirk
Which epidemic spread via fleas on rats and took out nearly ⅓ of the European population at the time? (either of the popular names are acceptable)
The Bubonic Plague/Black Death
What two ancient rivers flowed through the fertile crescent?
The Tigris and Euphrates
Which war resulted in the US gaining significant territory in the Southwest, including current day California, Nevada, Utah, and more?
The Mexican-American War
What is the name of the famous 1831 woodblock print by Japanese artist Hokusai, showing a stormy sea, with Mount Fuji in the background?
The Great Wave (Under the Great Wave off Kanagawa)
In the 2004 film, “National Treasure”, treasure hunter Benjamin Gates uses the “Silence Dogood” letters to help find the treasure. Who wrote these letters back in 1722?
Which ship famously sank in the North Atlantic Ocean and had a death toll of over 1,500 despite being called “unsinkable”?
The Titanic
What two ancient rivers flowed through the fertile crescent?
The Phoenicians
Andrew Jackson gained popularity amongst the American people before his presidency through which war?
The War of 1812
Which Mesoamerican civilization is known for creating large basalt monuments in the shape of individualized human heads?
The Olmecs
In the 2012 film, Argo, a CIA agent led a rescue mission of American diplomats during which crisis?
The Iranian Hostage Crisis
The day Julius Caesar was assassinated by the Senate is also known by what name?
The Ides of March
Which civilization is known for their significant contribution to mathematics including the concept of zero?
The Mayans
The Secretary of State at the time described which war as a “splendid little war”?
The Spanish-American War
Artists like Salvator Dalí and Frida Kahlo worked in a style that was imaginative, sometimes irrational, and dream-like. What is this style called?
Surrealism
"The Killing Fields" is a historical drama primarily set in which Southeast Asian country during which event of the 1970s? (the answer includes the name of the country)
The Cambodian Genocide
Which disease, often featured in Victorian dramas (both of the era and of today), was known as ‘consumption” and came with symptoms such as coughing up blood and wasting away?
Tuberculosis
Emperor Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of unified China, is known for having what famous mausoleum built?
The Terracotta Army
Which war in the late 17th century saw a Wampanoag sachem (chief) lead an attempt to dispel the English colonists in southern New England?
King Philip’s War
Who’s the Dutch Golden Age artist who painted the Girl With a Pearl Earring?
Johannes Vermeer
In “Killers of the Flower Moon”, what Native-American tribe experiences serial murder of their people for oil in 1920s Oklahoma?
The Osage
Which four American presidents that have been assassinated?
Abraham Lincoln
James A. Garfield
William McKinley
John F. Kennedy