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This former Nation of Islam member joined many of his peers in replacing his last name with a letter of the english alphabet.
Who is Malcolm X
This insect is known to suck blood from it's prey, while also being known to reproduce in swampy areas.
What is a mosquito
This is the largest country in the world by land area.
What is Russia
This part of the cell, known as the “powerhouse,” produces most of the cell’s energy.
What is the Mitochondria
He was the first President of the United States and a general in the American Revolutionary War.
Who is George Washington
This famous civil rights activist was most famously known for starting the Montgamery bus boycott in 1955.
This largest living mammal can grow longer than 30 meters and weighs more than 150 tons.
What is a Blue Whale
What is Antarctica
This scientist’s three laws of motion, published in 1687, laid the foundation for classical physics.
Who is Isaac Newton
This 14th-century pandemic killed an estimated 25–50 million people in Europe, roughly one-third of the population.
What is the Black Death/Bubonic plague
In 1964, Martin Luther King Jr. became the youngest person at the time to receive this international honor for his leadership in the fight for civil rights.
What is the Nobel Peace Prize
This marsupial was first suspected to be a fake when the first specimen was brought over to Europe.
What is a Platypus
This Asian country, made up of over 7,000 islands, has Manila as its capital.
What is the Philippines
This subatomic particle has no electric charge, is found in the nucleus of an atom, and helps add to the atom’s mass.
What is a Neutron
This French military leader rose to power after the French Revolution and became emperor of France in 1804.
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte
In 1947, this athlete broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Who is Jackie Robinson
This animal was hunted to near extinction in China during the late 50's, causing a near ecological catastrophe. However, conservation efforts managed to bring it back.
What is a Sparrow.
This landlocked country in Central Asia has Astana as its capital, and is the world’s largest landlocked nation by area.
What is Kazakhstan
This gas makes up about 78% of Earth’s atmosphere.
What is Nitrogen
This English king broke from the Catholic Church in the 16th century and established the Church of England so he could annul his marriage.
Who is Henry the 8th
This scientist is remembered for finding many new uses for peanuts, but he did not invent peanut butter, a common myth.
Who is George Washington Carver?
This striped African animal is most closely related to the giraffe, even though it looks more like a zebra.
What is an Okapi
This African country, the only one named after a female figure in Greek mythology, was once called Abyssinia.
What is Ethiopia
This scientist discovered the structure of the electron and is known for the “plum pudding” model of the atom.
Who is J.J Thompson
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This 14th-century emperor of the Mali Empire is famous for his extravagant pilgrimage to Mecca, spreading gold across cities and showcasing Mali’s immense wealth.
Who is Mansa Musa