Africa
This country was famous for apartheid.
What is South Africa?
This President is on the $5 bill.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
The most recent Fanning Occupation in 2023 ended in the resignation of this Conn President.
Who was Katherine Bergeron?
“That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”
Who was Neil Armstrong?
This famous actor played a parody Adolf Hitler in The Great Dictator.
Who was Charlie Chaplin?
This country is one of the world’s most recently founded countries.
What is South Sudan?
This President is credited with introducing US citizens to macaroni, a dish he learned about in Europe.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
In this year, Conn starting admitting men.
“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.”
Who was Albert Einstein?
This female composer snuck into Dresden during the bombings of the May Uprising while seven months pregnant.
Who was Clara Schumann?
This ruler of the Mali Empire is widely considered the wealthiest person in history.
Who is Mansa Musa?
This President played the saxophone.
Who is Bill Clinton?
This residential building on campus was named after the founder of Chicago's Hull House and the first woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize.
Who was Jane Addams?
“I want you to act as if the house is on fire, because it is.”
Who is Greta Thunberg?
This singer’s “Hound Dog” was very popular, but the song’s original singer was actually Big Mama Thornton.
Who was Elvis Presley?
During the movement to repatriate African Americans back to Africa in the antebellum era, many African Americans settled in this country.
What is Liberia?
This President served the shortest presidential term lasting only 31 days.
Who was William Henry Harrison?
These three Native American tribes are listed in Conn's land acknowledgement.
Who are the Mashantucket Pequots, the Eastern Pequots, and the Mohegans?
“History is a set of lies agreed upon.”
Who was Napoleon?
This princess movie from 1937 was Disney's first full feature length animation movie.
What was Snow White and the Seven Dwarves?
This language is the most spoken language in Africa, with over 200 million total speakers across East and Central Africa.
What is Swahili?
This president allegedly made staff members come into the bathroom with him while he did his business.
In this year, the first Floralia took place.
When was 1977?
“Neither cruelty, nor violence, nor torture will make me beg for mercy, because I prefer to die with my head raised high, with unshakeable faith... In my country’s predestination rather than live in submission forsaking my sacred principles.”
Who was Patrice Lumumba?
In this year at the Newport Folk Festival, Bob Dylan went electric.
When was 1965?