Gifts (in History)
Deserts, not Desserts
GOATs
Keeping Connected
Religious Outreach
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305-foot tall gift that took 9 years to build in France and then 4 months to reassemble in the United States
Statue of Liberty
100
The largest desert on Earth
Antarctica
100
All-time leading scorer in NBA history, with a total of 38,388 career points
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
100
Bezos owned newspaper suffers from nightmares after trauma
Washington Post traumatic stress disorder
100
Founded by Joseph Smith, this religious tradition is headquartered in Salt Lake City.
Mormonism or Church of Latter Day Saints
200
80-foot tall legendary gift said to have been designed by the warrior and strategist Epeius?
Trojan Horse
200
The driest place on Earth is the Atacama desert, in this country
Chile
200
The only military leader who fought more than 100 undefeated battles, including conquests of modern-day Iran and Syria
Khalid ibn Waleed
200
North of Westeros, the men beyond the Wall listen to Taylor Swift's latest album
Free-folklore
200
This religion features the creator "Ahura Mazda"
Zoroastrianism
300
In 1945, Canada was gifted 100,000 of this kind of flower by the Netherlands as thanks for sheltering future Queen Juliana
(Dutch) Tulips
300
This 1943 novella features a pilot who crash lands in the Sahara desert and encounters a visitor from outer space
The Little Prince
300
The first person to win two Nobel Prizes, one in chemistry and one in physics
Marie Curie
300
Beware these last days of Julius Caesar playing in the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament
Ides of March Madness
300
Based on the Torah and oral traditions, this is the written body of Jewish civil and ceremonial law.
Talmud
400
The Mughal emperor Shah Jahan built a mausoleum for this departed wife
Mumtaz Mahal
400
A desert is defined as an area that gets less than how many inches of rainfall in a year (within two inches)
10 inches
400
Considered one of the best CEOs of all time, Jack Welch helped transform this company into an extremely profitable multinational corporation
General Electric
400
Lord of the Rings actor attends 1969 music festival
Elijah Woodstock
400
The Upanishads first mention the Hindu concept of the universal soul, referred to as this.
Brahman
500
This author wrote about Jim and Della, a couple who sell their prized possessions to buy presents for each other in the short story, “Gift of the Magi”
O. Henry (aka William Sydney Porter)
500
This striking flower that you can find in Eastern Africa and Arabia
Desert Rose
500
Number 7 on Michael Hart’s “100 Most Influential Persons in History” is Cai Lun, who invented this
Paper / Paper-making
500
Emma Watson features with Gaston in New York hip hop group with albums "Licensed to Ill" and "Paul's Boutique"
Beauty and the Beastie Boys
500
Originally developed out of Isma'ilism, this faith from the Levant consider Moses' father-in-law as their chief prophet.
Druze