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This country, along with Germany and Italy, made up the three main "Axis Powers."
What is Japan?
Before being renamed by the British in 1664, New York City was known by this Dutch name.
What is New Amsterdam?
This French "Maid of Orléans" led the French army to several victories during the Hundred Years' War before being captured.
Who was Joan of Arc?
Known as the "Sunshine State," it is home to the Everglades and the southernmost point in the continental U.S.
What is Florida?
This 1942 wartime romance set in Morocco ends with the famous line, "Here's looking at you, kid."
What is Casablanca?
This was the name of the secret U.S. project to develop the atomic bomb.
What was the Manhattan Project?
Standing 102 stories tall, this skyscraper was the world's tallest building for 40 years after its 1931 completion.
What is the Empire State Building?
This period of "rebirth" in art and learning began in Italy in the 14th century.
What is the Renaissance?
This "Peach State" was the last of the original 13 colonies to be established.
What is Georgia?
This 1952 musical stars Gene Kelly and features a famous scene of him dancing with an umbrella in a downpour.
What is Singin' in the Rain?
This 1942-1943 battle in the Soviet Union is often considered the turning point of the war in Europe.
What was the Battle of Stalingrad?
Between 1892 and 1954, over 12 million immigrants entered the U.S. through this processing station.
What is Ellis Island?
This German monk sparked the Protestant Reformation by nailing his "95 Theses" to a church door in 1517.
Who was Martin Luther?
This state is nicknamed the "First State" because it was the first to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
What is Delaware?
Gregory Peck won an Oscar for playing lawyer Atticus Finch in this 1962 adaptation of a Harper Lee novel.
What is To Kill a Mockingbird?
This Pacific island battle is famous for the photograph of U.S. Marines raising the American flag on Mount Suribachi.
What was the Battle of Iwo Jima?
This 1777 battle in upstate New York is considered the turning point of the American Revolution.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
This 19th-century Prussian statesman was the primary architect of German unification.
Who was Otto von Bismarck?
This state was the site of the first successful airplane flight by the Wright Brothers in 1903.
What is North Carolina?
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton starred in this 1963 historical epic that nearly bankrupted 20th Century Fox.
What is Cleopatra?
This was the "lightning war" military tactic used by Germany to quickly overwhelm its enemies.
What is Blitzkrieg?
This New York native and "Rough Rider" served as Governor before becoming the 26th U.S. President.
Who was Theodore Roosevelt?
This royal house, which ruled the Austro-Hungarian Empire, was one of the most influential in European history.
Who were the Habsburgs?
This state was the first to grant women the right to vote, earning it the nickname the "Equality State."
What is Wyoming?
This 1959 comedy starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, and Jack Lemmon ends with the line, "Well, nobody's perfect!"
What is Some Like It Hot?