How Well do You Know Your Uncles?
Empires of Old
American History
How Well do You Know Your Aunts?
Around the Solar System
400

This is Uncle Rick's favorite sports team.

What are The New Jersey Devils?

400

This empire built the pyramids of Giza, as well as the sphynx.

What was the Egyptian Empire?

400

This is the year that the Declaration of Independence was signed by the Founding Fathers of these United States of America.

What is 1776?
400

This is Aunt Stephanie's favorite drink.

What is Iced Coffee?

400

This celestial body is known for once being a planet, before being relegated to dwarf planet status.

What is Pluto?

800

This Uncle is a certified scuba diver.

Who is Uncle Nick?

800

The sun never sets on this empire, which ruled the world's oceans until the turn of the 20th century

What was the British Empire?

800

This battle was the first of the Revolutionary War, and it was where the "Shot Heard 'Round the World" occured.

What was the Battle of Lexington & Concord?

800

This is the instrument Aunt Yolanta played as a child.

What is the Piano?

800

This celestial body is 5th from the sun, and is known for its large "eye."

What is Jupiter?

1200

This profession was Uncle Rick's job before he became a police chief.

What is a Professional Climber?

1200

This empire discovered the new world with the help of Christopher Columbus.

What was the Spanish Empire?

1200

This battle occurred on Christmas night of 1776, and was fought against the Hessian forces.

What was the Battle of Trenton?

1200

This Aunt has been on multiple book covers.

Who is Aunt Erika?

1200

6th from the Sun, this celestial body is known as the only planet that could float in water.

What is Saturn?

1600

This European country is the only one Uncle Chris has been to.

What is Italy?

1600

This empire was once the largest single political entity on earth, and it was ruled by Ghengis Khan.

What was the Mongol Empire?

1600

This battle was the last of the Revolutionary War, and was fought from September 28th to October 19th, 1781.

What was the Battle of Yorktown?

1600

This is Aunt Rachel's second favorite number.

What is Ten?

1600

Named after the messenger god of the Roman mythos, this planet has the fastest orbital period of any object in the solar system

What is Mercury?

2000

This is Uncle Rob's favorite animal.

What is a Dolphin?

2000

This empire came into power as a successor state to Rome, and it kept the Roman tradition alive from the fall of Rome all the way until 1453.

What was the Byzantine Empire?

2000

This nation is where the Hessian forces that fought for the British were from.

What is Germany?

2000

Aunt Erika went to school in these two countries while in college.

What are the United States of America and Australia?

2000

This is how many moons Saturn has.

What is ~275, +/- 25?

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