Around the World
This is the smallest country in the world.
Vatican City
Who is credited with inventing the airplane?
The Wright Brothers
This ancient language was spoken by the Romans and is the origin of many English words.
Latin
The hardest natural substance on Earth
Diamond
The last pharaoh of ancient Egypt.
Cleopatra VII
Home to the ancient city of Petra.
Jordan
Inventor of the cotton gin
Eli Whitney
The famous Rosetta Stone contains inscriptions in Greek, Demotic, and this ancient Egyptian writing system.
Egyptian Hieroglyphics
The scientific study of fungi.
Mycology
What ancient city was destroyed by Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD?
Pompeii
The world's largest desert.
Antarctic Desert
Who invented the World Wide Web?
Tim Berners-Lee
This ancient language was used to write the original texts of the Hindu Vedas.
Sanskrit
Chemical symbol for tungsten.
W
This document signed in 1215 limited the power of the English king.
Magna Carta
This Country was formally known as Ceylon.
Sri Lanka
Inventor of the Supper Soaker
Lonnie Johnson
This ancient language, used in the Hittite Empire, is one of the earliest attested Indo-European languages.
Hittite
This type of bond involves the sharing of electron pairs between atoms.
Covalent bonds
What was the code of laws established by the Babylonian king Hammurabi?
Code of Hammurabi
These two countries are separated by the Bering Strait.
Russia & United States
Who developed the technology that became the foundation for caller ID and call waiting?
Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson
This language was used in ancient Carthage and belongs to the Canaanite branch of Northwest Semitic languages.
Punic
This enzyme unwinds the DNA double helix during DNA replication.
Helicase
This battle of 1815 marked Napoleon's final defeat.
Waterloo