History
This Byzantine emperor codified Roman law into what became known as the Corpus Juris Civilis.
Who is Justinian?
This Irish author wrote Ulysses and revolutionized modernist literature
Who is James Joyce?
This element, atomic number 79, is a highly valued precious metal
What is gold?
This river runs through Baghdad.
What is the Tigris?
This ancient Greek city-state hosted the original Olympic Games
What is Olympia?
The Thirty Years’ War ended with this 1648 treaty.
What is the Treaty of Westphalia?
This French painter is known as the founder of Impressionism, and is famous for his Water Lilies series.
Who is Monet?
This Danish scientist proposed the model of the atom with electron orbiting a nucleus like planets.
Who is Niels Bohr?
This mountain range contains the world’s highest peaks.
What are the Himalayas?
This game, originating in India, later became modern chess.
What is Chaturanga?
The Meiji Restoration marked the modernization of this country in the 19th Century?
What is Japan?
The character Raskolnikov appears in this Russian novel.
What is Crime and Punishment?
CRISPR technology is primarily used for editing what biological material.
What is DNA?
The city of Timbuktu is located in this modern-day country.
What is Mali?
Bobby Fischer was a world champion in this game
What is chess?
This medieval conflict was fought between the houses of Lancaster and York.
What is the War of the Roses?
This German composer’s Ring Cycle is a monumental work of opera
Who is Richard Wagner?
Schrödinger’s famous thought experiment involves this animal in a box.
What is a cat?
This narrow strait separates Russia and Alaska.
What is the Bering Strait?
The 'Triple Crown' in U.S. horse racing consists of the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness, and this race.
What are the Belmont Stakes?
This ancient empire had Persepolis as its ceremonial capital.
What is the Persian Empire?
This postmodern author wrote Gravity’s Rainbow, a fictionalized look at the development and deployment of V-2 rockets in World War II.
Who is Thomas Pynchon?
This equation, DG = DH – TDS, determines whether a process is spontaneous.
What is the Gibbs free energy equation
This African country was formerly known as Abyssinia.
What is Ethiopia?
This Japanese martial art’s name means 'the gentle way.'
What is Judo?