King Tut
This famous 1922 discovery made King Tut a household name.
His tomb
Legend says this falling fruit helped inspire Newton's theory of gravity, though it probably never actually hit him on the head.
An apple
In 1932, she became the first woman to fly solo across this large body of water, matching a feat previously accomplished by Charles Lindbergh.
The Atlantic Ocean
Though she likely never said it, this famous, out-of-touch phrase about starving peasants is often falsely attributed to her.
"Let them eat cake!"
This famous nickname for Louis comes from the streets of New Orleans, where people joked about the size of his cheeks.
Satchmo
King Tut earned this nickname because he took the throne at just nine years old.
The Boy King
Newton invented this type of advanced mathematics to help explain the movement of the planets and the speed of falling objects.
Calculus
Earhart vanished over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to fly around the world in this twin-engine Lockheed aircraft.
A Lockheed Electra
Marie Antoinette built this private, rustic retreat on the grounds of Versailles to escape the rigid, formal rules of the royal court.
The Petit Trianon
Louis Armstrong learned to play the cornet—a brass instrument similar to a trumpet—while spending time at the Colored Waif's Home in this Southern city.
New Orleans
This British archaeologist famously found King Tut's burial chamber in the Valley of the Kings.
Howard Carter
By shining a beam of light through one of these glass tools, Newton proved that white light is actually made up of all the colors of the rainbow.
A prism
He was the skilled navigator who accompanied Amelia Earhart on her ill-fated 1937 round-the-world flight.
Fred Noonan
This massive 1785 scandal involving a diamond necklace meant for the queen deeply damaged her public reputation, even though she was innocent.
The Affair Of The Diamond Necklace
During the 1926 recording of the song "Heebie Jeebies," Louis allegedly dropped his sheet music and invented this style of singing, which uses nonsense syllables instead of words.
Scat Singing
Made of solid gold and inlaid with blue glass and gems, this iconic item was placed over the mummy's face to protect it in the afterlife.
His burial mask
Published in 1687, this famous book is where Newton wrote down his three laws of motion and his law of universal gravitation.
The Principia
Before piloting solo, Earhart first crossed the Atlantic Ocean in 1928, but only as this type of passive role in the aircraft.
A Passenger
In 1793, Marie Antoinette met the same fate as her husband during the French Revolution and was executed by this device.
The guillotine
In 1964, Louis had a massive number-one hit with the title song from this popular Broadway musical about a matchmaker.
Hello, Dolly
King Tut's famous golden mask features this symbol on its forehead, representing royalty and protection.
A cobra
Later in his life, Newton took a government job as the Master of this place, where he worked hard to catch people making fake coins.
The Royal Mint
Amelia Earhart was born in 1897 in this Midwestern U.S. state, which is also famous for Dorothy's home in The Wizard of Oz.
Kansas
This Austrian-born queen was mockingly given this financial nickname by the French public due to her lavish spending habits.
Madame Déficit
This 1967 Louis Armstrong ballad features the famous opening lines, "I see trees of green, red roses too."
What A Wonderful World