Who earned the nickname of "The First American" in the 1700's?
Benjamin Franklin
100
Who was the leader of an unsuccessful coup d'etat against the government of Venezuela in 1992 and later became the president of the country?
Hugo Chavez
100
Who was Africa's first democratic president?
Nelson Mandela
100
Who was the Indian leader of satyagraha during the Indian Independence Movement?
Mohandas Gandhi
100
Who was the leader of the Nazi's during WWII and the Holocaust?
Adolf Hitler
200
Who made the first U.S. expedition to the west coast of America?
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
200
Who was the famous First Lady of Argentina from June 1946 until her death from cancer in July of 1952?
Eva Peron
200
Who served as the first Vice President of Sudan?
John Garang de Mobior
200
Who was the Catholic nun who ministered to the poor and needy in Calcutta, India starting the the 1950's until her death?
Mother Teresa
200
Who was the French general famous for his alleged inferiority complex due to his lack of height?
Napoleon Bonaparte
300
Which president of the United States led the U.S. army to victory over England in the Revolutionary War?
George Washington
300
Who was a major leader in the Cuban Revolution in an unofficial capacity?
Ernesto "Che" Guevara
300
Who performed the world's first successful (human) heart transplant?
Christiaan Neethling Barnard
300
Who was the first Chairman of the Communist Party of China?
Mao Zedong
300
Which pope of the Catholic Church was just replaced by Pope Benedict XVI?
Pope John Paul II
400
What civil rights advocate followed nonviolent methods from Mahatma Ghandi and went on to become one of the most well-known leaders in the history of modern American liberalism?
Martin Luther King Jr.
400
Who served as president of the first union of independent nations in Hispanic America from 1819 - 1830?
Simon Bolivar
400
Who served as both the first Prime Minister and President of the Kenyan nation?
Jomo Kenyatta
400
Who was the founder of the Mongol Empire and later conquered most of Eurasia?
Genghis Kahn
400
Which English monarch is most well known for having 6 wives?
King Henry VIII
500
Which U.S. president stated, "A house divided against itself cannot stand"?
Abraham Lincoln
500
Who was the second Supreme Director of Chile?
Bernardo O'Higgins
500
Who is best known as being the driving force behind the formation of a military bicycle corps for the Boer Army?
Daniel Theron
500
Who was the female ruler of the Manchu Qing Dynasty in China from 1861 to 1908?
Dowager Empress Cixi
500
Who was the famous composer from Salzburg who wrote the opera Don Giovanni?