Alexander Hamilton
This was the political party Alexander Hamilton was part of. After his death, it was disbanded due to the 1814 Hartford Convention.
What is the Federalist Party?
She was an investigative journalist who wrote anti-lynching literature. She is also an early civil rights activist and women’s rights leader.
Who is Ida B. Wells?
Following the death of Julius Caesar and a subsequent Civil War this figure seized power, founding the Roman Empire and installing himself as de facto emperor.
Who is Augustus? (Octavian also accepted.)
On April 15th, 1912, after striking an iceberg, this luxury ocean liner sank during its maiden voyage from England to New York City.
What is the Titanic?
This British rock group formed in 1958 and consisted of George Harrison, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, and Ringo Starr.
Who is The Beatles?
This series of essays defending the United States's constitution was a product of Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison's collaboration. They were largely important to politics of the time and published under the pseudonym "Publius."
What are The Federalist Papers?
A 19th century astronomer, she discovered more than 2,400 stars and aided in establishing the scale of the Universe. There is also a stage play about her life called Silent Sky.
Who is Henrietta Leavitt?
The founder of the Achaemenid Dynasty of Persia, This ruler is known for conquering the largest empire at the time and for his policy of religious and cultural tolerance.
Who is Cyrus The Great? (Cyrus II also accepted.)
On March 24, 1989, a supertanker owned by this company struck the Bligh Reef off the coast of Alaska, spilling around ten million gallons of crude oil into the North Pacific.
What is Exxon?
This musician was the last to perform at the 1969 Woodstock festival, closing out with his most iconic rendition of the Star-Spangled Banner.
Who is Jimi Hendrix?
This disease threatened Hamilton's life and took his mother's when he was a child on St. Kitts.
What is Yellow Fever?
This Female Astronomer provided proof for existence of Dark Matter through studying galaxy rotation rates.
Who is Vera Rubin?
This Bronze Age dynasty ruled over the yellow river valley and was the first Chinese Dynasty in recorded history.
What is the Shang Dynasty?
In January of 1986, this spacecraft suddenly exploded 73 seconds into its flight, taking the lives of its seven crew members, including a schoolteacher.
What is Challenger?
At just 17 years old, this singer released the song “You Don’t Own Me,” which became an anthem for many feminists during the 1960s.
Who is Lesley Gore?
These were the years in which Hamilton was the Secretary of Treasury. It was during these years he designed and created the national bank.
When was 1789-1795?
She, at the age of 16, rode 40 miles (twice as long as Paul Revere) through the night to warn of a British attack on Danbury at the start of the American Revolution.
Who is Sybil Ludington?
The first emperor of China, this Chinese ruler is known for founding the Qin dynasty, the first Chinese dynasty to rule over a unified China.
Who is Qin Shi Huang?
(You would know this answer if you paid attention to the bios at Bingo night!)
In 2004, a 9.3 magnitude earthquake occurred off the coast of Indonesia, causing this devastating event named after the holiday that preceded it.
What is the Boxing Day Tsunami?
In late 1965, shortly after their formation, the members of this Greenwich Village folk-rock band were nearly cast as The Monkees on television.
Who is The Lovin' Spoonful?
Alexander Hamilton used to frequently pick up pro-bono criminal defense cases in order to pass the time and give back to his community. (He believed he was quite the gift.) In order to do so, Hamilton taught himself law and passed the bar exam in this amount of time following the end of the American Revolution.
What is 6 months (in 1782)?
Nicknamed “Lady Death”, this Soviet woman was one of the most successful snipers in modern warfare with 300 confirmed kills.
Who is Lyudmila Pavlichenko?
The ancient Sumerians of Mesopotamia are widely credited with the invention of writing, their cuneiform tablets represent the oldest confirmed writing system yet discovered. This is the oldest piece of Sumerian writing discovered thus far.
What is The Kish Tablet?
In this country, in 1981, overheated electrical cables ignited a big-top circus tent during a matinee performance, resulting in the deaths of 56 schoolchildren and more than 30 adults.
What is India?
At the 1967 March on the Pentagon, one of the largest anti-war protests at the time, members from this band worked with the Yippies! to perform an exorcism on the Pentagon.
Who is The Fugs?