Shipwrecks
This ship sank April 15th 1912.
What is the Titanic?
The "Mother of Nursing".
Who is Florence Nightingale?
This Massachusetts town was the site of a famous witch trial between 1692-1693.
What is Salem?
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all derive from this prophet.
Who is Abraham?
The first world’s fair held in the United States celebrated the country’s first centennial, in this city that started it.
What is Philadelphia?
"The gales of November came early" and caused the demise of this ship.
This country was practicing acupuncture in 1600 BCE, according to pictographs on bones and turtle shells.
What is China?
During which major time period did witch trials peak in Europe?
What is the Early Modern Era?
The two main groups in Islam.
What is Shia and Sunni?
The 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis included the first American instance of this tradition started in Ancient Greece.
What is the Olympic Games?
A German U-boat torpedoed and sank this British ocean liner on May 7th, 1915
What is the Lusitania?
The first woman to go to medical school, Elizabeth Blackwell, was accepted into Geneva Medical College in this year.
What is 1847?
This type of evidence was central in Witch trials.
What is Spectral Evidence?
These three religions have over 1 billion followers each.
What is Christianity, Islam, and Hinduism?
This now-iconic revolving amusement park ride made its debut at the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago.
What is the Ferris Wheel?
This 18th century shipwreck resulted in reform of the British Navy.
What is the Wager?
On October 16, 1846, William T. G. Morton made history by being first in the world to publicly and successfully demonstrate the use of this for surgery.
What is ether anesthesia? (anesthetic)
This 16th century religious event added to the atmosphere of uncertainty that contributed to witchcraft accusations.
What is the Protestant Reformation?
These groups, common around the time of the Black Death, promoted self-whipping to atone for their sins
What are flagellants?
While not quite the spectacles they used to be, world’s fairs are still held every 5 years. The last fair took place in this Japanese city in 2025.
What is Osaka?
This famous 400-ton, treasure carrying, Portuguese carrack sank in November 1511.
What is the Flor de la Mar?
The oldest surviving medical text.
What is the Kahun Gynaecological Papyrus (Ancient Egypt)?
This 14th century text by Hienrich Kramer was central to witchcraft beliefs in Europe.
What is the Malleus Maleficarum?
This type of expensive container holds sacred objects and artifacts from the Catholic faith.
What is a reliquary?
The 1964 New York World’s Fair was billed as a legacy project by this controversial long-time New York City urban planner.
Who is Robert Moses?