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The United States had military involvement in this country between the 1960s and early 70s. This proxy-war was heavily criticized by many U.S. citizens.
What is Vietnam?
Located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in modern-day Iraq and Syria, this region is home to some of the oldest human civilizations on Earth.
What is Mesopatamia?
Name this 20th-century competition between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R to achieve superior spaceflight technology.
What was the Space Race?
Alexander Graham Bell patented the first usable version of this device in 1876.
What is a telephone?
This is the oldest building on NIU's campus.
During an 1804 duel, Alexander Hamilton was shot and killed by this man.
Who was Aaron Burr?
This Central American civilization is famous for its namesake calendar, which supposedly predicted the end of the world.
Who were the Mayans?
During the 12th Century CE, this man established the Mongol Empire and conquered most of China and Central Asia.
Who was Genghis Khan?
This explosive substance was invented and weaponized by the Tang Dynasty around 800 CE.
What is gunpowder?
Earlier this year, he became the first Japanese baseball player to be inducted into the MLB Hall of Fame.
Who was Ichiro Suzuki?
This Amendment recognized that women had the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment?
This ancient symbol, first used by the ancient Egyptians, depicts a snake or dragon eating its own tail.
What is an Ouroboros?
This WWII Leader coined the term "Iron Curtain" to describe the divide between Eastern and Western Europe.
Who was Winston Churchill?
In 1780, William Addis invented this common hygiene item while he was in prison.
What is a toothbrush?
The mythic alchemical substance, the philosopher’s stone, was sought out for this mythical ability.
What is the ability to turn metals into gold or silver?
This pamphlet, published by Thomas Paine in 1776, urged American colonists into revolution from British rule.
What was Common Sense?
These sculptures were buried alongside Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China, in order to defend him in the afterlife.
What are the Terra Cotta Warriors?
Established in 1949, this is the name of Germany's parliamentary body.
What is the Bundestag?
This sweet food item was invented on accident in 1938 by Ruth Wakefield, owner of the Toll House Restaurant.
What are chocolate chip cookies?
Although there is doubt whether or not this is true, legend has it that in 1896 the only two cars in this entire state crashed at an intersection.
What is Ohio?
Working as a bartender in his younger days, he was the only U.S. President to have a liquor license.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
FOR 100 POINTS EACH: These monuments are considered to be the "Seven Wonders" of the ancient world.
What are:
The Great Pyramids of Giza, Lighthouse of Alexandria, Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, Colossus of Rhodes, Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, Statue of Zeus at Olympia, and the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?
After his failed invasion of Russia, Napoleon abdicated the French throne in 1814 and went into exile on THIS ISLAND, between Italy and Corsica.
What is Elba?
Garrett Morgan, the first Black man in Cleveland to own a car, invented this device after witnessing an accident.
What is the (three-light) traffic light?
This is the number of chairs in the Jedi Council Chamber in Star Wars.
What is 12?