The words CROANTAN was carved on a tree of this island that was a failed colony in North America
What is Roanoke Island?
100
This is the number of successful crusades to retake Jerusalem.( out of 12)
What is one?
100
This piece of armor was popular in the 15th and 16th centuries and was used to protect the gentials of a man.
What is a codpiece?
100
" I am not a crook"
Who is Richard Nixon?
200
How many US presidents have died in office? (excluding those assassinated)
What is four?
200
This is the amount of acres a person could claim in the Homestead Act of 1862
What is 160 acres?
200
This Middle Eastern country fought eight wars, since its establishment in 1948."
What is Israel?
200
This tribe sacked Rome in 410 AD
What are the Visigoths?
200
" A house divided against itself cannot stand."
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
300
Who was the famous reporter whose articles coined the phrase yellow paper journalism with his sensationalist headlines about the USS Maine?( He has a famous mansion is Southern California)
Who is William Randolph Hearst.
300
This state was the last state that still offered federal land to be homesteaded in 1985
What is Alaska?
300
These are the elite foot soldiers of the Ottoman Empire that were made up with kidnapped Christian slaves
What are Janissaries?
300
This leader united the Germanic tribes to form the nation of Germany in 1871 after winning the Franco Prussian War
Who is Otto von Bismark?
300
“My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you I just signed legislation which outlaws Russia forever. The bombing begins in five minutes.”
Who is Ronald Reagan?
400
This is the first oldest settlement in America
What is St Augustine ?
400
This rebellion happened in 1676 and resulted in Jamestown being burned to the ground
What is Bacon's Rebellion?
400
This sect of Islam makes up roughly 90% of the Muslim World
What is Sunni?
400
This is the city the Ottomans finally took over in 1453
What is Constantinople?
400
" The buck stops here"
Who is Harry Truman?
500
What is the largest country in the world?
What is Russia?
500
" In what war was the White House burned down?"
What is the War of 1812?
500
What city's library was burned down when the Mongols invaded in 1258
What is Baghdad?
500
This British monarch was tried for treason and had his head chopped off at White Hall after losing the English Civil War to Oliver Cromwell
Who is Charles the First?
500
"There is nothing left to do except to get drunk. "