History in its youth
Leonardo Da Vinci began his career as an apprentice to a renowned artist named Andrea del Verrocchio at just age 14, in this hub of Renaissance art and the home of the Medici family.
What is Florence?
Karol Józef Wojtyła, Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli, and Robert Prevost.
What is the Pope?
Georgetown University, Holy Cross, and Boston College are just a few universities that are sponsored by this religious order, originally founded by St Ignatius of Loyola.
What is the Jesuit Order?
The mantra “be the change you wish to see in the world“ is often attributed to this leader of peaceful protest and Indian independence.
Who is Mahatma Gandhi?
Tenzin Gyatso is the assumed religious name of this figurehead of Tibetan Buddhism.
What is the Dalai Lama?
Abraham Lincoln famously played this sport at a high level in his youth and was well rewarded for his efforts as he was inducted into the hall of fame for this sport in 1992.
What is wrestling?
William H. Taft, Warren E. Burger, and John Jay.
What is Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court?
This prestigious London university does not have an official date of establishment but evidence suggests that it existed in some capacity in the year of 1096.
What is Oxford University?
A major turning point in early American government, which president allegedly proclaimed “John Marshall has made his decision, now lets see him enforce it!”
Who is Andrew Jackson?
The biblical story of Noahs Ark is said to have been inspired by the Mesopotamian story of this title, that also features a flood and is often said to be the oldest discovered story.
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?
Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, has often stressed his humble beginnings on the streets of Gujarat selling this drink, the most consumed in all of India in 2025.
What is Chai or Tea?
While all four Democratic Republican Presidents (Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Quincy Adams) consecutively held the highest office in the land, they all also held this position of cabinet prior to their presidencies.
What is Secretary of State?
The only three colleges with over 100 total NCAA national titles are all located in California. Name any two of the three colleges, which all ranked top 5 in the US News and Report’s ranking of California universities.
What are UCLA, USC, and Stanford?
Winston Churchills famous “We shall fight on the beaches“ speech was delivered just a month after his appointment as prime minister in June of which year?
What is 1940?
What is Indonesia?
Taylor Swift worked on this festive, seasonal type of farm that her family owned and she has written about her experiences many times.
What is a Christmas Tree Farm?
Roald Dahl, Nathan Hale, and Sir Christopher Lee.
What is Spy or Intelligence Officer?
The oldest continuously operating university in Africa was founded during the Islamic Golden Age in the city of Fez, just south of the Atlas Mountain Range, in this country.
What is Morocco?
The famous statement that nothing is certain except death and taxes was actually made in reference to this founding father’s hesitancy in the constitution.
Who is Benjamin Franklin
The fifth largest religion in the world, this religion originated in the Indian state of Punjab focusing on devotion to the one creator known as Waheguru.
What is Sikhism?
This music icon was born as Farrokh Bulsara in Zanzibar in Tanzania to devout Zoroastrian, Parsi parents.
Who is Freddie Mercury?
Emperor Hirohito, John Curtin, and Pietro Badoglio.
While Harvard is the oldest founded institution in America, being founded in 1636, the first royally chartered university in America was this college founded in 1693 and known today as top ranked “Public Ivy”.
What is the College of William and Mary?
“We are such stuff as dreams are made on” is a line said by a magician named Prospero in this Shakespeare play that takes place on a remote island.
What is the Tempest?
What is Varanasi?