Sports History
NFL player Christian Okoye began playing football in college after being turned down for the Olympics in this sport.
Track and Field
This was the first country to report the Spanish Flu.
Spain
This was the first dominant power of Europe in the 5th century at the beginning of the medieval age.
The Catholic Church
This country in the Caribbean is not part of the Greater Antilles or Lesser Antilles.
The Bahamas
This president is in the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.
Abraham Lincoln
Henry Tandey, a British soldier, spared the life of this future dictator during World War I.
Adolf Hitler
This English King was captured at the first battle of St. Albans in 1455.
Henry VI
Haiti was the first Caribbean country to gain independence in this year.
1804
This was the last year in which art was an event in the Olympics.
1948
This person was assassinated in 1914, sparking what most consider the beginning of World War I.
Franz Ferdinand
This Scottish Earl was murdered by King James II of Scotland at the king’s dinner table.
Earl of Douglas
This person is often regarded as the most notorious dictator in the history of the Caribbean.
Rafael Trujillo
Louis Pessolano was a former NFL player who accidentally became involved in a plot to send stolen weapons to this figure.
Fidel Castro
The Zimmerman Telegram was sent by Germany to this country to encourage them to join the Central Powers.
Mexico
This is the century the Black Death occurred in.
14th century
Obeah is a spiritual religion that spread through the Caribbean by enslaved Africans during the 17th century. Obeah is more commonly known around the world by this name.
Voodoo
This college has the most national championships in football.
Princeton
This was the only U.S. President to serve in the military during World War I.
Harry S. Truman
In the 14th century most able bodied men were made to practice this sport every sunday
Archery
Independence activists from Puerto Rico orchestrated an assassination attempt on this president.
Harry S. Truman