Royalty
As an Austrian Princess, her name was Maria Antonia. When she became the last Queen of France, she was given this French version of her name.
Who was Marie Antoinette?
The assassination of this Austrian Arch Duke and his wife on June 28th, 1914 would kickstart World War One.
Who was Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand?
At 6'4 he was the tallest US president.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
He is the famous hero of the Iliad.
Who was Achilles?
The first modern edition of this major international sporting event occurred in 1896.
What are the Olympics?
Frequent incest brought down this royal house that once ruled Austria, Spain, The Holy Roman Empire, Hungary, Portugal, and Bohemia.
Who were the Habsburgs?
This battle on the Eastern front during WWII was the deadliest of the war, with nearly 2 million killed.
What was the battle of Stalingrad?
This massive statue was a gift to the US from France. It stands at 305 feet tall.
What is the Statue of Liberty?
This ancient empire is widely regarded as the first in recorded history.
What was Mesopotamia?
A former child prodigy, this classical composer began to lose his hearing at 28.
Who was Ludwig van Beethoven?
This Queen's 1840 wedding to her first cousin started a trend that lasts to today: white wedding dresses.
Who was Queen Victoria?
The Empire of Japan was led by this Prime Minister during the second World War.
Who was Hideki Tojo?
Thomas Jefferson appointed this man, his personal secretary, to lead an expedition to find the North West passage.
Who was Meriwether Lewis?
In 48 BC, he burned the Library of Alexandria.
Who was Julius Caesar?
This infamous series of events in the Puritan Massachusetts Bay Colony claimed the lives of 25 women, men, and children.
What were the Salem Witch Trials?
Who was Lady Jane Grey?
Many upper-class women throughout Western Europe and Russia volunteered to join this charitable organization during the first World War.
What is the Red Cross?
Unlike the Oregon trail, this trail brought Mormon Pioneers to Utah instead of the Pacific Northwest.
What was the Mormon trail?
This was the capitol of Ancient Egypt.
What was Memphis?
Who was D.B. Cooper?
This genetic blood disease has plagued the royal families of Great Britain, Russia, Germany, Prussia, and Spain.
What is Haemophilia?
During World War Two, the Belgian resistance helped these people flee mainland Europe for Great Britain.
Who were allied pilots?
The sinking of the Titanic overshadowed the opening of this baseball park, which is the oldest still in the MLB.
What is Fenway?
This major political system gets its roots from the Athenian government in the Classical Age.
What is democracy?
This was the real name of "Mary the Lusty", one of the four ladies-in-waiting to Mary, Queen of Scots.
Who was Mary Livingston?