Scientists
I am the final stages of a dying star. What am I?
A supernova
Miguel de Cervantes, author of Don Quixote, was the son of a poor traveling what?
Doctor
Which country is home to marsupials, giant crocodiles, and the world's most poisonous spider.
Australia
Louis IXV became king when he was how old?
13 years old
A group that separated from the Anglican Church.
Separatists
What was New Plymouth?
The settlement of the Pilgrims
According to legend, Galeleo dropped weights from which building to test his law of falling bodies?
Tower of Pisa
The works of William Shakespeare include timeless sonnets and what?
Plays
Under Elizabeth I, I looted Spanish ships loaded with silver from Panama. Who am I? Sir Francis Drake
Sir Francis Drake
In 1612, who made Christianity illegal to practice in Japan? Tokugawa Ieyasu
Tokugawa Ieyasu
What was King Frederick of Bohemia's nick name?
Winter King
What group sought to purify the Anglican Church?
Puritans
Along with many other discoveries, Robert Boyle recognized that air, water, fire, and earth could be broken down into small parts called ______?
Atoms
In the year 2002, Don Quixote was voted the world's best what by 100 writers from 54 countries.
Fiction
Who supposedly spared John Smith's life?
Pocahontas
Who were created to protect the emperor or shogun of Japan.
Ninja fighters
Who was a separatist but labeled a Baptist by some?
John Smyth
Under the Leadership of John _______ hundreds of Puritans settled Salem, Massachusetts, about 50 miles north of Plymouth.
Winthrop
Galileo was first to see that the Milky Way is a ______of stars and not just a blur in the sky.
Galaxy
Who contributed a vast number of whimsical words to the English language?
William Shakespeare
I am the ship that sailed Francis Drake all the way around the world. What am I?
The Golden Hind
Australia is how large? Three thousand or three million square miles?
Three million square miles
I am a mesh of German, Hebrew, and Slavic languages. What am I?
yiddish
The hard-working Puritans made Salem prosperous, and they soon spread to what is now the city of ______?
Boston
Though I was a brilliant astronomer, I never agreed with Copernicus that the earth revolves around the sun. Who am I?
Tycho Brahe
Miguel de Cervantes, author of Don Quixote, was from what nation?
Spain
What was the name that Sir Walter Raleigh gave the east coast of America in honor of Queen Elizabeth?
Virginia
It wasn't until 1605 that the Europeans were certain that the country, also known as the land down under, existed.
Australia
I am an Italian expression meaning "new foundry", and I was established to separate Jews from Christians. What am I?
Ghetto Nuovo
Sir Francis Bacon was knighted by whom?
Queen Elizabeth I
Who governed New Plymouth for a long time?
William Bradford
Galeleo Galilei was born the same day as_______died.
Michelangelo
After my death, I became one of the most loved painters of the Netherlands. Who am I?
Rembrandt
Who became the first leader at Jamestown, the colony of Virginia.
John Smith
Who was the Englishman who married Pocahontas?
John Rolfe
I forced Jews to leave the country of France in 1615. Who am I?
Louis XIII
How did Sir Francis Bacon die?
He caught cold and died from pneumonia after stuffing a chicken with snow.
Who was Squanto?
Tisquantum
Robert Boyle also came to understand pH levels to measure _____ and _________?
Alkalis/acids
I am a term that describes something very ornate, exaggerated, or overdone. What am I?
baroque
Halfway across the Atlantic Ocean, John Smith was accused of planning a what, and placed in chains.
Mutiny
Where was Pocahontas buried?
St. George's church, England
What was Gustavus II Adolphus, King of Sweden's nickname?
The Lion of the North
The famous phrase "I think, therefore I _____" has helped give Rene Descartes recognition as a great philosopher.
"Am"
When was the First Thanksgiving?
The autumn of 1621
Relying on the Notes of Tycho Brahe, I figured out that planets rotate in ovals, not circles. Who am I?
Johannes Kepler
One of Louis XIVV's achievements was to build a building that took 47 years to build and 30,000 laborers. What was it called?
Palace of Versailles
What did the Edict of Nantes in 1658 do to the Huguenots in France?
Restricted their religious freedoms.
In the study of dualism, Rene Descartes saw the separation between ____________ and mind.
Body
Who was born on the Mayflower?
Oceanus Hopkins and Peregrine White