World History
Who was the most important leader of the Mongols?
Who is Genghis Khan?
What was the first capital of the United States?
What is New York?
Which was the first state to announce its secession from the Union before the Civil War began?
What is South Carolina?
What famous philosopher was Alexander the Great's tutor?
Who is Socrates?
Which wonder of the world is found in Egypt?
What are the pyramids?
What does the word Barbarian mean?
What is uncivilized?
What were colonists protesting with the Boston Tea Party?
What is the Stamp Act?
(a British tax on print materials such as stamps and newspapers)
During the gold rush, how many prospectors made the arduous journey to the Klondike goldfields?
What is 100,000?
In Greek mythology, what did the golden arrow of Eros make people do?
It made them fall in love
What is the most famous gun duel in American History?
What is the Burr-Hamilton duel?
Which Chinese ruler made the Great Wall of China?
Who is Qin Shi Huang?
When was the Declaration of Independence signed?
What is August 2, 1776?
(The final draft was completed July 4, but it wasn’t actually signed until nearly a month later)
Who was the first witch of Salem to be executed?
Who is Bridget Bishop?
What did Athena turn Medusa into?
What is a Gorgon?
Which Asian country had seven of the ten deadliest wars in human history some even deadlier than world war I?
What is China?
Which Egyptian Queen fall in love with Mark Antony?
Who is Cleopatra?
Who where the nation's first Secretary of Treasury?
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
Who created the 50-star pattern on the U.S. flag?
What is a high school student?
In Ancient Greek, what was the prize for the winners in the Olympic Games?
What is an Olive Wreath?
“The Whitechapel Murderer” is the nickname given to which serial killer?
Who is Jack the Ripper?
According to the Greek Legends, the ancient Olympic Games were organized to worship one particular god. Who was that God?
Who is Zeus?
Vice president Aaron Burr is famous for shooting Alexander Hamilton, but what other crime was he later convicted of?
What is treason?
Whose face appears on the fifty-dollar bill?
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
Who was the author of “The Odyssey”?
Who is Homer?
The construction of the historical and divisive Berlin wall began in what year?
What is 1961?