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This renowned naturalist and author of "On the Origin of Species" is best known for developing the theory of evolution by natural selection.
Charles Darwin
This color was worn by Union soldiers in the U.S. Civil War.
Blue
Walt Disney’s famous Mickey Mouse cartoon character appeared for the first time in 1928 in this short animated film
Steamboat Willie
Which constitutional amendment, ratified in 1920, gave women the right to vote?
In 1896, the first modern Olympics took place here.
1896 (Athens Greece)
On March 26, 1953, American medical researcher Dr. Jonas Salk announces on a national radio show that he has successfully tested a vaccine against this crippling disease.
polio
This one's a little bit hairy: the Spanish for "little war" gave us what G-word term for this type of warfare in which small groups of fighters take on larger and less mobile military
Guerilla Warfare
In the 1999 science fiction action thriller The Matrix, Neo takes what colored pill from Morpheus.
Red
Noted as the father of modern economics, this man wrote The Wealth of Nations.
Adam Smith
On December 1st, 1959, a dozen nations around the world signed a treaty declaring this continent a no-military zone that would be used mainly for scientific research
Antarctica
Eli Whitney's process of interchangeable parts revolutionized the manufacturing of this product.
Guns- Interchangeable parts, popularized in America when Eli Whitney used them to assemble muskets in the first years of the 19th century, allowed relatively unskilled workers to produce large numbers of weapons quickly and at lower cost, and made repair and replacement of parts infinitely easier.
This was the secret atomic bomb development project authorized by US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1942.
The Manhattan Project
In this 1961 American classic, Audrey Hepburn's alternative to brunch in bed.
Breakfast at Tiffany's
This philosopher wrote about the basics of the social contract theory in his discourse the Two Treatises of Government.
John Locke
The largest desert in the world by area, this desert spans across several countries in Northern Africa.
The Sahara
Struggling to read and learn his French, this 18th-century man invented the first bifocal eyeglasses.
Benjamin Franklin
Named after a U.S. military officer, this doctrine adopted during the Cold War stated that the U.S. would respond to any aggression with overwhelming force.
The Truman Doctrine
This twentieth century American writer/director starred in several iconic European-produced "spaghetti westerns."
Clint Eastwood
National Bootlegger’s Day falls on January 17th every year due to it being the birthday of this prolific prohibition era bootlegger
Al Capone
Located in the Pacific Ocean, this group of islands is known for its unique wildlife, including giant tortoises and marine iguanas.
Galapagos Islands
This gel-like incendiary material, an ingredient in bombs and flamethrowers, was used extensively during the Vietnam War.
Napalm
In 1947, the U.S. Air Force became an independent branch of the military, separating from this branch that it was previously a part of.
Department of the Army
Set against the backdrop of World War II, this 1998 film directed by Steven Spielberg follows the mission to rescue Private James Francis Ryan.
Saving Private Ryan
The Greek alphabet, which became the basis of all other Western alphabets, was based on the alphabet of these sea trading people.
The Phoenicians
This ancient wonder of the world, located in Egypt, is a colossal structure built as a tomb for a pharaoh.
The Great Pyramid of Giza