Ancient Mythology
The Olympian goddess of agriculture
Who was Demeter?
Who was Ceres?
The man whose assassination led to the creation of the Roman Empire
Who was Julius Caesar?
The year in which the Western Roman Empire fell?
What is 476 C.E.?
(Although there is some dispute, with some deciding that the end was with the death of Julius Nepos in 480, making 480 an alternative correct answer)
The explorer who sailed the ocean with support from the queen of Castile and the king of Aragon and laid claim to Caribbean islands in their names
Who was Christopher Columbus?
The day on which the Declaration of Independence was signed
What was July 4, 1776?
The Hindu god of creation
Who is Brahma?
The city where many ancient Greek philosophers were born, including Socrates, Plato, Pericles, etc.
What is Athens?
A devastating plague that killed around 30-60% of Europe's population at the time
What is the Bubonic Plague?
What is the Black Death?
A period of European cultural, artistic, political and economic “rebirth” following the Middle Ages
What was the Renaissance?
The major war in which the United States participated that lasted from 1950 to 1953, and at which many mobile army surgical hospitals were present
What was the Korean War?
The Chinese God of Wealth
Who is Caishen?
The first emperor of the Achaemenid Empire, also known as the Persian Empire
Who was Cyrus the Great?
The century-long reclamation of the Iberian peninsula for the Christians against the Moors
What was the Reconquista?
The founder of Protestant Christianity who criticized the Catholic church
Who was Martin Luther?
The last emperor of Russia
Who was Tsar Nicholas II Romanov?
The egyptian god of chaos, violence and the desert
Who is Set?
Who is Seth?
A set of wars between the Carthaginian Empire and Roman Republic
What were the Punic Wars?
The first emperor to rule from the west after the fall of the Western Roman Empire approximately three centuries earlier
Who was Charlemagne?
A European intellectual movement of the 17th and 18th centuries which focused on religion, reason, and humanity
What was the Enlightenment?
The successor to Joseph Stalin as the leader of the Soviet Union
Who was Nikita Khrushchev?
The world snake in Norse mythology
Who is Jormungandr?
The phrase, in Latin or in English, that was famously said by Julius Caesar as he crossed the Rubicon River
What is "alea iacta est"?
What is "the die is cast"?
The battle at which William the Conquerer took control of the Kingdom of England in 1066
What was the Battle of Hastings?
This period of Japan was characterized by prolonged peace and stability, urbanization and economic growth, strict social order, isolationist foreign policies, and popular enjoyment of arts and culture. Lasted from 1600 to 1868
What was the Edo period?
The eleventh president of the United States of America
Who was James K. Polk?