Places in History
U.S. Landmarks
Historic Henrys
What's My Age, Again?
A Tale of Two Cities
100
St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands has a landing site named for this man's visit on Nov. 14, 1493
Columbus
100
Before it was Elvis' home, Graceland in this state was named for Grace Toof, whose niece & niece's husband built the mansion
Tennessee
100
Leading up to the Model T, he said, "I will build a motorcar for the great multitude"
Henry Ford
100
Going by the reign of the person it's named for, this age of history lasted from 1837 to 1901
Victorian
100
They're sister cities, but you can't see Magadan in this country from your house in Anchorage
Russia
200
The Clarke House is this U.S. city's oldest, having survived the Great Fire, though it now stands 2 blocks from its original spot
Chicago
200
This Seattle landmark was topped by a gas-powered torch during the 1962 World's Fair
The Space Needle
200
He's the former Secretary of State sharing a moment with then Secretary Hillary Clinton in 2011
Henry Kissinger
200
Around 10,000 B.C. the paleolithic phase of this age ended in Europe
Stone Age
TRIPLE STUMPER
200
East of Topeka, I-70 runs across a state line through two contiguous cities with this name
Kansas City
300
Built in 1779 in Shropshire, England, the world's first iron bridge is in an area called the birthplace of this revolution
The Industrial Revolution
300
This Florida city's Castillo de San Marcos, a stone fort begun in 1672, replaced a series of wooden structures on the site
St. Augustine
300
Sponsoring many voyages of discovery in the 1400s, Henry the Navigator was a prince of this country
Portugal
300
The Iron Age in Britain began around 800 B.C. & ended with the invasion of this empire about 800 years later
The Romans
300
It's about 800 miles from South Africa's executive capital of Pretoria to this legislative capital on the southwest coast
Cape Town
400
Alessandro Filipepi, Sandro for short, was the real name of this man who painted "La Primavera" around 1480
Botticelli
400
Several non-fabric "quilts" including a quilt of remembrance for the 1996 bombing were created in Olympic Park in this city
Atlanta
400
The Senate's "Great Triumvirate" was John C. Calhoun, Daniel Webster & him
Henry Clay
400
Great wealth was held by but a few while large numbers of people lived in poverty in this 1800s "Age" with a golden name
The Gilded Age
400
These 2 national capitals are located a little more than 100 miles apart across the 38th parallel
Pyongyang and Seoul
500
Many great artists lived in this Bavarian city including Albrecht Durer, the Renaissance master renown for both paintings like his self-portrait & woodcuts like the series "The Revelation of St. John"
Nuremberg
500
Kiowa-Comanche artist Blackbear Bosin designed the "Keeper of the Plains" statue in this most populous city in Kansas
Wichita
500
King of England from 1399 to 1413, Henry IV was the first of the 3 kings of this ruling house
Lancaster
TRIPLE STUMPER!
500
Large glaciers on Asia, Europe & North America began forming about 2.6 million years ago, kicking off this epoch of the Ice Age
Pleistocene
TRIPLE STUMPER
500
In 1872 these 2 cities on opposite sides of the Danube joined hands & names
Buda and Pest (Budapest)