General Knowledge
The name of the literary device where human characteristics are given to non-human things
What is personification?
The longest river in the world
The author of "Romeo and Juliet"
Who is Shakespeare?
The event that caused the Spanish-American War
Bonus Point (100): What year did it happen?
What is the blowing up (and sinking) of the USS Maine?
Bonus: 1898
This Renaissance artist painted the Mona Lisa
Who is Leonardo Da Vinci?
The smallest country in the world by land area
Where is Vatican City?
The location of Machu Picchu
Where is Peru?
The literary term for the repetition of sounds at the beginning of words
What is alliteration?
The strength of the Union and Confederacy (both)
What are manufacture and agriculture?
This inventor is credited with creating the light bulb
Who is Thomas Edison?
The deepest part of the ocean
What is the Mariana Trench?
The capital of Netherlands
Where is Amsterdam?
The name of the talking rabbit in "Winnie-the-Pooh"
Who is Rabbit?
When is 1939-1945?
This scientist developed the theory of relativity
Who is Albert Einstein?
The chemical symbol for gold
What is Au?
The place where the Iceman was found
Where is the Ötztal Alps (between Italy and Austria)?
The name of the famous detective created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Who is Sherlock Holmes?
First woman to win the Nobel Prize
Who was Marie Curie?
This American civil rights leader led the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Who is Rosa Parks?
The theory that explains the origin and evolution of the universe
What is the Big Bang Theory?
The largest coral reef system in the world
What is the Great Barrier Reef?
The name of the protagonist of Breakout by Kate Messner
The first man-made object to orbit the Earth
What is Sputnik 1?
This ancient Greek philosopher is known for his ideas about democracy and philosophy
Who is Plato?