The English word for this term meaning a person who works with various employers comes from knights who sold their skills.
freelance
100
Many people thought phone companies had a monopoly of long distance calls until this communications company came around to make free calls possible.
What is Skype?
100
Sakura cheese from Hokkaido is a soft cheese flavored with the leaves of a cherry tree made in this country.
Japan
100
Europeishka Ferieskolan was the original name of this company, founded in 1965
What is EF?
100
Cranfield, a top logistics business school is located in this ultra-modern city, 1 hour north of London
Milton Keynes
200
Originating in Mesopotamia, the fertile crescent between the Tigress and Euphrates rives, the Sumerian language was written on clay tablets.
cuneiform
200
This Spanish artist went through a "blue period," and is known as the father of Cubism, but few know he was also an expert potter.
Pablo Picasso
200
On September 1, 1715, Louis Xiv dies in this city, home of his famed palace of the same name.
Versailles
200
Arthur D Little, founder of the world's first modern consulting firm, was a professor at this Boston institution
What is MIT?
200
In San Francisco, this school occupies the middle position between Stanford and Hult at the rankings.
What is Berkeley Haas School of Management?
300
This word often used as a name is an anagram in English and comes from the Hebrew word meaning "hope".
Hannah
300
A famous Impressionist, this Dutch painter is thought to have committed suicide, but history suggests he may have been shot. He is perhaps best known for cutting off part of his ear.
Vincent Van Gogh
300
In Latin, the name of this continent means "Place of Freedom."
Africa
300
In Asia, it was repaired seven times to defend against the Tujue.
The Great Wall
300
The intestinal tract of these insects, also known as "white ants," is capable of breaking down cellulose.
Termites
400
This Hindu word can mean respresentative or likeness. Krishna and Rama are both ones for Vishnu.
Avatar
400
In addition to his colorful scenes of villagers and animals, this Russian Jewish painter also illustrated scenes from Arabian Nights, 1001 Nights; the story of Scheherazade.
Marc Chagall
400
This country has the world's largest percentage of renewable freshwater.
Brazil
400
One of few women in history to be executed for spying, this seductive WWI spy had a daughter named Banda, who was also a spy.
Mata Hari
400
Steven Chu won a Nobel Prize for capturing atoms with these light beams.
Lasers
500
In 1887, this language was invented in Warsaw, Poland by Dr. L.L. Zamenhof.
Esperanto
500
This famous Frenchman lent his name to an early form of photography.
Louis Daguerre
500
John the Baptist's ministry took place in the river region of this country.
Jordan
500
Founded by Vardhamana in India around 420 BCE, this religion has many similarities to Buddism and Hinduism, but believes that enlightenment can only be achieved through asceticism.
Jainism.
500
Number 98 on the Atomic Chart, this radioactive element is the only one named after a U.S. state.