Modern History
Which invention by James Watt in the 18th century is considered a key development of the Industrial Revolution?
What was the steam engine?
What ancient stone slab discovered in Egypt in 1799 provided the key to deciphering hieroglyphics, and is now the most visited item on display in the British Museum?
What is the Rosetta Stone?
Which sport uses a net, a racket, and a shuttlecock?
What is Badminton?
True or False
It’s illegal to throw a snowball intentionally at someone’s head in Buffalo.
What is TRUE
The United States bought Alaska from which country?
What was Russia?
The Kyoto Protocol, adopted in 1997, aimed to address what global issue?
What was climate change?
What famous sixth king of the First Babylonian Dynasty became famous for his titular "code" which importantly shifted law codes from compensating victims to physical punishment of perpetrators?
Who is Hannibal?
What type of race is the Tour de France?
What is bicycle racing?
With five, Buffalo has the second most houses designed by this famous architect?
Who is Frank Lloyd Wright?
The “shot heard ’round the world” describes the beginning of which battles in the American Revolution?
What was the Battles of Lexington and Concord?
The Battle of Waterloo in 1815 marked the end of whose rule?
Who was Napoleon?
Which Ancient Greek mathematician and scientist is credited with a lot of discoveries and inventions, including his “screw”—an engineering principle that’s a key feature of hydraulics?
Who is Archimedes?
What is the only sport to be played on the moon?
What is golf?
Buffalo’s city parks system was built by the renowned landscape architect?
Who is Frederick Law Olmstead ?
Who was president during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Who was John F. Kennedy?
The Oslo Accords aimed to bring peace between which two parties in the Middle East conflict?
What is Israel & Palestine Liberation organization?
King John signed a document which is instrumental to legal systems around the world, was signed in 1215, what was it?
What is the Magna Carta?
In which winter sport are the terms “stale fish” and “mule kick” used?
What is snowboarding?
Literary genius __________________ grew up in Buffalo where his high level of intelligence and interest in literature was first recognized.
Who is F. Scott Fitzgerald ?
Who was the first American to win a Noble Peace Prize?
Who was Theodore Roosevelt?
When did the Chernobyl nuclear disaster occur?
What was 1986?
Which city in present-day Peru was the capital of the Inca Empire until its downfall in 1533?
What is Cuzco?
Who was the first president to throw the ceremonial first pitch at a Major League Baseball game?
Who is William Howard Taft?
The “Queen City” has made history as the world’s first city to illuminate its streets with electric lights, a groundbreaking achievement that revolutionized urban lighting systems. What year?
What is 1881?
What was the name of the battle in the Pacific fought between the U.S. Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy in June 1942?
What was The Battle of Midway?