Music History
This German composer and pianist from the late 18th and early 19th centuries, renowned as one of the most important figures in Western music.
Who was Ludwig Van Beethoven.
These groups of people inhabited the Americas for thousands of years before European colonization began in the late 15th century.
Who are the Native Americans.
This empire began in the late 1500s under Queen Elizabeth I.
What is the British Empire.
This airline started flying in 1967.
What is Southwest Airlines.
This period is a ceremonial choral music of the Roman Catholic Church, characterized by a single vocal line sung in unison, without musical accompaniment, and with a free rhythm.
What is Gregorian Chant.
This began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill.
What is California's Gold Rush.
This queen was the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death.
Who is Queen Victoria.
This airline started flying on January 12, 1930.
What is American Airlines.
This period lasted from approximately 1600 to 1750.
What is Baroque Music.
This social movement in the United States from 1954 to 1968 which aimed to abolish legalized racial segregation, discrimination, and disenfranchisement in the country, which most commonly affected African Americans.
What is the Civil Rights movement.
This was a landmark document forced upon King John by rebellious barons in 1215, establishing the principle that everyone, including the king, is subject to the law, guaranteeing rights like trial by jury, limiting royal power, and forming a foundation for constitutional law.
What is the Magna Carta.
This aircraft was first developed in 1964, it was first built in 1967, and its first flight was in April 9th, 1967.
What is a Boeing 737.
This period dated from about 1750 to 1820.
What is Classical Music
This severe global economic downturn from 1929 to 1939. The period was characterized by high rates of unemployment and poverty, drastic reductions in industrial production and international trade, and widespread bank and business failures around the world.
What is the Great Depression.
These were a series of armed confrontations, machinations, battles and campaigns fought for control of the English throne from 1455 to 1487.
What are Wars of the Roses?
This elevator brand started by the Montgomery brothers (A.E., James, Samuel, Robert) in 1890, entered the elevator business in 1910 and developed its first hydraulic elevator using GE solenoids in 1930.
What is a Montgomery Elevator.
This airport in England opened in 1946.
What is London Heathrow Intl. Airport.
This composer wrote "Music for the Royal Fireworks" at the Westminster Abbey in London.
Who is Fredrich Handel.
This event between the Union and Confederacy that formed in 1861 that had ceeded from the Union to preserve African American slavery.
What is the American Revolution.
This was a series of civil wars and political machinations between Royalists and Parliamentarians in the Kingdom of England from 1642 to 1651.
What is the British Civil War.
This elevator brand started in 1874 in Lucerne, Switzerland, founded by Robert Schindler and Eduard Villiger,
What is a Schindler MT.
This aircraft was first built in 1981 and starting flying in Februraury 19th, 1982.
What is a Boeing 757.