US HISTORY
What American revolutionary became famous for his midnight ride to warn of British troop movements, proudly exclaiming “The British are coming!”
Paul Revere
This prohibition-era Chicago crime boss was the loose inspiration for the character Scarface. He was eventually caught by the IRS for tax evasion and imprisoned at the age of 33.
Al Capone
What is the medical term for the windpipe?
The Trachea
NEIL ARMSTRONG SAID: That’s one small step for man…
…one giant leap for mankind
She was both deaf and blind, but that didn’t stop her from earning her bachelor’s degree and becoming a founding member of the ACLU.
Hellen Keller
“Bootleggers” and “Speakeasys” were commonplace during this era of American History.
Prohibition
This unknown individual became one of the FBI’s most notorious unsolved cases after they hijacked a plane in 1971, demanding $200,000, and escaping from the plane by parachute.
D.B. Cooper
What is the largest muscle in the human body?
The Gluteus Maximus “Buttock Muscle”
EMINEM SAID: All you other Slim Shady’s are just imitating…
…so won’t the real Slim Shady please stand up
This Princess of Wales captured the heart of the world for her steadfast activism before her tragic passing in Paris during August of 1997
Princess Diana of Wales
This 13-day crisis brought the world to the brink of nuclear war, as U.S. spy planes discovered missile sites being constructed 90 miles off the coast of Florida.
The Cuban Missile Crisis
Classified as a domestic terrorist rather than a serial killer, Timothy James McVeigh was an American who killed 168 people in what city?
Oklahoma City
What is the largest artery in the human body?
The Aorta
DOC SAID: Roads? Where we’re going…
…we don’t need roads
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This Mexican painter is celebrated for her vivid, symbolic self-portraits. Her art drew heavily from her life, Mexican folk culture, realism and surrealist elements.
Frida Kahlo
What constitutional amendment ended the practice of Slavery in the United States?
The 13th amendment
The prosecutor in Charles Manson's trial later wrote a book about the Manson murders, the book titled shared the same name with what Beatles song?
Helter Skelter
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What is the name of the body’s largest nerve?
The Sciatic Nerve
RONALD REAGAN SAID: Mr. Gorbachev…
…tear down this wall
A Polish physicist and chemist, during World War 1 she developed mobile radiography units to provide X-ray services to field hospitals. She would become the only person to ever win 2 Nobel Prizes in two different scientific fields of study to this day.
Marie Curie
These Native American people once controlled the Southern Great Plains, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. They were nomadic, master’s on horses and were known as “The Lords of the Plains.”
The Comanche
This infamous American outlaw died at the age of 21 in Fort Sumner, New Mexico. Before he died, he was combatant in the Lincoln County wars.
William. H. Bonney “Billy the Kid”
The human retina contains what TWO different types of photoreceptor cells?
Rods and Cones cells
MEL GIBSON SAID: They may take our lives…
…but they will never take our freedom!
This American singer was regarded as “The Queen of Soul.” She was named the greatest singer of all time, twice by the Rolling Stone magazine where she still holds the title. “All she’s askin’ is for a little respect”
Aretha Franklin