A group of Pacific islands that Japan attacked the day after Pearl Harbor.
What are the Philippines?
100
This poet wrote 154 sonnets and popularized a sonnet form named after himself.
Who is William Shakespeare?
100
This symbol was first linked to the Democratic party in an 1870 cartoon by Thomas Nast
What is a donkey
100
This iconic CEO can usually be seen wearing a black turtleneck and jeans.
Who is Steve Jobs?
200
His death sparked World War I.
Who is Archduke Ferdinand?
200
This poet penned the lines "Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all" in memory of his best friend.
Who is Alfred, Lord Tennyson?
200
Was the year the Berlin Wall came down.
What is 1989
200
This computer was the first commercially successful product to use a GUI.
What is the Macintosh?
300
Was the first man to circumnavigate the globe.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
300
This poet famously said "Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down."
Who is Robert Frost?
300
This man piloted the first super-sonic flight.
Who is Chuck Yeager?
300
A branch of subnotebooks, these are a rapidly evolving category of small, lightweight, and inexpensive laptop computers suited for general computing and accessing Web-based applications.
What are netbooks?
400
Invented the first practical electric telegraph system in 1837.
Who is Samuel Morse?
400
This poet has a bridge named after him for his frequently crossing it during his seven year courtship of Francis Appleton.
Who is Henry Wadsworth Longfellow?
400
This was the first man-made Satellite.
What is Sputnick
400
A file format invented by Adobe, it is often shortened to the acronym PDF.