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Things You Should Have Learned in School If You Were Paying Attention - History
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He is often described as “The Original Renaissance Man” in that he was painter, engineer, astronomer, anatomist, sculptor and architect.

Who is Leonardo Da Vinci?

100

This Viking explorer is credited with being the first European to establish a settlement in in North America.

Who is Leif Erickson?

100

The maximal number of chemical bonds a carbon atom can make.  

What is four?

100

Kim Kardashian notably dated what Saturday Nigh Live Alumni?

Who is Pete Davidson?

100

Michigan

Who is Eric Swayze?

200

This Chinese philosopher and politician is considered the paragon of Chinese sages. His teachings underpin East Asian culture.  

Who is Confucius?

200

This person was the longest ruling monarch.

Who is Queen Elizabeth?

200

Which of the following is a nobel gas? Hydrogen, sulfur, krypton, cesium, nitrogen or oxygen?

What is Krypton?

200

The starring actress in the Barbie movie.

Who is Margot Robbie?

200

This brainy leader is an expert in Buffalo wings

Who is Holly Kordasiewicz?

300

She was the first woman to win a Nobel prize and the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two different scientific disciplines.

Who is Marie Curie?

300

This Italian artist was chosen by Pope Julius II to redecorate the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

Who is Michelangelo Buonarroti?

300

This species of bird is the only bird that can fly backwards.

What is the hummingbird?

300

This is the Beatles’ first number-one hit in the United States?

What is “I Want to Hold Your Hand”?

300

Came up with the name Isis Pharmaceuticals and was subsequentially sold off into slavery to Abbott Labs

Who is David Ecker?

400

This German astronomer is credited with transforming cosmology into today’s science-based astronomy. He invented an improved version of the telescope, using it to describe planetary motion.

Who is Johannes Kepler?

400

He was largely responsible for writing the first draft of the Declaration of Independence.

Who is Thomas Jefferson?

400

The number of bones in the human body?

What is 206?

400

This Men’s National Soccer team won both the UEFA Euros and Olympics in 2024?  

Who is Spain?

400

This canary escaped the Islands to play tennis in the U.S.

Who is Frank Rigo?

500

This Professor of Pharmacology discovered ubiquitinated proteins, the 5’-cap on RNAs and small nuclear RNA and made important discoveries regarding the nucleolus, yet, does not get widespread recognition for his discoveries.  

Who is Harris Busch?

500

This Chinese Dynasty  started with Ming Hongwu, who came to power after the collapse of Mongol rule? He abolished slavery, launched a land reform program and strengthened central government?

What is the Ming Dynasty?

500

These intelligent predatory marine animals belong to the class Cephalopoda and Phylum Mollusca.  

What are squids and octopuses?

500

In April 2023, this Mexican singer made history with “Ella Baila Sola” single, being the first regional Mexican song to reach the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100?

Who is Peso Pluma?

500

A native Aztecan

Who is Frank Bennett?

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