Potpourri
What is the name of Alexander the Great's horse?
Bucephalus
(Boo-cef-a-lus)
The number of men who signed the original Constitution.
39
The Courtyard of a House in Delft
Pieter de Hooch
Netherlands - 1658
What is Shakespeare's shortest play?
The Comedy of Errors
Name 3 of the 5 events of the ancient Olympic pentathlon?
Footrace / Discus throw / Javelin throw /
Long jump / Wrestling
The US Navy's first guided-missile cruiser equipped with the AEGIS (age-gis) air-defense system was named after the fort in New York taken by Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold on May 10, 1775. What is the name of the ship or the fort?
Ticonderoga
The only state not represented at the Constitutional Convention.
Rhode Island
Self Portrait
Rembrandt van Rijn
Netherlands - 1661
What is Shakespeare's longest play?
Hamlet
Name 3 of the 5 classical architectural orders.
Doric / Ionic / Corinthian / Composite / Tuscan
He served as Roman emperor from AD 37 to 41 when he was assassinated. He was born Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus and was nicknamed "Little Boot" because he wore military boots as a child. He was insane, for among other things he claimed he defeated the god Neptune.
Caligula
The name given to the first ten amendments.
Bill of Rights
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Jan Vermeer
Netherlands - 1665-1675
Which theatre company was Shakespeare part of?
Lord Chamberlain's Men
or Kings Men
Name 3 of the 5 Iroquois Nations.
Mohawk / Onondaga / Oneida / Cayuga / Seneca
Identify the English archaeologist who discovered the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamon in 1922.
The year the Constitution became the Law of the Land.
1788
Mr. and Mrs. Andrews
Thomas Gainsborough
England - 1750
What was Shakespeare's last written play?
The Two Noble Kinsmen
Name 4 of the 6 ranges of the human voice.
Soprano / Mezzo-soprano / Contralto (alto) /
Tenor / Baritone / Bass
He was chemist, economist, and public servant. He received a gold medal for a plan for lighting the city streets of Paris. He wrote the first modern chemistry textbook, the first chemical equation, and he proved the law of conservation of matter. He is known as the "Father of Modern Chemistry." he was Guillotined (gee-a-teened) during the French Revolution.
Antoine Laurent Lavoisier
(An-twan La-wan La-vuaw-zay)
He wrote the Constitutional in its final form.
Gouverneur Morris
The "Fighting Temeraire"
J. M. W. Turner
England - 1839
Which planet's moons are named after Shakespeare characters?
Uranus
24 of its 28 moons have Shakespeare character names.
Name 4 of the 6 Axis Powers in World War II.
Germany / Italy / Japan /
Hungary / Romania / Bulgaria