US History
The attack on this naval base led the U.S. to enter World War II.
What is Pearl Harbor?
At 29,032 feet above sea level, this Himalayan peak is the tallest mountain on Earth.
What is Mt. Everest?
This layer of Earth lies between the crust and the core and is also the name of the wooden border shelf over a fireplace.
What is the mantle?
This superhero's real name is Peter Parker.
Who is Spiderman?
This ancient Chinese military treatise, attributed to Sun Tzu, teaches that "all warfare is based on deception."
What is "The Art of War"?
This purchase in 1803 doubled the size of the United States.
What is "The Louisiana Purchase"?
This is the longest river in the world.
What is the Nile River?
The body of the T-1000 Terminator might as well be made of this metal, the only one that is liquid at room temperature.
What is Mercury?
The car brand used as a time machine in the movie "Back to the Future".
What is DeLorean?
Known for winning over 60 duels, the 17th-century samurai Miyamoto Musashi wrote this classic text on strategy and martial arts.
What is The Book of Five Rings?
In 1919, the 18th Constitutional amendment launched Prohibition, banning the manufacture and sale of this substance in the United States.
What is alcohol?
Located in the western Pacific Ocean, this underwater trench contains the Challenger Deep, the deepest known point on Earth's seabed, more than 7 miles down.
What is the Mariana Trench?
Astronomers use the "Goldilocks Zone" to describe the orbital region where a planet, like Earth, could potentially support this essential ingredient for life.
What is liquid water?
This streaming service debuted Stranger Things.
What is Netflix?
This 1929 novel by Erich Maria Remarque depicts the harrowing experiences of German soldiers during World War I, showing the brutal realities of trench warfare.
What is "All Quiet on the Western Front"?
This was the first permanent English settlement in North America.
What is Jamestown?
This mountain range separates Europe from Asia.
What are the Ural Mountains?
The atomic number of an element tells you the number of these particles found in its nucleus.
What are protons?
This rapper gained widespread attention in late 2024 after performing at Juice WRLD Day while using an oxygen tank, leading to viral videos and public concern for his health.
Who is Dave Bluntz?
Stephen Crane’s 1895 novel follows a young Union soldier, Henry Fleming, as he grapples with fear, courage, and identity during the American Civil War.
What is The Red Badge of Courage?
These Japanese pilots carried out suicide missions by crashing their aircraft into enemy ships, a tactic that began during the Battle of Leyte Gulf in 1944.
What are Kamikaze pilots?
This massive geographical land trench, stretching from Lebanon to Mozambique, is home to some of the world’s earliest human fossils and several active volcanoes.
What is The Great Rift Valley?
This organelle is known as the "powerhouse of the cell".
What is the mitochondria?
This TV series features a coffee shop called Central Perk.
What is Friends?
This 1989 memoir by Colonel David Hackworth that critiques U.S. military leadership during Vietnam and recounts his transformation from war hero to outspoken reformer is also the name of a military facing movement.
What is "About Face"?