Fallen Giants
This ancient empire was ruled from Rome and eventually split into eastern and western halves
What is the Roman empire?
This term describes the mental process of storing and later retrieving information
What is Memory?
This Indian mausoleum was commissioned by Shah Jahan in memory of Mumtaz Mahal
What is the Taj mahal?
This chemical element has the symbol W, derived from its alternative name, wolfram
What is Tungsten?
This fictional detective lived at 221B Baker Street and was created by Arthur Conan Doyle
Who is Sherlock Holmes?
This ancient North African civilization, famous for its maritime trade and its rivalry with Rome, had its capital at Carthage
What was the Carthaginian civilization?
This cognitive bias causes people to favor information that supports what they already believe
What is Confirmation bias?
This Cambodian temple complex, originally dedicated to Vishnu, appears on the country's national flag
What is Angkor Wat?
Daily double: This noble gas, with atomic number 54, is commonly used in photographic flash lamps and some specialized lighting
What is Xenon?
This term describes evidence that strongly suggests a conclusion but does not prove it conclusively
What is circumstantial evidence?
This Persian dynasty was defeated by Alexander the Great after the Battle of Gaugamela in 331 BCE
What was the Achaemenid Empire?
This theory of cognitive development proposes that people organize information using mental frameworks called schemas
What is Piaget's theory of cognitive development?
This rock-hewn Ethiopian church, often identified as the largest monolithic church in the world, is named for a medieval king
What is the Church of Saint George at Lalibela?
This radioactive element, with atomic number 87, was discovered by Marguerite Perey in 1939
What is Francium?
This famous unsolved 15th-century manuscript is named after the rare-book dealer who acquired it in 1912
What is the Voynich manuscript?
This Mongol ruler founded the Yuan dynasty in China in 1271
Who was Kublai khan?
This psychological effect describes how people tend to remember the first and last items in a list better than those in the middle
What is the serial-position effect?
This ancient monument in southern England consists of a ring of large standing stones
What is Stonehenge?
This element has atomic number 26 and is essential for making hemoglobin
What is Iron?
This 1920 mystery novel by Agatha Christie introduced Hercule Poirot
What is *The Mysterious Affair at Styles*?
Daily double: This Byzantine capital fell to Ottoman forces under Mehmed II in 1453
What was Constantinople?
This psychological phenomenon occurs when people perform a task differently because they know they are being observed
What is the Hawthorne effect?
This architectural masterpiece in Barcelona was designed by Antoni Gaudà and remains unfinished
What is the Sagrada FamÃlia?
This element is the most abundant metal in Earth's crust
What is Aluminum?
This unsolved case concerns a series of letters sent to newspapers by a killer who operated in Northern California in the late 1960s
What is the Zodiac Killer case?