Assasinations
Greek Mythological Monsters
Ancient Philosophers
Bodies of Water and Deserts
Movies
100
This US President was shot and killed in 1865 by John Wilkes Booth during a showing of the play Our American Cousin at what theatre? 

Ford's Theatre

100

The most famous Cyclops and the son of Poseidon

Polyphemus

100

Socratic dialogues are our main source both for Socrates philosophy and his own?  Dialogues include the Republic, the Symposium and the Meno.

Plato

100

The western border of Mesopatamia.  It also rises in the Zagros Mountains of Turkey and its shores are home to Fallujah and Babylon.  

Euphrates

100

Is a Christmas drama produced and directed by Frank Capra based the the short story "The Great Gift"? 

It's a Wonderful Life

200
On June 28, 1914 Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie were assassinated in the Sarajevo by Serbian ultra-nationalist Gavrilo Princip, a member of what secret military society?  

Black Hand

200

Minotaur was a Half Man, half bull monster kept where? 

Labyrinth

200

A student of Pluto and tutor to Alexander the Great.  

Aristotle

200

Usually cited as the longest river in the world, it flows about 4,132 miles in generally south-to-north direction from its headwaters in Burundi to Egypts Mediterranean Sea coast? 

Nile River 

200

Stars Humphrey Bogart as American expatriate Rick Blaine living in Vichy-controlled Morocco during WWW II? 

Casablanca 

300

What Muslim activist was shot and killed On Feb 21, 1965 in the Audobon Ballroom in Manhattan by 3 members of the Nation of Islam?  

 Malcolm X

300

The only mortal member of the Gorgons, a trio of monstrous daughters of Phorcys and Ceto?  

Medusa

300

A pivotal thinker from China's Spring and Autumn period, his view on proper conduct and filial piety influence China to this day. 

Confucius

300

A large region, not all of which are arid enough to qualify as a desert.  Also known for its red sand, large game reserves and mineral deposits? 

Kalahari Desert

300

Explores themes of morals, justice and doubt as it follows the deliberations of a jury over the guilt of an 18-year old defendant on a charge of patricide? 

12 Angry Men

400

Where and by who, on April 4, 1968 was civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr was shot and killed on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel? 

Memphis, TN and James Earl Ray

400

A hybrid monster who was also a child of Typhon and Echidna.  Often described as a lioness with a goat's head protruding from her back and tail that ended in a snake's head?  

Chimera

400

There are no writings from his own hand, and know about him largely from the dialogues of his student Plato.  Proclaiming his own ignorance of all things.  

Socrates

400

Is bounded by the San Gabriel and San Bernardino mountain ranges along the San Andreas and Garlock Faults? 

Mojave

400

The Wicked Witch of the West 

Wizard of Oz

500

On Oct 31, 1984 what Indian prime minister was assassinated in New Delhi by two of her Sikh bodyguards?  

Indira Gandhi

500

A monstrous beast sent by Artemis to wreak havoc in Calydon after King Oeneus neglected to honor her while sacrificing to the gods.  

Calydonian Boar

500

Is a quasi-mythical thinker of the Taoist tradition, to whom the pivotal Tao te Ching is attributed.  Concepts associated with him include that of the Tao, or "the way".  

Lao Tzu

500

Begins in the Swiss Alps, passes through Lake Constance , flows west along the German-Swiss border? 

Rhine

500

Stars Charlton Heston as the title prince of Jerusalem who is unjustly imprisoned on a flagship of Roman general Quintus Arrius after tiles falling from his roof nearly kill the governor of Judea? 

Ben-Hur

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