Ancient
Who was the Great Pyramid of Giza was built for?
The pharaoh Khufu.
What English playwright wrote Hamlet, Macbeth, and A Midsummer Night's Dream?
William Shakespeare
When was the Declaration of Independence signed?
1776
What was the name of the mission that led to the first humans on the moon?
Apollo 11
In World War II, what location did the Japanese Navy bomb on December 7, 1941?
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
What was the earliest form of writing called?
Cuneiform was the earliest form of writing, which was founded in Ancient Mesopotamia.
What man united the Mongols and conquered much of Asia, creating the largest empire in history?
Genghis Khan
Which 3 countries made up the Axis Powers in World War II?
Japan, Italy, Germany
In what year was Pluto declassified as a planet?
2006
How is Cleopatra believed to have died?
She was poisoned or poisoned herself.
Who was the last Western Roman emperor?
Romulus Augustulus ruled from 475-476 AD, and was taken over by the German Odoacer.
Which Italian inventor discovered mountains on the moon, the phases of Venus, Jupiter's moons, and the stars of the Milky Way?
Galileo Galilei
Who's assassination triggered World War I?
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
What date was COVID-19 declared a pandemic?
March 11, 2020
What was the hand-operated device used to lift water in ancient times called?
Shaduf
What dynasty was Cleopatra a part of? (Hint: it was NOT the Egyptians)
She was a part of the Ptolemaic dynasty, which was descended from Alexander the Great.
What Central American empire included the city of Tenochtitlan and was conquered by Hernan Cortez?
The Aztecs
Which war after WWII occurred between the Soviet Union and the United States?
The Cold War
What year was the first black president of the USA elected?
2008
What was the name of Alexander the Great's horse?
Bucephalus
Who were the Greeks fighting against when Pheidippides ran 25 miles to tell the Greeks that they had won the war? (This is also the event that earned the marathon its name.)
The Greeks were fighting the Persians in the Greco-Persian wars.
Which famous Renaissance man painted the Doni Tondo?
Michelangelo
In what year did Ghana gain independence from Britain?
1957
In what month and year did Russia invade Ukraine, escalating the Russo-Ukrainian War that had begun in 2014?
February 2022
What caused the word 'quarantine' to come to be?
It comes from quarantena, which means 40 days in 14th century Venetian. The word came to be because the Venetians forced ships and people coming from different places to be isolated for 40 days during the Black Death.