They Shall Not Grow Old
On June 28, 1914, the assassination of this Archduke and his wife by Bosnian-Serb Nationalist Gavrilo Princip sparked the Great War.
Franz Ferdinand and Sophie
This notorious pirate captained Queen Anne’s Revenge.
Blackbeard / Edward Teach
Which dorm is the oldest? (Miller, Harleston, Sogo or Lewis)
Miller
This woman was an abolitionist and activist, who was the conductor of the Underground Railroad. She secured her own freedom and then helped dozens of people secure their own. In 1864, she also led an armed military assault on South Carolina during the Civil War.
Harriet Tubman
This 1776 pamphlet by Thomas Paine attacked monarchy and made a direct argument for American independence from Britain.
Common Sense
This terrible bodily disfigurement, common in soldiers spending multiple days in a row in damp, unsanitary and cold water, was called…
Trenchfoot
The name of the traditional black and white skull and crossbones flag, flown when a pirate ship intended to attack and board another ship.
Jolly Roger
Tufts first football game was played against this nearby college.
Harvard
This Celtic warrior queen led a massive rebellion against the Roman occupation of Britain, around 60 CE, raising an army of around 100,000 to 230,000 people.
Boudica
This French prison was stormed on July 14, 1789, becoming a symbol of the French Revolution.
The Bastille
This German fighter pilot, known for shooting down over 80 enemies, was so well respected by the allies that when he was finally downed over French soil, was given a full military funeral.
Manfred von Richthofen “The Red Baron”
The two main ingredients of the sailor’s drink grog.
Rum and water
Which building used to house the bookstore? (Ballou, Bendeston, Barnum or Braker)
Bendeston
This movie star invented a secret radio-guidance system for torpedoes during World War II to prevent enemies from jamming the system. She went on to patent it and gave it to the US Navy. This concept is used in modern day Bluetooth, GPS, and Wi-Fi.
Hedy Lamar
This 1848 document by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels opens with the line, “A spectre is haunting Europe.”
The Communist Manifesto
This battle was the first large-scale gas attack.
Ypres
This popular term for pirates who operated in the Caribbean comes from the French word meaning “to cook/smoke meat.”
Buccaneer
How old is Proctor?
53-55
In October of 1774, this event was organized by Penelope Barker. A group of 51 ladies from North Carolina came together and drafted an agreement to boycott British imports, such as tea, signing it using their real names. This became known as the earliest female revolutionary action in the colonies.
Edenton Tea Party (Edenton Resolves)
Which 1917 revolution brought the Bolsheviks, led by Vladimir Lenin, to power in Russia?
The October Revolution
While this did not immediately lead the United States into joining World War One, the shipwreck caused global outrage and turned public opinion and the political climate in the United States towards war.
The sinking of the Lusitania
Privateers, pirates commissioned by colonial governments to disrupt trade during wartime, carried this license to distinguish them from pirates.
Letter of Marque
The first African American to attend Tufts, Charles Sumner Wilson was class of
1878
She was a French botanist and explorer who joined the global expedition of Louis-Antoine de Bougainville on the ship Étoile in 1766, disguising herself as a man. She became the first woman to circumnavigate the globe and due to her bravery, the French government granted her an annual pension of 200 livres for her journey.
Jeanne Baret
After helping defeat British forces at Savannah during the American Revolution, this man returned to Saint-Domingue, where he became the leading strategist of the revolution against French colonial rule before being captured and taken to France in 1802.
Who is Toussaint Louverture?