Hello, Bobby
Bobby refused to run for Senator of Massachusetts, instead debated running for Senate from Virginia and Maryland. However he would settle on running in this “Empire State” in 1964.
New York
Entertainment was an important part of ancient Roman society. There were many types of entertainment such as chariot racing, theatre, venationes and more. One of the most popular spectacles were matches fought between enslaved men which much of modern media wrongly depicts as death matches. What was the name of these matches which were believed to originate from funerary rituals?
Gladiatorial matches/bouts
Which city was the first in the United States to build a subway system?
A) Chicago, IL
B) Boston, MA
C) Cincinnati, OH
D) NYC, NY
B) Boston, MA
What river was Moses put in as a baby in the book of Exodus?
Nile river
How many presidents have been assassinated?
4 (Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, JFK)
As Attorney General Bobby was known for his crusade against this labor union led by boss Jimmy Hoffa for its connections to organized crime.
A. AFL-CIO
B. International Brotherhood of Teamsters
C. United Auto Workers
D. American Federation of Teachers
B) International Brotherhood of Teamsters
In the ancient world there were no modern nation states like we have today, but a common issue in scholarship is placing modern notions/ideals onto the ancient and historical past. The nation that we know today as Greece was never a unified state but in fact made of individual city-states known as this in Greek.
Polis (bonus for it written in greek)
The quickest train ride from Back Bay Station to New York Penn Station could be taken on the?
A) Acela
B) Northeast Regional
C) Bullet Train
D) National Rail
A) Acela
Whose disruptive theological stand at Wittenberg launched the Protestant Reformation and ultimately led to his excommunication by Pope Leo X?
Martin Luther
During the 1618 Defenestration of Prague, the Protestant estates attempt to kill two royal governors and their secretary by doing this.
Throwing the men out a window/defenestration?
Bobby’s fact-finding mission to the Mississippi Delta scared him so much that he redoubled his support for THIS set of Johnson-era economic incentives similar to the New Deal before it.
Great Society or War On Poverty
(Either is acceptable)
Despite being arguably one of the most famous women in ancient history, Cleopatra VII has much that is unknown/misunderstood about her. Perhaps the most prevalent misconception about her life is her ethnicity as, contrary to popular belief, Cleopatra was not ethnically Egyptian. Where did this incredibly intelligent ruler, who was the first of her dynasty to learn the Egyptian language, ethnically descend from?
Macedonia
This megaproject of Boston’s Interstate 93, completed in 2007, is commonly known as?
The Big Dig
Which 19th-century religious founder dictated revelations that became the Book of Mormon and led his followers to Nauvoo, Illinois before his controversial death in 1844?
Joseph Smith Jr.
The earliest known victim of assasination was Pharaoh Teti of the Sixth Dynasty in what century?
A. 3100 BC
B: 2700 BC
C. 2300 BC
D: 1600 BC
C (2300 BC)
Bobby did not get along with THIS MAN, one of his brother-in-laws and first Director of the Peace Corp. Bobby didn’t like HIM so much that in 1964 LBJ would ragebait Bobby by claiming to want this man as Vice President (he would instead choose Senator Humphrey).
Sargent Shriver
Many kids today are taught in school that Columbus proved earth was round and everyone else believed it was flat. In reality, he was rejected by various countries because he had miscalculated the distance he would have to travel to Asia. The earth had, in fact, long been definitively proved round by Eratosthenes when he calculated its circumference in this century.
Third century BCE
Which glamorous and luxury airline that declared bankruptcy in 1991 after dominating air travel in the 1980s made a return in 2025?
PanAm Airlines/Pan American Airways
Who formulated the doctrine of predestination and shaped church governance in Geneva, leading to global spread of Reformed Christianity and also was in school with Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Jesuits?
John Calvin
What play was Lincoln watching before he was assassinated?
Our American Cousin
Bobby while working for Senator Joe McCarthy had an intense rivalry with this man, a fellow prosecutor who would later represent Apprentice host Donald Trump.
Roy Cohn
When thinking of ancient Greco-Roman statues, a pristine white comes to mind. However, these works of art (as well as architecture) would have been vibrantly painted. Modern scientists have been able to uncover trace elements of pigment and reconstruct what they may have looked like in their original form. Which of the follow is not an example of pigment from ancient Greece?
A. Malchite
B. Mauveine
C. Azurite
D. Cinnabar
B) Mauveine
The world’s longest operational bus route, beginning in Lima, Peru and spanning over 6000 km, ends up in?
Rio De Janiero, Brazil
Which 18th-century evangelist’s booming voice was said to reach thousands outdoors and who helped popularize the great awakening in 18th century America?
George Whitefield
Approximately how many Roman Emperors were assassinated?
37