HISTORIC OOPSIES
This leader’s 1958 “Great Leap Forward” aimed to industrialize China but instead led to mass famine and millions of deaths.
Who is Mao Zedong?
In 1954, the Court ruled unanimously that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional in this landmark case.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
Nathaniel Philbrick's account of this 1620 voyage is subtitled "A Story of Courage, Community & War"
What is the Mayflower?
This capital's Big Dam Bridge, almost a mile long, spans a dam on the Arkansas River.
What is Little Rock, Arkansas?
This Scottish nobleman sees a dagger before him and goes on to murder a king.
Who is Macbeth?
In 1876, this U.S. Army officer underestimated Lakota and Cheyenne warriors at the Battle of the Little Bighorn—he and all his men paid the price.
Who is General George Custer?
Justice Robert Jackson took a leave from the Supreme Court to serve as chief U.S. prosecutor at these post–World War II trials.
What are the Nuremberg Trials?
In Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell argues that it takes roughly this many hours of practice to become an expert.
What is 10,000 hours?
Although designated Delaware's state capital in 1777, it wasn't incorporated as a city until 1929
What is Dover?
A ghost tells Hamlet it is "most foul"
What is murder?
In 1938, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain claimed "peace for our time" after signing this agreement with Hitler—oops.
What is the Munich Agreement?
This Chief Justice, serving from 1969 to 1986, presided over Roe v. Wade and U.S. v. Nixon.
Who is Warren Burger?
Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee's "The Emperor of All Maladies" is a scientific "Biography" of this disease
What is cancer?
This capital's name is derived from a Hebrew word meaning "peace"
What is Salem (Oregon)?
This character is Hamlet’s friend and a soldier who first sees the ghost.
Who is Marcellus?
In 410 CE, Rome was sacked for the first time in 800 years by this group, after the empire repeatedly failed to meet its promises.
Who are the Visigoths?
Thurgood Marshall, the first Black Supreme Court justice, was nominated by this president.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
THE DAILY DOUBLE. how much would you like to wager?
In A Brief History of Time, this physicist explains black holes and cosmology for general readers.
While traveling Route 66 through this capital, you'll pass by the Will Rogers Theatre & its striking Art Deco sign.
What is Oklahoma City?
This city near Verona is the setting for Romeo and Juliet after Romeo is exiled.
What is Mantua?
In 1999 NASA used the metric system for the $125 million orbiter of this planet; Lockheed Martin did not... bye bye, orbiter
What is Mars?
Furman v. Georgia, musing on the 8th Amendment's cruel & unusual punishment clause, led to a moratorium on this
what is the death penalty?
This former Navy SEAL wrote Can’t Hurt Me, a bestselling memoir about overcoming abuse, racism, and extreme physical challenges.
Who is David Goggins?
The state museum here is often called the William Penn Memorial Museum due to the statue of Penn in the central hall.
What is Harrisburg?
"If" it "be the food of love, play on"
What is music?