WWII
In September 1939, both Germany and the Soviet Union invaded this country.
What is Poland?
The first televised presidential debate took place in 1960 between these two candidates.
Who were John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon?
He contracted polio in 1921, at age 39, which left him paralyzed from the waist down.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
This pandemic, which began in the 14th century, killed an estimated 25–50 million people in Europe.
What is the Black Death / Bubonic Plague?
What is the name of the supercontinent that existed millions of years ago?
What is Pangea?
This German cipher machine was famously broken by Allied codebreakers at Bletchley Park.
What is Enigma?
This U.S. city installed the nation’s first subway system in 1897.
What is Boston?
In 2007, historians recalled that this President fathered children with enslaved woman Sally Hemings.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
This disease, caused by a virus, was eradicated worldwide by 1980 through vaccination.
What is smallpox?
This country was the first to grant women the right to vote in 1893
What is New Zealand?
The all-female Soviet regiment of night bombers earned this nickname.
Who were the Night Witches?
In 1969, this Apollo mission achieved the first manned lunar landing?
What is Apollo 11?
He died of a heart attack in 1923, after serving less than three years in office.
Who was Warren G. Harding?
The 1918 influenza pandemic is also known by this nickname
What is the Spanish Flu?
There are no recognized countries starting with this letter.
What is "x"?
This country switched sides in 1943 after its dictator was overthrown.
What is Italy?
This U.S. state was the first to grant women the right to vote, in 1869.
What is Wyoming?
This president, the second to die in office, succumbed to a stroke in 1850.
Who was Zachary Taylor?
This term describes the theory that “bad air” spread disease.
What is miasma?
In terms of land area, what is the second biggest country in the world?
What is Canada?
In December 1944, Germany launched its final major offensive on the Western Front in this forested region.
What is the Ardennes / Battle of the Bulge?
In 1841, this man became the first President to die in office, just one month after his inauguration.
Who was William Henry Harrison?
He delivered the famous “Checkers speech” defending a gift from a supporter.
Who was Richard Nixon?
The first recorded pandemic in human history is thought to have occurred around 3000 BCE in this region.
What is Mesopotamia?
What is the driest continent on Earth?