Myths
The greatest of all Greek heroes, had to complete twelve labors to pay for killing one of his own children by accident.
Who is Hercules?
Dogs have sweat glands in only one place, what is it?
What is their paws.
What is the first era on the geologic time scale?
What is the Hadean.
What civilization first invented writing?
Who are the Sumerians.
On October 26th, 1776, after being named an agent of a diplomatic commission by the Continental Congress, who set sail from Philadelphia for France, to negotiate and secure a formal alliance and treaty?
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
A very wealthy king who loved gold more than anything.
Who is King Midas?
What animal can somehow reprogram its own cells, returning it to an earlier stage of life?
What is the Immortal Jellyfish (Turritopsis dohrnii).
What two continents are likely to collide in about 200 million years?
What is Asian and North America.
Who was the first Christian Roman Emperor?
Who is Constantine the Great.
Who is known as the "Father of Medicine"?
who is Hippocrates?
He brought fire to the people of Greece by breaking off a piece of the Sun.
Who is Prometheus?
What possession do otters keep their entire lives?
What is a pebble/rock.
What shape is the Earth?
What is an oblate spheroid.
What was the first capital of ancient Egypt?
What is Memphis.
In 1928, she was the first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean by airplane.
Who is Amelia Earhart?
In the Epic of Gilgamesh, what he searching for? (the goal of his quest)
What is the secret to immortality.
How many noses do slugs have?
What is four.
How old are Earth's oldest fossils?
What is 3.5 billion-years-old.
One of the fierce adversaries of Rome crossed the Alps with 37 elephants. Who was this General?
Who is Hannibal?
This person was the first African-American to be appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
Goddess associated with communication, messages, the rainbow, and new endeavors.
Who is Iris
What is Keratin? (Hair)
What geological time period, often dubbed the "Age of Fish", is named after an English county?
What is The Devonian.
____ was one of the earliest and most complete written legal codes and was proclaimed by a Babylonian King, who reigned from 1792 to 1750 B.C..
What is the Code of Hammurabi.
_______ was an English general and statesman who, first as a subordinate and later as a Commander-in-Chief, led armies of the Parliament of England against King Charles I during the English Civil War, subsequently ruling the British Isles as Lord Protector from 1653 until his death in 1658.
Who is Oliver Cromwell?