Famous Historical Figures
This Macedonian king, tutored by Aristotle, created one of the largest empires in history before dying at the age of 32.
Who is Alexander the Great?
This coach won NBA championships with three different teams: the Lakers, Celtics, and Heat.
Who is Pat Riley?
This is the amount a violator will have to pay for a standard red light ticket.
What is $100?
This is the highest grossing film of all time.
What is Avatar (2009)?
What you do is more important than what you say.
What is "actions speak louder than words?"
Born as Temujin, this 13th-century Mongol leader united the nomadic tribes of Northeast Asia and established the largest contiguous empire in history.
Who is Genghis Khan?
The only NBA team to have a perfect 16-0 record in a single playoff season, achieving the feat in 2017.
Who are the Golden State Warriors?
Parking more than this many inches from the curb may result in a ticket.
What is 12?
This Stephen King novel about a sinister clown terrorizing a small town was adapted into a 2017 horror film.
What is It?
This proverb offers a warning to curb your curiosity.
What is "curiosity killed the cat"?
Known for his religious tolerance and administrative reforms, this 16th-century Mughal emperor expanded his empire across most of the Indian subcontinent and founded the city of Fatehpur Sikri.
Who is Akbar the Great?
The only NBA franchise to win a championship as a National Basketball League (NBL) team before the NBA’s formation in 1949.
Who are the Minneapolis Lakers?
Driving this many miles over the speed limit may result in a Class A misdemeanor, up to one year in jail, $2,500 fine.
What is 35 mph or more?
This author of One Hundred Years of Solitude won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982.
Who is Gabriel García Márquez?
Not everything that looks good on the outside is as valuable as it seems.
What is "all that glitters is not gold"?
This 14th-century ruler of the Mali Empire is famed for his legendary pilgrimage to Mecca, during which he distributed so much gold that he caused inflation in Cairo.
Who is Mansa Musa?
This player recorded a quadruple-double in a single game in 1994, a feat achieved only four times in NBA history.
Who is Nate Thurmond?
This degree murder requires (1) intent to kill, (2) intent to inflict great bodily harm, or (3) knowingly engage in an act that has a strong probability of death or great bodily harm for another individual, causing a person's death.
What is first degree murder?
This tragic character from Shakespeare’s play is the Prince of Denmark.
Who is Hamlet?
Big things take time and effort to accomplish.
What is "Rome was not built in a day"?
Known as the “Moses of her people,” this abolitionist led the Combahee River Raid in 1863, freeing over 700 enslaved people and becoming one of the first women to lead an armed military operation in U.S. history.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
On February 14, 1990, Michael Jordan wore this jersey number for a single game after his usual #23 jersey was stolen from the Orlando Magic's visitor's locker room.
What is #12?
This number of former Illinois governors have gone to prison.
What is four (Otto Kerner Jr., Dan Walker, George Ryan, and Rod Blagojevich)?
This is how many movies are in Marvel Cinematic Universe, Infinity Saga, ending with Endgame.
What is 23?
Take advantage of an opportunity as soon as it appears.
What is "strike while the iron is hot"?