Ancient History
B.C. relates to this Biblical figure
Jesus Christ (Christ)
Latin Phrase that means "remember that you will die" is used to describe a representation of death in art.
Memento Mori
The origin of the word politics is adopted from this Greek philosopher's book on affairs of states.
Aristotle
The Swiss Constitution prohibits Swiss citizens from participating in foreign military service except for this one nation.
The Vatican
Iran's former name
Persia
This famous Babylonian King created the first widely known law code in civilization.
Hammurabi
Italian Vencenzo Peruggia stole which iconic painting in 1911?
The Mona Lisa.
Strasbourg, France is home to the parliament of what international organization?
European Union
The French Military Engineer tasked by George Washington to design the urban plan of what is now Washington D.C.
Pierre Charles L'Enfant
This 13th Century Warlord controlled the largest Empire in History.
Genghis Khan
Honey
A particular shade of blue paint made from lapis lazuli was so expensive, it was primarily used for painting the robes of which religious figure?
The Virgin Mary.
Economic Program announced by China's Mao Zedong in 1958.
The Great Leap Forward
This embroidered cloth depicts the events leading to the Norman conquest of England.
Bayeux Tapestry
This popular grain was mixed with the mortar to build the Great Wall of China.
Rice
Sulfur, Quicklime, and pine resin are just some of the substances that are believed to be used in what substance?
Greek Fire
The more widely known name of the public sculpture "Cloud Gate" located in Chicago's Millennium Park
The Bean
Abraham Lincoln, while working as a lawyer in Illinois in 1858, produced what manual to help prove witness testimony of seeing a crime in the moonlight could not be true.
Farmers Almanac
Australia's first and only military coup in 1808 is known as.
Rum Rebellion
What is the Japanese product kakiemon?
Porcelain
Author of "Nicomachean Ethics" and tutor of Alexander the Great.
Aristotle
Vegetable referenced in the title of an 1885 Vincent van Gogh painting.
Clay Henry III is the third non-human mayor of Terlingua, Texas since the 1980's. What animal is he?
Goat
The Defenestration of Prague marked the beginning of what religious conflict?
Thirty Years War
Who was supposed to have told the Arabian Nights tales?
Scheherazade