History
This Boston event in 1773 involved colonists throwing tea into the harbor to protest British taxes.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
This river runs through London, England.
What is the Thames?
This ancient civilization is credited with building the Great Pyramids of Giza.
What is Ancient Egypt?
This invention by Johannes Gutenberg in the 15th century revolutionized the way books were made.
What is the printing press?
This 1941 film, directed by Orson Welles, is often regarded as one of the greatest movies ever made.
What is Citizen Kane?
This president delivered the Gettysburg Address in 1863 during the American Civil War.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The Taj Mahal is located in this Indian city.
What is Agra?
This ancient Greek city-state was known for its military discipline and prowess.
What is Sparta?
Alexander Graham Bell received a patent for this communication device in 1876.
What is the telephone?
Known for her "girl-next-door" image, this actress starred in It’s a Wonderful Life.
Who is Donna Reed?
The Great Depression began in this year after the stock market crash.
What is 1929?
This country has the most time zones in the world.
What is France?
This ancient Mesopotamian civilization developed the first known system of writing, cuneiform.
What is Sumer?
This invention, attributed to Thomas Edison, brought electric light to homes and streets.
What is the light bulb?
This 1954 musical film starring Gene Kelly celebrated the transition from silent films to talkies.
What is Singin' in the Rain?
This infamous wall divided East and West Berlin during the Cold War and fell in 1989.
What is the Berlin Wall?
This is the largest island in the world, located in the Arctic.
What is Greenland?
This empire, led by Alexander the Great, stretched from Greece to Egypt and India.
What is the Macedonian Empire?
The Wright brothers are credited with inventing this machine in 1903.
What is the airplane?
This actor was known for his roles in The Philadelphia Story and Rear Window.
Who is James Stewart?
This leader of the Soviet Union initiated the policies of Glasnost and Perestroika in the 1980s.
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
his South Asian country was once called Ceylon.
What is Sri Lanka?
This ancient Mesoamerican civilization is famous for its calendar and stepped pyramids, such as Chichen Itza.
What is the Maya Civilization?
This life-saving medical breakthrough, discovered by Alexander Fleming, was the first antibiotic.
What is penicillin?
This 1946 film noir, starring Rita Hayworth, is famous for the line, “Put the blame on Mame, boys.”
What is Gilda?