US History
Who was killed in 1804 in a duel with Vice President Aaron Burr?
Alexander Hamilton
Which French King was called the Sun King?
Louis XIV
Who was nicknamed La Pucelle d'Orléans?
Jeanne d'Arc, also known as Joan of Arc
Who was responsible for "conducting" the underground railroad rescuing slaves during the US Civil War?
Harriet Tubman.
What is the longest side of the right-angle triangle called?
The hypotenuse.
Who was the 40th President of the United States? (First served 1981)
Ronald Reagan
What age preceded the Iron Age?
The Bronze Age
What was the first video game to be played in space?
Tetris.
Where did Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his famous ‘I Have A Dream’ speech?
Washington, D.C
Which number has the most synonyms?
Zero.
What did John Wilkes Booth shout after he shot President Lincoln?
Sic Semper Tyrannis
Which empire did Charlemagne rule?
Holy Roman Empire.
What famous magician died on Halloween Day in 1926?
Harry Houdini
What event in 1968 resulted in nationwide protests and is often seen as a turning point in the Civil Rights Movement?
The assassination of MLK Jr.
In calculus, the ∫ symbol represents an
Integral.
Ronald Reagan made headlines in 1980 for claiming that 80 percent of air pollution comes from what?
Trees
Which ancient civilization created zodiac signs?
Babylonia
What international company is said to have influenced the image of the modern-day Santa Claus?
Coca-cola.
Who was the first African-American U.S. Senator, taking his oath in 1870?
Hiram Rhodes Revels
In exponential mathematics, e⁰ is equal to this integer.
1
What year did the US first host the Summer Olympic Games?
1904
Who was Henry VIII's first wife?
Catherine of Aragon
What playing card symbolizes death?
Ace of spades.
Ruby Bridges became the first Black student to do what?
The first Black child to be integrated into an all-white school.
This mathematical constant is used as the base value of the natural logarithm and can be approximated to 2.72.
e (Euler's number)