World History
This wall divided a German city during the Cold War.
Berlin Wall
This term describes a word or phrase that reads the same backward and forward.
Palindrome
This organelle, known as the "powerhouse of the cell," generates ATP
Mitochondria
This is the longest river in the United States.
Missouri River
This Italian painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City.
Michelangelo
This person was the chief architect of the American Civil Liberties Union’s Women’s Rights Project, and the second woman to serve on the United States Supreme Court
Ruth Bader Ginsberg
This term describes the study of word origins and historical development.
Etymology
What is the most abundant gas in Earth’s atmosphere?
Nitrogen
This US state only borders one other state
Maine
This New York neighborhood was the center of a cultural and artistic explosion in the 1920s, known as its own renaissance.
Harlem
The assassination of Franz Ferdinand is often cited as the event that lead to this war.
WWI
This four-letter word, described by WIRED magazine in 1994, is an idea leaping "from mind to mind."
Meme
In 1928, Alexander Fleming discovered this antibiotic, revolutionizing the treatment of bacterial infections
Penicillin
This mountain range runs along the eastern United States from Georgia to Maine.
Appalachian Mountains
This American architect is famous for designing Fallingwater and the Guggenheim Museum.
Frank Lloyd Wright
This King of Timbuktu is often considered the richest person to ever live
Mansa Musa
One extra letter turns a diabolical person into a good buddy.
Friend & Fiend
This is a test of a machine's ability to exhibit intelligent behavior indistinguishable from that of a human
Turing Test
Great Salt Lake
The Parthenon, a temple dedicated to Athena, stands on this hill in Athens.
Acropolis
This French leader formed a close friendship with George Washington and played a key role in helping the Americans win the Revolutionary War
Marquis de Lafayette
An anagram for the act of betraying your nation and one who serves it as a state’s representative.
Treason & Senator
What is the only rock that floats on water?
Pumice
This U.S. city has more buildings with their own ZIP codes than any other city in the country.
New York City
The painting "Salvator Mundi" by this artist sold for $450M USD in NY in 2017, the record for most expensive in history
Leonardo da Vinci