Historical Events
A volcano that destroyed Pompeii in 79 AD, killing thousands
What is Mount Vesuvius?
The 16th US President who put into effect the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring that all enslaved people in Confederate states were to be set free.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The old testament that explains why the innocent suffer.
A man who died from disobeying his father by flying to close to the sun with his wings of wax that melted.
Who was Icarus?
Anti-slavery novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe published in 1852.
What is Uncle Toms Cabin?
A document from 1215 England that made sure no one was above the law.
What is the Magna Carta?
A Founding Father figure of the US recognized for his significant contributions to scientific fields, most famously proving that lightning is composed of electricity.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
The final book in the new testament that depicts apocalyptic prophecy.
What is the Book of Revelation?
An ancient Greek Philosopher who is widely considered the foundational thinker of Western Philosophy.
Who was Plato
A premier English poet, satirist, and critic of the Augustan Age and the Enlightenment.
Era following the fall of the Roman Empire in 476 CE, political fragmentation and economic downfall.
What were the Dark Ages?
A significant Indian anti-colonial nationalist and political ethicist who promoted nonviolent resistance for India's independence from British rule, inspiring movements for civil rights and freedom across the world.
Who is Mahatma Gandhi?
He lived and breathed the stories and imagery of the bible
Who is William Blake?
A Italian philosopher who wrote Dante's Inferno about a journey through the 7 rings of hell.
Who was Dante?
A 1867 lyric poem by Matthew Arnold
What is Dover Beach
The man who theorized the idea of evolution through natural selection.
Who is Charles Darwin?
An American political writer during the late 18th century who published works like "Common Sense", which influenced American independence.
Who was Thomas Paine?
The tower humans built to reach heaven, but God confused their language.
What is the tower of Babel?
A mythological Bird associated with Greek, Roman, and Egyptian culture. It is a symbol of rebirth.
What was The Phoenix.
a 1726 satirical prose novel by Anglo-Irish clergyman Jonathan Swift.
What is Gulliver's Travels?
A poet who is famous for the quote, "To be, or not to be, that is the question."
Who was William Shakespeare?
An early Chinese philosopher circa 400 B.C. who taught Confucian teachings which shaped China's early governance and development.
Who was Confucius?
The phrase is a command to stop stressing over basic needs and to trust God.
What is Lillie's of the Field?
A Chinese Philosopher who established the Academy.
Who was Confusius?
The greatest English playwrighter of all time
who was William shakpsreare?