General Knowledge
Until his defeat at Gettysburg, this general gave the Confederacy its greatest chance for Civil War victory because of his military operational brilliance.
Robert E. Lee
This Venetian pioneer in exploration and adventure served 17 years in the court of Kublai Khan from 1275 - 1292, becoming one of his most trusted diplomats. Also the name of a fun pool game.
Marco Polo
At which temperatures, in Celsius and Fahrenheit, does water freeze?
0oC and 32oF
This old adage attesting to the need for time to create great things.
Rome wasn't built in a day
Used to express wonder or amazement; often used by Owen Wilson.
Wow
This Macedonian king, son of Phillip II, conquered the eastern Mediterranean, Egypt, the Middle East, and parts of Asia in a remarkably short period of time.
Alexander the Great
This American aviator was the first female to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean before mysteriously disappearing fives years later near Howland Island in the Pacific Ocean.
Amelia Earhart
Which elemental compound is used to flavor our foods and has preserved foods, especially meat, for thousands of years.
NaCl (Sodium Chloride)
Painted on the roof of the Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo between 1508 - 1512, the famous scene "Creation of Adam" depicts which two biblical figures reaching towards each other.
God and Adam
A spherical body; globe shaped object.
Orb
Considered to be one of history's most brilliant commanders, this French military and political leader rose to prominence during the French Revolution before becoming emperor in 1804.
Napoleon I (Napoleon Bonaparte)
This famous adventurer from the 16th Century explored vast swaths of SA's east coast and discovered the entrance to the Amazon River; a discovery so monumental that his name was attached to the New World forever.
Amerigo Vespucci
The uncommon fourth state of matter occurs when you heat a gas to a certain point.
The city of Rome passed Law 281 which defined legal protection for which animal, allowing them to roam and live wherever they choose?
Cats
A wetland that accumulates organic material as a deposit of dead plant materials.
Bog
With 600 Spanish conquistadors, this general won Mexico and Central America for Spain by defeating the Aztec Empire.
Hernan Cortes
This English naturalist sailed around the world cataloging and studying new animal and plant species before authoring the revolutionary theory of natural selection and evolution.
Charles Darwin
This fundamental particle is associated with a field of energy that gives mass to other fundamental particles such as electrons and quarks.
Higgs Boson
What is the name of the nearly 90 foot tall fountain which features a statue of Neptune being pulled to the sea on his shell-shaped chariot pulled by two winged horses.
Trevi Fountain
Resembling the sound of a dove or pigeon.
Coo
This Spartan king led "the 300" against thousands of Persians during the heroic defense of the mountain pass at Thermopylae.
Leonidas
French naval officer, oceanographer, scientist, filmmaker, and undersea explorer spent much of the mid to late 1900's educating millions about the Earth's oceans and its inhabitants, inspiring their protection.
Jacques Cousteau
The world's largest and most powerful particle accelerator, located near Geneva, Switzerland, consists of a 27 kilometer ring of superconducting magnets.
The Large Hadron Collider
Although most commonly known as The Colosseum, what was the original name of the ancient gladiatorial stage?
The Flavian Amphitheater
Rig