World History
This empire, once ruled by Mansa Musa, was one of the wealthiest in African history.
The Mali Empire
This James Joyce novel follows a day in the life of Leopold Bloom.
Ulysses
This element has the highest melting point of all elements.
Tungsten
He served as both President and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
William Howard Taft
This is the longest river in Asia.
the Yangtze River
This spirit is made by distilling wine and is often aged in oak barrels.
Brandy
The Treaty of Tordesillas divided the New World between these two countries.
Spain & Portugal
This dystopian novel features the concept of "doublethink.
1984
The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle is a fundamental concept in this branch of physics.
quantum mechanics
He was the first U.S. President to be impeached.
Andrew Johnson
This island country is the smallest in land area in the Americas.
Saint Kitts and Nevis
The main ingredient in a traditional martini is this spirit.
Gin
This war, fought from 1618 to 1648, devastated much of Central Europe.
The Thirty Years’ War
In The Divine Comedy, Dante is guided through Hell by this Roman poet
Virgil
This organelle is often called the “powerhouse of the cell.
the mitochondrion
He won the presidency despite losing the popular vote in 1824.
John Quincy Adams
The Ural Mountains separate these two continents
Europe and Asia
This Mexican alcoholic beverage is made from the blue agave plant.
Tequila
The "Black Hole of Calcutta" incident took place in this modern-day country.
India
This author created the Yoknapatawpha County as the setting for many of his works.
William Faulkner
This mathematical constant represents the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter.
pi
This president was known as "His Accidency" due to the manner in which he took office.
John Tyler
This desert is the largest non-polar desert in the world.
The Sahara
The national drink of Brazil, caipirinha, is made with this spirit.
Cachaça
This Russian czar was assassinated in 1881 by a revolutionary group.
Alexander II
This epic poem begins, “Of man’s first disobedience, and the fruit.
Paradise Lost
This astronomer first proposed a heliocentric model of the universe in the Renaissance.
Copernicus
This president signed the Indian Removal Act into law in 1830.
Andrew Jackson
This country is home to the city of Timbuktu.
Mali
This peaty, smoky whisky is most associated with the Islay region of Scotland.
What is Scotch