Explorers
Scientists
Artists
Inventors
Leaders & Heroes
100

The explorer who reached the Americas in 1492

Who was Christopher Columbus?

100

A scientist famous for the theory of evolution.

Charles Darwin

100

A famous painter who painted the Mona Lisa.

Who was Leonardo Da Vinci?

100

The inventor of the light bulb.

Who was Thomas Edison?

100

A famously beautiful Egyptian Queen.

Who was Cleopatra?

200

An Italian Explorer who traveled to China in the 13th century.

Who was Marco Polo?

200

A scientist who studied gravity.

Who was Isaac Newton?

200

A Dutch Painter who cut off his ear. His sunflowers are very famous.

Who was Van Gogh?

200

A Serbian-American inventor who worked on electricity and magnets. 

Who was Nikola Tesla?

200

A young Jewish girl who became famous for her diary during WWII.

Who was Anne Frank?

300

The first person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. 

Who was Charles Lindbergh?

300

Two scientists who worked on radioactivity.

Who were Pierre and Marie Curie?

300

The most famous British rock band in the 1960s. AKA “The Fab Four”.

Who were the Beatles?

300

An inventor who made the telephone.

Who was Alexander Graham Bell?

300

A civil rights activist famous for his “I have a dream” speech.

Who was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr? 

400

An Alpinist from New Zealnd among the first people to climb Mount Everest.

Who was Sir Edmund Hillary?

400

A French scientist who studied bacteria and vaccines.

Who was Louis Pasteur?

400

A Luxembourgish American photographer who died in 1973. His most famous exhibition is called “Family of Man”

Who was Edward Steichen?

400

Brothers who worked on flying objects and became the founders of modern aviation.

Who were the Wright brothers? / Who were Orville and Willbur Wright?

400

The first president of the United States?

Who was George Washington?
500

The first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.

Who was Amelia Earhart?

500

A British mathematician who helped break secret codes during WWII.

Who was Alan Turing?

500

A Mexican painter famous for her self-portraits.

Who was Frida Kahlo?

500

An actress and inventor who created a form of communication Technology during the WWII.

Hedy Lamarr

500

She ruled Great Britain in the 19th century And saw a long period of industrial and cultural growth.

Who was Queen Victoria?