Ancient Civilizations
Obscure American Wars
Art History
Historical Films
Death
100

The Hanging Gardens, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, were associated with which ancient civilizations?

Babylon 

100

Which war, starting in 1950, was one of the first proxy-wars during the Cold War?

The Korean War

100

Which Italian artist made the Last Supper, the Vitruvian Man, and the Mona Lisa?

Leonardo da Vinci 

100

What movie depicts soldiers waiting to be rescued in the largest evacuation in wartime?

Dunkirk

100

Which epidemic spread via fleas on rats and took out nearly ⅓ of the European population at the time? (either of the popular names are acceptable)

The Bubonic Plague/Black Death

200

What two ancient rivers flowed through the fertile crescent?


The Tigris and Euphrates 

200

Which war resulted in the US gaining significant territory in the Southwest, including current day California, Nevada, Utah, and more?

The Mexican-American War

200

What is the name of the famous 1831 woodblock print by Japanese artist Hokusai, showing a stormy sea, with Mount Fuji in the background?

The Great Wave (Under the Great Wave off Kanagawa)

200

In the 2004 film, “National Treasure”, treasure hunter Benjamin Gates uses the “Silence Dogood” letters to help find the treasure. Who wrote these letters back in 1722?

Benjamin Franklin
200

Which ship famously sank in the North Atlantic Ocean and had a death toll of over 1,500 despite being called “unsinkable”?

The Titanic 

300

What two ancient rivers flowed through the fertile crescent?

The Phoenicians 

300

Andrew Jackson gained popularity amongst the American people before his presidency through which war?

The War of 1812

300

Which Mesoamerican civilization is known for creating large basalt monuments in the shape of individualized human heads?

The Olmecs

300

In the 2012 film, Argo, a CIA agent led a rescue mission of American diplomats during which crisis?

The Iranian Hostage Crisis 

300

The day Julius Caesar was assassinated by the Senate is also known by what name?

The Ides of March

400

Which civilization is known for their significant contribution to mathematics including the concept of zero?

The Mayans 

400

The Secretary of State at the time described which war as a “splendid little war”?

The Spanish-American War

400

Artists like Salvator Dalí and Frida Kahlo worked in a style that was imaginative, sometimes irrational, and dream-like. What is this style called?

Surrealism 

400

"The Killing Fields" is a historical drama primarily set in which Southeast Asian country during which event of the 1970s? (the answer includes the name of the country)

The Cambodian Genocide 

400

Which disease, often featured in Victorian dramas (both of the era and of today), was known as ‘consumption” and came with symptoms such as coughing up blood and wasting away?

Tuberculosis 

500

Emperor Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of unified China, is known for having what famous mausoleum built?

The Terracotta Army 

500

Which war in the late 17th century saw a Wampanoag sachem (chief) lead an attempt to dispel the English colonists in southern New England?

King Philip’s War

500

Who’s the Dutch Golden Age artist who painted the Girl With a Pearl Earring? 

Johannes Vermeer

500

In “Killers of the Flower Moon”, what Native-American tribe experiences serial murder of their people for oil in 1920s Oklahoma?

The Osage

500

Which four American presidents that have been assassinated?

  • Abraham Lincoln

  • James A. Garfield

  • William McKinley

  • John F. Kennedy