Scientific Breakthroughs
This scientist’s experiments with falling objects challenged Aristotle’s physics.
Who is Galileo Galilei?
This 1776 document announced the American colonies’ separation from Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This band from Liverpool became one of the most famous groups in history.
Who are The Beatles?
This economic theory advocates free markets and limited government intervention.
What is capitalism?
This invention by Gutenberg revolutionized information sharing in Europe.
What is the printing press?
This medical discovery led to the widespread use of antibiotics to fight infection.
What is penicillin?
This post–World War I treaty officially ended the war between the Allies and Germany.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
This film franchise began in 1977 with A New Hope.
What is Star Wars?
His Theory of Relativity revolutionized physics, introducing the famous E=mc² equation.
Who is Albert Einstein?
The year the first cell phone call was made.
What is 1973?
This discovery helped explain why traits like eye color are passed from parents to children.
What is genetics? (or “DNA”)
This 1945 event ended World War II in the Pacific.
What is the atomic bombing of Japan?
This actor has portrayed both the Joker and a Marvel villain.
Who is Heath Ledger?
Gail Borden's company produced this shelf-stable dairy product, vital for Union troops in the Civil War.
What is condensed milk?
This term describes machines performing tasks that typically require human intelligence.
What is artificial intelligence?
Measured on the Richter scale, this natural phenomenon releases energy from Earth’s crust.
What is an earthquake?
This European conflict from 1618 to 1648 began as a religious war in the Holy Roman Empire.
What is the Thirty Years’ War?
This 1991 album by Nirvana brought grunge into the mainstream.
What is Nevermind?
The development of this system by Tim Berners-Lee connected the world's information.
What is the World Wide Web/Internet?
A popular app that was formerly known as "Musically".
What is TikTok?
This modern technology allows people to instantly share information across the world.
What is the internet?
This 1215 charter limited the power of England’s monarch.
What is the Magna Carta?
This art movement, led by Andy Warhol, blurred the line between high art and mass culture.
What is Pop Art?
This philosophical movement argues that meaning is created through individual choice.
What is existentialism?
The technology that had few practical uses for 20 years after its invention but then revolutionized grocery checkouts.
What are bar codes?