The Berlin Wall fell in this year, marking the symbolic end of the Cold War.
What is 1989?
The Hubble Space Telescope orbits this celestial body.
What is Earth?
The Great Wall of China was originally built to protect against invasions from this group of nomadic people.
Who are the Mongols?
The 1956 Olympics were the first Games to be hosted in this country.
What is Australia?
Bryce Courtenay’s The Power of One follows the childhood of a boy named Peekay in this country.
What is South Africa?
The year 1066 is famous for this decisive battle in English history.
What is the Battle of Hastings?
In physics, this law states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
What is Newton's Third Law?
This U.S. state is the only one that was once an independent country.
What is Texas?
The Olympic flame is traditionally lit in this ancient site before traveling to the host city.
What is Olympia, Greece?
This epic novel by Leo Tolstoy is often considered one of the greatest books ever written and is set during the Napoleonic Wars.
What is War and Peace?
The assassination of this Austrian Archduke in 1914 was the immediate spark that led to World War I.
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
This is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature.
What is mercury?
This Asian country is home to the longest railway line in the world, the Trans-Siberian Railway.
What is Russia?
The 1980 Moscow Olympics were boycotted by this country and several of its allies.
What is the United States?
Cloudstreet, a novel about two working-class families in Perth, was written by this Australian author.
Who is Tim Winton?
The Black Death, a deadly pandemic, spread across Europe in this century.
What is the 14th century?
This organ in the human body produces insulin to help regulate blood sugar.
What is the pancreas?
This European capital is built on 14 islands connected by more than 50 bridges.
What is Stockholm?
This African country became the first from the continent to host the Olympics.
(Trick question: No African country has hosted the Olympics yet.)
This Charles Dickens novel begins with the famous line, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.”
What is A Tale of Two Cities?
In 1956 a crises that involved Egypt’s nationalisation of this strategic waterway.
What is the Suez Canal?
The pH scale measures how acidic or basic a substance is, with this number being neutral.
What is 7?
This U.S. river is the longest in North America.
What is the Missouri River?
The 2016 Rio Olympics marked the first time this sport was added to the Summer Games.
What is golf?
This Shakespearean tragedy follows the downfall of a Scottish king and his ambitious wife.
What is Macbeth?