Most successful absolute monarch and French king. He directed all activities in his kingdom, from major decisions down to everyday details.
Who is Louis XIV?
100
This Greek physician lived around 400 BC and rejected the popular notion that disease was a supernatural punishment by the gods.
Who is Hippocrates?
100
Italian astronomer who used the newly invented telescope to determine the earth revolves around the sun and discover Jupiter.
Who is Galileo Galilei?
100
Did not trust any path to truth except human reason, leading to rationalism.
Who is Rene Descartes?
100
What is Four's real name from the Divergent Series?
What is Tobias?
200
The son of James that continued in his father's footsteps by asserting the divine right of kings, fighting with Parliament in England.
Who is Charles I?
200
Founded a school of mathematics in Alexandria, Egypt, during the 4th century BC. His textbook, Elements, forms the basis for all geometry textbooks, including those used today.
Who is Euclid?
200
Discovered concepts known as the laws of gravity and motion.
Who is Sir Isaac Newton?
200
Doubted Scripture, believing most of it to be contrary to reason.
Who is Spinoza?
200
Which two of the four gospels give the most detailed depictions or descriptions of the Christmas / Nativity story?
What are Matthew and Luke?
300
Reigned in Russia and increased the power of the Russian monarchy.
Who is Catherine the Great?
300
Greek astronomer and geographer who determined the distance around the earth (circumference) with great accuracy.
Who is Eratosthenes?
300
This Englishman discovered a way to prevent people from getting smallpox.
Who is Edward Jenner?
300
Believed rationalism to be insufficient (1603 - 1704).
Who is John Locke?
300
From "Jingle Bells": Bells on a ____________'s ring....
Double points if you know what ^^ is!
What is a bobtail? A “bobtail” is the tail of a horse where the hair has been cut short in order to keep it from getting caught in the reins. This was a very common practice in sleigh races particularly.
400
William and Mary signed this document, setting limits on royal power, providing basic civil liberties and preventing future rulers from being Roman Catholics.
What is the English Bill of Rights?
400
This Dominican friar played an important role in introducing Muslim documents to medieval universities.
Who is Albert the Great?
400
This Englishman discovered that blood is pumped by the heart, travels through the body in blood vessels, and returns to the heart in the circulatory system.
Who is William Harvey?
400
A society free from religion.
What is secularism?
400
The wise men brought these three gifts to Jesus.
What are gold, frankincense and myrrh?
500
A cabinet system of government developed during the reign of this English king, transferring more power to Parliament.
Who is George II?
500
A student in optics and astronomy who made significant contributions in the areas of physics, geography and optics.
Who is Roger Bacon?
500
Discovered Uranus.
Who is Sir William Herschel?
500
The belief that the best way to find true knowledge is through experience rather than through human reason.
What is empiricism?
500
What are elves' four main food groups?
What are candy, candy canes, candy corn, and syrup?