The Mandate of Heaven
This rebellion resulted in the fall of the Qing Dynasty in the early 20th century
What is the Boxer Rebellion?
This tank is often credited with playing a major part in the Allied victory in WWII, despite its lackluster performance
What is the Soviet T-34?
This horse was said to have been untameable until his rider, Alexander, discovered he was afraid of his own shadow
Who is Beucephalus?
This food is famously found, unspoiled, in Egyptian tombs
What is honey?
This Italian city is somewhat infamous for being the city from which many Renaissance geniuses left or were exiled from
What is Florence?
According to legend, the first Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang's tomb has rivers of this substance
What is mercury?
This horrific battle in WWI lasted for 9 months, earning it the title of the longest battle in history
What is the Battle of Verdun?
This horse is the record holder for all three races of the Triple Crown: the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes, and the Belmont Stakes
Who is Secretariat?
Breakfast cereals were initially made bland because certain religious health groups believed that sugar would cause this
What is eternal damnation resulting from sexual urges?
This crusade drew success from the peasant army that reached the Holy Land first, was summarily massacred, and the Muslims left, thinking the crusade was over
What was the First Crusade?
This color is famously associated with Chinese Emperors
What is bright, golden yellow (minghuang)?
George H. Gay, a TBD Devastator pilot, was the only survivor of his squadron in this battle
What is the Battle of Midway?
The Emperor Nero gave his horse, Incitatus, this position in the Roman Empire
What is the Consoul of Rome?
A 12-year-old enslaved boy named Edmond Albius developed the hand pollination technique of a certain flower in 1839, making this spice that comes from it the second most expensive in the world, after saffron.
What is vanilla?
This was the greatest number of men declared pope at any one time, resulting in the Western Schism and the erosion of the church's authority (1378-1417)
What is 3? (pope, antipope, anti-antipope)
To the nearest thousand miles, the Great Wall of China is this length (all sections ever built)
This town was the location of the first and the symbolic last battles of World War I
What is Mons, Belgium?
Copenhagen, a thoroughbred and Arabian stallion, famously carried the Duke of Wellington at this battle
What is the Battle of Waterloo? (for 17 consecutive hours)
This mobster was obsessed with dairy, funding the genetic enhancement of a "supercow" that produced 4x the average American dairy cow supply
Who is Fidel Castro?
To escape an unwanted marriage, the sister of Valentinus III of Rome sent a marriage proposal to this man, hastening the 'fall' of the Roman Empire
Who is Attila the Hun?
Intended to withstand heavy arrow attacks, some armor in the Tang Dynasty was made out of this peculiar material
What is paper?
The USS Underhill, a US destroyer in the Pacific Theater, was famously sunk by this tactic
What is a suicide attack (Kaiten manned torpedo)?
Sargent Reckless, a little mare and the most decorated horse in US military history, carried ammunition under fire, many times by herself, during this conflict
What is the Korean War?
The 16th-century French delicacy entrement, included this strange ingredient
What are live songbirds?
Emperor Fredrick II of the Holy Roman Empire sent a reply offering this to the leader of the Golden Horde, Batu Khan, after his throne had been threatened
What was Fredrick as the Khan's personal falconer?