World History
He sailed the ocean blue in 1492, reaching the Americas.
Who was Christopher Columbus?
The smallest unit of life that can replicate independently is called a _______.
What is a cell?
This British author wrote the fantasy series 'The Chronicles of Narnia'.
Who was C.S. Lewis?
This river, the longest in Africa, flows north through Egypt to the Mediterranean Sea.
What is the Nile?
This singer is known for the hit song 'Shake It Off' and the album '1989'.
Who is Taylor Swift?
The 95 Theses criticizing the Catholic Church were written by this German theologian in 1517.
Who was Martin Luther?
He formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation in the late 17th century.
Who was Isaac Newton?
The novel '1984', about a dystopian society under Big Brother, was written by this author.
Who was George Orwell?
Mount Everest, Earth's highest mountain, lies on the border of Nepal and this country.
What is China?
Robert Downey Jr. plays this superhero in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Who is Iron Man?
This war from 1337 to 1453, fought between England and France, saw the rise of Joan of Arc.
What was the Hundred Years' War?
This branch of science deals with the study of heat and temperature and their relation to energy and work.
What is thermodynamics?
In Homer's 'Odyssey', this Greek hero travels home after the Trojan War.
Who is Odysseus?
This line of latitude at 0 degrees divides the Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
What is the Equator?
This animated TV show featuring Homer, Marge, Bart, and Lisa has been on air since 1989.
What is The Simpsons?
This empire founded by Genghis Khan became the largest contiguous empire in history.
What was the Mongol Empire?
In computer science, this data structure operates in a Last In, First Out manner.
What is a stack?
This Nobel Prize-winning Latin American author wrote 'One Hundred Years of Solitude'.
Who was Gabriel García Márquez?
The Ural Mountains form a natural boundary between these two continents.
What are Europe and Asia?
This acclaimed video game series features the hero Link on a quest to rescue Princess Zelda.
What is The Legend of Zelda?
The Peace of Westphalia in 1648 ended this devastating conflict in Central Europe.
What was the Thirty Years' War?
This 20th-century physicist developed the uncertainty principle and made key contributions to quantum mechanics.
Who was Werner Heisenberg?
This epic poem by John Milton depicts the fall of Satan and the temptation of Adam and Eve.
What is Paradise Lost?
This island, part of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, is considered the world's most remote inhabited island.
What is Tristan da Cunha?
This South Korean Netflix series, released in 2021, features contestants playing deadly children's games for a cash prize.
What is Squid Game?