The American Civil War started with a Confederate attack on this South Carolinian fort on April 12, 1861
Fort Sumter
400
I am climbing a steep Andean mountainside, leaving behind the turbulence of the Urubamba River. My intention is to visit a sacred Incan city, five square miles of architectural splendor the likes of which are found nowhere else on the planet. Which city am I visiting?
Machu Picchu in the Cusco region of Peru, S. America
400
In music, the tempo marking for a steady, strolling pace is
Andante
400
Persephone becomes bound to Hades after eating what?
A pomegranate
400
In Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel, "The Scarlet Letter", what is the main character, Hestor Pryne, forced to wear on the breast of her clothing?
An uppercase "A" - for adultery
800
Under whose presidency did Lewis and Clark carry out the first transcontinental expedition to the Pacific coast?
Thomas Jefferson - the expedition took place from 1804 to 1806. Jefferson was president from 1801 to 1809.
800
I am at Russia's Pacific coast, and this city has been a major port and naval base that was occupied by Japanese troops after the Russian Revolution until 1922
Vladivostock
800
Roy Lichtenstein is a prominent pop artist famous for his close "zoom in" paintings of this entertainment medium.
Comic Books
800
In Norse mythology, what is the name of the magical tree that unites all nine worlds?
Yggdrasil
800
California's state animal is the Grizzly Bear. Its flower is the Golden Poppy. The state tree is the Redwood. Then what is Californa's state bird?
The California Valley Quail
1200
In the late 1730s and the 1740s, a religious revival swept across the land. This period of American history is referred to as
The Great Awakening
1200
You are on a Pacific Island looking at some immense statues. These statues have very large heads. In fact the head is the only part visible in many of them. Where are you?
Easter Island
1200
What do we call the machine invented to keep a steady tempo?
The metronome
1200
In Ancient Egypt, reverence of this animal is demonstrated through the worship of the goddess Bastet.
The cat
1200
What is referred to as the "Game of Kings"?
Chess - And additionally, horse racing is known as the "sport of kings".
1600
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by this man, just five days after Lee surrendered at Appomattox, ending the Civil War.
John Wilkes Booth
1600
You are in Peru crossing a red gravel desert. There are lots of yellowish pathways seeming to lead nowhere. Your guide tells you that when you look down from an airplane you can see that these lines are drawings. One is of a monkey, another of a hummingbird. What are they known as?
Nazca Lines
1600
This famous Mexican artist is famous for her self-portraits set against native backdrops and animals. She married another prominent Mexican artist known for his frescos and influence in establishing a mural movement in Mexico.
Frida Kahlo
1600
Anubis, the Egyptian god of the underworld, has the head of what animal?
A jackal
1600
What is the name of the first animal that went into orbit?
Laika, the Soviet space dog
2000
This novel, by Harriet Beecher Stowe, was one of the most influential novels of the 1850s.
Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852)
2000
I am standing on top of one of the oldest and biggest man made structures on the planet which is at least 6,352 km (3,948 miles) long. What is it?
The Great Wall of China
2000
What painting is the Louvre's most popular attraction?
"La Gioconda" - or better known as, "Mona Lisa"
2000
Who was the hero assigned to twelve tasks, which included killing the Nemean Lion, capturing Cerberus, and cleaning the stable of flesh-eating horses?
Hercules
2000
1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89... This ongoing series of integers is called