General Santa Anna and his troops attacked the Alamo Mission
What is The Battle of the Alamo (1836)
100
He was the preeminent leader of Indian independence movement in British-ruled India employing nonviolent civil disobedience
Who was Mahatma Gandhi
100
A man with a square moustache jumped onto a table and fired a shot into the ceiling of the Buergerbräukeller, a large beer hall in Munich
What is Adolf Hitler's Practice Power Grab in Nov 1923
100
This CEO once said that if he only had some humility, he'd be perfect
Who is Ted Turner
200
A leader is a dealer in hope
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte
200
In 1945, scientists built the first atomic bomb.
What is The Manhattan Project
200
Nicknamed "The Maid of Orléans", is considered a heroine of France and a Roman Catholic saint
Who is Joan of Arc
200
"What I am trying to do is make the whole world safe for Jews," Harry Truman wrote as he wrestled over the decision to recognize a Jewish state in Palestine
What is The Dawn of Israel in May 1948
200
She joined eBay as CEO in 1998 and grew the company from 30 employees to 15,000 employees -- and from $4M to $8B in revenue -- in under 10 years
Who is Meg Whitman
300
Leadership is influence
Who is John C. Maxwell
300
White Americans and Americans of other races went to separate schools. This practice ended in 1954.
What is The Supreme Court case -- Brown v. Board of Education
300
American soldier best known for commanding the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War
Who is Robert E. Lee
300
She declined to give up her seat on that fateful day. She said later "I just wanted to be free, like everybody else."
Who is - Rosa Parks - in Dec 1955
300
A former US Marine Captain, he took his experience as a forward air controller to the express delivery in 1971 when he founded FedEx
Who is Fred Smith
400
Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.
Who is General Dwight Eisenhower
400
Prior to this period, the Roman Catholic Church had close to absolute control over the people and governments of the Christian world
What is The Reformation
400
Popularly known as the Desert Fox, he was a German field marshal in World War II
Who is Erwin Rommel
400
He exited through the hotel's pantry, where at 12:16 a.m., a slight, dark-haired Palestinian named Sirhan Sirhan pulled out a .22 cal. revolver, fired eight shots and fatally wounded the candidate
Who is Robert Kennedy in June 1968
400
During his 20 years with the company, he turned GE from a $14B manufacturer to a more than $410B conglomerate
Who is Jack Welch
500
No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent
Who is Abraham Lincoln
500
There is almost no other event that could be called as influential as this monumental creation in that it could take years just to copy one book
What is Gutenberg's Printing Press
500
A philosopher, as well as mathematician, in Classical Greece. He is considered an essential figure in the development of philosophy
Who is Plato
500
They were two guys named Steve. They had gone to the same high school, and in the hazy years after graduation — both were college dropouts — a shared interest in electronics brought them together. Their formal partnership began in a bedroom at one of their parents' ranch house
What is the beginning of Apple in April 1976
500
He joined Disney as CEO in 2005, succeeding ousted head Michael Eisner after an internal struggle