When date was the first Tour De France held? (Give month and year)
January 1903
200
What American president is shot to death in office, and who becomes president in his place?
William McKinley. Teddy Roosevelt
200
What does Britain take control of after the end of the Boer War?
South African gold mines
200
What major league baseball team won the first ever world series in 1903?
Boston Redsox
200
Queen Victoria ruled Great Britain for how many years?
64 years
300
What couple wins the Nobel Prize for their work with radioactivity?
Pierre and Marie Curie
300
Aswan dam was a major feat of engineering for its time, what did it provide for Egypt?
Economy advanced compared to other African states, revolutionized agriculture, controlled the Nile, better irrigation
300
Where is Knossos Palace, which archeologists excavate in 1900
Crete
300
What was the date of President McKinley's assassination?
September 14, 1901
400
Paul Gauguin dies, what artistic style was he known for?
Impressionism
400
The Balkan region continues to roil with hatred and murder. The Christians and Muslims in the area cannot get along. The Turks, Albanians, and Bulgarians fight regularly. Who do the Bulgarians massacre
Macedonian Muslims
400
Wilbur and Orville Wright fly the first self-powered, heavier-than-air craft with moveable wing-tips and a lightweight motor. Where does this take place?
Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
400
The first nobel prize was awarded on....?
December 10, 1901
500
What were the Wright brothers occupation before they started their groundbreaking experiments?
Bicycle makers
500
Guglielmo Marconi sent a signal with the distance being 3,500km (2232 miles). From where to where did he send it?
Poldhu, Cornwall to St Johns, Newfoundland
500
What was the name of the first winner of Tour De France
Maurice Garin
500
The date of the discovery that mosquitoes transmit the virus Yellow Fever is?