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Ancient History
100

On August 10 1945 this former First Lady wrote The Times to call for mankind as a whole to rise to great heights

Eleanor Roosevelt

100

This largest island is 50 times the size of Denmark, the country to which it belongs

Greenland

100

A slang term for Harvard's freshman register gave this website it's name

Facebook

100

This animal can catch human colds and other illnesses

Gorillas

100

Protected on 3 sides by mountains, this Greek city-state not big on luxury was on the bank of the Eurotas River

Sparta

200

This Bronte sister revealed in an 1840s letter I am neither a man nor a woman but an author

Charlotte Bronte

200

Almost 10 times the size of the Everglades, the largest swamp is the Pantanal of Mato Grosso in this country

Brazil

200

Of the 12 beasts representing years in the Chinese calendar, the one not biologically related to any creature on earth

dragon

200

The female of this animal does 90% of the hunting

Lion

200

I'm walkin' in this capital of Ancient Egypt, founded around 3000 B.C., but do I really feel the way I feel?

Memphis

300

This oft-divorced Hungarian said I am a marvelous housekeeper. Every time I leave a man I keep his house

Zsa Zsa Gabor

300

When measured by shoreline, this North American bay is the world's largest

Hudson Bay

300

The only 3 word state capital


Salt Lake City

300

1/2 of this animal are kept by farmers in china

pig

300

Noted for his wisdom, this B.C. ruler organized Ancient Israel into 12 districts, appointing his own gov. for each one

Solomon

400

In 1981 she told the Senate Judiciary Committee I do well to understand...the difference between legislating & judging

Sandra Day O'Connor

400

By volume, this deep Siberian lake is the world's largest body of fresh water

Lake Baikal

400

It's the densest of our planets in our solar system and the only one not named for a deity

Earth

400

This animal is the only mammal that can fly

bat

400

Newsflash, 338 B.C.! I'm hearing Philip II, ruler of this land, has taken Greece & I, for one, welcome our new overlord

Macedonia

500

In 1985 she reportedly said "Bruce Springsteen was born to run, I was born to flirt" 

Madonna

500

Covering half of the island of Hawaii, it's the largest volcano on Earth

Mauna Loa

500

Fittingly, this character is named for a plant also known as arrowhead that belongs to the genus Sagittaria

Katniss Everdeen

500

In Alaska it's illegal to whisper in someone's ear while they're hunting this animal

moose

500

Gaius Julius Vindex rebelled against this emperor after seeing him "playing pregnant women & slaves" on stage

Nero