HISTORY
SCIENCE
GEOGRAPHY
LITERATURE
60s–80s POP CULTURE
100

This 1215 document limited the power of the English monarchy.

Magna Carta

100

This element has the atomic number 1

Hydrogen

100

This is the longest river in South America.

Amazon River

100

This novel by George Orwell features a farm run by animals.

Animal Farm

100

This British band released Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band in 1967.

The Beatles

200

This U.S. president issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863.

Abraham Lincoln

200

This scale measures earthquake magnitude using logarithms.

Richter scale

200

This desert spans much of northern Africa.

Sahara Desert

200

This author wrote The Great Gatsby.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

200

This 1977 film introduced audiences to Luke Skywalker.

Star Wars

300

This ancient trade network connected China to the Mediterranean.

Silk Road

300

This organelle is known as the “powerhouse of the cell.”

Mitochondria

300

This capital city sits on the Tiber River.

Rome

300

This Shakespeare play features the characters Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.

Hamlet

300

This artist was known as the “King of Pop.”

Michael Jackson

400

This 1961 event marked the first human spaceflight.

Yuri Gagarin orbiting Earth

400

This physicist formulated the uncertainty principle.

Werner Heisenberg

400

This mountain range separates Europe and Asia.

Ural Mountains

400

This novel features the character Atticus Finch.

To Kill a Mockingbird

400

This 1980 horror film features the Overlook Hotel.

The Shining

500

This rebellion in 1857 challenged British rule in India.

Sepoy Mutiny (Indian Rebellion of 1857)

500

This process converts sugar into energy without oxygen.

Anaerobic respiration

500

This African country has the most pyramids in the world.

Sudan

500

This Russian author wrote Crime and Punishment.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

500

This 1970s TV show featured the characters Fonzie and Richie Cunningham.

Happy Days