History
Which battle is considered the turning point of the American Civil War fought in 1863?
The Battle of Gettysburg
What 1960s TV show featured a crew led by Captain Kirk aboard the starship USS Enterprise?
Star Trek
Which composer is famous for composing Moonlight Sonata and Symphony No. 9?
Ludwig van Beethoven
Which US baseball player was known as "The Colossus of Clout" and hit 714 home runs during his career?
Babe Ruth
Which desert spans parts of northern Africa and is famous for its sand dunes?
The Sahara Desert
Which US President signed the Emancipation Proclamation into Law?
Abraham Lincoln
Which actress starred as Scarlett O'Hara in "Gone with the Wind"?
Vivien Leigh
Who wrote the song "Blowin' in the Wind" a protest anthem from the 1960s?
Bob Dylan
Which city was the first Olympic Games hosted in 1896?
Athens, Greece
Which city is the site of the ancient Library of Alexandria located?
Alexandria, Egypt
What year did the US formally enter World War I?
1917
What film won the first Academy Award for Best Picture in 1929?
Wings
Who was the first solo artist to win the Grammy for Album of the year twice, in 1959 and in 1961?
Frank Sinatra
Which tennis player won a record 8 Wimbledon singles titles, a feat unmatched by any male player?
Roger Federer
What mountain range forms the natural border between France and Spain?
The Pyrenees
Who was the last monarch of the Russian Romanov dynasty, who was executed in 1918?
Tsar Nicholas II
Which director is known for films like Psycho, Rear Window, and North by Northwest?
Alfred Hitchcock
Which jazz saxophonist released the influential album "A love Supreme" in 1965?
John Coltrane
What year did Jackie Robinson break the color barrier in Major League Baseball?
1947
What is the largest island in the Caribbean by area?
Cuba
Who was the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in 1903 for her work in physics?
Marie Curie
Which 1941 Orson Welles film is considered one of the greatest movies ever made and is centered around the life of a publishing magnate?
Citizen Kane
What album by the Beatles features "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"?
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Which US swimmer won 7 gold medals in a single Olympics in 1972?
Mark Spitz
Which country was the first to grant women the right to vote, in 1893?
New Zealand