World History
This French military leader crowned himself emperor in 1804.
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
This particle carries a negative electrical charge.
What is an electron?
This famous clock tower stands next to the Houses of Parliament in London.
What is Big Ben?
This inventor patented the phonograph in 1877.
Who was Thomas Edison?
This biblical king defeated the giant Goliath before becoming King of Israel. Extra 100 if you name his most famous written work.
Who is David? (King David). Wrote the prayer "Psalms 23 - "The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul..." "
This wall divided East and West Berlin until 1989.
What is the Berlin Wall?
This is the hardest naturally occurring substance on Earth.
What is diamond?
This ancient amphitheater in Rome once hosted gladiator contests. Extra 100 if you can name gladiator who led slave revolt against Rome in 73 BC.
What is the Colosseum? Spartacus
This invention by Johannes Gutenberg around 1450 revolutionized the spread of knowledge throughout Europe.
What is the movable-type printing press?
This Renaissance artist sculpted the famous marble statue of David and painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
Who was Michelangelo?
This document, signed in 1215, limited the power of the English king.
What is the Magna Carta?
This element has the chemical symbol "Ag." Extra 100 if you name its atomic number within 5.
What is silver? Atomic number 47
This mountaintop citadel in Peru was built by the Inca civilization.
What is Machu Picchu?
This safety device, invented by Gideon Sundback in the early 1900s, replaced buttons and hooks on many garments.
What is the zipper?
This former England soccer captain played for Manchester United, Real Madrid, and the LA Galaxy.
Who is David Beckham?
This peace treaty ended World War I in 1919.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
This branch of physics studies the behavior of matter and energy at atomic and subatomic scales.
What is quantum mechanics?
This palace in Beijing served as the home of Chinese emperors for nearly 500 years.
What is the Forbidden City?
This 19th-century inventor developed the vulcanization process that made rubber durable and practical for widespread use.
Who was Charles Goodyear?
This Hall of Fame baseball player, nicknamed "Big Papi," helped lead the Boston Red Sox to three World Series championships.
Who is David Ortiz?
This explorer completed the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe, although he died before the voyage was finished. Extra 100 if you can name year voyage completed within 50 years.
Who was Ferdinand Magellan in 1522
This process divides one cell into two genetically identical daughter cells.
What is mitosis?
Christ the Redeemer overlooks this Brazilian city from the summit of Corcovado Mountain.
What is Rio de Janeiro?
This inventor is credited with creating the first successful practical steamboat. Extra 100 pts if you can name other invention he was credited with working on.
Who was Robert Fulton? Also submarine, warship and naval mines. Accept any of the three.
This late-night television host spent 33 years hosting Late Show.
Who is David Letterman?