Italian Renaissance
Who painted The Birth of Venus?
Sandro Botticelli
That one Italian protest song
Bella Ciao
Who was the longest-reigning female pharaoh?
Hatshepsut
Which battle was considered a turning point in the Pacific Theatre in June 1942, a victory for U.S. forces?
Battle of Midway
What is the second tallest building in the world?
Merdeka
What birds were commonly used to represent the Passion in Italian Renaissance painting?
Goldfinches
This song was to protest the Vietnam War in 1969 by CCR.
Fortunate Son by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Howard Carter re-discovered the KV62 tomb of which Eighteenth Dynasty boy-pharaoh?
Tutankhamun
What is the name of the first major land campaign of the Pacific Theatre, fought in the Solomon Islands?
Guadalcanal Campaign
What is the name of the lake on the Bolivian-Peruvian border, often called the world’s highest navigable lake?
Lake Titicaca
Who is the Italian composer of The Coronation of Poppea?
Monteverdi
This song lowk condemned the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Masters of War by Bob Dylan
What pharaoh established worship of the sun-god Aten?
Akhenaten
What was the 1944 WWII pacific theatre battle fought off a namesake island in the Philippines?
Battle of Leyte Gulf
What is the the world's driest non-polar desert?
Atacama Desert
Daily Double
Which composer is known for his 4 seasons?
Song by Gil Scott-Heron also referenced in Sol's EE.
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
What ancient region home to Meroë was centered in modern Sudan and southern Egypt?
Nubia
Battle where the Japanese were prevented from invading Australia.
Battle of Coral Sea
The islands of Bioko, São Tomé, and Príncipe lie within what large African gulf that contains the Bights of Biafra and Benin?
Gulf of Guinea
NOT RENAISSANCE! Who is best-known painting is The Raft of the Medusa?
Géricault
Song by the Clash which represents the climate how people may feel about the current climate.
I'm So Bored of the U.S.A
Who was the last Egyptian pharaoh of the Ptolemaic dynasty?
Cleopatra
What was the strategy used by the Allies?
Island Hopping
What river flows into the Bay of Bengal after crossing northern India?
Ganges River