US History
The 50th state admitted to the Union
The sight of their longships terrorized other Europeans for over 200 years.
The Vikings
Legendary founders of Rome
Romulus and Remus
Creator of the Vitruvian Man
Leonardo da Vinci
Despite inventing the sport, this nation has only won one World Cup.
England
Our Nation's 17th President
Andrew Johnson
This Saint led the French army to victory during the Siege of Orléans.
Joan of Arc
The oldest epic in the world, written in Mesopotamia
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Author of the controversial novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
Harriet Beecher Stowe
During the throes of the Great Depression, this nation armed soldiers with machine guns to fight the ultimately unsuccessful "Emu War" against the nations large, flightless bird population.
Australia
Al Capone profited off of this U.S. Amendment
18th (prohibition)
Legend states that this monarch famously declared: "Let them eat cake!"
Marie Antoinette
This civilization incorrectly predicted the world would end in 2012
The Mayans
The historical figure after which the extinct mammal Megalonyx M. jeffersonii (a species of ground sloth) is named.
Thomas Jefferson, who studied it's fossilized remains
The first commercially available version of this every day household product didn't appear until 1857...
Toilet Paper
General Winfield Scott devised this plan to squeeze the life out of the Confederacy early in the Civil War
The Anaconda Plan
This man penned the Principia Mathematica which many historians say marks the beginning of the modern study of physics.
Writing etched on clay tablets in Ancient Mesopotamia and Persia
Cuneiform
This Austrian monk is known as the "Father of Modern Genetics" for his experiments with pea plants
Gregor Mendel
This prominent musician was shot and killed outside of his New York residence 1980, a decade after the release of his group's last album, "Let It Be"
John Lennon
Names of the 2 Atomic bombs that were dropped on Japan in August 1945
Little Boy and Fat Man
This city was named after the man who moved the imperial capital of Rome in the 4th century.
Constantinople
This Egyptian God's tears cause the annual flooding of the Nile
Isis
A diverse philosophical and religious tradition indigenous to China, emphasizing harmony with the Tao
Taoism/Daosim
More than 10 times as many people earned the Congressional Medal of Honor during the Vietnam War than have completed this feat in baseball history.
Thrown a perfect game.