Ancient History
C.E. History
U.S. History
Natural History
Wars
100
This Greek writer is considered the Father of History
Who is Herodotus?
100
C.E.
What is Common Era?
100
The attack on Pearl Harbor caused this country to join this war.
What is the United States joining WWII
100
This bird, is widely known for its ability to mimic sounds.
What is the Mockingbird?
100
This battled, fought in the Pacific Theater from June 4 to 7, 1942, is often considered the turning point of the war int he Pacific, as the United States Navy defeated the imperial Japanese Navy, halting their advance.
What is the Battle of Midway?
200
This is the first Human Civilization
Double points if you can name where they were.
What is the Sumerian Civilization?
Where is Mesopotamia?
200
This is the most recent religion that is on track towards becoming the world's largest.
What is Islam?
200
This Supreme Court decision declared Racial Segregation in schools Unconstitutional
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
200
This is when the Universe was Created.
How long ago was 13.8 Billion Years?
200
What is the Battle of Iwo Jima?
300
This ancient civilization was located what is now present-day Peru, known for it interesting and complex system of communications and architecture.
What is the Inca Civilization?
300
This modern-day country is where the Lascaux Caves where found.
Where is France?
300
This event led to the first and only resignation of a U.S. President
What was the Watergate Scandal?
300
Occurring approximately 541 million years ago, this event is known for the sudden appearance and rapid diversification of multicellular life forms, marking the beginning of the end.
What is the Cambrian Explosion?
300
This military strategy, employed by Germany in the early stages of World War II, involved rapidly advancing and overwhelming enemy forces with combined arms tactics, characterized by surprise and speed.
What is Blitzkrieg?
400
What is the name of the ancient civilization that emerged around 3300 B.C. in present-day pakistan and northwest India, known for its well planned cities and sophisticated drainage systems?
What is the Indus Valley Civilization?
400
This Renaissance artist is known for painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
Who is Michelangelo?
400
This 1925 trial in Dayton, Tennessee, pitted science against religion in a case centered around the teaching of Evolution in schools.
What is the Scopes Monkey Trial?
400
This concept describes the phenomenon where unrelated species living in similar environments independently evolve similar traits.
What is Convergent Evolution?
400
On the Manhattan Project, this Physicist created the most powerful weapon in the World.
Who is Edward Teller?
500
This ancient Chinese Philosopher is known for his teachings on ethics, morality, and government, include the concept of the Mandate of Heaven.
Who is Confucius?
500
This event marked the Norman conquest of England.
What is the Battle of Hastings?
500
Recite the Preamble of the U.S. Constitution
(This is actually worth 2000)
"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Prosperity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."
500
This scientist proposed the theory of punctuated equilibrium, suggesting that evolution occurs in rapid bursts separated by long periods of stability.
Who is Stephen Jay Gould?
500
This person was a spy at Las Alamos who passed along detailed information about the implosion-type “Fat Man” bomb and several processes for purifying plutonium to the USSR, ending the United States's Nuclear Weapon Monopoly.
Who is Theodore Hall?