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Known as the healer, the archer god, the sun god and a master musician
Who is Apollo
100
This is Kentucky's first permanent settlement
What is Harrodsburg
100
Name two things Eli Whitney is known for inventing
What are the Cotton Gin and Interchangeable parts
100
This woman was the Spanish Queen Consort of England as the first wife of King Henry VIII
Who is Catherine of Aragon
100
A "Brawdy House" is another term for
What is a brothel
200
The most popular event in the ancient Greek Olympic games
What is chariot racing
200
The first Kentucky Derby was held in the year
What is 1875
200
Clay's exchange of presidential candidacy for a position as secretary of state is known as
What is the corrupt bargain
200
This political party was responsible for the assassination of the final emperor of Russia- Nicholas Romanov
What are the Bolsheviks
200
The Last King of England
Who is William III
300
The largest Greek island
What is Crete
300
This revolutionary war hero helped Kentuckians ca[ture forts in the Northwest territory
Who is George Rogers Clark
300
John Adams sent 3 diplomats to Paris and when they returned home their written report was published in the newspaper. This event is
What is the XYZ affair
300
They liberated Auschwitz
What is the Soviet Army
300
This is a charter of liberty and political rights obtained from King John if England by his rebellious barons at the Runnymeade in 1215
What is the Magna Carta
400
These two city states fought against each other in the Peloponnesian War
What are Athens and Sparta
400
This Mexican war hero and US President lived on the Kentucky frontier during his youth
Who is Zachary Taylor
400
This figure began publishing a popular abolitionism newspaper called "The Liberator"
Who is William Lloyd Garrison
400
During the Holocaust, this term was used to describe a prisoner trusted by the SS with authority over others.
What is a Kapo
400
This English king is rumered to have hid in an oak tree to avoid capture
Who is Charles II
500
This reforming ruler divided the empire's administration into east and west
Who is Diocletian
500
This meetinghouse was the site of a major religious revival in Bourbon County in 1901
What is the Cane Ridge Meetinghouse
500
During Grant's presidency this was a fraudulent private construction company that fleeced the US by skimming profits off of the Union Pacific Railroad
What is the Credit Moblier
500
During the French Revolution, prison guards killed about 100 people when they tried storming the prison for gunpowder.
What is the Storming of the bastille
500
The battle of Trafalgar took place in the year
What is 1805