American
European
Asian
African
Religion/Mythology
100

Who was the president assassinated by John Wilkes Booth in 1865?

Who is Abraham Lincoln?

100
Who was the first emperor of the Roman Empire?

Who is Augustus (Octavian) Caesar?

100

Which warlord unified the Mongol tribes?

Genghis Khan

100

Which civilization developed around the Nile River?

What is ancient Egypt

100

What is the sacred city and birthplace of Prophet Muhammad, a place where Muslims pilgrimage to at least once in their lives?

What is Mecca?

200

What was the American project to create the first nuclear bomb called?

What was the Manhattan Project?

200

Who was the facsist ruler of Italy during World War II?

Who is Benito Mussolini?

200

Who is the spiritual leader who founded a major religion after achieving enlightenment under a Bodhi tree, originally named Siddhartha Gautama?

Who is the Budha?

200

Who is the richest man in history, originating from the Mali Empire around the 14th century (not Elon Musk)?

Who is Mansa Musa?

200

Who is the Greek god of the skies (including thunder, lightning, law, etc)?

Who is Zeus?

300

Which tribe was forced to relocate via the Trail of Tears?

Who were the Cherokee?
300

Who is the radical political leader returned from exile to lead the Bolsheviks to power during the Russian Revolution of 1917.

Who was Vladimir Lenin?

300

Who is the Chinese military strategist who is known for writing the book/treatise 'The Art of War'?

Who is Sun Tzu?

300

Name the Carthage military leader who spearheaded the attack through the alps?

Who is Hannibal Barca?

300

Who is the Norse god of thunder, famously associated with his loyal, giant-crushing hammer, Mjolnir.

Who is Thor?

400

What was the last battle of the Revolutionary War?

What was the Battle of Yorktown?

400

Who was the English king during the Battle of Hastings (1066) and was famously shot in the eye?

Who is Harold Godwinson?

400

What is the time period where Japan strictly isolated itself from the West (1603 to 1867) and was ruled by the Tokugawa Shogunate?

What is the Edo Period?

400

What is the name of the Belgian king who controlled the Congo, and used extreme brutality to harvest rubber and other natural resources?

Who is King Leopold II. 

400

What is the foundational text of Judaism?

What is the Torah?

500

What was the New York City political machine led by Boss Tweed?

What was Tammany Hall?

500

Who was the powerful banking family dynamically controlled the wealth, politics, and artistic patronage of Renaissance Florence for generations.

Who was the Medici family?

500

Who is the Maurya Emperor that conquered most of India but famously converted to Buddhism and renounced violence after witnessing a bloody war?

Who is Ashoka the Great?

500

What is this powerful East African kingdom, located in modern-day Ethiopia, converted to Christianity under King Ezana in the 4th century CE?

What is Aksum?

500

Composed in ancient Sanskrit, this collection of four sacred texts forms the foundational scriptural base of Hinduism.

What are the vedas?