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Turning Points
Acronyms
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Famous Food Names
100

This Austrian man was rejected from art school, really liked methamphetamine, and couldn't stand Jesse Owens. 

Who is Adolf Hitler?

100

This declaration of Martin Luther's stated what he thought was wrong with the Church, leading to political and religious schism in Europe.

What is the 95 Thesis?

100

This three-letter agency was run by J Edgar Hoover for nearly 50 years.

What is the FBI?

100

These Kentucky families started a decades-long feud over a pig.

Who are the Hatfields and McCoys?

100

This Roman leader crossed the Rubicon and has a salad named after him.

Who is Julius Caesar?

200

This Russian Tsar brutally ruled with his loyal oprichniki, purging his political enemies.

 Who is Ivan "The Terrible" IV?

200

This event is famously attributed to being the catalyst that kicked off the Great War.

What is the Assassination of Archduke Frans Ferdinand?

200

This organization that champions civil rights was founded by historian W.E.B. Du Bois.

What is the NAACP?

200

These two inventors battled it out over electric currents, not expecting it to turn into a band name.

Who are Edison and Tesla?

200

The British military leader handed Napoleon his final defeat at the Battle of Waterloo.

Who is the Duke of Wellington?

300

This Belgian king is known for creating a brutal, exploitative regime in the Congo Free State. 

Who is Leopold II?

300

This battle is often credited with being the turning point in the American Civil War. 

What is the Battle of Gettysburg?

300

This polio-ridden president famously served more than any other president in American history.

Who is FDR?

300

Even though they never met, these cousins feuded over the English throne.

Who are Elizabeth and Mary Queen of Scots?

300

This Grateful Dead Guitarist has a Ben and Jerry's flavor named after him.

Who is Jerry Garcia?

400

This English monarch is known for having burned 280 Protestant Christians in her quest to restore Roman Catholicism in England.  

Who is Mary I/ Bloody Mary?

400

This French scientist's work on germ theory affected everything from the dairy industry to antiseptic surgery.

Who is Louis Pasteur?

400

This alliance was formed to counter Soviet power after WWII.

What is NATO?

400

These two Founding Fathers hated each other so much that they decided to shoot at one another. 

Who are Hamilton and Burr?

400

This oil magnate apparently really like oysters.

Who is John D. Rockefeller?

500

This Walachian Voivode was known for his cruel tactics and was the inspiration for Dracula.

Who is Vlad the Impaler?

500

Constantine the Great issued this edict in 313 AD, officially decriminalizing Christianity in the Roman Empire.

What is the Edict of Milan?

500
Commonly seen on Roman items, this acronym translates in English as "The Senate and the Roman people." 

What is SPQR?

500

These two rappers defined the East Coast, West Coast beef in the 1990s.

Who are Biggie and Tupac?

500

This English noble was a patron of Captain James Cook and fancied two slices of bread with meat in between.

Who is the Earl of Sandwich?