Innovative inventions/Inventors
This statesman, politican, scholar, inventor, and one of the earliest US presidents invented the swivel chair, the spherical sundial, the moldboard plow, and the cipher wheel. Who was he?
Thomas Jefferson
How was the ancient Roman city of Pompeii destroyed?
Volcano
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Albania
“Let them eat cake”
Marie Antoinette
Prospering under Tatar rule and expanding as it intersected trade and routes, this city became a capital in the 15th century.
What is Moscow?
What instrument was invented first?
Flute
What was the name given to the floating gardens made by the Aztecs?
Chinampas
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Antarctica
“I have no special talents, I am only passionately curious”
Albert Einstein
In 1910 Korea was annexed by this country that held it for the next 35 years?
What is Japan?
What invention is credited to the Russian born American inventor Vladimir Kosma Zworykin?
Television
The calendar of which ancient civilization is thought to have predicted the end of the world?
Mayan civilization
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Kazakhstan
“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing”
Socrates
In 622 Muhammad fled from Mecca to this city, from which Islam spread across the region.
What is Medina?
In 1951 disposable what were invented?
Diapers
Who was the first Roman Emperor whom we also find on the calendar?
Octavius Augustus
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Luxembourg
“History is written by the victors”
Winston Churchill
In 1935 under US rule, it became a commonwealth with Manuel Quezon as president.
What is the Philippines?
This African-American woman physical therapist worked with soldiers disabled in World War II. She invented a device that helped the disabled to eat by delivering food through a tube to a mouthpiece.
Bessie Blount
Who colonized Tunisia in ancient times?
Phoenecians
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Chad
“Fortune favors the bold”
Virgil
Exactly 600 years after the Norman Conquest, London suffered through plague and this other major disaster.
What is the Great Fire of London?