U.S. Presidents
This President wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The capital of the United States before Washington D.C..
What is Philadelphia?
Name at least 3 countries that made up the Axis Powers.
What are Germany, Italy, Japan, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Finland…?
Ghengis Khan ruled this empire. To this day, this empire remains the largest land empire in history.
What is the Mongol Empire?
A group of three female mathematicians who helped with major advancements at NASA in the space industry.
What is ‘Hidden Figures’?
Name the first five presidents in order.
Who were George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe?
The first American state.
What is Deleware?
Name a sitting U.S. President during WWII.
Who are FDR and Harry Truman?
“The Sun never sets” on this empire.
What is the British Empire?
This renowned WWI novel received three film adaptations, the most recent of which having been released on Netflix in 2022.
What is ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’?
This president served two non-consecutive terms.
Who is Grover Cleveland?
George Washington crossed the Delaware river to get to this city.
What is Trenton, NJ?
The country that held the largest number of German concentration camps.
What is Poland?
This Empire, once a part of the Roman Empire, was converted to Christianity by Constantine I. Constantine also relocated this empire’s capital to Constantinople, in modern-day Istanbul.
What is the Byzantine Empire?
Daniel Day Lewis won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2012 for the role of this titular US president during the Civil War.
What is ‘Lincoln’?
The only President to have a PhD.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
Bloodiest battle in U.S. history.
What is the battle of Antietam?
The last major island captured by the Allied Powers in the Pacific Theater.
What is Okinawa?
This Empire, which spanned across Asia and Africa, collapsed at the end of WWI.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
The majority of this German film takes place in Adolf Hitler’s bunker in Berlin during the final weeks of WWII.
What is ‘Downfall’?
The two presidents impeached before Donald Trump.
Who are Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton?
The names of first two political parties in the United States.
What are the Federalists and the Democratic Republicans?
Name the Allied Operation to secure passage across the Rhine river (subject of “a bridge too far”).
What is Operation Market Garden?
The United States gained the territory of Guam from this Empire in 1898?
What is the Spanish Empire?
This 2001 film, directed by Roger Donaldson, depicts president John F. Kennedy and his cabinet navigating the Cuban Missile Crisis over the course of thirteen days.
What is “Thirteen Days’?