Presidents
Who was the 11th president of the United States?
The 11th president was James K. Polk.
Who invented the light bulb?
Thomas Edison, Joseph Swan, Humphry Davy
Who painted the Mona Lisa?
Leonardo Da Vinci
How many years ago did Earth begin forming?
About 4.5 billion years ago.
What did Ancient Greece people use to vote?
Broken pieces of pottery.
Which president built a private bowling alley in the White House?
Richard Nixon, 37th president.
What did Tim Berners-Lee invent that we use in modern day life right now?
The World Wide Web (www).
Finish this artists name: _nd_ W_ _h_l
Andy Warhol
Who were the children of Adam and Eve?
Cain and Abel
What war lasted the shorted? (What countries/cities, when, and how long.)
Britain vs. Zanzibar, 1896, lasted about 38 minutes.
How many U.S. presidents got assasinated?
4
This ancient tool revolutionized transportation with it's design.
Wheel
He painted “The Persistence of Memory,” famous for its melting clocks.
Salvador Dalí?
Supercontinent that broke apart 300 million years ago.
This ancient civilization invented paper around 105 A.D., changing how knowledge was recorded forever.
Ancient China.
This U.S. president delivered the Gettysburg Address during the Civil War.
Abraham Lincoln.
What is the printing press? Who made it?
This invention helped spread books across Europe using movable type. Johannes Gutenberg.
What did Vincent van Gogh paint?
Starry night.
First animal on earth? (HINT: It doesn't have a life, can't move, and lived in water.)
Sponges.
What is the Black Plague (Black Death)?
A disease that killed roughly one-third of Europe’s population.
He was the only U.S. president to serve more than two terms.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
This Nikola Tesla invention allowed electricity to travel long distances with little power loss.
AC (alternating current)
This Italian Renaissance master painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling.
Michelangelo.
This era, known as the “Age of Dinosaurs,” lasted from 252 to 66 million years ago.
The Mesozoic Era
This explorer accidentally discovered the Americas while searching for a route to Asia in 1492.
Christopher Colombus.