Ancient History
WHAT MAJOR RIVER WAS CENTRAL TO ANCIENT EGYPTIAN CIVILIZATION?
WHAT IS THE NILE RIVER?
WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE FIRST, FAILED ENGLISH SETTLEMENT IN NORTH AMERICA WHERE ALL THE COLONISTS MYSTERIOUSLY DISAPPEARED?
WHAT IS THE ROANOKE COLONY?
WHICH RENAISSANCE GENIUS PAINTED THE MONA LISA AND THE LAST SUPPER, WHILE ALSO SKETCHING DETAILED DESIGNS FOR HELICOPTERS AND TANKS?
WHO IS LEONARDO DA VINCI?
WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE LEGENDARY BRITISH KING WHO SUPPOSEDLY RULED FROM THE CASTLE OF CAMELOT ALONGSIDE HIS KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE?
IN 1903, WHICH TWO AMERICAN BROTHERS SUCCESSFULLY FLEW THE WORLD'S FIRST ENGINE-POWERED AIRPLANE AT KITTY HAWK, NORTH CAROLINA?
WHO ARE ORVILLE AND WILBUR WRIGHT?
(THE WRIGHT BROTHERS)
WHAT IS "LAND BETWEEN TWO RIVERS"?
FOUNDED BY THE SPANISH IN 1565, WHAT FLORIDA CITY IS THE OLDEST CONTINUOUSLY INHABITED EUROPEAN-ESTABLISHED SETTLEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES?
WHAT IS ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA?
WHICH INCREDIBLY WEALTHY BANKING FAMILY EFFECTIVELY RULED FLORENCE DURING THE RENAISSANCE AND ACTED AS THE PRIMARY PATRONS OF MICHELANGELO AND BOTTICELLI?
WHO IS THE MEDICI FAMILY?
WHAT TYPE OF FLEXIBLE ARMOR, MADE OUT OF THOUSANDS OF INTERLOCKING METAL RINGS, DID EARLY MEDIEVAL KNIGHTS WEAR BEFORE HEAVY PLATE ARMOR WAS INVENTED?
WHAT IS CHAINMAIL?
WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN ARCHDUKE WHOSE ASSASSINATION IN SARAJEVO TRIGGERED THE OUTBREAK OF WORLD WAR I?
WHO IS ARCHDUKE FRANZ FERDINAND?
WHAT IS "LEGIONES"?
(LEGIONS)
AT WHICH 1781 VIRGINIA SIEGE DID BRITISH GENERAL CORNWALLIS OFFICIALLY SURRENDER TO GEORGE WASHINGTON, EFFECTIVELY ENDING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR?
WHAT IS THE BATTLE OF YORKTOWN?
WHAT IS THE NAME OF LEONARDO DA VINCI'S FAMOUS DRAWING OF A MAN INSIDE A CIRCLE AND A SQUARE, SHOWING PERFECT HUMAN PROPORTIONS?
WHAT IS THE VITRUVIAN MAN?
WHAT MASSIVE, GRAVITY-POWERED CATAPULT USED A HEAVY COUNTERWEIGHT TO HURL GIANT STONES AND SMASH THROUGH CASTLE WALLS?
WHAT IS A TREBUCHET?
WHAT WERE THE CODE NAMES OF THE 5 SPECIFIC BEACHES TARGETED BY ALLIED FORCES DURING THE D-DAY LANDINGS IN NORMANDY ON JUNE 6, 1944?
WHAT IS:
- UTAH
- OMAHA
- GOLD
- JUNO
- SWORD
FOR WHICH OLD KINGDOM PHARAOH WAS THE GREAT PYRAMID OF GIZA CONSTRUCTED AS A MONUMENTAL TOMB?
(MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN A TOMB, BUT THIS IS FROM GOOGLE - GREAT PYRAMID IS BUILT FOR WHO?)
WHO IS KHUFU?
(ALSO KNOWN AS CHEOPS)
IN WHICH PENNSYLVANIA ENCAMPMENT DID GEORGE WASHINGTON'S CONTINENTAL ARMY SURVIVE A NOTORIOUSLY BRUTAL AND FREEZING WINTER FROM 1777 TO 1778?
WHAT IS VALLEY FORGE?
ACCORDING TO A POPULAR LEGEND, GALILEO DROPPED TWO SPHERES OF DIFFERENT WEIGHTS FROM WHAT FAMOUS ITALIAN LANDMARK TO PROVE HIS LAWS OF GRAVITY?
WHAT IS THE LEANING TOWER OF PISA?
WHAT COUNTRY HAD THE MOST CASTLES DURING THE DARK AGES?
WHAT IS FRANCE?
(ESTIMATED 45,000 WITH NEARLY 20,000 MAINTAINING OFFICIAL HISTORICAL OR STRUCTURAL PROTECTIONS TODAY)
THE CAPTURE OF WHICH SOUTH VIETNAMESE CAPITAL CITY BY THE NORTH VIETNAMESE ARMY IN APRIL, 1975 MARKED THE OFFICIAL END OF THE VIETNAM WAR?
WHAT IS SAIGON?
(RENAMED HO CHI MINH CITY)
WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE SPECTACULAR AZTEC CAPITAL CITY THAT WAS BUILT DIRECTLY ON TOP OF A LAKE?
WHAT IS TENOCHTITLAN?
WHAT WAS THE NICKNAME OF FRANCIS MARION, THE REVOLUTIONARY OFFICER WHO USED GUERRILLA WARFARE TACTICS IN SOUTH CAROLINA MARSHES TO FRUSTRATE BRITISH FORCES?
WHAT IS THE "SWAMP FOX"?
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE FAMOUS, CIRCULAR CASTLE IN ROME WHERE POPE CLEMENT VII HID WHEN MUTINOUS IMPERIAL TROOPS INVADED THE CITY IN 1527?
WHAT IS CASTEL SANT'ANGELO?
WHAT WEALTHY AND POWERFUL MILITARY INSTITUTION COMPOSED OF CRUSADERS, NOBLEMEN, MIDDLE-CLASS CITIZENS AND MERCHANTS WORE WHITE MANTLES WITH A BLACK CROSS?
(WHITE BACKGROUND, BLACK CROSS LOGO)
WHO IS THE TEUTONIC ORDER?
(WHITE BACKGROUND, RED CROSS = KNIGHTS TEMPLAR)
WHAT COUNTRY DID IRAQI DICTATOR SADDAM HUSSEIN INVADE IN AUGUST 1990, TRIGGERING THE OUTBREAK OF THE PERSIAN GULF WAR?
WHAT IS KUWAIT?