Horses of History
Disease
Fantasy Authors
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Sports Around the World
100

The Unicorn is the national animal of this European country

Scotland

100

This disease broke out in the wake of WWI, killing dozens of millions of people around the world

Spanish Flu

100

J.R.R. Tolkien fought in this war

WWI

100

The name of the opening between the San Francisco peninsula and the Marin headlands, releasing the bay into the Pacific Ocean

The Golden Gate

100

Franchises from this country have won the Stanley Cup every year awarded since 1993

USA

200

This Ford line of sportscars bears the name of a type of wild horse

Mustang

200

One of the predominant waterborne illnesses, this disease terrorized London and the world in the 19th century

Cholera

200

The creator of Winnie the Pooh and the Hundred Acre Woods

A.A. Milne

200

The year of the last major earthquake in San Francisco

1989

200

The modern Olympics began this year

1896

300

Spanning from Missouri to California, this line of mail carriers delivered news before the days of the telegraph

Pony Express

300

The nickname for the bubonic plague which wiped out a third of Europe's population in the 14th century

Black Death

300

Forbes named this writer "the world's first billionaire author"

J.K. Rowling

300

The first openly gay elected official in California history

Harvey Milk

300

A truce was called in WWI for a friendly match of this ball sport

Soccer

400

A horse named Comanche was the US Army's only known survivor of this "little" battle with various Plains tribes

Battle of Little Bighorn

400

This Greek city-state endured crippling plague in the year 430 BCE

Athens

400

Narnia author and main friend/rival of Tolkien

C.S. Lewis

400

This colonial power became the first to establish European imperial control in the area

Spain

400

This South American nation leads the way with the most World Cup wins

Brazil

500

This infamous Roman Emperor allegedly appointed his steed a member of the Roman Senate

Caligula

500

This farm animal is to blame for the flu outbreak of 2009

Pig

500

Many believe this Mesopotamian epic poem is first piece of monumental fantasy

Epic of Gilgamesh

500

This bank was formed on North Shore following the destruction of the 1906 earthquake

Bank of America

500

This Swede remains the highest-paid NHL Defenseman despite lingering injury concerns and declining point totals

Erik Karlsson