This ancient relic was often misinterpreted and was the basis for a failed doomsday theory in 2012.
What is Mayan Calendar?
100
This deal made in 1803 signed between Napoleon and Thomas Jefferson nearly tripled the size of the United States.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
100
This American president would hate staying at the Watergate.
Who is Richard Nixon?
100
Don't get wrapped up while trying to remember that these ancient tombs were built for the purpose of providing kings with necessities in the afterlife.
What are the pyramids?
100
Don't get short with this French General who led the French to conquer most of Europe.
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
200
Coming from Japanese legend, this god is known as he origin of the Japanese emperor's linage.
Who is Amaterasu?
200
This former Mississippi senator was among those who succeeded during the Civil War and became the President of the Confederacy.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
200
This standoff between the United States and a newly communist nation showed Americans the very real possibility of thermonuclear detonation.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
200
This Italian City-State was ruled by the Medici family during the 15th century.
What is Venice?
200
Despite sounding like something you would put on your hot dog, this chemical weapon made its debut in WWI and was feared throughout the trenches.
What is Mustard Gas?
300
Formally known as Zaire, this African nation was part of the Belgian colonial empire.
What is the Democratic Republic of the Congo?
300
These two towns were the sites of the first skirmishes of the Revolutionary War.
What are Lexington and Concord?
300
This military operation on June 6th, 1943 is the single largest amphibious military operation in history.
What is the D-Day Invasion?
300
This training program kidnapped and trained Spartan youths in the art of combat in survival, which helped them defeat the Athenian Philosophers.
What is the Agoge?
300
This period offered new thinking and thinkers advocating rationalism, humanism, and secular reasoning.
What is the Enlightenment?
400
Not to be confused with a villain of the starship empire, this leader is best known for establishing the largest continuous geographic empire.
Who is Genghis Kahn.
400
DAILY DOUBLE!
Who is Andrew Jackson?
400
This era of American history saw the passing of four constitutional amendments, but they were not able to have some drinks to celebrate.
What is the Progressive Era?
400
This priest's criticisms are often credited with shedding light on the corruption of the Catholic Church that would eventually lead to the Protestant reformation.
Who is Martin Luther?
400
If you were to roam the streets of Italy during WWII you would see this man's face, often refereed to as "Il Duce."
Who is Mussolini?
500
Apparently not learning from history, China had failed to invade Vietnam on three separate occasions at this river.
What is the Bach Dang River?
500
This early American settlement abruptly disappeared leaving only the letters C R O written on a tree and Croatian on a fence post.
What is Roanoke?
500
This group of politicians seized the opportunity of the Confederacy's defeat during the Civil War to pass harsh rules and regulations on the South during Reconstruction.
Who are the Radical Republicans?
500
This battle in 1066 saw the decisive victory of the Normans defeating the Saxons and gaining control of England.
What is the Battle of Hastings?
500
This revolution, which saw the putting of Duke William of Orange onto the English throne, also saw no one die because of it.