World History
In USSR, the letter “R” stands for this.
What are Republics?
What is oxygen?
This is the highest award a college football player can receive.
What is the Heisman?
The largest peninsula on Earth is mostly made up of this Middle Eastern country.
What is Saudi Arabia?
The Cabinet department established in 2002 that becomes a bedding item carried by a kid for reassurance.
What is the Department of Homeland Security Blanket?
The catastrophic destruction of Pompei in 79 AD. was done by this active volcano.
What is Mount Vesuvius?
This tendon pins the calf muscle to the heel bone.
What is the Achilles tendon?
A marathon is this many miles.
What is 26.2?
Wyoming’s largest lake, it lies right in the middle of a national park.
What is Yellowstone Lake?
A landmark Louisiana area featuring Bourbon Street gets a classic burger from McDonald's.
What is the French Quarter Pounder?
In Greek Mythology, this figure was responsible for the abduction of Persephone which led to the four seasons of the Earth.
Who is Hades?
This planet was also known to the Greeks as Phosphorous.
What is Venus?
This American sporting event is held every year on Memorial Day.
What is the Indianapolis 500?
Auckland, the chief port city of this country, was once its capital.
What is New Zealand?
A NYC nickname that refers to the most special person ever.
What is the Big Apple of My Eye?
The battle of Agincourt of 1415 between England and France was a part of this war.
What is the 100 Years War?
This is the brightest star in the night sky.
What is Sirius?
This country has competed the most times in the Summer Olympics without winning a gold medal.
What is the Philippines?
This Argentine region’s name is Spanish for “big feet,” perhaps because Spaniards saw Indians who wore large boots.
What is Patagonia?
A French landmark becomes a Biblical spot where language comprehension breaks down.
What is the Eiffel Tower of Babel?
This US president served the shortest term of about two months because of dying from a cold.
Who is William Henry Harrison?
The first Nobel Prize in Physics (1901) was awarded to Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen for producing these.
What are X-rays?
The only person to be hold the positions of president of the United States and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States during their lifetime, this person was the first president to throw the ceremonial first pitch at a Major League Baseball game.
Who is William Howard Taft?
In 2006-07, the only undefeated team in Division 1-A was from this capital city, the “Crossroads of the Oregon Trail.”
What is Boise, Idaho.
An Alaska fishing TV show that tries to create popular expressions like it's not rocket science.
What is Deadliest Catch Phrase?