History
This is the year the Roman alphabet was created
2000 BC
He was widely considered the founder of Western philosophy although he never penned a book
Socrates
These cave paintings are among the earliest known works of art
Lascaux Cave Paintings
This is an epic poem written by John Milton that retells the story of Genesis
Paradise Lost
Ulysses
The total number of words in the Oxford dictionary published in 2006
171,146
The author of the book Apology
Plato
One of the most famous sculptures of all time received its name from the fact that it was discovered by a peasant on the Greek island of Melos in 1820
Venus de Milo
Ernest Hemmingway's state of birth
Illinois
Homer's Odyssey is written in the context of a single day. What day and year
June 16, 1904
This was the age that Alexander the Great died
33
Socrates' "claim to fame"
He has nothing to teach or the only thing he knows is that he doesn't know anything
Mona, a contraction of ma donna, is Italian for this
My Lady
Ernest Hemmingway's first novel
The Sun Also Rises
The facade of Notre Dame has this many levels
Three
He was famous for the phrase," Veni, Vidi, Veci".
Julius Cesar
This method is still used by professors in many law schools based on aggressively questioning their students
Socratic Method
The Mona Lisa was purchased by Francis the first for this many gold pieces
4,000
This novella earned Ernest Hemmingway the novel prize for literature in 1954
The Old Man and the Sea
Victor Hugo wrote this book in 1831 to raise public awareness of a cathedral's history
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Babylonian scientists used a counting system based on this number
60
Many of Socrates' contemporaries remarked this about his appearance
He was very ugly
The Mona Lisa hung in this person's bedroom before findings its way into the collection at LOUVRE
Napoleon
In 1654, why did Milton have to hire an assistant to dictate his writings?
He went blind
You can find the Rosetta Stone in this city
London