History
"He that will not work, will not eat."
This warning was one of the rules in this Virginia settlement founded in 1607.
What is Jamestown?
This element's atomic number is 26 and its symbol is Fe.
What is iron?
These mythical creatures were half man half horse
What are centaurs?
"Call me Ishmael..."
These are the first words in a famous book written by this author.
Who is Herman Melville?
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Fill in the blank to name the largest Italian island, home to Mount Etna
What is Sicily?
This rebellion took place in Pennsylvania in 1794.
What is the Whiskey Rebellion?
This metallic element's atomic number is 78 and its symbol is Pt.
What is Platinum?
An ancient Greek farmer would pray to one of these three gods/goddesses for a bountiful harvest
1. Aphrodite 2. Demeter 3. Janus
Who is Demeter?
He was an abolitionist and author who published the North Star Newspaper.
Who is Frederick Douglas?
Unscramble these letters to find the name of this Greek god of fire.
PHESTAEUHS
Who is Hephaestus?
This was the nickname of the cavalry volunteers organized by Teddy Roosevelt to fight in the Spanish-American War.
What are the Rough Riders?
This process refers to the diffusion of water through a semi-permeable membrane. (Hint: Os_ _ _ _ _ John)
What is Osmosis?
He was a mythical Greek hunter who is also a constellation.
Who is Orion?
This famous American poet wrote Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.
Who is Robert Frost?
S _ R _ T _ G _
Fill in the blank to name this battle that was the turning point of the American Revolution.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
This 1783 treaty ended the American Revolutionary War.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
This metal forms strong alloys and its symbol is Mn.
What is Manganese?
The name of the nation of warlike women who lived in Asia Minor and became famous for their exploits in the Trojan wars.
Who were the Amazons?
Ralph Ellison wrote this American classic.
What is The Invisible Man?
Unscramble these letters to find the name of this political boundary that separated the communist and capitalist countries during the Cold War.
CNIOINTRUAR
What was the Iron Curtain?
He was an American military leader who was massacred along with his men at Little Bighorn in 1876.
Who General Custer?
This device would be used to detect a small electronic current.
What is a Galvanometer?
The name of this temple of Athena still sits today atop Athens’s Acropolis.
What is the Parthenon?
The Journey is the title of a biography of this French queen whose life's journey ended on the guillotine.
Who was Mary Antoinette?
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Fill in the blank to name the person who became the first African American president in Africa.
Who is Mandela?