'Seeking an elixir for immortality, the 9th c. Chinese accidentally invented this using saltpeter, sulfur & charcoal'
gunpowder
200
'This second-most populous country celebrates Buddha Purnima & Diwali, a festival of light'
India
400
'(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Israel.) This boat from the early Christian era is the type that Peter & Andrew may have been in when Jesus said, "Follow me and I will make you" these'
fishers of men
400
'Launched in 1962, Telstar was the first commercial one of these'
satellite
400
'Green Day: "____ Guns"'
21
400
'The Vikings developed written law & this type of trial that's specified in the 7th Amendment'
trial by jury
400
'This country officially closes public schools on both St. Patrick's Day & St. Stephen's Day'
Ireland
600
'(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Israel.) The Church of the Beatitudes is on the hilltop long considered the site where Jesus delivered this, which contained the Beatitudes'
the Sermon on the Mount
600
'Starting with Gaius Lucilius, it's considered the only literary form the Romans invented'
'Around 1000 A.D. the caliphate of Cordoba controlled much of this European peninsula'
the Iberian Peninsula
600
'This country has Bataan Day & People Power Day, commemorating the 1986 revolt'
the Philippines
800
'(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Israel.) Here in the garden of Gethsemane, this disciple, accompanied by a group of armed men, approached Jesus and said, "Hail, master", then kissed him'
Judas
800
'Served with peanut sauce, it's Asian barbecue served on skewers'
satay
800
'Tim McGraw: "It's A Business Doing ____ ____ ____"'
Pleasure With You
800
'Around 800 this Holy Roman Emperor established a school at his palace at Aachen'
Charlemagne
800
'This country has a Coptic Christmas, an Islamic new year & a Sinai Liberation Day'