World History
This Asian warlord conquered from China to the Danube River in Europe.
Genghis Khan
This Middle Eastern spice is the most expensive in the world, at up to $1,500 per ounce.
Saffron
In what country will you find remnants of the Berlin Wall?
Germany
This animal survives almost exclusively on eucalyptus and has the smoothest brain in the animal kingdom.
Koala
This language was spoken in ancient Greece.
Ancient Greek
This empire is the largest in history, controlling over 13 million square miles.
The British Empire
This cooking method involves submerging food in water at a set temperature for multiple hours.
Sous Vide
This country is credited with creating ice cream.
China
This animal is the largest animal to have ever existed on Earth.
The Blue Whale
What language family does English belong to?
The Germanic language family
This Macedonian king conquered the Persian Empire, the largest empire in the world at the time, in 330 BC.
Alexander the Great
The assistant to the head chef is referred to as what?
A Sous Chef
The unicorn is the national animal of what country?
Scotland
This animal is the deadliest, killing over 700,000 people each year.
The mosquito
This language is known as the ancestor to all modern European languages.
Proto Indo European
This explorer is credited with being the first non-native to land in America.
Leif Erikson
Carrot, celery, and onion cooked in butter is known as what?
Mirepoix
Jakarta, the most populous city on earth with over 40 million residents, is located in which country?
Indonesia
What is the fastest species of bird?
The Peregrine Falcon
This Language was used as a code language for the Americans in World War 1 and 2.
Cherokee
This pope had his predecessor's body dug up 9 months after his death, put on trial, found guilty, and then thrown into the Tiber River.
Pope Stephen VI
Béchamel, Velouté, Espagnole, Hollandaise, and Tomato are known as what?
The 5 mother sauces
Mount Kilimanjaro can be found in which country?
Tanzania
In 1993, upon Pablo Escobar's death, 2 of this type of animal escaped from his personal zoo in Coloumbia where they had been thriving, and as of 2023, there are 170 of them.
The Hippo
This conquest is responsible for 21% of the Latin influence on modern English.
The Norman Conquest