AUSTRAILIAN HISTORY
This marsupial, known for its powerful legs and tail, is featured on Australia's coat of arms.
What is the kangaroo?
First launched in Japan in 1964, this high-speed rail line can travel over 200 mph.
What is the Shinkansen (or bullet train)?
This largest South American country is the world's largest producer of oranges
What is Brazil?
In 1876 former slaves honored this president with the Emancipation Statue in Washington, D.C.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Cardinal Achille Ratti was elected to this office Feb. 6, 1922, taking the name Pius XI
What is pope?
In a population of about 5 million, about 329,000 Australians volunteered to serve in this war
What is World War I?
In the 1890s this vehicle was improved by adding movable steel runners, allowing steering
What is a sled?
This spiky tropical fruit contains an enzyme called bromelain that can tenderize meat—and make your mouth tingle.
What is a pineapple?
He delivered the famous "I Have a Dream" speech during the 1963 March on Washington.
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?
This 1648 series of treaties ended the Thirty Years' War and is often credited with establishing the modern concept of state sovereignty.
What is the Peace of Westphalia? You better have remembered this!
This $148 million structure opened in October 1973 after 14 troubled years of construction
What is the Sydney Opera House?
This European city has the world's most extensive subway system
What is London?
The 2 main types of this fruit are Tahiti & key
What is lime?
In 1947, he broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier when he debuted with the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
This empire, ruled by Suleiman the Magnificent in the 16th century, spanned three continents at its height.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
The capital was transferred to this city in 1927, 14 years after construction began there
What is Canberra?
In 1869, this engineering marvel connected America's East and West Coasts by rail for the first time.
What is the Transcontinental Railroad?
Gravenstein is a tart, red-striped variety of this fruit.
What is apple?
In his 1965 speech “The Ballot or the Bullet,” this leader argued that Black Americans should use any means necessary to achieve equality.
Who is Malcolm X?
In 1521, this Aztec emperor was captured and later killed during Hernán Cortés’ conquest of Tenochtitlán.
Who is Moctezuma II (or Montezuma II)?
The first British settlement on this island occurred in 1803 on the Derwent River
What is Tasmania?
First introduced in the 1930s, this airship filled with hydrogen infamously exploded in New Jersey in 1937.
What is the Hindenburg?
This citrus fruit is also known as a mandarin orange
what is tangerine?
His ragtime opera "Treemonisha" didn't have its first full performance until 1972
Who is Scott Joplin?
Daily Double. How much would you like to wager?
This brutal event in 1915–1916, recognized by many historians as a genocide, led to the deaths of up to 1.5 million people under the Ottoman Empire.