US Sports History
He broke Babe Ruth’s single-season home run record in 1998 with 70 home runs.
Mark McGwire
The fourth planet from the Sun.
Mars
The chemical symbol for gold.
Au
This US landmark was initially criticized as “the ugliest building in Washington” but now stands as the tallest obelisk in the world.
Washington Monument
This European city, divided by the Danube River, is the capital of Hungary.
Budapest
This NFL team won the first Super Bowl in 1967.
Green Bay Packers
The first human to orbit the Earth.
Yuri Gagarin
The process by which plants convert sunlight into chemical energy.
Photosynthesis
Located in Utah, this national park features over 2,000 natural sandstone arches formed over millions of years.
Arches National Park
The term for the study of coins, tokens, and currency, often used by historians to trace economies.
Numismatics
In 1972, this American swimmer won seven gold medals at the Munich Olympics.
Mark Spitz
The largest moon of Saturn.
Titan
The branch of physics that deals with the motion of objects and forces.
Mechanics
Completed in 1931, this landmark in New York City was briefly the world’s tallest building and is known for its Art Deco style.
Empire State Building
This French mathematician and philosopher is famous for the statement “I think, therefore I am.”
René Descartes
Known as “The Iron Horse,” he played 2,130 consecutive MLB games from 1925–1939.
Lou Gehrig
This space probe, launched in 1977, has now entered interstellar space.
Voyager 1
This particle, discovered in 2012, is associated with the Higgs field.
Higgs boson
Completed in 1922, this iconic Washington, D.C. monument honors a president who led the nation through civil war and is constructed entirely of marble, granite, and limestone.
Lincoln Memorial
This rare naturally occurring element, symbolized by Ra, was first discovered in 1898 by Marie and Pierre Curie.
Radium
This MLB pitcher, nicknamed “The Big Train,” played for the Washington Senators from 1914 to 1935 and still holds the record for the most career wins by a left-handed pitcher.
Walter Johnson
The term for the hypothetical boundary around a black hole beyond which nothing can escape.
Event Horizon
The term for organisms that can survive extreme conditions such as intense heat, cold, or radiation.
Extremophiles
This US landmark in Philadelphia served as the meeting place for the Second Continental Congress and is where both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were debated and signed.
Independence Hall
This treaty, signed in 1648, ended the Thirty Years’ War and is considered foundational in the development of the modern system of nation-states.
Peace of Westphalia