"Bald Eagle Screech"
Spanish generals and explorers who conquered many portions of the New World.
Conquistadors
This Romantic-era novelist is known for works such as "Emma" and "Sense and Sensibility", among others.
Jane Austen
The first Roman Emperor to be assassinated, he famously appointed his horse as a senator.
Caligula
He escaped from Elba, a small island off the coast of Italy, to return to France and retake the throne.
Napoleon Bonaparte
Richard Petty holds the record for the NASCAR Cup Series with this many career wins.
200 wins
This President's election sparked a war, which would end only a week before his death.
Abraham Lincoln
The world was largely indifferent to this now-famous renaissance-era painting until it was stolen from the Louvre in 1911.
The Mona Lisa
He was shaved by the National Razor (the guillotine) on January 21, 1793, during the French Revolution.
Louis XVI
She supposedly said "Let them eat brioche/cake" when told the people were starving.
Queen Marie-Antoinette
The civilization that discovered through scientific proofs that the earth was indeed round.
The Greeks
A possession of George Washington's which was made from human teeth, cow and horse teeth, ivory (elephant and hippo tusk), lead, tin, copper, and silver.
His dentures
This prodigious composer continued to write symphonies despite going completely deaf by age 44.
Ludwig van Beethoven
The final ruler of Ptolemaic Egypt and considered to be the final pharaoh ever.
Cleopatra VII
Hitler's last-ditch effort to stop the Allied invasion of Germany in late 1944 led to this famous battle.
Battle of the Bulge
The FIFA World Cup will be played in the United States this summer. This nation has won the most titles in the tournament's history.
Brazil
WWI ended on 11/11/18 at this exact hour of day. 6000 men were killed between the signing of the armistice and it's taking into effect.
11 am (11th month, 11th day, 11th hour.)
The invention of television helped this more polished candidate win the presidential election, as for the first time Americans could see presidential debates and ads televised.
John F. Kennedy
A terrible ruler, he was the crazy Russian tsar that murdered his own son in a fit of insanity.
Ivan IV, the Terrible
This Prussian Prime Minister purposefully edited a telegram from the king to make it appear insulting to France, leading to the Franco-Prussian War.
Otto von Bismarck
Mr. Eckert famously declares that World War I was caused by this basic culinary dish.
A sandwich
The name of camps of displaced persons during the Great Depression, which poked fun at the nation's president.
Hoovervilles
Prominent co-founder of the avante-guard "Cubist" style of painting, this artist was classically trained as a child in Spain.
Pablo Picasso
This Persian king suffered a major naval defeat at the Battle of Salamis in 480 BC, effectively ending his invasion of Greece.
Xerxes I
Potential precursor to the Reformation, this period of time saw two (and sometimes three) different popes attempting to rule the Catholic Church all at once.
Great Schism
He said the U.S. Civil War began in his front yard and ended in his front parlor (Bull Run/Manassas and Appomattox Courthouse).
Wilmer McLean