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The Emperor of Rome who was rumored by his critics to have "fiddled while Rome burned" in 64 C.E.
Who is Emperor Nero?
In this country, you can still find shrapnel and other remnants of World War I in the rural countryside.
What is France?
The winning team of the first ever Super Bowl in 1967.
What are the Green Bay Packers?
This battle was a decisive victory for the Athenian army and its allies against the Persian Empire. It's a shame the courier sent back to Athens had to run 26.2 miles to deliver the news.
The linguistic family that includes 446 to 450 different living languages in Afro Eurasia, excluding only a few like Finnish, Hungarian, and Turkish.
The second-to-last wife of Henry VIII, who was executed very young on allegations of adultery.
Who was Catherine Howard?
This ancient, modernized city in Africa has a bridge designed by the same architect that designed the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.
What is Cairo?
The document considered to be the first "Enlightened" constitution between a monarch and their citizens.
What is the Magna Carta?
This battle in 1746 was a major defeat for the Scottish Jacobite army led by "Bonnie Prince Charlie" against the British army. It effectively ended the Jacobite Rising and any hopes of restoring Scottish royalty to the throne.
What was the Battle of Culloden?
The statues that sit on Easter Island (Rapa Nui) in Polynesia, known for their long faces.
What are moai?
The Greek historian and writer known as the "Father of History"--or, according to Plutarch, the "Father of Lies."
These carved geometric shapes and animal figures in South America have inspired many theories of aliens or incredibly technologically advanced peoples. (Give either the shapes or the country)
What are the Nasca Lines in Peru?
Both Pliny the Elder and his nephew Pliny the Younger were present to witness this city-destroying event that took the older philosopher's life in 79 C.E.
What was the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius (destruction of Pompeii)?
The war you've probably heard about online that occurred in 1932 between the Australian military and a surprising foe.
The first toy ever to be advertised on television.
What is Mr. Potato Head?
The nickname given to the "Whitechapel Murderer" who killed several prostitutes in London in the 19th century.
Who was Jack the Ripper?
The Mayan Empire was mostly located on this peninsula in what is now Mexico.
What is the Yucatan Peninsula?
Why we should "remember, remember, the 5th of November."
What is Guy Fawkes Day/Bonfire Day?
The country in which the Easter Rising took place in 1916.
What is Ireland?
This Roman emperor built a wall across northern Britain in 122 C.E. out of fear of destruction of Roman forts by the Scots.
Who was Hadrian?
The inventors of artificial insulin, who sold the patent to the University of Toronto for $0.10.
Sir Frederick Banting & James Macleod
What is the South Pole?
Another name for the Great Western Schism that separated the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches.
What was the Iconoclasm?
This war has technically never ended, meaning that at any moment, U.S. troops could be asked to ship out and reengage in fighting that temporarily ceased in 1953.
This Egyptian pharaoh tossed out traditional Egyptian religion in favor of a monotheistic faith that followed the sun god, Aten. His wife, Nefertiti, helped him do it.