Mr Raffety
The number of years Mr Raffety has been a teacher at Central High School
What is 2?
All roads lead to this ancient imperial city
What is Rome?
This battle, named for the landscape characteristics of where it took place, was an important turning point in the revolutionary war, and resulted in the seizure of many artillery guns for the revolutionary army
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
Until just a few years ago, this country was the most populated on Earth
What is China?
1854
What is the year Omaha was founded?
The state Mr Raffety was born in
What is Louisiana?
One of the only man-made objects visible from space, this fortification stretches for thousands of miles
What is the Great Wall of China?
Unpopular during the Great Depression, this president lent his name to improvised shanty towns which sprung up following mass unemployment.
Who is Herbert Hoover?
These Caribbean islands are where Christopher Columbus first made landfall in 1492
What are the Bahamas?
About 500,000
What is the Population of Omaha city limits?
The name of Mr Raffety's dog
What is "Sisu"?
Signed in 1215 by King John, this is one of the most important English documents ever signed, and did a lot to limit the abusive powers of monarchs
What is the Magna Carta?
President Wilson took this many talking points to the World War I peace conference, but many were rejected
What is 14?
This Peninsula marks the transition from Africa to Asia
What is the Sinai Peninsula?
A staple of modern popular radio, this countdown was first featured on a Omaha radio station
What is "top 40" countdown?
The make of Mr Raffety's vehicle
What is "Jeep"?
During World War I, this country was approached with the proposition that it should declare war on the United States in order to regain territory it had lost in the 1800's
What is Mexico?
This botched covert military operation lead to a tense situation between the United States and Soviet Union, culminating in a Missile Crisis
What is the Bay of Pigs invasion?
This Choke point has plagued civilizations from the Greeks to the Persians, to the Soviets, was heavily fought over in World War I, and is commonly swam by extreme athletes
What is the Bosphorus or Dardanelles?
Constructed in South Omaha in the 1940's, and named for the pilot's mother, this plane delivered one of the most devastating payloads in aviation history
What is the Enola Gay?
Until he realized that he did not care for biology, nor the taste of most fish, Mr Raffety used to want to do this profession when he grew up.
What is a Marine Biologist?
This country successfully resisted British occupation in the 1800's, Soviet occupation in the 1900's, and U.S. occupation in the 2000's
What is Afghanistan?
This United States President is the only to serve two nonconsecutive terms
Who is Grover Cleveland?
This Ethnic religion is sometimes considered monotheistic, sometimes polytheistic, and is the oldest "modern" religion in the World
What is Hinduism?
Born in 1924, this Omaha Native is most famous for making an offer you "can't refuse"
Who is Marlon Brando?