This Greek philosopher was famously a student of Socrates, and teacher of Aristotle.
Who was Plato?
100
This was the only state carried by George McGovern in the 1972 presidential election
What is Massachusetts?
200
He was assassinated in 1965 in New York City.
Who was Malcolm X?
200
NASA
What is National Aeronautics and Space Administration?
200
The following quote references this 20th century term: “Behind that line lie all the capitals of the ancient states of Central and Eastern Europe”
What is the iron curtain?
200
This Nobel Prize winning scientist held German, Swiss, and United States citizenships during his lifetime.
Who was Albert Einstein?
200
Justice Hugo Black, a leading supporter of school desegregation, was once member of this "initialed" group.
What is the Ku Klux Klan (KKK)?
300
He was assassinated in Mexico City in 1940.
Who was Leon Trotsky?
300
USSR
What is Union of Soviet Socialist Republics?
300
This leader once said, “I dream of the realization of the unity of Africa, whereby its leaders combine in their efforts to solve the problems of this continent.”
Who was Nelson Mandela?
300
This tech-genius was offered an internship at Hewlett-Packard at the age of 12.
Who was Steve Jobs?
300
Before the donkey, this animal was the symbol of the Democratic Party.
What is the rooster?
400
This Senator was killed in 1935 in Baton Rouge.
Who was Huey Long?
400
NCLB
What is No Child Left Behind?
400
He said, “I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.”
Who was Isaac Newton?
400
These scientists were credited with the discovery of polonium and radium after studying radioactivity.
Who were Pierre and Marie Curie?
400
She was the first woman elected governor who did not succeed her husband.
Who was Ella Grasso?
500
This man was the first to be murdered on live US television.
Who was Lee Harvey Oswald?
500
AFL-CIO
What is American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organization?
500
This president once said: “No one cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.”
Who was Theodore Roosevelt?
500
His first patent was for an electrographic vote recorder.
Who was Thomas Edison?
500
These two women were the only who were the wives of one President, and the mothers of another.