Kings & Queens
Hers was the longest reign in English history.
Who was Queen Elizabeth II?
Cowboy accessory whose pointed rowels made beautiful music.
What are spurs?
Galileo attempted to measure its speed by having men with lanterns on hills flash each other.
What is light?
On May 5th, 1961, he became 1st American astronaut in space.
Who is Alan Shepard?
Oops, a warrior killed in Book 5 of his “Iliad” is alive again in Book 13.
Who is Homer?
In 19th c. Garibaldi helped King Victor Emmanuel unite this peninsula.
What is Italy (the Apennine Peninsula)?
They were combined in a hybrid originally called cattalo.
What are cattle & buffalo?
Nature, according to ancient scientists, abhors it.
What is a vacuum?
In 1906, W. Wilson said, “Nothing has spread socialistic feeling more than the use of” this vehicle.
What is an automobile?
His works include an essay on French civil wars & a study on Charles XII, as well as “Candide”.
Who is Voltaire?
Louis XVIII became of France after this ruler’s exile in 1814.
Who is Napoleon?
Sailors-turned-cowboys changed “Oh bury me not in the deep, deep sea” to this lyric.
What is “Oh, bury me not on the lone prairie.”?
Prepared from alcohol by the action of chloride of lime, it can put you to sleep.
What is chloroform?
In 1968, the U.S. & North Vietnam opened peace talks in this city.
What is Paris?
The 15- year-old pupil he married while teaching in 1913 became his collaborator on “The Story of Civilization".
Who was Will Durant?
Illiterate himself, this great Frankish ruler founded a palace school which he attended with his wife & children.
Who was Charlemagne?
He died poor, trying to reclaim his land & mill, which were overrun by miners.
Who is John Sutter?
Avogadro’s number is the total of these atom groups in a mole of any substance.
What are molecules?
In 1948, Pres. Truman signed the Foreign Assistance Act, popularly known as this.
What is the Marshall Plan?
English historian who earned his title of “Venerable” while living at a monastery.
Who is the Venerable Bede?
To learn about building a navy, this great czar worked as a ship’s carpenter in Holland.
Who was Peter the Great?
The “Napoleon of the West”, he led the charge on the Alamo.
Who was General (Antonio Lopez de) Santa Anna?
As the word implies, every carbohydrate contains these 3 common elements.
What is cardon, hydrogen and oxygen?
In 1939, the Supreme Court declared this kind of strike illegal.
What are sit-down strikes?
Focusing on the history of Papua New Guinea and the Pacific region, he served as the Minister for Foreign Affairs in in the Papua New Guinea gov. from 1994-1999.
Who is John Dademo Waiko?