Women of History
This French teenager led troops during the Hundred Years’ War before being captured and executed.
Who is Joan of Arc?
After conquering much of Eurasia, this Mongol leader's DNA is reportedly shared by about 1 in 200 men alive today.
Temüjin/Genghis Khan
This legendary woman’s abduction or elopement with Paris is said to have helped spark the Trojan War.
Helen of Troy
In 1928, Alexander Fleming noticed mold killing bacteria in his lab, leading to this life-saving medical breakthrough.
What is Penicillin?
This French military leader was long mocked as extremely short, even though he was actually about average height for his era.
Napoleon Bonaparte
This scientist won Nobel Prizes in both physics and chemistry for her pioneering work on radioactivity.
Who is Marie Curie?
In 1932, the Australian military lost a "war" against this flightless bird species that was destroying crops.
The Emu
This English king broke with the Catholic Church in part so he could marry Anne Boleyn.
King Henry VIII
This fizzy soft drink was invented by a pharmacist who left soda water exposed too long in 1885.
What is Dr Pepper?
This Roman emperor is remembered in legend for “fiddling” while Rome burned.
Nero
This English queen ruled during the defeat of the Spanish Armada.
Who is Elizabeth I?
This Russian "Mad Monk" was famously difficult to kill, surviving poisoning, shooting, and drowning in 1916.
Grigori Rasputin?
This Roman triumvir’s romance and political alliance with Cleopatra became one of the ancient world’s most famous love stories.
Who is Mark Antony?
In 1968, Spencer Silver invented a weak adhesive that didn’t stick well at first - but eventually became this office favorite.
What is Post-it Notes?
This “Soldier King” of Prussia became famous for his obsession with recruiting exceptionally tall soldiers for his Potsdam Giants regiment.
Frederick William I of Prussia?
This enslaved woman escaped to freedom and later helped guide others to freedom through the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
This Chinese civil conflict of the nineteenth century caused tens of millions of deaths and was led by a man claiming to be Jesus’s younger brother.
Taiping Rebellion
This woman’s famously romance with Napoleon somehow survived mutual cheating, endless drama, and an eventual divorce.
Who is Joséphine de Beauharnais?
This cold treat was invented in 1905 when a 11-year-old accidentally left flavored soda in the freezer overnight.
What is Popsicle?
This Libyan dictator became famous for pitching a Bedouin tent on foreign trips and surrounding himself with female bodyguards.
Muammar al-Qaddafi
This Mexican artist is famous for her self-portraits and marriage to Diego Rivera.
Who is Frida Kahlo?
This Roman Emperor allegedly made his horse, Incitatus, a priest and planned to make him a consul.
Caligula
This Argentine political couple became iconic in twentieth-century Latin American history.
Who is Juan & Eva Perón?
This appliance was invented after a chocolate bar melted in a scientist’s pocket when he stood near a new type of electromagnetic device.
What is Microwave oven?
This Byzantine emperor was slandered as a demon whose head supposedly disappeared while his body kept moving.
Justinian I