Assassinations
Which U.S. President was assassinated in Texas in 1963?
John F. Kennedy
"Let them eat cake!"
Marie Antoinette
The Pig War, begun over a slaughtered pig, was fought between which two powers?
United States and Great Britain
What Italian city was preserved under volcanic ash after Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD?
Pompeii
Which structure, built in 1961, divided a German city between East and West?
Berlin Wall
Which Roman leader was assassinated on the Ides of March in 44 BCE?
Julius Caesar
"L'Etat c'est moi." or "I am the state."
King Louis XIV of France
The Football War was a brief 1969 conflict between El Salvador and which neighboring country?
Honduras
The tomb of which Egyptian pharaoh was discovered largely intact by Howard Carter in 1922?
King Tutankhamun / King Tut
Which 1962 standoff almost brought the world to nuclear war?
Cuban Missile Crisis
What is the name of the theatre that Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in in 1865?
Ford's Theatre
"The end justifies the means."
Machiavelli
The war of Jenkins’ ____ was begun after a British captain had which body part cut off by Spanish forces?
ear
Name 2 of the 3 scripts/languages found on the Rosetta Stone.
Egyptian hieroglyphics, Egyptian Demotic, Ancient Greek
What is the name of the US effort to supply West Berlin after the Soviet Blockade?
Berlin Airlift
Which Austrian empress was assassinated in Switzerland by an Italian anarchist in 1898?
Empress Elizabeth / "Sisi"
"Be the change you wish to see in the world."
Mahatma Gandhi
Which famous Byzantine riots were caused by chariot racing?
the Nika riots
Which ancient Incan city in Peru was unknown to the outside world until 1911?
Machu Picchu
What 1961 failed invasion attempt tried to overthrow Fidel Castro in Cuba?
Bay of Pigs invasion
Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassin was a member of which Serbian nationalist group
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
Voltaire
Which 17th-century conflict began, in part, because a woman threw a stool at the head of her minister?
War of the Three Kingdoms (English Civil War also accepted)
What collection of ancient Jewish manuscripts were discovered in the Qumran Caves in 1947?
Dead Sea Scrolls
Which American U-2 spy plane pilot was shot down over the Soviet Union in 1960, causing an international incident?
Francis Gary Powers