Geography
History
Government & Economics
Psychology & Sociology
More History (but harder)
100
The number of countries in Africa (as of May 2025).
What is 54?
100
The event that sparked the first World War.
What is the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria?
100
The amendment that states a president may only serve 2 terms in office.
What is the 22nd amendment?
100
The man considered the Father of Psychology--and notoriously a weird guy.
Sigmund Freud
100
The Great Pyramid of Giza was built for this pharaoh.
Who is Khufu?
200
The Lord of the Rings trilogy was filmed in this country.
What is New Zealand?
200
Where Christopher Columbus actually landed, "discovering" the Americas.
What are the Bahamas?
200
The two economic systems that were at the heart of the Cold War.
What are communism and capitalism?
200
When a population of people are blended into the majority culture, often through forced means.
What is assimilation?
200
The codename for the German invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II.
Operation Barbarossa
300
The smallest country in the world.
What is Vatican City?
300
The world's oldest recorded civilization.
The Sumerians in Mesopotamia
300
The relationship between supply and demand.
What is an inverse relationship in economics?
300
A frontrunner of sociology who believed in "conflict theory" (viewing history as a conflict between opposing forces) and became almost synonymous with communism because of his book Das Kapital.
Who was Karl Marx?
300
The reason people say you should "beware the ides of March."
What was Julius Caesar's assassination on March 15, 44 B.C.E.?
400
The nation that owns the territory of Greenland.
What is Denmark?
400
The best boy--bravest boy
Who was Sergeant Stubby?
400
The right to autonomy that is guaranteed to US citizens--except when it's suspended in cases of martial law. (Hint: it's Latin)
What is habeas corpus?
400
The application of ideas of natural selection to human populations, often to defend wealthy and powerful people.
What is social Darwinism?
400
The only woman to hold the position of empress of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in her own right, and the mother of Marie Antoinette.
Who was Empress Maria Theresa?
500
The 4 kingdoms that make up the United Kingdom
What are England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland?
500
A holy order founded as part of the Catholic Counter-Reformation to spread Christianity through education of native peoples in conquered countries.
Who were the Jesuits (The Society of Jesus)?
500
A more professional term for the field trips congress members may take as a committee to learn more about their committee goals.
What is a junket?
500
Deeply ingrained cultural customs and values that define acceptable behavior in a society or group.
What are social mores?
500
The four U.S. presidents who were assassinated.
Who are Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, and Kennedy?