Cities
Historical Figures
Companies
Sports Heroes
Celebrities
100
New Amsterdam was founded as a Dutch settlement, and served as a seat of government for the New Netherlands colony. The land was purchased from Native Americans for $24.
New York
100
Cristóbal Colón loved to sail the ocean blue
Christopher Columbus
100
Quantum Computer Services, founded in 1985, let everyone know that they got mail.
AOL
100
Cassius Marcellus Clay knew how to float like a butterfly and sting like a bee
Muhammad Ali
100
Born a long time ago in a galaxy far far away...Anakin Skywalker could be your father, Luke
Darth Vader
200
Called Yerba Buena, after a plant indigenous to the area. This city was a trading post for ships from all over.
San Francisco
200
Civil rights leader and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964, we know him as Dr Martin Luther King Jr. But his first name is actually this.
Michael
200
This internet company was created in 1996 under the name "BackRub" and is soon to be worth the number 1 followed by 100 zeros.
Google
200
Eldrick Woods was the youngest player to achieve the career Grand Slam. You can hear him roar on Sundays.
Tiger Woods
200
Born Lee Jun-fan, he was an expert in the Way of the Dragon
Bruce Lee
300
A combination of Greek, Latin, and French, Losantiville received its named due to its position opposite the mouth of the Licking River. In the end, WKRP in Losantiville just didn't sound right.
Cincinnati
300
Rolihlahla — means “pulling the branch of a tree”
He served 27 years in prison before becoming President of his country.
Nelson Mandela
300
In 1893, a young pharmacist from North Carolina called Caleb Bradham began experimenting with a variety of soft drink recipes. One of these bore his name: "Brad's Drink".
Pepsi-Cola
300
George Herman Ruth, baseball's first great slugger. And No, I wasn't named after a candy bar.
Babe Ruth
300
Reginald Kenneth Dwight "rocketed" to fame. He became known for his passion for spending big, living big, and doing most things to excess.
Elton John
400
This city was unofficially called Terminus because it was the end of the railroad line, but Governor Wilson Lumpkin hated the moniker. He renamed the city Marthasville after his daughter.
Atlanta
400
Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu
Humanitarian known as "Saint of the Gutters"
Mother Teresa
400
Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web was one of the first web directories that ultimate became "Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle".
Yahoo
400
Edson Arantes Do Nascimento, regarded as one of the greatest players of all time and labelled "the greatest" by FIFA
Pelé
400
Sasha Fierce was born during the making of her hit single "Crazy in Love" in 2003
Beyoncé
500
Los Angeles
500
Kong Fu-Zi
Confucius
500
Founded in 1911, Computing Tabulating Recording Corporation changed there name to 
IBM
500
Born into a desperately poor family, his nickname was JC, for James Cleveland.
Four gold medals later, he ended up sticking to the Führer.
Jesse Owens
500
Bamboo Harvester would talk until his voice was hoarse of course
Mister Ed