First Ladies
She was the first and only person to win two Nobel Prizes in two different fields
Who was Marie Skłodowska-Curie?
This scallywag captained the Queen Anne's Revenge and was known for very... theatrical raids
Who was Blackbeard? (he used to tie lit fuses in his hair to appear as an apparition from hell)
Genghis Khan is not a name, rather a title, translated as...
What is "universal leader/ruler?"
She is called "the mother of the modern day civil rights movement" for refusing to give up her seat at the front of a segregated bus
Who was Rosa Parks?
This prince turned renunciant is the spiritual founder of Buddhism
Who was Siddhartha Gautama?
She was the first African American child to be integrated to enroll in an all-white school
Who is Ruby Bridges? (she was only 6 years old)
This privateer appears on the label of a very well known brand of rum
Who was Henry Morgan? (who was, famously, not an actual pirate)
This is Genghis Khan's birthname
What is Temüjin?
She became the youngest Nobel Peace Prize laureate after being shot in the face for advocating for equal education opportunities for women
Who is Malala Yousafzai?
This monk is the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism
Who is the Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso)?
She was the first woman to go to space
Who is Valentina Tereshkova? (in 1963)
This picaroon commanded over 1,800 ships and 80,000 crew, the largest pirate fleet in history
Who was Ching Shih?
This descendant of Genghis Khan was the first Mongol ruler of China
Who was Kublai Khan?
She was executed for her feminist writings, particularly her magnum opus, The Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen
Who was Olympe de Gouges?
The Buddha was born here
Where is Lumbini, Nepal?
She was the first woman to be elected as prime minister
Who was Sirimavo Bandaranaike? (first elected 1960 in Sri Lanka)
This freebooter was so successful pirating, stealing over £600,000 in treasures, that the romanticized pirate archetype is based on him
Who was Henry Every? ("The King of Pirates")
This descentdant of Genghis Khan founded the Golden Horde
Who was Batu Khan?
These sisters led one of the first rebellions against Chinese rule in Vietnam, opening the way for female leadership in the country
Who were Trung Trac & Trung Nhi (The Trung Sisters)?
This is the approximate number of Buddhists worldwide
What is 500 million?
She is credited as the first named author in history
Who was Enheduanna? (4200 years ago, Sumerian priestess)
The legal classification for pirates according to international law
Hostis humani generis (enemy of mankind)
At its peak, the Mongol Empire covered this many square miles (will also accept square kilometers)
What is 9 million square miles (24 million square kilometers)?
This Mexican revolutionary was George Lucas's inspiration for Princess Leia's iconic "cinnamon roll" hairstyle in Star Wars: A New Hope
Who was Clara de la Rocha?
This emperor is largely responsible for spreading Buddhism across Asia and even as far as Greece