World Leaders
This U.S. president issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863.
Abraham Lincoln
This is the basic unit of life.
What is a cell?
This honey-loving bear lives in the Hundred Acre Wood with friends like Piglet and Tigger.
Who is Winnie-the-Pooh?
This ancient civilization built pyramids as tombs for their pharaohs.
What is Egypt?
The word alphabet comes from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet — these ones.
What are alpha and beta?
This British prime minister served during most of World War II and was famous for his speeches.
Who is Winston Churchill?
Plants make their own food using sunlight in this process.
What is photosynthesis?
Created by J.K. Rowling, this boy wizard has a lightning-shaped scar on his forehead.
Who is Harry Potter?
This city-state in ancient Greece was known for its military training and discipline.
What is Sparta?
The word volcano comes from the name of this Roman god of fire.
Who is Vulcan?
He was the first freely elected president of South Africa after the end of apartheid in 1994.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
This molecule carries genetic information in almost all living organisms.
What is DNA?
This 19th-century novel character, created by Mary Shelley, is often mistaken for his creator.
Who is Frankenstein’s monster?
Julius Caesar was assassinated in this year, often called the “Ides of March.”
What is 44 B.C.?
This everyday fruit’s name comes from the Old Norse word epli, meaning “fruit.”
What is the apple?
This Russian leader implemented policies of “glasnost” and “perestroika” in the 1980s.
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
In humans, this organ is responsible for pumping blood throughout the body.
What is the heart?
This character, created by Alexandre Dumas, was one of the famous “Three Musketeers.”
Who is Athos (or Porthos or Aramis)?
This empire, founded by Cyrus the Great, stretched from the Middle East into India before falling to Alexander the Great.
What is the Persian Empire?
The word salary comes from the Latin sal, meaning this commodity once used for payment.
What is salt?
Known as “The Iron Lady,” she was the first female prime minister of the United Kingdom.
Who is Margaret Thatcher?
This process describes how organisms better adapted to their environment survive and reproduce.
What is natural selection?
In Miguel de Cervantes’ novel, this delusional knight tilts at windmills, mistaking them for giants.
Who is Don Quixote?
The code of laws created by this Babylonian king is one of the earliest known legal systems.
What is Hammurabi’s Code?
The word tsunami comes from Japanese and literally means this.
What is “harbor wave”?