Historical Figures
Empires
Technology
Media and Science
Mix and Match
100
Who was the first Queen of Eqypt: Cleopatra or Hatshepsut?
Hatshepsut, 1500 BCE
100
Which empire has had the longest serving monarch in history?
The British Empire
100
Which came first: the telescope, vaccines, or the mechanical clock?
The mechanical clock in 1283
100
Put these inventions in order earliest to most recent:
the scientific method
the definition of zero
the invention of antibiotics
1- Zero defined (628 CE)
2- Scientific Method (1620)
3- Antibiotics invented (1928)
100
This is the age of the Earth.
4.5 billion years
200
Who came first: Alexander the Great or Ghengis Khan?
Alexander the Great (356 BCE)
200
This empire's capital city, Tenochitlan, is buried under the modern Mexico City.
Who were the Aztecs?
200
The design of the Wright flyer was based on which previous invention?
The bicycle
200
Tim Berners-Lee invented this interconnected way to share information using www
What is the internet? What is the world wide web?
200
Where and when did the first humans develop?
In Africa, about 300,000 years ago.
300
Put these historical figures in order from earliest to most recent:
Napoleon
Nelson Mandela
Christopher Columbus
1- Columbus
2- Napoleon
3- Mandela
300
Which came first: the Roman Empire or the Ottoman Empire?
Roman Empire
300
The first call using the Dynatac was made by Martin Cooper on this in April, 1973.
What is the cell phone?
300
Drs. Karikó and Weissman's work on mRNA technology (2010) helped develop the vaccine for this disease that won them the Nobel Prize.
What is COVID-19?
300
This is the first book that was printed on the Gutenberg printing press in 1455.
What is the Bible?
400
He was an ancient Chinese philosopher.
Who was Confucius?
400
This native Indian nation is named for the river that divides New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
What is the Delaware Nation?
400
By 2015, over 3 billion downloads of this app made it the most successful app game in history.
What is Angry Birds?
400
This was originally broadcast by radio and microwave signals using very high frequency (VHF) or ultra high frequency (UHF).
What is television?
400
This is the number of U.S. presidents.
What is 47?
500
He was killed on the Ides of March.
Who was Julius Caesar?
500
The Great Wall and the Forbidden City were built by this ancient Chinese dynasty.
What was the Ming dynasty?
500
The calculation of this global distance in 1773 helped sailors determine distance traveled by time.
What is longitude?
500
In 2030, the NASA plans to open base camp here, after transporting astronauts via the moon.
What is Mars?
500
This is the number of species of dog in the world.
One.
