Sports
This American swimmer earned 23 Olympic gold medals, the most by any athlete in history.
Who is Michael Phelps?
This U.S. president famously declared, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
This Italian dish consists of flat dough baked with sauce, cheese, and various toppings.
What is pizza?
The value of e is approximately equal to this to two decimal places.
What is 2.72?
In 1492, this explorer became the first European in recorded history to reach the islands of the Caribbean.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
In golf, this term describes scoring three strokes under par on a single hole.
What is an albatross?
The French Revolution began in this year with the storming of the Bastille.
What is 1789?
The French delicacy escargot is prepared using this type of animal.
What are snails?
The derivative of x2 is this.
What is 2x?
In 1903, the Wright brothers achieved this milestone at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
What is the first powered flight?
This South African runner became the first double-amputee to compete in the Olympics, running in the 2012 Games.
Who is Oscar Pistorius?
This empire, ruled by Genghis Khan, became the largest contiguous land empire in history
What is the Mongol Empire?
This spice, once more valuable than gold, comes from the dried stigma of a crocus flower.
What is saffron?
A triangle with all three sides of different lengths is called this.
What is scalene?
In 1920, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted this group the right to vote.
Who are women?
This country won and hosted the first FIFA World Cup in 1930.
What is Uruguay?
This war, fought from 1950 to 1953, ended in an armistice but no formal peace treaty
What is the Korean War?
This dish of raw fish and rice originates from Japan.
What is sushi?
The set of numbers including all rationals and irrationals is called this.
What are real numbers?
In 1954, Roger Bannister became the first person to accomplish this feat in under four minutes.
What is run a mile?
This basketball coach led UCLA to 10 NCAA championships in 12 years, earning the nickname the Wizard of Westwood.
Who is John Wooden?
This treaty in 1648 ended the Thirty Years’ War and established the modern system of sovereign states.
What is the Treaty of Westphalia?
This fermented soybean product from Indonesia is pressed into firm cakes and used as a protein source.
What is tempeh?
This 17th-century French mathematician is famous for his “last theorem,” proven centuries later by Andrew Wiles.
Who is Pierre de Fermat?
In 1967, Dr. Christiaan Barnard performed the world’s first successful human transplant of this organ.
What is the heart?