World History
Philosophy
Colorful Words and Phrases
The Bill of Rights
Religion
100

The European recovery program following WWII was also called this, for its originator

The Marshall Plan

100

Thales in the 6th c. BC said everything came from water; Empedocles later added air & these 2 things

fire and earth

100

Something of insignificant value is said not to be worth this color cent

Red

100

This amendment guarantees that a person cannot be forced to testify against himself

The Fifth Amendment

100

The name of this religion which began in the 2nd century A.D. is Chinese for "the way"

Daoism

200

The 1912 alliance of Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece & Montenegro was known as this league

The Balkan League

200

This 19th century Danish philosopher was known to his followers as "S.K."

Soren Kierkegard

200

It's the money paid by golfers to play on a course

Greens Fee

200

"In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy & public" one of these

a Trial

200

Traditional Rastafarian belief is that Haile Selassie is a god & that this country is heaven

Ethiopia

300

The 3 major battles of this war were at Crecy, Poitiers & Agincourt

The Hundred Years War

300

Alfred North Whitehead said European philosophy is "a series of footnotes to" this Greek

Plato

300

Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina is one of the highest peaks in this Appalachian range

Blue Ridge

300

The Bill of Rights guarantees that private property shall not be taken for public use without this

just compensation

300

Singer George Beverly Shea has been associated with this evangelist since the late 1940s

Billy Graham

400

After the king of Caria died in 353 B.C., his widow had this memorial built at Halicarnassus

The Mausoleum

400

John Locke believed no one is born with innate ideas, that at birth the mind is one of these

A clean slate or Tabula Raza

400

Type of reporting Hearst & Pulitzer used to fan the fires of war between Spain & the U.S.

Yellow Journalism

400

This state's Declaration of Rights was the model for our first 10 amendments

Virginia

400

From the Hebrew for "a sitting", it's a school for Talmudic studies, or a seminary for Orthodox rabbis

yeshiva

500

After oil was found there in 1932, this island nation became the Persian Gulf's first oil-rich state

Bahrain

500

St. Anselm is famous for his proof of this

The existence of God

500

This city in Southern Texas lies on the Rio Grande across from Matamoros, Mexico

Brownsville

500

This future president served on the House committee which prepared the Bill of Rights

James Madison

500

Since the 6th century B.C., Jainism has been practiced in this country

India