Dates and Years
The United States declared its independence in this year.
What is 1776?
He wrote Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet.
Who is William Shakespeare?
This organ pumps blood throughout your body.
What is the heart?
The capital of the United States.
What is Washington, D.C.?
He led India to independence from Britain through nonviolent resistance.
Who is Mahatma Gandhi?
The Berlin Wall, which divided East and West Germany, fell in this year.
What is 1989?
This British author wrote The Chronicles of Narnia series, including The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
Who is C.S. Lewis?
These are the bones in your arms and legs that help you move.
What are the limbs’ bones / long bones (humerus, femur, etc.)?
The famous tower in Paris that was completed in 1889.
What is the Eiffel Tower?
She was the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Who is Margaret Thatcher?
In 1969, this event saw humans set foot on the Moon for the first time.
What is the Apollo 11 Moon landing?
Pride and Prejudice was written by this English novelist.
Who is Jane Austen?
This part of your body helps you breathe by expanding and contracting.
What are the lungs?
This U.S. president is on the one-dollar bill.
Who is George Washington?
He was the 16th President of the United States and issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The Magna Carta, a cornerstone of modern democracy, was signed in this year.
What is 1215?
The dystopian novel 1984 was written by this author.
Who is George Orwell?
Your brain is part of this system, which controls all the body’s activities.
What is the nervous system?
This fruit is traditionally associated with keeping the doctor away.
What is an apple?
This South African leader spent 27 years in prison and later became the country’s first Black president.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
In 1920, the United States ratified this amendment, giving women the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment?
This American author wrote The Great Gatsby, a novel set during the Roaring Twenties.
Who is F. Scott Fitzgerald?
These tiny structures in your blood carry oxygen from your lungs to the rest of your body.
What are red blood cells?
This author created Sherlock Holmes, the famous detective.
Who is Arthur Conan Doyle?
Known as “The Iron Chancellor,” he unified Germany in the 19th century.
Who is Otto von Bismarck?