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100

What figure from Greek mythology gave fire to man? What was the punishment?

Prometheus. His punishment was being tied to a rock and having his liver eaten by an eagle every day.

100
Leader of Nazis
Who is Adolf Hitler?
100

Perhaps the greatest poet/playwright in the English language is _______

Also, name 3 of his plays. 

William Shakespeare 

(plays vary) 

100

Three main philosophers from Ancient Greece's classical age (in chronological order):

Socrates, Plato and Aristotle

100
Axis vs Central Powers
What is World War 1?
200

Α α, Β β, Γ γ, Δ δ, Ε ε, Ζ ζ, Η η, Θ θ, Ι ι, Κ κ, Λ λ, Μ μ, Ν ν, Ξ ξ, Ο ο, Π π, Ρ ρ, Σ σ ς, Τ τ, Υ υ, Φ φ, Χ χ, Ψ ψ, Ω ω

What alphabet is this? About what time period was it developed? 

Greek. 

Since the late 9th or early 8th century BC

200
44th President
Who is Barack Obama?
200

The American continents are named after... 

Amerigo Vespucci

200

he three main architectural orders used in ancient Greek construction are:

Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian

200
Allies vs Axis Powers
What is World War 2?
300

Name 12 Olympian Gods

Zeus, Poseidon, Hera, Demeter, Aphrodite, Athena, Artemis, Apollo, Ares, Hephaestus, Hermes, and either Hestia or Dionysus

300
Spanish explorer who sighted Florida
Who is Juan Ponce de Leon?
300

This civil rights leader was assassinated on April 4th,1968?

What is the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?

300

His father was killed while _______ was still very young, possibly by white supremacists.

Malcolm X

300
Union vs Confederacy
What is the Civil war?
400
KKK
What is the Klu Klux Klan?
400
Founder of Microsoft
Who is Bill Gates?
400
This happened in Greece on 04-06-1896
what is the Olympic Games?
400

The 3 Abrahamic religions.

Judaism, Islam and Christianity. 

400
war between North and South Korea
What is the Korean War?
500

NBA

National Basketball Association

500

_______ was raised in the manner of noble Macedonian youths, learning to read, play the lyre, ride, fight, and hunt.

Who is Alexander the Great?

500
Mass killing of Jews
What is the Holocaust?
500

_______ is the second-most populous country in the world, with over 1.45 billion people

What is India?

500
War between America and Britain
What is the Revolutionary War?