Famous Leaders
World Changing Events
Wars
Famous/Infamous Figures
Potpourri
100

All Hail the Queen! This famous leader was the Queen of Egypt from 51 to 30 BC, and its last active ruler. She was most known for her active influence of Roman politics at a crucial period and was especially known for her relationships with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. 

Who is Cleopatra?

100

Considered the first attack on American soil, this event were four coordinated Islamist terrorist suicide attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against the United States in 2001. 

What is 9/11?

100

The war that the U.S. should've never gotten involved in, was an armed conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam and their allies. North Vietnam was supported by the Soviet Union and China, while South Vietnam was supported by the United States and other anti-communist nations. 

What is The Vietnam War?

100

Being the father of American literature, you probably know his works like The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and his pen name, but his real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens 

Who is Mark Twain?

100

Henry the VIII had six wives, can you name them all?

Who are Catharine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Katherine Howard, Anne of Cleves, and Katherine Parr ?

200

After being imprisoned for 27 years, this famous leader went on to be the first democratically elected president of South Africa and was a key part of ending apartheid  

Who is Nelson Mandela?

200

Considered one of the deadliest conflicts in history, resulting in an estimated 10 million military dead and more than 20 million wounded. This event was caused by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary 

What is World War I?
200

This infamous war was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers in the early 1940's.

What is World War II?

200

One of the main leaders in post-Revolutionary Russia, he is often seen negatively for his dictator ways and brutally suppressed counterrevolutionaries and bandits.  

Who is Joseph Stalin?

200
This lady was England's longest ruling monarch

Who is Elizabeth I?

300

Everyone is allegedly related to this famous leader. He was the founder and first khan of the Mongol Empire, being one of the most famous conquerors of history, who consolidated tribes into a unified Mongolia and then extended his empire across Asia to the Adriatic Sea. 

Who is Genghis Khan?

300

Off with their heads! This historical period was a period of major social upheaval that began in 1787 and ended in 1799. It sought to completely change the relationship between the rulers and those they governed and to redefine the nature of political power. 

What is the French Revolution?

300

This war was a prolonged conflict lasting from 2001 to 2021. It began with the invasion by a United States-led coalition under the name Operation Enduring Freedom as a direct response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks

What is the War in Afghanistan?

300

They only just recently found out who this killer was, he preyed on women in London's Whitechapel district between August and November 1888 

Who is Jack the Ripper?

300

This guy is often called the father of the Atomic Bomb and recently had a movie made about him

Who is J. Robert Oppenheimer ?

400

This famous leader was Britain's Prime Minister twice, known as an inspirational statesman, writer, orator and leader who led Britain to victory in the Second World War. 

Who is Winston Churchill?

400

Brother, Can You Spare A Dime? This event was a severe global economic downturn from 1929 to 1939. The period was characterized by high rates of unemployment and poverty; drastic reductions in liquidity, industrial production, and trade; and widespread bank and business failures around the world 

What is the Great Depression?

400

This armed conflict was between North and South, North being supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union while the South was supported by the US

What is the Korean War?

400

The mother of this famous gothic author, this famous figure was an author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, is widely credited as the founder of feminism. She called for equal education opportunities for men and women, and she stressed the benefits to society as a whole of improving the situation of women in this and other areas of daily life. 

Who is Mary Wollstonecraft?

400

Being the subject of a famous movie, the Titanic sank in this year

What is 1912?

500

Long may this Queen reign, she was the longest-reigning empress of Russia. Her greatest accomplishments include establishing educational reform, championing the arts, and extending Russia's borders in the largest territorial gain since Ivan the Terrible.

Who is Catherine The Great?

500

Watch out for rats, this event was a bubonic plague pandemic that occurred in Europe from 1346 to 1353. It was one of the most fatal pandemics in human history; as many as 50 million people perished, perhaps 50% of Europe's 14th century population.

What is the Black Death?

500

This war was a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and sometimes directed by the Christian Latin Church in the medieval period.

What is The Crusades?

500

This famous lady changed the world not once but twice. She founded the new science of radioactivity – even the word was invented by her – and her discoveries launched effective cures for cancer. Unfortunately, she died of radiation poisoning 

Who is Marie Curie?

500

This young woman was the youngest person to ever receive the Nobel Peace Prize at the age of 17 for advocating for young women to be able to get an education, and got shot for it

Who is Malala Yousafzai?