The document that granted American freedom from British rule in 1776.
What is The Declaration of Independence?
100
The French military and political leader who rose to power during the French Revolution, became the emperor over the French and the territories he conquered, and died on Saint Helena, to where he was banished.
What is Napoleon Bonaparte?
100
The 3.6 million sq. mile arid region engulfing most of North Africa.
What is The Sahara Desert?
100
A large, carnivorous whale known to live in Arctic waters and feed on smaller sea life such as seals, penguins, and other creatures.
What is an orca whale or killer whale?
100
A widely used communication device patented by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876.
What is the telephone?
200
A period of cultural enlightenment in Europe from the 14th to 17th centuries, resulting in the rebirth of ancient Greek and Roman art.
What is The Renaissance?
200
The first female prime minister of India, ruling from 1980 to 1984.
What is Indira Gandhi?
200
The line of 0 degrees longitude, or the starting point for measuring distance both east and west around Earth.
What is The Prime Meridian?
200
A solitary, arboreal ape species with distinct red-brown-orange hair and long hooked arms. They are native to Borneo and Sumatra and are generally calm primates.
What is an orangutan?
200
A naval device created by the Chinese Han Dynasty used for maritime navigation and orienteering.
What is a magnetic compass?
300
A religious festival celebrated by African Americans from December 26th to January 1st in observance of heritage.
What is Kwanzaa?
300
A Cuban politician and revolutionary who assumed power in 1959 after leading the guerilla movement, and served in the Communist Party of Cuba, turning Cuba into a one-party socialist state.
What is Fidel Castro?
300
The narrow passage of water connecting the Pacific and Arctic oceans, between Alaska and Russia.
What is the Bering Strait?
300
A famous periodic comet that returns to the inner solar system every 75 to 76 years. Notably, Mark Twain was born with its arrival, and died with its arrival 75 years later.
What is Halley's Comet?
300
An electrical resonant transformer circuit for producing high-frequency alternating currents, created by a famous Serbian inventor
What is the Tesla coil?
400
The three major countries that formed the axis powers during World War II.
What is Germany, Italy, and Japan?
400
An African-American botanist and inventor originally born into slavery, who was most popular for his work with peanuts, making from them cosmetics, dyes, paints, plastics, and gasoline.
What is George Washington Carver?
400
The currently most populated city in the world.
What is Tokyo, Japan?
400
The tallest tree species in the world.
What is Coast Redwood?
400
An integral device in cars, aircraft, and boats where the combustion of fuel occurs with an oxidizer in a chamber. The gases produced apply force to pistons or blades and power vehicles.
What is the internal combustion engine?
500
The name given to the followers of the Communist Party of Kampuchea in Cambodia, originally from Vietnam during the Vietnam War.
What is Khmer Rouge, or Khmers rouges?
500
A current Republican frontrunner for the 2016 presidency, and a US Senator representing Kentucky, as well as the son of a Texas US Representative.
What is Rand Paul?
500
The mountainous region consisting of Spain and Portugal, which extends into the Atlantic Ocean, and derives its name from its ancient inhabitants.
What is the Iberian Peninsula?
500
The name of the basin in the Pacific Ocean with a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. In a horseshoe shape, it contains a series of trenches, volcanic arcs, belts, and movements; it is also called the circum-Pacific belt.