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Show answers Round 1 Ancient World $200 This Egyptian queen, the last pharaoh, allied with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony.
$400 These massive stone tombs at Giza were built for Egyptian pharaohs.
$600 This civilization gave us democracy, philosophers like Socrates, and the Olympics.
$800 This empire, centered on a city on seven hills, was ruled by emperors like Augustus.
$1000 This Macedonian king conquered a vast empire by age 30, earning an epithet befitting his conquests.
American History $200 He was the first President of the United States.
$400 This president issued the Emancipation Proclamation during the Civil War.
$600 This 1803 land deal doubled the size of the U.S., purchased from France.
$800 This 1963 'I Have a Dream' speech was delivered by this civil rights leader.
$1000 This document, adopted in 1776, announced that the American colonies were breaking free from British rule.
World Wars $200 This dictator led Nazi Germany during World War II.
$400 This 1919 treaty formally ended World War I.
$600 This 1941 surprise attack drew the U.S. into World War II at a Hawaiian naval base.
$800 This global conflict lasted from 1939 to 1945.
$1000 The 1944 Allied invasion of Normandy is known by this letter-and-word name.
Explorers & Inventors $200 This Italian explorer sailed west in 1492 and reached the Americas.
$400 This scientist and inventor of movable-type printing in Europe was this German, around 1440.
$600 This inventor patented a practical light bulb and phonograph.
$800 This pair of brothers achieved the first powered airplane flight in 1903.
$1000 This explorer's crew was the first to circumnavigate the globe, though he died en route.
Turning Points $200 This wall dividing a German city fell in 1989.
$400 This 1789 revolution overthrew the monarchy in France and led to the Reign of Terror.
$600 This 18th-19th century shift to factory production began in Britain.
$800 This 1215 English charter limited the king's power and influenced later democracies.
$1000 This decades-long standoff between the U.S. and the Soviet Union is called this 'war.'
Famous Leaders $200 This British prime minister led the UK through most of World War II.
$400 This French general crowned himself emperor and was exiled to Elba and St. Helena.
$600 This anti-apartheid leader became South Africa's first Black president.
$800 This queen ruled Britain for over 63 years in the 1800s, lending her name to an era.
$1000 This leader guided India to independence through nonviolent resistance.
Double Jeopardy Ancient World $400 Deciphered using the Rosetta Stone, this writing system utilized pictorial symbols to record the history of ancient Egypt.
$800 Located in modern-day Sudan, this civilization of Kush built hundreds of pyramids at Meroë for its royalty.
$1200 This ancient city-state on the Peloponnese peninsula was known for a strict military culture that required boys to leave home at age seven.
$1600 This Mesopotamian ruler is best remembered for a legal code inscribed on a diorite stele that established the principle of 'an eye for an eye'.
$2000 Discovered in Turkey, this ancient temple complex featuring massive stone pillars dates back to the 10th millennium BCE, pre-dating agriculture.
American History $400 In 1773, colonial protesters dumped hundreds of chests of tea into the harbor of this Massachusetts city.
$800 Known for her 1773 volume of poetry, this enslaved woman became the first African American to have her work published.
$1200 Established by the Spanish in 1565, this Florida community holds the title of the oldest continuously inhabited European-founded city in the U.S.
$1600 This 1863 military engagement in Mississippi resulted in a Union victory that secured control of the river and split the Confederacy.
$2000 Signed in 1784, this treaty formally ended the American Revolutionary War and recognized the sovereignty of the new nation.
World Wars $400 The 'Big Three' Allied leaders met at this 1945 conference in the Crimea to discuss the post-war reorganization of Europe.
$800 This term, meaning 'lightning war,' described the rapid, overwhelming military tactic used by Germany to invade Poland in 1939.
$1200 Spanning 880 days, this brutal 1941-1944 siege targeted a major Soviet city and caused over a million civilian deaths.
$1600 Formed in 1944, this unit of the British Army was composed of foreign-born volunteers who fought against their own Axis-aligned nations.
$2000 This 1942 naval battle near an atoll in the Pacific is widely considered the major turning point that halted Japanese expansion.
Explorers & Inventors $400 This Norse explorer is credited by many historians as the first European to set foot in North America, landing in the 10th century.
$800 In 1513, this Spanish explorer became the first European to reach the Pacific Ocean from the Americas, crossing the Isthmus of Panama.
$1200 This 19th-century inventor is best known for his work on the telephone, for which he received the first U.S. patent in 1876.
$1600 A self-taught English inventor, he created the 'spinning jenny' in 1764, which drastically increased the productivity of the textile industry.
$2000 This Italian navigator wrote letters suggesting the land discovered by others was an entirely new continent, later named after him.
Turning Points $400 This 1453 event marked the final end of the Roman Empire when Sultan Mehmed II conquered the capital city of the Byzantines.
$800 Launched in 1791, this successful slave uprising in the French colony of Saint-Domingue eventually led to the creation of the republic of Haiti.
$1200 In 1789, the storming of this medieval fortress-prison in Paris symbolized the collapse of royal authority during the French Revolution.
$1600 Occurring in 1618, this incident in Bohemia, where officials were thrown out of a window, served as the catalyst for the Thirty Years' War.
$2000 The development of this process for mass-producing steel in the mid-1850s allowed for the rapid expansion of railroads and skyscrapers.
Famous Leaders $400 Following the 1917 revolution, this leader returned from exile to lead the Bolsheviks and establish the Soviet Union.
$800 This 7th-century Chinese empress is the only woman in Chinese history to officially rule as an emperor in her own right.
$1200 As the first female prime minister of the United Kingdom, she was nicknamed the 'Iron Lady' for her conservative policies in the 1980s.
$1600 She was the long-reigning Empress of Russia who expanded the empire's borders and was a prominent figure of the Enlightenment.
$2000 This Soviet leader, who rose to power after the death of Lenin, oversaw the rapid industrialization and the brutal purges of the 1930s.
Final Jeopardy · Moments That Changed the World On July 20, 1969, this astronaut became the first human to walk on the Moon.
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