Jeopardy Trivia Questions — Page 74

7,301.Around A.D. 1000, the Caliphate of Córdoba controlled much of which European peninsula? 7,302.Around 1000 B.C., which biblical king captured Jerusalem and made it his capital? 7,303.In 1054, the Christian church split into the Roman Catholic Church and which other main branch? 7,304.Which city, famous for its mustard, served as the capital of the medieval Duchy of Burgundy? 7,305.According to Norse sagas, which Scandinavian capital was founded around 1050 by King Harald Hardrada? 7,306.Prehistoric people in Greece sailed to the island of Melos around 11,000 B.C. to get which volcanic glass for tools? 7,307.At about 11:40 p.m. on April 14, 1912, which ocean liner was steaming at about 21 knots when it struck an iceberg? 7,308.A famous list of prophecies attributed to the 12th-century Irish saint Malachy describes a series of which church leaders? 7,309.Around 1171, Saladin became the ruler of which country, ending the Fatimid Caliphate there? 7,310.The Bronze Age was replaced by which metal-working age, around 1200 B.C. in the Middle East and later in China? 7,311.Around 1240, which Mongol conqueror's grandson Batu founded the Golden Horde? 7,312.According to the Bible, after Moses died, which leader led the Israelites in the conquest of Canaan? 7,313.Around 1250, which country's King Afonso III reclaimed the Algarve from the Moors? 7,314.Around 1260, which country acquired Greenland and Iceland under King Haakon IV? 7,315.Around 1268, Roger Bacon wrote that which optical devices could be used to help people with weak eyesight? 7,316.Which pharaoh became king of Egypt as a child around 1332 B.C. and is famous for the treasures of his tomb? 7,317.The Dead Sea, whose shores are the lowest land on Earth's surface, is on which continent? 7,318.In the 14th century, Adrianople became the capital of which empire, until Constantinople replaced it in 1453? 7,319.Around 1400, Gian Galeazzo Visconti ruled much of northern Italy from which city, until he was blocked by the Florentines? 7,320.Around 1400, the monk Tsongkhapa founded the Gelug, or "Yellow Hat," school of Buddhism in which region? 7,321.Which Florentine artist painted "Venus and Mars" and "The Birth of Venus" in the 1480s? 7,322.Around 1492, which teenage artist carved the marble relief "Battle of the Centaurs"? 7,323.Around A.D. 150, which astronomer of Alexandria cataloged over 1,000 stars in his work the "Almagest"? 7,324.Around 1500, which Renaissance genius sketched not only a flying machine but also a parachute? 7,325.In 1542, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo became the first European to reach which island off Los Angeles, naming it San Salvador? 7,326.Around 1550, the English called a type of arquebus a "caliver," a corruption of which word? 7,327.Around 1606, Dutch navigator Willem Janszoon made the first recorded European sighting of which continent? 7,328.Around 1610, Galileo determined how fast the sun rotates by watching which dark areas shift position? 7,329.In the 1610s, which Flemish Baroque master painted the famous "Descent from the Cross" for Antwerp's cathedral? 7,330.Around 1620, Cornelis Drebbel demonstrated the first workable submarine on which river? 7,331.In the 1620s, Italian traveler Pietro della Valle brought Europe copies of inscriptions from Persepolis in which wedge-shaped script? 7,332.Around 1627, Myles Standish and which husband of Priscilla Mullins helped found the town of Duxbury, Massachusetts? 7,333.Around 1630, Jan Baptist van Helmont identified which gas given off by burning wood, calling it "gas sylvestre"? 7,334.Around 1668, Isaac Newton built the first practical reflecting version of which instrument? 7,335.Around 1675, Giovanni Domenico Cassini observed a dark gap in which planet's main rings? 7,336.Around 1684, Jules Hardouin-Mansart completed which famous room at Versailles, called the Galerie des Glaces in French? 7,337.Around 1700, Bartolomeo Cristofori of Florence invented which instrument? 7,338.In the early 1700s, who set the freezing point of water at 32 degrees and the boiling point at 212? 7,339.Around 1720, which Mississippi port became the capital of France's Louisiana territory? 7,340.Which great Baroque composer wrote six "English Suites" for harpsichord? 7,341.According to tradition, the Shang dynasty arose around 1766 B.C. in the valley of which Chinese river, also called the Huang He? 7,342.Around 1780, which grandfather of Charles Darwin invented a pyrometer to measure the high heat in his kilns? 7,343.Around 1784, Henry Cavendish found that hydrogen exploding with air produced which substance? 7,344.Around 1800, Parson Mason Weems told a famous story of which future president chopping down a cherry tree as a boy? 7,345.Around 1800, which scientist from Como, Italy, built a forerunner of the electric battery? 7,346.Around 1807, John Colter explored the Yellowstone area after leaving which famous expedition? 7,347.In 1814, which composer set Goethe's "Gretchen am Spinnrade" to music? 7,348.In 1817, Giovanni Battista Caviglia led an excavation to free the Great Sphinx of Giza from what? 7,349.Around 1820, doctors showed that which element was effective in treating goiter? 7,350.Around 1830, Catherine McAuley founded which order of nuns to care for Dublin's poor and sick? 7,351.Around 1840, chemist John William Draper took the first photograph of which heavenly body? 7,352.Around 1846, Sarah Bagley became the first female operator of which communications device? 7,353.Around 1850, George Boole devised a new kind of which branch of mathematics, now used in computer logic? 7,354.Around 1850, which scientist came up with the idea for an absolute temperature scale? 7,355.Around 1850, Hermann von Helmholtz measured how fast impulses travel along which body parts? 7,356.In the mid-1800s, which U.S. industry sent out hundreds of ships, many from New Bedford, Massachusetts? 7,357.Around 1850, Eugène Delacroix painted the central ceiling of the Galerie d'Apollon in which French museum? 7,358.Around 1862, which American locksmith introduced a dial-operated combination lock for bank vaults? 7,359.In 1862, which doctor invented a hand-cranked, multi-barrel machine gun? 7,360.Around 1870, Christopher Sholes and partners developed the first practical version of which machine, with a QWERTY keyboard? 7,361.In the early 1870s, which plant breeder developed his famous potato on farmland in Massachusetts? 7,362.Which sharpshooter beat her future husband, marksman Frank Butler, in a shooting match? 7,363.Around 1890, which Scottish author bought an estate in Samoa that he called Vailima, or "five streams"? 7,364.Eli Janney's automatic version of which railroad device replaced the dangerous link-and-pin type? 7,365.Around 1890, Thomas Edison campaigned to have which invention named after his rival George Westinghouse? 7,366.Around 1898, Frederic Remington asked Kicking Bear, a veteran of which battle, to make a painting of it? 7,367.Around 1900, which inventor built a giant electrical coil but never completed a planned worldwide wireless transmitter? 7,368.Around 1900 in Kansas, which temperance crusader began attacking saloons with a hatchet? 7,369.Writer Monroe Rosenfeld is credited with coining which nickname for the stretch of New York's 28th Street where music publishers clustered? 7,370.In the 1920s, archaeologist Gertrude Bell founded a national museum in which city? 7,371.Around 1904, which Norwegian explorer confirmed that Earth's magnetic north pole is not fixed? 7,372.American and European eels are believed to spawn in which sea in the North Atlantic? 7,373.Around 1908, tea merchant Thomas Sullivan is credited with which invention that avoids the mess of straining leaves? 7,374.Around 1910, Carl Bosch of BASF learned to make large quantities of which gas from nitrogen and hydrogen? 7,375."Standard of the World" was the slogan of which luxury General Motors make? 7,376.Around 1910, Thomas Hunt Morgan showed that which hereditary units are located on chromosomes? 7,377.In the early 1900s, two painters from the art institute of which city founded the Ox-Bow school in Saugatuck, Michigan? 7,378.Around 1912, Robert Delaunay created Orphism by bringing bold color to which art movement? 7,379.Around 1912, while recovering from tuberculosis in a sanatorium, which former seaman decided to become a playwright? 7,380.Around 1914, which oil company became the first to give away free road maps to travelers? 7,381.In 1915, Claude Debussy dedicated his 12 Études to the memory of which Polish-French composer? 7,382.Around 1915, which Italian artist painted an elongated portrait of painter Juan Gris? 7,383.Around 1916, newspaper columnist Don Marquis created which typing cockroach, a friend of Mehitabel the cat? 7,384.In the 1920s, slices of which crystalline mineral were first used to control radio frequencies? 7,385.Around 1927, which American artist known for his mobiles made a portrait of Josephine Baker out of wire? 7,386.Around 1930, poet Angelos Sikelianos tried to revive the ancient festivals of which Greek town, called the "navel of the world"? 7,387.Around 1930, William Lear helped develop which device for cars, sold under the name Motorola? 7,388.Which nun moved into the slums of Calcutta around 1948 to help the poor and was beatified on October 19, 2003? 7,389.Around 1950, three Southeast Asian states gained some autonomy, weakening the colonial union known as French what? 7,390.Around 1964, North Vietnam began turning which famous supply route into a road that trucks could use? 7,391.Around 2,000 years ago, members of which large African language family began settling in Angola? 7,392.About 2 million years ago, which probable human ancestor, whose name means "handy man," was using simple stone tools? 7,393.Around 2500 B.C., the Harappan civilization flourished along which river in Pakistan and northwestern India? 7,394.Around 2600 B.C., Pharaoh Djoser was entombed in what kind of step structure, the first large stone building of its kind? 7,395.Which early modern humans, named after a rock shelter in France, succeeded the Neanderthals in Europe? 7,396.Beginning in 1940, about 300,000 members of which force were called into federal service, greatly expanding the U.S. Army? 7,397.Around 3500 B.C., people made which alloy by mixing copper with arsenic, before finding that copper and tin worked better? 7,398.Around 4,500 years ago, the Bronze Age Minoan civilization emerged on which Mediterranean island? 7,399.Around 600 B.C., according to Herodotus, Phoenician sailors claimed to have sailed around which continent? 7,400.According to tradition, Saint Linus succeeded which man as pope?