History Bowl Flashcards
A 2010 redesign of this item removed the initials “VDB”
Penny
During this campaign, a combined 25 American and British planes crashed
Berlin Airlift
a ruler of this city was locked in his treasure room without food or water for neglecting to spend his gold on the city’s defense.
Baghdad
this philosopher was offered fifty years pay in advance by Catherine the Great
Diderot
An early lyric by this group parodies the nativist views of Enoch Powell and demands that immigrants return to their “commonwealth homes.”
Beatles
For use on ** this** ship, Louis Casella manufactured a resilient version of a Six’s thermometer.
Challenger
English physician Thomas Sydenham wrote a 17th century manual advocating for a product containing this good, laudanum.
Opium
The deflection of this element’s particles led to J. J. Thomson’s discovery of atomic isotopes.
Neon
a project focused on this river employed a number of Camp Clinton-housed prisoners from the German Afrika Korps
Mississippi River
this general established the Juliana Republic in southern Brazil.
Garibaldi
Italian statesman who reluctantly negotiated the cessation of Savoy to France in the Treaty of Plombières, became the first prime minister of Italy
Benso
The fanfare Buckaroo Holiday begins a ballet by this composer
Copland
Copland composed a work named for which outlaw who was gunned down by Pat Garrett
Billy the kid
scholars suspected that several frescoes in the Hall of the Five Hundred at the Palazzo Vecchio were painted over this man’s historical work, The Battle of Anghiari.
Da vinci
Leonardo’s Codex Atlanticus contains a design for a “rapid-fire”
Crossbow
This acquisition was retroactively confirmed by the decision American Insurance Co. v. Canter.
Louisiana purchase
Louisiana Purchase was explored by which duo of officers
Lewis and Clark
An invention produced by Andreas Flocken is often considered the first “true” one of these objects
Electric car
Successful commanders from this kingdom were often equated to the god Montu
Egypt
invading Hyksos were likely from what Levantine region
Canaan
A tyrant of this city named Dionysius the Elder arrested the philosopher Plato and sold him into slavery following a disagreement.
Syracuse
first settlers to Syracuse were from which Greek city-state
Corinth
A subset of the “Great Railroad Strike of 1877” in this city included strikers trapping police officers on the Halsted Street bridge in the Battle of the Viaduct
Chicago
