1. Who was the British Prime Minister during most of World War II?

2. Who was the first man to walk on the Moon?

3. Who was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, in 1963?

4. Who was the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?

5. Who was the first emperor of China?

6. Which naval fleet did Elizabeth I's forces famously defeat in 1588?

7. On which island was Nelson Mandela imprisoned for 18 of his 27 years in jail?

8. What was the name of the ship Charles Darwin sailed on during his influential five-year voyage?

9. Whose early mechanical computer design did Ada Lovelace write the first programs for?

10. Toussaint Louverture led the revolution in which Caribbean colony?

11. Which city did Peter the Great build to serve as his 'Window to the West'?

12. From which country did Thomas Jefferson purchase the Louisiana Territory in 1803?

13. What is the name of Voltaire's most famous satirical novella?

14. The 1971 war led by Indira Gandhi resulted in the independence of which country?

15. Atatürk replaced the Arabic script in Turkey with which alphabet system?

16. Benjamin Banneker was part of the survey team that laid out the boundaries for which U.S. city?

17. Under what type of tree is Siddhartha Gautama said to have attained enlightenment?

18. What is the famous Latin term for the 'eye for an eye' principle found in Hammurabi's Code?

19. Hypatia was a leading scholar in which ancient Egyptian city?

20. What was the name given to the period of stability and trade enabled by the Mongol Empire?