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

2. Who was the famous civil rights leader who delivered the "I Have a Dream" speech?

3. What legal principle is the Code of Hammurabi most famous for establishing?

4. How did Socrates die after being sentenced by the Athenian court?

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

6. During which long-running conflict did Joan of Arc lead French forces?

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

8. Catherine de' Medici belonged to which powerful Italian banking and political family?

9. What is the title of the world-famous military treatise attributed to Sun Tzu?

10. Which British Act passed in 1807 was the result of William Wilberforce's 20-year campaign?

11. What was the name of the spacecraft that Yuri Gagarin used to orbit the Earth?

12. Following which bloody battle did Emperor Asoka convert to Buddhism?

13. What was the name of the syncretic religion founded by Akbar the Great?

14. What artifact is often cited as the first declaration of human rights issued by Cyrus the Great?

15. Frida Kahlo's work is often associated with which artistic movement, though she resisted the label?

16. Eleanor of Aquitaine was the mother of which famous English king who led the Third Crusade?

17. Churchill won a Nobel Prize in 1953, but in which category?

18. What was the code name for the top-secret U.S. project to build the atomic bomb?

19. Which major modern-day city was destroyed by Boudica's army in 60 AD?

20. What is the title of Zora Neale Hurston's most famous novel published in 1937?