1. How many prisoners were actually being held in the Bastille when it was stormed in 1789?

2. Which secret society was Gavrilo Princip a member of when he assassinated the Archduke?

3. What was Christopher Columbus actually searching for when he reached the Americas?

4. What type of organism did Alexander Fleming find was producing the bacteria-killing substance?

5. The Meiji Restoration brought an end to which military-led era of Japanese history?

6. What was the name of the document signed at Seneca Falls that demanded equal rights for women?

7. Which U.S. President described the attack on Pearl Harbor as a 'date which will live in infamy'?

8. What was the name of the U.S. project that developed the first atomic bombs?

9. What was the capital city of South Vietnam that fell to North Vietnamese forces in 1975?

10. Which federal department was created in the United States as a direct result of the 9/11 attacks?

11. Which explorer led the Norwegian team that first reached the South Pole in 1911?

12. Which entity's rule over India ended as a direct result of the 1857 Rebellion?

13. Which dynasty is responsible for the majority of the stone and brick Great Wall that exists today?

14. What unique method did the Incas use for record-keeping and communication in the absence of a written language?

15. What was the name of Blackbeard's famous flagship, a former French slave ship he captured in 1717?

16. What was the name of the award-winning locomotive designed by George Stephenson for the L&MR?

17. Who became the King of England as a result of the Battle of Hastings?

18. Which Roman city was buried alongside Pompeii during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD?

19. What was the name of the double crown worn by pharaohs to symbolize the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt?

20. Which device did the transistor replace, allowing electronics to become much smaller and more efficient?