1. Who was the first President of the United States?

2. Who delivered the famous “I Have a Dream” speech?

3. Who was the first African American president of the United States?

4. What title was Queen Victoria given in 1876 to reflect Britain's control over India?

5. In which New York town did Stanton organize the first women's rights convention?

6. What was the official name of the 'Marshall Plan' to rebuild Europe?

7. Wu Zetian founded her own dynasty during the middle of which existing dynasty?

8. Benazir Bhutto was the first woman to lead a democratic government in which type of nation?

9. What was the name of the abolitionist newspaper founded by Frederick Douglass?

10. In which decisive battle did Tokugawa Ieyasu defeat his rivals to unify Japan?

11. What was Angela Merkel's professional background before entering politics?

12. Which act of Parliament made Henry VIII the head of the Church of England?

13. Of which British tribe was Boudica the Queen?

14. Taharqa belonged to which powerful kingdom south of Egypt?

15. Which massive defensive structure did Qin Shi Huang begin to connect and expand?

16. What is the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution often called in honor of Susan B. Anthony?

17. Which city did Saladin recapture from the Crusaders in 1187?

18. What new technology did Nobunaga famously use to win the Battle of Nagashino?

19. Eleanor of Aquitaine was the mother of which famous Crusader King of England?

20. What was the name of Gorbachev's policy of 'openness' and freedom of speech?