Quiz Bowl 7

What is the most commonly used letter in the English language?

What is the term for a female author?

What was written in the Code of Hammurabi?

Who was the first ruler of the Mongol Empire?

Who was the 4th President of the United States?

When was the Battle of Gettysburg fought during the Civil War?

What U.S. government department was created in the wake of the September 11 attacks?

What was the name of the landmark Supreme Court case that ruled the racial segregation of schools unconstitutional?

Who was the first African American Supreme Court justice in the United States?

What is the word "paraskevidekatriaphobia" a fear of?

Which indiginous tribe would have been found in modern central America?

Who sent Christopher Columbus to explore the New World?

Who is the writer behind the play "Macbeth"?

In what country do people buy the most amount of books?

Why is the sentence, "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" often used to test keyboards?

During World War II, Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy. Which country is Normandy in?

What was the name of the Ukrainian nuclear power plant that was the site of a nuclear disaster in April 1986?

Who was the first woman to make a million dollars in the United States?

Where was Martin Luther King, Jr. born?

Who was president during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Finish the line President Roosevelt said during his speech about Pearl Harbor: “Yesterday, December 7, 1941…”

What is this symbol called: ;

Where do you find "QWERTY" on the keyboard?

What is the world’s oldest recorded civilization?

Which of the following books were written by Lois Lowry?

Who sold Alaska to the United States?

What was the pen name for Samuel Clemons?

Who is commonly referred to as the person who created the first printing press?