| Question | Answer |
| What American territory was admitted as a state on August 21, 1959? | |
| What domed structure was built in Constantinople as a cathedral and later used as a mosque? | |
| What 20th century Ethiopian emperor, born Tafari Makonnen, is worshipped as the messiah by Rastafarians? | |
| What was the name for a self-sufficient estate, such as a plantation or a mine, in many areas of Latin America? | |
| What currently-operating Shi'a militant group was established in 1982 to fight the Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon? | |
| Who was the legendary founder of the Native American Iroquois Confederacy? | |
| What label did European immigrants give the Khoikhoi people of southern Africa in the 17th century? | |
| What was the term for a member of the Protestant Reformed Church of France in the 16th and 17th centuries? | |
| Which Manhattan neighborhood did the infamous Irish-American Westies gang operate out of during the middle of the 20th century? | |
| What archaeological site was once one of the greatest cities of the Indus Valley Civilization? | |
| In which roadstead did the Battle of the Ironclads, considered the most important naval battle of the American Civil War, take place? | |
| What ancient Grecian wrote 'The Histories' and is considered the first historian of the Western world? | |