History Trivia: How Well Do You Know the Past?
1.
Which Presidents were father and son?
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John And John Quincy Adams
2.
Which college campus was the setting when four students were killed by the National Guard in 1970?
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Kent State University
3.
What major historical event occurred on December 7, 1941?
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The Japanese Attack Pearl Harbor
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What historic event occurred in July 1969?
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First Moon Landing
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Who were the two candidates for President in 1988?
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George Bush And Michael Dukakis
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Which historical event didn't happen in 1969?
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JFK Assassination
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In which country did the first atomic bomb explode?
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USA
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What U.S. President completed his ten month basic flight course in Corpus Christi, Texas to become a navy pilot?
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George H.W. Bush
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What U.S. President played in the Bing Crosby Golf Tournament right after leaving the White House to return to his private life?
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Gerald Ford
10.
The ancient city of "Tenochtitlan" is today the capital city of which country?
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Mexico
11.
What two Presidents died on the exact same date?
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Thomas Jefferson & John Adams
12.
What was the name of the German Air-Force in WWII?
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Luftwaffe
13.
Who was the first ex-President, upon his death, to lay in state in the Capitol building in Washington, DC?
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John Quincy Adams
14.
What was the name of the German who reformed the Catholic Church to what is now worldwide Protestantism?
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Martin Luther
15.
What happened in 1492?
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Columbus' Discovery Of The Americas
16.
Who was Robert E. Lee?
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Leader Of Confederate Army
17.
Which Europeans founded the city of New Orleans in 1718?
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French
18.
Which is true about the Great Depression?
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The Stock Market Crashed
19.
What country launched Sputnik?
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Soviet Union
20.
Who was credited with the invention/discovery of the Pullman sleeping car in 1857?
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George Pullman
21.
Which historical event happened in 1975?
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Last American Troops Leave Vietnam
22.
What year was F. F. Woolworth Co. incorporated?
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1912
23.
What is it called when the state governments, local governments, and the federal government share responsibility?
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Cooperative Federalism
24.
What is constitutional authorization for parts of the local government to conduct their own affairs called?
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Constitutional Home Rule
25.
What is a legislative act that authorizes punishment for a person if not found guilty by a court of law ?
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Bill Of Attainder
26.
What is the requirement called in which a person must pay a certain amount of money in order to vote?
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Poll Tax
27.
What is an official who has been defeated in the election but his/her term of office has not expired called?
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Lame Duck
28.
What is a political process in which the people control the government through elected political officials?
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Indirect Democracy
29.
What is the technique used by a member of Congress to properly present himself/herself to constituents?
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Home Style
30.
During whose U.S. Presidential administration did sheep trim the White House lawn?
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Woodrow Wilson's
31.
Which U.S. state is the only one named after a President?
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Washington
32.
Who was the first African-American person to receive a Ph.D. from Harvard University?
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W.E.B. Du Bois
33.
In what city did Rosa Parks refuse to give her bus seat to a white rider?
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Montgomery
34.
Which South American country sent troops to Europe during WWII to fight the axis?
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Brazil
35.
For what was George Armstrong Custer court-martialed in 1867?
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Unauthorized Visit To His Wife
36.
What was the name of the WWII Japanese manned torpedo?
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Kaiten
37.
What is believed to have occurred 5 billion years ago?
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The Earth Was Formed
38.
What even occurred in the year 1952?
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Color Television Introduced In The U.S.
39.
Which country did the "Zimmerman Note" directly affect?
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Mexico
40.
What country lost the most people in WWII?
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Russia
41.
Which marshal was head of Soviet forces at the end of WWII?
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G.K. Zhukov
42.
Which killers were known as the "Hillside Stranglers"?
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Kenneth Bianchi And Angelo Bueno
43.
Who was the Colorado socialite who survived the Titanic and had a Broadway play written about her shortly after her death?
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Molly Brown
44.
Which was the first nation with a predominantly black population to gain freedom from European colonial rule?
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Haiti
45.
Where did Christopher Columbus die?
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Valladolid, Spain
46.
What was the name of the plane former U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt used on his first flight to Casablanca?
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Dixie Clipper
47.
Who was the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize for literature in 1909?
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Selma Lagerlof From Sweden
48.
How long was Leningrad held under siege by the Nazis during WWII?
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900 Days
49.
What was the first U.S. warship sunk during WWII?
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Reuben James
50.
What was dropped on Japan on July 27, 1945 during WWII?
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Leaflets
51.
What U-boat captain sank the most ships during WWII?
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Otto Kretschmer
52.
What U.S. submarine captain sunk the most ships during WWII?
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Richard O'Kane
53.
What was the first national capital liberated from Axis rule in WWII?
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Addis Ababa
54.
What happened on May 18, 1980?
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Mt. St. Helens Erupted
55.
What did the 82nd Airborne Division liberate on June 6, 1944, in WWII?
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Sainte-Mere-Eglise
56.
What was Truman's plane named in WWII?
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Independence
57.
Where was the German ship Graf Spee scuttled in WWII?
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Montevideo, Uruguay
58.
What was Heinrich Himmler's occupation before WWII?
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Chicken Farmer
59.
What was future Presidential candidate George McGovern's plane named in WWII?
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Dakota Queen
60.
Who was Gertrude Traudl Junge in WWII?
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Hitler's Secretary
61.
Who was nicknamed "Cottonhead" in WWII?
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Admiral Nimitz
62.
Who were the Red Devils in WWII?
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British Paratroopers
63.
What kind of vehicle was an "Ark" in WWII?
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British Tank Containing A Bridge
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What kind of vehicle was the Terrapin in WWII?
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British Amphibious Load Carrier
65.
What country did Idi Amin flee to during the war with Tanzania?
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Libya
66.
Who were the "Flying Cheetahs" in the Korean War?
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South African Pilots
67.
What European kingdom temporarily moved its seat of government to the New World in 1808?
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Portugal
68.
Who actually elected Thomas Jefferson President his first term?
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The House Of Representatives
69.
In the United States, which of these "centuries" was the shortest?
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The 1700's
70.
Who was the leading Polish Ace of WWII?
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Stanislaw Skalski
71.
Besides being husband and wife, what other family relationship did Prince Charles and Lady Diana share?
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11th Cousins
72.
Which country was the first to give women the right to vote?
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New Zealand
73.
What was the name of Herman Goering's pet lion cub during WWII?
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Caesar
74.
What former member of Charter 77 became President of Czechoslovakia following the revolution freeing it from Russian control in 1989?
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Vaclav Havel
75.
When and where was the first debate between George W. Bush and Vice President Al Gore?
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Boston, On October 3rd, 2000
76.
Where was the first women's rights convention held in the U.S. and in what year?
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Seneca Falls, New York, 1848
77.
What did Grover Cleveland say to Benjamin Harrison after losing the election to him?
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Mind The Furniture. I'll Be Back In Four Years
78.
On what day was Australia first settled by European people?
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January 26, 1788
79.
Where was the Battle of Shiloh fought?
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Tennessee
80.
The Richard Nixon Presidential Library is located in which California city?
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Yorba Linda
81.
In World War II, what country was first to use parachute torpedoes called Motobombas?
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Italy
82.
Who ordered the largest mass execution in U.S. history?
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Abe Lincoln-Dakota Uprising
83.
What historical event inspired the motto "In God We Trust" on U.S. coins?
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Civil War
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What was the first year in which the government mandated that all new cars be equipped with seat belts?
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1966
85.
Who was the founder of Hinduism?
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Not One Particular Founder- A Mix Of Ideas
86.
What happened in Britain in 1666?
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The Great Fire Of London
87.
What European country invaded what European country on June 22nd, 1941?
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Germany Invaded The Soviet Union
88.
During the outbreak of World War II (September 1, 1939), who was the Prime Minister of Great Britain?
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Neville Chamberlain
89.
The Wright Brothers came from which Midwestern city?
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Dayton, Ohio
90.
What did the Tower commission investigate?
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Reagan's Handling Of Iran-Contra
91.
What country has historically been an area of conflict because of it's flat terrain?
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Poland
92.
What country was producing 2 million barrels of oil a day in 1994?
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Kuwait
93.
What country was returned to Chinese control?
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Hong Kong
94.
What famous serial killer confessed to his psychiatrist and was never brought to trial for his famous killings?
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Albert Desalvo, Boston Strangler
95.
What U.S. President declared war on Spain, which resulted in Puerto Rico coming into U.S. possession?
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William McKinley
96.
What western outlaw eventually moved to South America, where it was rumored he was trapped and killed?
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Butch Cassidy
97.
Who was born in Pennsylvania to a Quaker family, but was best known for his frontier exploits in Kentucky?
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Daniel Boone
98.
In June of 1999 Thabo Mbeki became leader of which country?
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South Africa
99.
What was Socrates put on trial for?
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Corrupting Youth And Not Believing In The Gods.
100.
Idi Amin was leader of which country from 1971 to 1979?
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Uganda
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