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271 questions

Journey through time with history! Test your knowledge of historical events, famous historical figures, ancient civilizations, world wars, historical timelines, and the events that shaped our world.

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Easy Questions

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Question 1easy

Which of the following countries was not an axis power during World War II?

A. Soviet Union

B.Germany

C.Italy

D.Japan

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. Soviet Union

Question 2easy

What country joined the EU in 2013?

A.Bulgaria

B.Croatia

C.Slovenia

D.Turkey

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. Croatia

Question 3easy

What was the name commonly given to the ancient trade routes that connected the East and West of Eurasia?

A.Clay Road

B.Salt Road

C.Silk Road

D.Spice Road

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. Silk Road

Question 4easy

Which of the following African countries was most successful in resisting colonization?

A.Congo

B.Côte d’Ivoire

C.Ethiopia

D.Namibia

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. Ethiopia

Question 5easy

To what political party did Abraham Lincoln belong when elected POTUS?

A.Democrat

B.Independent

C.Republican

D.Whig

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. Republican

Question 6easy

In what year did the Wall Street Crash take place?

A.1925

B.1929

C.1930

D.1932

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. 1929

Question 7easy

Which of these countries remained neutral during World War II?

A.France

B.Italy

C.Switzerland

D.United Kingdom

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. Switzerland

Question 8easy

The collapse of the Soviet Union took place in which year?

A.1891

B.1990

C.1991

D.1992

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. 1991

Question 9easy

Who led the Communist Revolution of Russia?

A.Joseph Stalin

B.Mikhail Gorbachev

C.Vladimir Lenin

D.Vladimir Putin

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. Vladimir Lenin

Question 10easy

Abolitionist John Brown raided the arsenal in which Virginia Town?

A.Harper's Ferry

B.Harrisonburg

C.Martinsburg

D.Richmond

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. Harper's Ferry

Question 11easy

Which modern country is known as "The Graveyard of Empires"?

A.Afghanistan

B.China

C.Iraq

D.Russia

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. Afghanistan

Question 12easy

What was Manfred von Richthofen's nickname?

A.The Blue Serpent

B.The Germany Gunner

C.The High Flying Ace

D.The Red Baron

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. The Red Baron

Question 13easy

What is the historical name of Sri Lanka?

A.Badulla

B.Ceylon

C.Colombo

D.Myanmar

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. Ceylon

Question 14easy

Which of the following was Brazil was a former colony under?

A.France

B.Portugal

C.Spain

D.The Netherlands

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. Portugal

Question 15easy

Which one of these tanks was designed and operated by the United Kingdom?

A.M4 Sherman

B.T-34

C.Tiger H1

D.Tog II

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. Tog II

Question 16easy

What does the United States of America celebrate during the 4th of July?

A.The anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg

B.The crossing of the Delaware River

C.The ratification of the Constitution

D.The signing of the Declaration of Independence

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. The signing of the Declaration of Independence

Question 17easy

Who discovered Penicillin?

A.Alexander Flemming

B.Alfred Nobel

C.Louis Pasteur

D.Marie Curie

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. Alexander Flemming

Question 18easy

When did the Battle of the Somme begin?

A.August 1st, 1916

B.July 1st, 1916

C.July 2nd, 1916

D.June 30th, 1916

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. July 1st, 1916

Question 19easy

In 1453, which important city fell?

A.Athens

B.Constantinople

C.Hamburg

D.Rome

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. Constantinople

Question 20easy

Which one of these was not a beach landing site in the Invasion of Normandy?

A.Gold

B.Juno

C.Silver

D.Sword

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. Silver

Question 21easy

The Ottoman Empire was dissolved after their loss in which war?

A.Crimean War

B.Second Balkan War

C.Serbian Revolution

D.World War I

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. World War I

Question 22easy

Which of the following ancient peoples was NOT classified as Hellenic (Greek)?

A.Achaeans

B.Dorians

C.Illyrians

D.Ionians

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. Illyrians

Question 23easy

In 1720, England was in massive debt and became involved in the South Sea Bubble. Who was the main mastermind behind it?

A.Daniel Defoe

B.John Blunt

C.John Churchill

D.Robert Harley

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. John Blunt

Question 24easy

The "Trail of Tears" was a result of which United States President's Indian Removal Policy?

A.Andrew Jackson

B.Harry S. Truman

C.John Quincy Adams

D.Martin Van Buren

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. Andrew Jackson

Question 25easy

These two countries held a commonwealth from the 16th to 18th century.

A.Bangladesh and Bhutan

B.Hutu and Rwanda

C.North Korea and South Korea

D.Poland and Lithuania

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. Poland and Lithuania

Question 26easy

When was Google founded?

A.December 12, 1989

B.Feburary 7th, 2000

C.October 9, 1997

D.September 4, 1998

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. September 4, 1998

Question 27easy

The idea of Socialism was articulated and advanced by whom?

A.Joseph Stalin

B.Karl Marx

C.Vladimir Lenin

D.Vladimir Putin

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. Karl Marx

Question 28easy

How many manned moon landings have there been?

A.1

B.3

C.6

D.7

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. 6

Question 29easy

How old was Adolf Hitler when he died?

A.43

B.47

C.56

D.65

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. 56

Question 30easy

Who rode on horseback to warn the Minutemen that the British were coming during the U.S. Revolutionary War?

A.Henry Longfellow

B.Nathan Hale

C.Paul Revere

D.Thomas Paine

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. Paul Revere

Question 31easy

In what year did the Great Northern War, between Russia and Sweden, end?

A.1721

B.1724

C.1726

D.1727

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. 1721

Question 32easy

Which famous military commander marched an army, which included war elephants, over the Alps during the Second Punic War?

A.Alexander the Great

B.Garmanicus

C.Hannibal

D.Tiberius

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. Hannibal

Question 33easy

The original Roman alphabet lacked the following letters EXCEPT:

A.J

B.U

C.W

D.X

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. X

Question 34easy

During WWII, in 1945, the United States dropped atomic bombs on the two Japanese cities of Hiroshima and what other city?

A.Kagoshima

B.Kawasaki

C.Nagasaki

D.Tokyo

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. Nagasaki

Question 35easy

In what year was the M1911 pistol designed?

A.1899

B.1907

C.1911

D.1917

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. 1911

Question 36easy

In which year did the Invasion of Kuwait by Iraq occur?

A.1986

B.1988

C.1990

D.1992

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. 1990

Question 37easy

Who was the first president of the United States?

A.George Washington

B.James K. Polk

C.James Madison

D.Thomas Jefferson

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. George Washington

Question 38easy

King Henry VIII was the second monarch of which European royal house?

A.Lancaster

B.Stuart

C.Tudor

D.York

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. Tudor

Question 39easy

Who was the first prime minister of Canada?

A.Alexander Mackenzie

B.John Abbott

C.John Macdonald

D.Robert Borden

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. John Macdonald

Question 40easy

How was Socrates executed?

A.Crucifixion

B.Decapitation

C.Firing squad

D.Poison

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. Poison

Question 41easy

Which German field marshal was known as the `Desert Fox`?

A.Ernst Busch

B.Erwin Rommel

C.Wilhelm List

D.Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. Erwin Rommel

Question 42easy

What was William Frederick Cody better known as?

A.Billy the Kid

B.Buffalo Bill

C.Pawnee Bill

D.Wild Bill Hickok

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. Buffalo Bill

Question 43easy

In 1939, Britain and France declared war on Germany after it invaded which country?

A.Austria

B.Czechoslovakia

C.Hungary

D.Poland

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. Poland

Question 44easy

Who was the first American in space?

A.Alan Shephard

B.Jim Lovell

C.John Glenn

D.Neil Armstrong

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. Alan Shephard

Question 45easy

What was the first sport to have been played on the moon?

A.Football

B.Golf

C.Soccer

D.Tennis

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. Golf

Question 46easy

Which country was Josef Stalin born in?

A.Georgia

B.Germany

C.Poland

D.Russia

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. Georgia

Question 47easy

What year did World War I begin?

A.1905

B.1914

C.1919

D.1925

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. 1914

Question 48easy

How long did World War II last?

A.4 years

B.5 years

C.6 years

D.7 years

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. 6 years

Question 49easy

Who was among those killed in the 2010 Smolensk, Russia plane crash tragedy?

A.Albert Putin

B.Bang-Ding Ow

C.Pope John Paul II

D.The Polish President

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. The Polish President

Question 50easy

On what street did the 1666 Great Fire of London start?

A.Baker Street

B.Houses of Parliament

C.Pudding Lane

D.St Paul's Cathedral

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. Pudding Lane

Question 51easy

Which modern day country is the region that was known as Phrygia in ancient times?

A.Egypt

B.Greece

C.Syria

D.Turkey

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. Turkey

Question 52easy

Which famous world leader is famed for the saying, "Let them eat cake", yet is rumored that he/she never said it at all?

A.Czar Nicholas II

B.Elizabeth I

C.Henry VIII

D.Marie Antoinette

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. Marie Antoinette

Question 53easy

Who was the Prime Minister of Japan when Japan declared war on the US?

A.Fumimaro Konoe

B.Hideki Tojo

C.Isoroku Yamamoto

D.Michinomiya Hirohito

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. Hideki Tojo

Medium Questions

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Question 1medium

What were the first states to break away from Yugoslavia?

A.Macedonia, Montenegro

B.Montenegro, Slovenia

C.Slovenia, Croatia

D.Slovenia, Macedonia

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. Slovenia, Croatia

Question 2medium

John Moses Browning, the designer of the M1918 BAR (Browning Automatic Rifle) was a part of which religion?

A.Atheist

B.Catholic

C.Jewish

D.Mormon

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. Mormon

Question 3medium

What was Genghis Khan's real name?

A.Möngke

B.Ögedei

C.Temüjin

D.Temür

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. Temüjin

Question 4medium

In what year was the video game company Electronic Arts founded?

A.1981

B.1982

C.1999

D.2005

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. 1982

Question 5medium

When did construction of the Suez Canal finish?

A.1850

B.1859

C.1860

D.1869

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. 1869

Question 6medium

Which of the following battles is often considered as marking the beginning of the fall of the Western Roman Empire?

A.Battle of Adrianople

B.Battle of Constantinople

C.Battle of Pollentia

D.Battle of Thessalonica

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. Battle of Adrianople

Question 7medium

Joseph Smith was the founder of what religion?

A.Buddhism

B.Christianity

C.Hinduism

D.Mormonism

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. Mormonism

Question 8medium

When did Norway become free from Sweden?

A.1814

B.1834

C.1905

D.1925

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. 1905

Question 9medium

In what year did Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin land on the moon?

A.1965

B.1966

C.1969

D.1973

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. 1969

Question 10medium

The creator of the Enigma Cypher and Machine was of what nationality?

A.American

B.British

C.German

D.Polish

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. German

Question 11medium

Which of his six wives was Henry VIII married to the longest?

A.Anne Boleyn

B.Catherine of Aragon

C.Catherine Parr

D.Jane Seymour

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. Catherine of Aragon

Question 12medium

The seed drill was invented by which British inventor?

A.Charles Babbage

B.Isaac Newton

C.J.J Thomson

D.Jethro Tull

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. Jethro Tull

Question 13medium

The Herero genocide was perpetrated in Africa by which of the following colonial nations?

A.Belgium

B.Britain

C.France

D.Germany

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. Germany

Question 14medium

On which day did the attempted coup d'etat of 1991 in the Soviet Union begin?

A.August 19

B.August 21

C.December 24

D.December 26

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. August 19

Question 15medium

In what year did the North American Video Game Crash occur?

A.1970

B.1982

C.1983

D.1993

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. 1983

Question 16medium

What is the name of the US Navy spy ship which was attacked and captured by North Korean forces in 1968?

A.USS Constitution

B.USS Indianapolis

C.USS North Carolina

D.USS Pueblo

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. USS Pueblo

Question 17medium

On what day did Germany invade Poland?

A.December 7, 1941

B.July 7, 1937

C.June 22, 1941

D.September 1, 1939

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. September 1, 1939

Question 18medium

What date was the first flight of the P-40 Warhawk?

A.August 21 1939

B.January 12 1940

C.June 1 1939

D.October 14 1938

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. October 14 1938

Question 19medium

When did the British hand-over sovereignty of Hong Kong back to China?

A.1841

B.1900

C.1997

D.1999

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. 1997

Question 20medium

What was the name of the planned invasion of Japan towards the end of World War II?

A.Operation Aflame

B.Operation Boarding Party

C.Operation Downfall

D.Operation Ironclad

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. Operation Downfall

Question 21medium

Which country gifted the Statue of Liberty to the United States of America?

A.England

B.France

C.Germany

D.Spain

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. France

Question 22medium

What was the code name for the German invasion of the Soviet Union in WW2?

A.Operation Barbarossa

B.Operation Kaiserschlact

C.Operation Molotov

D.Operation Unthinkable

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. Operation Barbarossa

Question 23medium

When was the United States National Security Agency established?

A. July 1, 1973

B. November 25, 2002

C.July 26, 1908

D.November 4, 1952

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. November 4, 1952

Question 24medium

The crown of the Empire State Building was originally built for what purpose?

A.Airship Dock

B.Antennae

C.Flag Pole

D.Lightning Rod

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. Airship Dock

Question 25medium

Which country had an "Orange Revolution" between 2004 and 2005?

A.Belarus

B.Latvia

C.Lithuania

D.Ukraine

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. Ukraine

Question 26medium

What was the unofficial name for Germany between 1919 and 1933?

A.Federal Republic of Germany

B.German Democratic Republic

C.Oesterreich

D.Weimar Republic

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. Weimar Republic

Question 27medium

In what prison was Adolf Hitler held in 1924?

A.Ebrach Abbey

B.Hohenasperg

C.Landsberg Prison

D.Spandau Prison

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. Landsberg Prison

Question 28medium

Which historical conflict killed the most people?

A.Mongol conquests

B.Taiping Rebellion

C.Three Kingdoms War

D.World War II

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. World War II

Question 29medium

How many years did the Hundred Years' War last?

A.100

B.101

C.116

D.90

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. 116

Question 30medium

In what year did the Berlin Wall fall?

A.1987

B.1989

C.1991

D.1993

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. 1989

Question 31medium

During which American Civil War campaign did Union troops dig a tunnel beneath Confederate troops to detonate explosives underneath them?

A.Antietam Campaign

B.Gettysburg Campagin

C.Siege of Petersburg

D.Siege of Vicksburg

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. Siege of Petersburg

Question 32medium

Who was the only US President to be elected four times?

A.Abraham Lincoln

B.Franklin Roosevelt

C.George Washington

D.Theodore Roosevelt

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. Franklin Roosevelt

Question 33medium

Which of the following Assyrian kings did NOT rule during the Neo-Assyrian Empire?

A.Ashur-nasir-pal II

B.Esharhaddon

C.Shalmaneser V

D.Shamshi-Adad III

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. Shamshi-Adad III

Question 34medium

Which of the following is NOT classified as a Semetic language?

A.Akkadian

B.Maltese

C.Mandaic

D.Sumerian

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. Sumerian

Question 35medium

Which Roman Emperor led the Roman Empire to reach its maximum territorial extent?

A.Claudius

B.Constantine the Great

C.Julius Caesar

D.Trajan

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. Trajan

Question 36medium

When did O, Canada officially become the national anthem?

A.1880

B.1920

C.1950

D.1980

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. 1980

Question 37medium

What is the mnemonic device for remembering the fates of the wives of Henry VIII?

A.Beheaded, Died, Divorced, Divorced, Beheaded, Survived

B.Died, Beheaded, Divorced, Beheaded, Survived, Divorced

C.Divorced, Beheaded, Died, Divorced, Beheaded, Survived

D.Survived, Beheaded, Died, Divorced, Divorced, Beheaded

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. Divorced, Beheaded, Died, Divorced, Beheaded, Survived

Question 38medium

Under which name was Rodrigo Borgia made Pope?

A.Alexander VI

B.John Paul II

C.Pius VII

D.Rodrigo I

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. Alexander VI

Question 39medium

What was the transfer of disease, crops, and people across the Atlantic shortly after the discovery of the Americas called?

A.The Columbian Exchange

B.The Silk Road

C.Transatlantic Slave Trade

D.Triangle Trade

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. The Columbian Exchange

Question 40medium

The fraudelent doctor John R. Brinkley acummulated great fame and wealth in the early 1900s offering what service?

A.Cow liver transplant

B.Goat testicles transplant

C.Pig blood transfusion

D.Turkey breast implants

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. Goat testicles transplant

Question 41medium

In what year did Texas secede from Mexico?

A.1836

B.1838

C.1844

D.1845

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. 1836

Question 42medium

Who was the first explorer to sail to North America?

A.Amerigo Vespucci

B.Christopher Columbus

C.Ferdinand Magellan

D.Leif Erikson

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. Leif Erikson

Question 43medium

America's Strategic Defense System during the Cold War was nicknamed after this famous movie.

A.Alien

B.Blade Runner

C.Jaws

D.Star Wars

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. Star Wars

Question 44medium

All of the following are names of the Seven Warring States EXCEPT:

A.Qi (齊)

B.Qin (秦)

C.Zhai (翟)

D.Zhao (趙)

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. Zhai (翟)

Question 45medium

Which infamous European traitor was known as "the last person to enter Parliament with honest intentions"?

A.Everard Digby

B.Francis Tresham

C.Guy Fawkes

D.Robert Catesby

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. Guy Fawkes

Question 46medium

What number does the Roman numeral "D" stand for?

A.100

B.1000

C.50

D.500

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. 500

Question 47medium

What year did Skoal, a smokeless Tobacco company, release their first line of Pouches, known as "Skoal Bandits"?

A.1822

B.1934

C.1983

D.1984

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. 1983

Question 48medium

Who was the last Roman emperor in the Year of Four Emperors (69 AD)?

A.Galba

B.Otho

C.Vespasian

D.Vitellius

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. Vespasian

Question 49medium

When did Jamaica recieve its independence from England?

A.1492

B.1962

C.1963

D.1987

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. 1962

Question 50medium

Which of the following Presidents of the United States was assassinated?

A.Chester Arthur

B.Franklin Roosevelt

C.Lyndon Johnson

D.William McKinley

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. William McKinley

Question 51medium

Which of these countries was NOT a part of the Soviet Union?

A.Afghanistan

B.Kazakhstan

C.Turkmenistan

D.Uzbekistan

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. Afghanistan

Question 52medium

Which of these founding fathers of the United States of America later became president?

A.Alexander Hamilton

B.James Monroe

C.Roger Sherman

D.Samuel Adams

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. James Monroe

Question 53medium

The Korean War started in what year?

A.1912

B.1945

C.1950

D.1960

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. 1950

Question 54medium

Who tutored Alexander the Great?

A.Aristotle

B.King Philip

C.Plato

D.Socrates

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. Aristotle

Question 55medium

Which of the following countries was the first to send an object into space?

A.China

B.Germany

C.Russia

D.USA

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. Germany

Question 56medium

What is the name of the ship which was only a few miles away from the RMS Titanic when it struck an iceberg on April 14, 1912?

A.Californian

B.Carpathia

C.Commerce

D.Cristol

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. Californian

Question 57medium

What year is considered to be the year that the British Empire ended?

A.1971

B.1981

C.1986

D.1997

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. 1997

Question 58medium

When was the People's Republic of China founded?

A.April 3, 1947

B.December 6, 1950

C.May 7, 1945

D.October 1, 1949

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. October 1, 1949

Question 59medium

When did the United States formally declare war on Japan, entering World War II?

A.December 8, 1941

B.June 22, 1941

C.June 6, 1944

D.September 1, 1939

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. December 8, 1941

Question 60medium

Which Nation DID NOT have a Colony in Modern-day America?

A.Netherlands

B.Portugal

C.Spain

D.Sweden

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. Portugal

Question 61medium

Which of the following snipers has the highest amount of confirmed kills?

A.Chris Kyle

B.Craig Harrison

C.Simo Häyhä

D.Vasily Zaytsev

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. Simo Häyhä

Question 62medium

In relation to the British Occupation in Ireland, what does the IRA stand for.

A.Irish Rebel Alliance

B.Irish Reformation Army

C.Irish Republican Army

D.Irish-Royal Alliance

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. Irish Republican Army

Question 63medium

What was the total length of the Titanic?

A.1042 ft | 317.6 m

B.759 ft | 231.3 m

C.825 ft | 251.5 m

D.882 ft | 268.8 m

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. 882 ft | 268.8 m

Question 64medium

According to scholarly estimates, what percentage of the world population at the time died due to Tamerlane's conquests?

A.<1%

B.1%

C.3%

D.5%

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. 5%

Question 65medium

Which king was killed at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485?

A.Edward V

B.Henry VII

C.James I

D.Richard III

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. Richard III

Question 66medium

When did Norway get its constitution?

A.1814

B.1854

C.1905

D.1932

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. 1814

Question 67medium

How old was Lyndon B. Johnson when he assumed the role of President of the United States?

A.50

B.54

C.55

D.60

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. 55

Question 68medium

Who is attributed credit for recording the epic poem The Odyssey?

A.Aristotle

B.Homer

C.Odysseus

D.Socrates

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. Homer

Question 69medium

Which of these facilities was not present on the Titanic?

A.Fainting room

B.Kennel

C.Squash court

D.Turkish bath

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. Fainting room

Question 70medium

When Christopher Columbus sailed to America, what was the first region he arrived in?

A.Florida

B.Isthmus of Panama

C.Nicaragua

D.The Bahamas Archipelago

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. The Bahamas Archipelago

Question 71medium

When was "The Gadget", the first nuclear device to be detonated, tested?

A.April 5, 1945

B.August 6, 1945

C.July 16, 1945

D.June 22, 1945

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. July 16, 1945

Question 72medium

The Panama Canal was finished under the administration of which U.S. president?

A.Franklin Delano Roosevelt

B.Herbert Hoover

C.Theodore Roosevelt

D.Woodrow Wilson

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. Woodrow Wilson

Question 73medium

Which American civilization is the source of the belief that the world would end or drastically change on December 21st, 2012?

A.The Aztecs

B.The Incas

C.The Mayans

D.The Navajos

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. The Mayans

Question 74medium

Who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand?

A.Ferdinand Cohen-Blind

B.Gavrilo Princip

C.Nedeljko Čabrinović

D.Oskar Potiorek

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. Gavrilo Princip

Question 75medium

Which U.S. President was famously 'attacked' by a swimming rabbit?

A.Gerald Ford

B.Jimmy Carter

C.Lydon B. Johnson

D.Ronald Reagan

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. Jimmy Carter

Question 76medium

When did the Crisis of the Third Century begin?

A.210 AD

B.235 AD

C.235 BC

D.242 AD

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. 235 AD

Question 77medium

What was the name of one of the surviving palaces of Henry VIII located near Richmond, London?

A.Buckingham Palace

B.Coughton Court

C.Hampton Court

D.St James's Palace

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. Hampton Court

Question 78medium

What nationality was sultan Saladin?

A.Arab

B.Egyptian

C.Kurdish

D.Syrian

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. Kurdish

Question 79medium

Who was the first president born in the independent United States?

A.George Washington

B.James Monroe

C.John Adams

D.Martin Van Buren

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. Martin Van Buren

Question 80medium

Which building was set aflame on August 24th, 1812?

A.Grand National Assembly Building

B.Palace of the Nation

C.Parliament Building

D.The White House

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. The White House

Question 81medium

In what year did the First World War end?

A.1912

B.1914

C.1916

D.1918

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. 1918

Question 82medium

Which Louis was known as 'The Sun King of France'?

A.Louis XIII

B.Louis XIV

C.Louis XV

D.Louis XVI

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. Louis XIV

Question 83medium

Which Las Vegas casino was originally constructed and operated by mobster Bugsy Siegel?

A.The Flamingo

B.The MGM Grand

C.The Sahara

D.The Sands

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. The Flamingo

Question 84medium

Against which country did the Dutch Republic fight the Eighty Years' War?

A.England

B.France

C.Portugal

D.Spain

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. Spain

Question 85medium

Which of these countries was sea charted in 1500 by the Portuguese maritime explorations?

A.Brazil

B.India

C.Madagascar

D.Mozambique

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. Brazil

Question 86medium

The Battle of the Somme in World War I took place in which country?

A.Austria

B.France

C.Germany

D.Italy

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. France

Question 87medium

Which Apollo mission was the last one in NASA's Apollo program?

A.Apollo 11

B.Apollo 13

C.Apollo 15

D.Apollo 17

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. Apollo 17

Question 88medium

Which WWII tank ace is credited with having destroyed the most tanks?

A.Kurt Knispel

B.Michael Wittmann

C.Otto Carius

D.Walter Kniep

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. Kurt Knispel

Question 89medium

Joseph Stalin had a criminal past doing what?

A.Identity Fraud

B.Murder for Hire

C.Robbing Trains

D.Tax Evasion

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. Robbing Trains

Question 90medium

Which U.S. President was in office when the Gulf War began?

A.George H. W. Bush

B.George W. Bush

C.Richard Nixon

D.Ronald Regan

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. George H. W. Bush

Question 91medium

The Tsar Bomba, the most powerful nuclear bomb ever tested, had a yield of 50 megatons but theoretically had a maximum yield of how much?

A.100 Megatons

B.150 Megatons

C.200 Megatons

D.75 Megatons

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. 100 Megatons

Question 92medium

In the War of the Pacific (1879 - 1883), Bolivia lost its access to the Pacific Ocean after being defeated by which South American country?

A.Argentina

B.Brazil

C.Chile

D.Peru

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. Chile

Question 93medium

How many times was Albert Einstein married in his lifetime?

A.Five

B.Once

C.Thrice

D.Twice

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. Twice

Question 94medium

During the Mongolian invasions of Japan, what were the Mongol boats mostly stopped by?

A.Economic depression

B.Samurai

C.Tornados

D.Typhoons

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. Typhoons

Question 95medium

In what year was the famous 45 foot tall Hollywood sign first erected?

A.1903

B.1913

C.1923

D.1933

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. 1923

Question 96medium

Where and when was the first cardboard box made for industrial use?

A.England, 1817

B.England, 1917

C.United States, 1817

D.United States, 1917

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. England, 1817

Question 97medium

Adolf Hitler was born on which date?

A.April 16, 1889

B.April 20, 1889

C.February 6, 1889

D.June 12, 1889

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. April 20, 1889

Question 98medium

What happened on June 6, 1944?

A.Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

B.Attack on Pearl Harbor

C.D-Day

D.The Liberation of Paris

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. D-Day

Question 99medium

What historical event was Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture referencing?

A.The American War of 1812

B.The Charge of the Light Brigade (Crimean War)

C.The Napoleonic Wars

D.The Russian Revolution

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. The Napoleonic Wars

Question 100medium

In what year was the last natural case of smallpox documented?

A.1977

B.1980

C.1982

D.1990

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. 1977

Question 101medium

The Spitfire L.F. Mk IX had what engine?

A.Griffon 65

B.Merlin 50

C.Merlin 66

D.Merlin X

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. Merlin 66

Question 102medium

Which Greek god was the god of the Sun?

A.Hades

B.Helios

C.Poseidon

D.Zeus

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. Helios

Question 103medium

What year did the Battle of Agincourt take place?

A.1401

B.1415

C.1422

D.1463

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. 1415

Question 104medium

In which years did the Battle of Gallipoli take place?

A.1914 - 1915

B.1914 - 1918

C.1915 - 1916

D.1915 - 1918

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. 1915 - 1916

Question 105medium

What was the capital of South Vietnam before the Vietnam War?

A.Hanoi

B.Ho Chi Minh City

C.Hue

D.Saigon

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. Saigon

Question 106medium

Which U.S. president took part in the Potsdam Conference, where the Allies reached a peace settlement with Germany?

A.Dwight D. Eisenhower

B.Franklin D. Roosevelt

C.Harry S. Truman

D.Herbert Hoover

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. Harry S. Truman

Question 107medium

Which of the following is not in the Indo-European language family?

A.English

B.Finnish

C.Hindi

D.Russian

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. Finnish

Question 108medium

What is the oldest US state?

A.Delaware

B.Maine

C.Rhode Island

D.Virginia

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. Delaware

Question 109medium

What disease crippled President Franklin D. Roosevelt and led him to help the nation find a cure?

A.Cancer

B.HIV

C.Meningitis

D.Polio

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. Polio

Question 110medium

What event marked the start of World War II?

A.Battle of Britain (1940)

B.Invasion of Normandy (1944)

C.Invasion of Poland (1939)

D.Invasion of Russia (1942)

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. Invasion of Poland (1939)

Question 111medium

When did L. L. Zamenhof first publish "Unua Libro", the first publication describing his international language Esperanto?

A.1887

B.1897

C.1905

D.1915

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. 1887

Question 112medium

Who crowned Charlemagne as Holy Roman Emperor on Christmas Day in 800?

A.Pope Leo III

B.Pope Stephen V

C.Pope Urban IV

D.Pope Valentine

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. Pope Leo III

Question 113medium

One of the deadliest pandemics, the "Spanish Flu", killed off what percentage of the human world population at the time?

A.1 to 3 percent

B.3 to 6 percent

C.6 to 10 percent

D.less than 1 percent

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. 3 to 6 percent

Question 114medium

What Russian automatic gas-operated assault rifle was developed in the Soviet Union in 1947, and is still popularly used today?

A.AK-47

B.M16

C.MG 42

D.RPK

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. AK-47

Question 115medium

In 1961, an American B-52 aircraft crashed and nearly detonated two 4mt nuclear bombs over which US city?

A.Conway, Arkansas

B.Goldsboro, North Carolina

C.Hicksville, New York

D.Jacksonville, Florida

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. Goldsboro, North Carolina

Question 116medium

Who was the first Chancellor of a united Germany in 1871?

A.Fredrick the 2nd

B.Kaiser Wilhelm

C.Otto Von Bismark

D.Robert Koch

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. Otto Von Bismark

Question 117medium

Which country was an allied power in World War II?

A.Germany

B.Italy

C.Japan

D.Soviet Union

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. Soviet Union

Question 118medium

Who was the leader of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia ?

A.Aleskandar Petrovic

B.Josip Broz Tito

C.Karadjordje Petrovic

D.Milos Obilic

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. Josip Broz Tito

Question 119medium

Which Nazi General was known as the "Desert Fox"?

A.Erwin Rommel

B.Gerd von Rundstadt

C.Heinz Guderian

D.Wilhelm Keitel

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. Erwin Rommel

Question 120medium

Which dictator killed the most people?

A.Adolf Hitler

B.Joseph Stalin

C.Kim Il Sung

D.Mao Zedong

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. Mao Zedong

Question 121medium

In what dialogue did Socrates defend himself to the court of Athens?

A.The Apology

B.The Euthyphro

C.The Laws

D.The Republic

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. The Apology

Question 122medium

What year did Australia become a federation?

A.1899

B.1901

C.1910

D.1911

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. 1901

Question 123medium

What is the bloodiest event in United States history, in terms of casualties?

A.Battle of Antietam

B.D-Day

C.Pearl Harbor

D.September 11th

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. Battle of Antietam

Question 124medium

What year did the Boxing Day earthquake & tsunami occur in the Indian Ocean?

A.2002

B.2004

C.2006

D.2008

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. 2004

Question 125medium

What year did the Vietnam War end?

A.1967

B.1969

C.1975

D.1978

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. 1975

Question 126medium

What was the name of the chemical that was dropped on Vietnam during the Vietnam war?

A.Agent Orange

B.Hydrogen Cyanide

C.Mustard Gas

D.Phosgene

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. Agent Orange

Question 127medium

On which aircraft carrier did the Doolitte Raid launch from on April 18, 1942 during World War II?

A.USS Enterprise

B.USS Hornet

C.USS Lexington

D.USS Saratoga

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. USS Hornet

Question 128medium

In which year did the First World War begin?

A.1914

B.1917

C.1930

D.1939

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. 1914

Question 129medium

What was the bloodiest single-day battle during the American Civil War?

A.The Battle of Antietam

B.The Battle of Gettysburg

C.The Battles of Chancellorsville

D.The Siege of Vicksburg

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. The Battle of Antietam

Question 130medium

After his loss at the Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon Bonaparte was exiled to which island?

A.Canary

B.Corsica

C.Elba

D.St. Helena

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. St. Helena

Question 131medium

Which of these 1900s tanks were designed and built BEFORE the others?

A. Panzer IV

B.Cromwell

C.M4 Sherman

D.Renault FT

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. Renault FT

Question 132medium

When did the Battle of the Bulge end?

A.August 6, 1945

B.December 16, 1944

C.December 7, 1941

D.January 25, 1945

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. January 25, 1945

Question 133medium

The United States Army Air Corps became the United States Air Force on what date?

A.December 14, 1946

B.November 08, 1944

C.October 27, 1945

D.September 18, 1947

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. September 18, 1947

Question 134medium

The Fallingwater House, located in Pennsylvania, was designed by which architect?

A.Antoni Gaudi

B.Frank Gehry

C.Frank Lloyd Wright

D.Le Corbusier

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. Frank Lloyd Wright

Question 135medium

The minigun was designed in 1960 by which manufacturer.

A.Colt Firearms

B.General Electric

C.Heckler & Koch

D.Sig Sauer

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. General Electric

Question 136medium

Which of the following ancient Near Eastern peoples still exists as a modern ethnic group?

A.Assyrians

B.Babylonians

C.Elamites

D.Hittites

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. Assyrians

Question 137medium

Who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for most of World War II?

A.Edward Heath

B.Harold Macmillan

C.Neville Chamberlain

D.Winston Churchill

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. Winston Churchill

Question 138medium

The Thirty Years War ended with which treaty?

A.Peace of Prague

B.Peace of Westphalia

C.Treaty of Paris

D.Treaty of Versailles

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. Peace of Westphalia

Question 139medium

In which year was Constantinople conquered by the Turks?

A.1435

B.1440

C.1453

D.1454

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. 1453

Question 140medium

What year were the Marian Reforms instituted in the Roman Republic?

A.102 CE

B.107 BCE

C.264 BCE

D.42 BCE

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. 107 BCE

Question 141medium

On which day did construction start on "The Pentagon", the headquarters for the United States Department of Defense?

A.January 15, 1943

B.June 15, 1947

C.September 11, 1941

D.September 2, 1962

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. September 11, 1941

Question 142medium

In 1845, a series of wars named after which indigenous people began in New Zealand?

A.Aborigines

B.Māori

C.Papuans

D.Polynesians

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. Māori

Question 143medium

In what year did Kentucky become the 15th state to join the union?

A.1782

B.1788

C.1792

D.1798

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. 1792

Question 144medium

When was the Grand Patriotic War in the USSR concluded?

A.August 9th, 1945

B.December 11th, 1945

C.May 9th, 1945

D.September 2nd, 1945

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. May 9th, 1945

Question 145medium

In World War I, what was the name of the alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria?

A.Authoritarian Alliance

B.The Axis Powers

C.The Central Powers

D.The Federation of Empires

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. The Central Powers

Question 146medium

During what war did the "Cuban Missile Crisis" occur?

A.Cold War

B.Revolutionary War

C.World War I

D.World War II

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. Cold War

Hard Questions

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Question 1hard

From 1940 to 1942, what was the capital-in-exile of Free France ?

A.Algiers

B.Brazzaville

C.Paris

D.Tunis

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. Brazzaville

Question 2hard

The pantheon in Rome was used to worship what god?

A.Any god they wanted

B.Athena

C.Both Athena and Zeus

D.Zeus

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. Any god they wanted

Question 3hard

The Second Boer War in 1899 was fought where?

A.Argentina

B.Bulgaria

C.Nepal

D.South Africa

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. South Africa

Question 4hard

What was the last colony the UK ceded marking the end of the British Empire?

A.Australia

B.Hong Kong

C.India

D.Ireland

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. Hong Kong

Question 5hard

How long did the Warsaw Uprising during World War II last?

A.20 Days

B.224 Days

C.55 Days

D.63 Days

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. 63 Days

Question 6hard

In addition to his career as an astrologer and "prophet", Nostradamus published a 1555 treatise that included a section on what?

A.Cheating at card games

B.Digging graves

C.Making jams and jellies

D.Teaching parrots to talk

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. Making jams and jellies

Question 7hard

What did the abbreviation "RMS" stand for in the RMS Titanic in 1912?

A.Regular Maritime Schedule

B.Regulated Maelstrom Sensor

C.Royal Mail Ship

D.Royal Majesty Service

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. Royal Mail Ship

Question 8hard

The ontological argument for the proof of God's existence is first attributed to whom?

A.Anselm of Canterbury

B.Aristotle

C.Immanuel Kant

D.René Descartes

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. Anselm of Canterbury

Question 9hard

Who is the creator of the soft drink, Dr. Pepper?

A.Boris Heviltik

B.Charles Alderton

C.James Wellington

D.Johnson Hinsin

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. Charles Alderton

Question 10hard

What was Napoleon Bonaparte's name before he changed it?

A.Naapolion van Bonijpaart

B.Napoleão do Boaparte

C.Napoleona de Buenoparte

D.Napoleone di Buonaparte

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. Napoleone di Buonaparte

Question 11hard

How many women joined the United States Armed Services during World War II?

A.100,000

B.225,000

C.350,000

D.500,000

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. 350,000

Question 12hard

Which one of these rulers did not belong to the Habsburg dynasty?

A.Charles V

B.Francis Joseph

C.Philip II

D.Philip V

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. Philip V

Question 13hard

When did Lithuania declare independence from the Soviet Union?

A.April 20th, 1989

B.December 25th, 1991

C.December 5th, 1991

D.March 11th, 1990

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. March 11th, 1990

Question 14hard

The Hagia Sophia was commissioned by which emperor of the Byzantine Empire?

A.Arcadius

B.Constantine IV

C.Justinian I

D.Theodosius the Great

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. Justinian I

Question 15hard

When did Spanish Peninsular War start?

A.1806

B.1808

C.1809

D.1810

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. 1808

Question 16hard

Who was the first man to travel into outer space twice?

A.Charles Conrad

B.Gus Grissom

C.Vladimir Komarov

D.Yuri Gagarin

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. Gus Grissom

Question 17hard

List the following Iranic empires in chronological order:

A.Achaemenid, Median, Parthian, Sassanid

B.Achaemenid, Median, Sassanid, Parthian

C.Median, Achaemenid, Parthian, Sassanid

D.Median, Achaemenid, Sassanid, Parthian

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. Median, Achaemenid, Parthian, Sassanid

Question 18hard

When did Canada leave the confederation to become their own nation?

A.July 1st, 1763

B.July 1st, 1832

C.July 1st, 1867

D.July 1st, 1902

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. July 1st, 1867

Question 19hard

What was the code name for the Allied invasion of Southern France on August 15th, 1944?

A.Operation Dragoon

B.Operation Market Garden

C.Operation Overlord

D.Operation Torch

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. Operation Dragoon

Question 20hard

What did the first vending machines in the early 1880's dispense?

A.Alcohol

B.Cigarettes

C.Post cards

D.Sodas

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. Post cards

Question 21hard

Which U.S. president was said to have been too honest to lie to his father about chopping down a cherry tree?

A.Abraham Lincoln

B.George Washington

C.James Monroe

D.Thomas Jefferson

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. George Washington

Question 22hard

Bohdan Khmelnytsky was which of the following?

A.General Secretary of the Communist Party of the USSR

B.Grand Prince of Novgorod

C.Leader of the Ukrainian Cossacks

D.Prince of Wallachia

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. Leader of the Ukrainian Cossacks

Question 23hard

Which English king was married to Eleanor of Aquitaine?

A.Henry I

B.Henry II

C.Henry V

D.Richard I

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. Henry II

Question 24hard

Which is the hull NO. of the Fletcher class destroyer Fletcher?

A.DD-444

B.DD-445

C.DD-446

D.DD-992

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. DD-445

Question 25hard

Which country did the Eureka Rebellion, an 1856 battle against colonial rule, take place in?

A.Australia

B.Brazil

C.Canada

D.India

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. Australia

Question 26hard

Toussaint Louverture led a successful slave revolt in which country?

A.Cuba

B.France

C.Haiti

D.United States

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. Haiti

Question 27hard

Which countries participated in the Lobster War?

A.Australia and New Zealand

B.Canada and Norway

C.France and Brazil

D.United States and England

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. France and Brazil

Question 28hard

The Bohemian Revolt (1618-1620) started after Protestants in Prague did what to their Catholic Lords Regents?

A.Hung them.

B.Insulted their mothers

C.Locked them in stockades

D.Threw them out of a window

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. Threw them out of a window

Question 29hard

When was Adolf Hitler appointed as Chancellor of Germany?

A.February 27, 1933

B.January 30, 1933

C.October 6, 1939

D.September 1, 1939

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. January 30, 1933

Question 30hard

After the 1516 Battle of Marj Dabiq, the Ottoman Empire took control of Jerusalem from which sultanate?

A.Ayyubid

B.Mamluk

C.Seljuq

D.Ummayyad

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. Mamluk

Question 31hard

What was the real name of the Albanian national leader Skanderbeg?

A.Diturak Zhulati

B.Gjergj Kastrioti

C.Iskander Bejko

D.Mirash Krasniki

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. Gjergj Kastrioti

Question 32hard

Which of the following was not one of Joseph Stalin's ten blows during World War II?

A.Crimean Offensive

B.Leningrad-Novgorod Offensive

C.Operation Bagration

D.Vistula-Oder Offensive

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. Vistula-Oder Offensive

Question 33hard

The Battle of Hastings was fought in which year?

A.1066

B.1204

C.1420

D.911

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. 1066

Question 34hard

Which of the following physicists did NOT work on the Manhattan project?

A.J. Robert Oppenheimer

B.John Von-Neumann

C.Murray Gell-Mann

D.Richard Feynman

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. Murray Gell-Mann

Question 35hard

During the Wars of the Roses (1455 - 1487) which Englishman was dubbed "the Kingmaker"?

A.Henry V

B.Richard III

C.Richard Neville

D.Thomas Warwick

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. Richard Neville

Question 36hard

What was the name of the spy ring that helped the United States win the Revolutionary War?

A.Culper Ring

B.New York Spy Ring

C.Unnamed

D.Washington's Spies

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. Culper Ring

Question 37hard

In the year 1900, what were the most popular first names given to boy and girl babies born in the United States?

A.George and Anne

B.John and Mary

C.Joseph and Catherine

D.William and Elizabeth

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. John and Mary

Question 38hard

What is the name of the Boeing B-29 that dropped the 'Little Boy' atomic bomb on Hiroshima?

A.Enola Gay

B.Full House

C.Necessary Evil

D.The Great Artiste

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. Enola Gay

Question 39hard

When was the SS or Schutzstaffel established?

A.April 4th, 1925

B.February 21st, 1926

C.March 8th, 1935

D.September 1st, 1941

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. April 4th, 1925

Question 40hard

What age was King Henry V when he died?

A.35

B.62

C.73

D.87

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. 35

Question 41hard

The ancient city of Chichén Itzá was built by which civilization?

A.Aztecs

B.Incas

C.Mayans

D.Toltecs

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. Mayans

Question 42hard

On which day did ARPANET suffer a 4 hour long network crash?

A.December 9, 1991

B.November 21, 1969

C.October 27, 1980

D.October 29, 1969

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. October 27, 1980

Question 43hard

Who was the President of the United States during the signing of the Gadsden Purchase?

A.Abraham Lincoln

B.Andrew Johnson

C.Franklin Pierce

D.James Polk

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. Franklin Pierce

Question 44hard

What year was Canada founded in?

A.1668

B.1798

C.1859

D.1867

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. 1867

Question 45hard

The main objective of the German operation "Case Blue" during World War II was originally to capture what?

A.Caucasus

B.Crimea

C.Stalingrad

D.Voronezh

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. Caucasus

Question 46hard

Who assassinated President James A. Garfield?

A.Charles Guiteau

B.John Wilkes Booth

C.Leon Czolgosz

D.Sirhan Sirhan

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. Charles Guiteau

Question 47hard

With which Greek philosopher would you associate the phrase, "I know that I know nothing"?

A.Aristotle

B.Plato

C.Pythagoras

D.Socrates

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. Socrates

Question 48hard

The son of which pope supposedly held a lecherous fête involving 50 courtesans in the papal palace?

A.Alexander VI

B.Innocent V

C.Pius III

D.Urban II

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. Alexander VI

Question 49hard

In which year did the Tokyo Subway Sarin Attack occur?

A.1991

B.1995

C.2001

D.2011

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. 1995

Question 50hard

Which day did World War I begin?

A.April 28

B.January 28

C.July 28

D.June 28

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. July 28

Question 51hard

Which of these positions did the astronomer and physicist Isaac Newton not hold?

A.Member of Parliament

B.Professor of Mathematics

C.Surveyor to the City of London

D.Warden of the Royal Mint

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. Surveyor to the City of London

Question 52hard

What year was the United States Declaration of Independence signed?

A.1774

B.1775

C.1776

D.1777

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. 1776

Question 53hard

When did the French Revolution begin?

A.1756

B.1789

C.1799

D.1823

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. 1789

Question 54hard

Spain was formed in 1469 with the marriage of Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of what other Iberian kingdom?

A.Aragon

B.Galicia

C.León

D.Navarre

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. Aragon

Question 55hard

What was the name of the German offensive operation in October 1941 to take Moscow before winter?

A.Case Blue

B.Operation Barbarossa

C.Operation Sunflower

D.Operation Typhoon

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. Operation Typhoon

Question 56hard

When was the "Siege of Leningrad" lifted during World War II?

A.January 1944

B.March 1944

C.November 1943

D.September 1943

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. January 1944

Question 57hard

Which of these theoretical phycisists first predicted the existence of antimatter?

A.Albert Einstein

B.Niels Bohr

C.Paul Dirac

D.Werner Heisenberg

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. Paul Dirac

Question 58hard

The coat of arms of the King of Spain contains the arms from the monarchs of Castille, Leon, Aragon and which other former Iberian kingdom?

A.Catalonia

B.Galicia

C.Granada

D.Navarre

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. Navarre

Question 59hard

Which naval battle was considered the turning point of the Pacific Ocean Theater during World War 2?

A.Attack on Pearl Harbor

B.Attack on Truk Island

C.Battle of Midway

D.Battle of the Coral Sea

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. Battle of Midway

Question 60hard

During the Roman Triumvirate of 42 BCE, what region of the Roman Republic was given to Lepidus?

A.Asia

B.Gallia

C.Hispania

D.Italia

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. Hispania

Question 61hard

What was the aim of the "Umbrella Revolution" in Hong Kong in 2014?

A.Gaining Independence

B.Genuine universal suffrage

C.Go back under British Rule

D.Lower taxes

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. Genuine universal suffrage

Question 62hard

Which of the following Physicists aided Nazi Germany in their production of a nuclear weapon?

A.Albert Einstein

B.John von Neumann

C.Max Planck

D.Werner Heisenberg

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. Werner Heisenberg

Question 63hard

What was found in 1946 by two young shepards near a cave?

A.Dead Sea Scrolls

B.Sheep

C.The Blackbeard Chest

D.The First Oaxaca Cave Sleeper

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. Dead Sea Scrolls

Question 64hard

Who invented the "Flying Shuttle" in 1738; one of the key developments in the industrialization of weaving?

A.James Hargreaves

B.John Deere

C.John Kay

D.Richard Arkwright

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. John Kay

Question 65hard

Pianist Frédéric Chopin was a composer of which musical era?

A.Baroque

B.Classic

C.Renaissance

D.Romantic

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. Romantic

Question 66hard

During the Spanish Civil War (1936), Francisco Franco fought for which political faction?

A.Nationalist Spain

B.Papal State

C.Popular Front

D.Republican Spain

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. Nationalist Spain

Question 67hard

Which King of England was faced with the Peasants' Revolt in 1381?

A.Edward II

B.Edward III

C.Henry IV

D.Richard II

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. Richard II

Question 68hard

How many sonatas did Ludwig van Beethoven write?

A.21

B.31

C.32

D.50

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. 32

Question 69hard

What was the original name of New York City?

A.New Amsterdam

B.New London

C.New Paris

D.New Rome

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. New Amsterdam

Question 70hard

When was the city of Rome, Italy founded?

A.524 BCE

B.697 BCE

C.753 BCE

D.902 BCE

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. 753 BCE

Question 71hard

Before the American colonies switched to the Gregorian calendar in 1752, on what date did their new year start?

A.December 1st

B.June 1st

C.March 25th

D.September 25th

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. March 25th

Question 72hard

During World War I, which nation's monarchs were blood related?

A.England, Germany, Russia

B.France, Russia, Germany

C.Germany, Spain, Austria

D.Serbia, Russia, Croatia

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. England, Germany, Russia