History Club 1/30/20

The first female head of a Muslim nation was this woman; former Prime Minister of Pakistan.

Out of the many MANY deaths in the Kennedy family history, how many of them were assassinations?

Name the explorer who commanded a massive fleet serving the Ming Dynasty.

If you see one of these in Mexico, pour one out for Leon Trotsky.

This female Egyptian pharaoh had herself depicted as a man with a fake beard.

The Ohio National Guard killed or wounded 13 unarmed college students protesting the Vietnam War at which university?

Germany and France fought in the longest battle of WWI. The French ultimately won somehow. What was this battle called?

The following nations succumbed to the might of Prussia in the 1860s leading to the creation of the German state except.

Name the unfinished giant resort complex which remains a striking example of Third Reich architecture.

Manuel Noriega was a politician and military officer of this Central American country before the US said enough of that.

What was Soviet Premier Khruschev’s attempt to cultivate new lands in the Soviet Union in order to solve food shortages?

Which item did the Dutch go absolutely frickin’ nuts over in the 1600s?

This empire established an incredible library at its cultural center of Timbuktu.

What concept envisioned German settlers colonizing lands in Eastern Europe and Africa between the 1890s and 1940s?

In WWII, the Polish Army enlisted their mascot (Wojtek) as a soldier. He was a -

Name the Latin American Independence leader known as “El Libertador.”

This African-American woman refused to exit a “whites only” streetcar in New York. She filed a case in court and won!

The first African-American woman to publish a book of poetry was this former slave and absolute legend.

What was the name of the 19th-century belief that Americans were intended to expand across the North American continent?

This Queen of Mystery is the third bestselling author of all time, behind the Bible and Shakespeare.

Formed officially in 1356, this federation of German coastal towns dominated trade in the Baltic for several centuries.

This man was the last emperor of the Qing dynasty in China and returned to be emperor of Manchukuo in the 1930s.

Haile Selassie, the spiritual head of Rastafarianism, was the head of this country.

The Teamsters were formerly led by this man who disappeared in Detroit in 1975.

Name the 1950s US propaganda campaign that tried to convince Japan of the benefits of nuclear power, besides bombs.

This emperor united much of western and central Europe under his rule and spurred the Carolingian Renaissance.

Name the Prussian credited for unifying the various Germans lands into a nation-state in 1871.

Name the Iranian Secret Service which operated during the reign of the Shah.

The most bloody day in American history took place at

Name the scandal where the US gov’t sold arms to a Near East nation in order to fund a right-wing group in Nicaragua.

Why in the hell are there so many gottdamn German history questions in these trivia games?!?!

This concrete-based architectural style is popular in the former Soviet republics and the University of Minnesota.

Name the US policy stating that Europe was not to interfere with the business of any country in the western hemisphere.

Name the ill-fated explorer who lost the race to the South Pole and perished on the return journey.

The theory that those in power should choose who gets to reproduce is called-

What were the subjects of the lower social classes of the Roman empire called?

Around 80% of the world’s silver comes from this mountain, where it is estimated that millions of workers have died.

The Madres de la Plaza de Mayo protested this government’s “disappearing” their sons.

This 19th century Shawnee chief formed a confederation of native tribes in order to stymie American encroachment

This wild bunch of Englishmen vandalized textile machinery as a form of protest against the new ways of working.

This nomadic group from N. Africa settled on the Iberian Peninsula before being rudely forced out by Spanish Catholics.

Che Guevara was covertly bumped off by this organization in Bolivia.

What event launched a series of reforms in Japan in 1868 to restore rule to the emperor and modernize the nation?

This Baseball team deliberately lost the World Series in 1919 in exchange for gambling money.

In 1698, Russian Emperor Peter I enforced a tax on what?

The Viet Minh backhanded France in 1954 by taking advantage of a typical lapse of judgment in French military planning.

Adolf Dassler founded this company, which created Jesse Owens’s Olympic shoes and fueled the rise of FIFA.

This country was the site of the genocide against the Nama and Herero People.

Name this cat that really was gone, lover of the Russian queen and Russia’s greatest love machine.

A spicy anti-imperialist and anti-foreign uprising occurred between 1900 and 1901 in China. What was it called?

Name the former commercial hub in Southern Africa which existed from the 11th to 15th centuries.

Name the poor Polish city that the Germans razed to the ground after an uprising in the city’s ghetto in 1943. 

With a legal loophole, which government property did Native American activists occupy?

This North American/Caribbean nation successfully rebelled and ousted the lowly French from the nation in 1803?

Name the thrashing of young Latinos and other minorities in Los Angeles by US servicemen and off-duty cops in June 1943.

Name the piece of legislation enacted by Britain that established direct imperial rule over India in 1874.

Which animal did the Roman Emperor Caligula plan to appoint to the high office of consul?

Name the Ottoman Sultan responsible for acquiring much of the Balkans, Anatolia, and Constantinople

What was the cause of Alexander the Great’s death during his campaign?

This service, known for its terrifying agents, used to be the world's largest detective and private enforcement agency

How many assassination attempts were taken on Hitler’s life?

How many plans did the US government create in order to assassinate (physical and character assassination) Fidel Castro?

Name the Belgian Leader who made the Congo his own personal colony.

This Suffragist helped organize the Woman Suffrage Procession and was force-fed during a hunger strike.

Name the system used by 19th-century European powers to maintain a balance of power and stifle revolutionary activity.

Which of the following was the last dynasty in Chinese history (ending in 1911-12)?

This sultry German lady recorded anti-Nazi messages during WWII and was a movie star and singer in the mid-20th century.

This Chinese Special Administrative Region was a former Portuguese colony and is now known for its casinos.

The name the Israeli secret service that was responsible for bringing that filthy German pig Adolf Eichmann to justice.

Name the first “talkie” film, released in 1927, and starring Al Jolson, often in blackface.

Name Stravinsky’s avant-garde orchestral work which caused ladies to swoon and men to riot when it premiered in 1912.