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1
What warship had the nickname “The Grey Ghost”?
USS New Jersey
KMS Scharnhorst
USS Enterprise
IJN Mogami
2
What Warship obtained the longest hit by any naval artillery? (23km)
HMS Warspite (The Grand Old Lady)
RN Littorio (Glory of Naples)
KMS Scharnhorst (Ugly Sister)
SN Kirov
3
What career did Vladimir Putin work in during Stalin’s Regime?
Director of The State Security Administration
NKVD Senior Director
Field Marshall of the Red Army
KGB Foreign Intelligence Officer
4
What war did Teddy Roosevelt fight in?
WW1
Spanish American War
Crimean War
Boxer Rebellion in China
5
The ideology of fascism began in what country?
Germany
Austria
Italy
Romania
6
What conflict had the U.S. Marines fighting in Beijing and Northern China?
Korean War
Boxer Rebellion
Chinese Civil War
Spanish American War
7
What federal organization organized the Waco Siege?
DEA
FBI
ATF
FDA
8
Who was the famous German WW1 field Marshall and last president of the Weimar Republic?
Joseph Konrad
Paul von Hindenburg
Franz von Papen
Adolf Hitler
9
What ended the Renaissance Era?
The Hundred Years War
Fifth Crusade
The Sack of Rome
Battle of Vienna
10
What sunken battleship is memorialized at Pearl Harbor?
IJN Musashi
USS Arizona
USS Laffey
USS Missouri
11
What was controversial about the 1936 olympics?
It was held in Nazi Germany
Russian doping
It featured the first black athletes
The inclusion of South Africa
12
Who was the Unabomber?
Ted Kaczynski
Moltke von Roon
Erich Raeder
Joseph DeAngelo
13
What creature is destined to bring about Ragnarok in Norse Mythology?
Fenrir
Loki
Jormungandr
Ägir
14
Who was Otto von Bismarck?
Archduke of Austria-Hungary
First of the Hohenzollern Kings of Prussia
Prince of Prussia and Brandenburg
Founding Father of United Germany and the Iron Chancellor.
15
The Iran Contra Affair led to civil unrest in what country?
Nicaragua
Guatemala
Iran
Liberia
16
What was the longest battle in history? (Ten Months)
Battle of Kursk
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Verdun
Battle of Okinawa
17
What agreement between the Britain, the U.S., and the Soviet Union divided post war Europe into spheres of influence?
Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
Potsdam agreement
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Versailles
18
What disputed region led to many conflicts between Germany and France?
Flanders
Alsace Lorraine
Elsass Lothringen
Wallenstein
19
What famous conquerer was named the “Scourge of Gods”?
Attila the Hun
Charlemagne
Genghis Khan
Emperor Charles V
20
What President of the IOC was the most controversial and a former supporter of Nazi Germany?
Rafer Johnson
Shinzo Abe
Avery Brundage
Nikita Khrushchev
21
Who is the sniper with the most accredited kills?
Simo Häyhä
Vasily Zaytsev
Josef Alleberger
Chris Kyle
22
To what province did the Chinese Communists flee to during the Chinese Civil War?
Shanxi
Teinstin
Guangzhou
Nanjing
23
What President had the shortest time in office?
William Harrison
John Tyler
Bill Clinton
James Rutherford
24
What nation embodied the last remnant of Roman culture and society?
Finland
The Byzantium Empire
Russian Empire
The Holy Roman Empire
25
What genetic disease was present in family of Tsar Nicholas the 2 that caused them to enlist the services of Rasputin?
Sickle Cell Disease
Polio
Cholera
Cystic fibrosis
26
What general of the U.S. army led the campaign known as the March to the Sea in the Civil War?
General Patton
General Wheeler
General Montgomery
General Sherman
27
Who unified Feudal Japan following the Warring States Period?
Hideoki Kobayashi
Genichiro Ashina
Oda Nobunaga
Emperor Meiji
28
Which Chinese Dynasty was the first to be ruled by a family not Han Chinese?
Ming Dynasty
Yuan Dynasty
Eastern Han Dynasty
Xia Dynasty
29
What is the earliest piece of written literature?
Kesh Temple Hymn
The Diamond Sutra
The Iliad
Tales of Gilgamesh
30
Which State was made a U.S. territory through an illegal coup.
Florida
Illinois
Hawaii
Alaska