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World History Random Trivia
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History trivia from around the world and the US from several periods.
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1
In 1936, Jesse Owens won 4 Gold medals at theSummer Olympics in what city?
Rome, Italy
Athens, Greece
Atlanta, Georgia
Berlin, Germany
2
What was the goal of Operation Overlord in WWII?
Liberate France
Beat Russia in the Race to Berlin
Turn Rome to the Allies
Invade Germany
3
Who was stabbed 23 times by over 60 men, including Brutus?
Julius Caesar
Nero
Augustus Caesar
Shakespeare
4
In popular culture, which children's rhyme is about the plague?
"Ring around the Rosie"
"Baa Baa Black Sheep"
"Three Blind Mice"
"London Bridge is Falling Down"
5
What was the name of the document that ended WWI and causedWWII?
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Fontainebleau
Treaty of Ghent
Treaty of Paris
6
Renaissance art, architecture, literature and religion all changed due to this…
Optimism
Realism
Humanism
Machiavellianism
7
To what did Abe Lincoln refer in his 2 min. speech starting, “Four score and seven years ago”?
Battle of Yorktown
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)
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What did Napoleon use to try to starve out Great Britain during the Napoleonic Wars?
U-boats
Continental System
Conscription
Slash and Burn
9
What is celebrated as the beginning of the French Revolution?
Storming of the Bastille
American Revolution
Tennis Court Oath
Decapitation of King Louis
10
Joan of Arc fought in this war between England and France…
7 Years War
100 Years War
War of 1812
30 Years War
11
Which WWII general famously stated ‘I shall return.’ and did?
Bradley
Eisenhower
MacArthur
Patton
12
What was Magellan famous for being the first to do?
Naming the Atlantic Ocean
Circumnavigate the globe
Finding Australia
Actually finding the Americas first
13
Of the following, what was Ancient China the FIRST to contribute?
Coins
Grid patterned cities
Gunpowder
Calculus
14
What document first protected rights from a king & is used as a model for our Constitution?
Mayflower Compact
Magna Carta
Bill of Rights
Common Sense
15
Which of the following weapons were introduced in WWI and then outlawed afterwards?
U-boats
Zeppelin
Atomic bomb
Mustard gas
16
What were the Vietnamese attacks that shocked the US in the Vietnam Conflict called?
Cambodian Killing Fields
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Tet Offensive
Hanoi Hilton
17
Battle of Hastings in 1066 saw which Frenchman take overEngland?
William of Normandy
King Henry VIII
King Louis XIV
Napoleon
18
What event started WWII in Europe?
Rape of Nanking
Invasion of Belgium
Invasion of Poland
Bombing of London
19
What was the first book printed by Gutenberg’s printing press?
Magna Carta
Bible
Torah
Hamlet
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What was at the heart of the Cold War?
Space race
Cuban Missile Crisis
Nuclear arms race
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