World History Trivia

Question 1

Where did Danish Jews flee when the Nazis took control of Denmark’s government in October 1943?

Accepted Answer

Sweden

Question 2

The first YouTube video was uploaded on April 23, 2005. What was it about?

Accepted Answer

A guy going to the zoo

Question 3

What sparked the Stonewall Riots of 1969, considered the starting gun for the LGBTQ+ civil rights movement? (DOUBLE PTS)

Accepted Answer

NYPD officers arrested hundreds of bar patrons and loaded them into vans

Question 4

Barack Obama was the first African American President of the United States.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 5

In 2024, South Korean President Yoon Suk-Yeol was impeached because he did what? (DOUBLE POINTS)

Accepted Answer

Declared martial law without valid justification

Question 6

What was the purpose of the Indigenous Voices Referendum of 2023, which 60% of Australian voters rejected? (DOUBLE PTS)

Accepted Answer

Would have given Indigenous people extra recognition in Parliament

Question 7

"The Crucible," a play depicting accused women during the Salem Witch Trials of 1692, is an allegory to...... (DOUBLE)

Accepted Answer

The legal persecution of suspected American communists during the 1950s

Question 8

Why did the bubonic plague spread so rapidly in the 1340s and 1350s?

Accepted Answer

4) Both answers 1 & 2

Question 9

What role did Native American code talkers play in World War II?

Accepted Answer

Secretly transmitted messages to US troops using native languages

Question 10

Which African country was founded by formerly enslaved people emigrating from the United States?

Accepted Answer

Liberia

Question 11

The 1991 film “Not Without My Daughter” depicts what true story? (DOUBLE POINTS)

Accepted Answer

An abused woman attempting to flee Iran after the Islamic Revolution

Question 12

East Jersey and West Jersey existed as English colonies from 1674 to 1702. What were their capitals?

Accepted Answer

Perth Amboy; Burlington

Question 13

Alaska is the easternmost and westernmost state in the United States.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 14

Which organization planned and supported the Easter Rising of 1916, which took place in Dublin, Ireland?

Accepted Answer

Irish Republican Brotherhood

Question 15

What was the significance of Mohenjo-Daro, located in present-day Pakistan and western India? (DOUBLE POINTS)

Accepted Answer

It was the largest city in the ancient Indus civilization.

Question 16

The United States launched Operation Brother Sam in 1964. What did this operation do? (DOUBLE POINTS)

Accepted Answer

Helped the Brazilian military overthrow their president and launch a coup

Question 17

Which issue did NOT spark the French Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Unusually mild winters in the 1780s

Question 18

Which Chinese doctor tried to warn his colleagues and the public about COVID-19?

Accepted Answer

Dr. Li Wenliang

Question 19

The Magna Carta, signed by King John of England in June 1215, accomplished the following:

Accepted Answer

Stated that the King had to follow the law and respect his subjects' rights

Question 20

What was the first Japanese car to be sold in the United States?

Accepted Answer

Toyopet Crown

Question 21

Early humans appeared and evolved 6 million to 2 million years ago on which continent?

Accepted Answer

Africa

Question 22

What happened in Strasbourg, France in 1518?

Accepted Answer

A mysterious outbreak of unstoppable dancing

Question 23

What does the 5th Amendment to the US constitution, ratified in 1791, guarantee?

Accepted Answer

That defendants have the right to due process and to remain silent

Question 24

What is the classroom number at the California Institute of the Arts pictured in several Pixar movies?

Accepted Answer

A113

Question 25

The 1968 presidential election resulted in the end of.......

Accepted Answer

The New Deal coalition that kept southern Democrats in control

Question 26

The quote "When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time" was said by.........

Accepted Answer

Maya Angelou

Question 27

Which Irish province was the center of resistance against British rule over Ireland in the 17th century?

Accepted Answer

Ulster

Question 28

What was Doggerland?

Accepted Answer

A landmass that connected Britain and continental Europe 16,000 years ago

Question 29

In which year did the United Kingdom hand over control of Hong Kong to China?

Accepted Answer

1997

Question 30

More pyramids were built in Sudan than Egypt.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 31

The popular Korean series Squid Game is about the brutal suffering and poverty that people face under capitalism.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 32

What was President Abraham Lincoln's primary reason for signing the Emancipation Proclamation?

Accepted Answer

To unite the country and suppress Confederate secession

Question 33

Allied forces landed in France on June 6, 1944. Why did Gen. Eisenhower commence D-Day on this day and not June 5?

Accepted Answer

A bad weather forecast recorded by a meteorologist in northwestern Ireland

Question 34

Democracy originated in ancient Athens, where citizens were required to participate in the government. (DOUBLE POINTS)

Accepted Answer

True

Question 35

Why did Russia sell Alaska to the United States and not to Canada?

Accepted Answer

Britain, which controlled Canada at the time, was in conflict with Russia

Question 36

The Carrington Event of 1859 was the most extreme geomagnetic storm in recorded history.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 37

Cinco de Mayo commemorates Mexico's independence from the Spanish crown in 1810.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 38

Which system of oppression did the late Nelson Mandela fight against in South Africa? (DOUBLE POINTS)

Accepted Answer

Apartheid

Question 39

Bruce Springsteen’s hit song “Born in the USA” protested……

Accepted Answer

The Vietnam War and mistreatment of Vietnam War veterans

Question 40

What happened during the Windrush scandal in 1973?

Accepted Answer

British citizens who came from former colonies were wrongfully deported

Question 41

The first Black actor to win an Academy Award was…..

Accepted Answer

Sidney Poitier

Question 42

In 1801, which country became the first republic in the Western Hemisphere to abolish slavery?

Accepted Answer

Haiti

Question 43

Ethiopia and Liberia are the only countries in Africa that were never colonized.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 44

United Nations member states ratified the Montreal Protocol in 1987. What did the Protocol accomplish? (DOUBLE POINTS)

Accepted Answer

Committed to getting rid of ozone depleting substances (ODS)

Question 45

Who were the Freedom Riders?

Accepted Answer

Opponents of segregation who rode integrated buses in the Jim Crow South

World History Trivia

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