History General Trivia

Which U.S. city was devastated by the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake?

Which Civil War general became president of the United States?

Which Axis capital city was captured by Gregory Zhukov in 1945?

Which Presidential successor to Abraham Lincoln had no formal education whatsoever?

John F. Kennedy, Anthony Burgess, Aldous Huxley, and C.S. Lewis all _______ on the same day.

In 1912, a Paris orphanage held a raffle to raise money—the prizes were...

Where was the sitcom "Roseanne" set?

Who was the tallest president?

Green Bay, Wisconsin was founded by which European country?

The acronym used for the group of nations that export the vast majority of the world's oil

What Shakespearean play has the line "Et tu, Brute" uttered?

In the year 79 A.D. the Italian city of Pompeii disappeared after the eruption of THIS volcano

How many people were killed by the 1666 Great Fire of London?

What New York City mayor was known as "The Little Flower"?

What was the most common killer of the nearly 2,000 men that died at Valley Forge?

Name the epic poem by Homer about Odysseus and his journey home after the fall of Troy

In which city did Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his "I have a dream" speech?

When was the wheel invented?

England’s King George the 1st was actually

When did the term "The United States of America" originate?

The Anglo-Zanzibar war of 1896 is the shortest war on record. It lasted ...

"Yankee Doodle Dandy," is the official song of which U.S. state?

Who bombed Pearl Harbor?

Which ancient Egyptian god was the chief judge of the dead?

The disease that ravaged and killed a third of Europe's population in the 14th century was

Which ally did the US give a $1 billion loan to on Oct. 30th, 1941?

Who was the first REPUBLICAN president?

Who was the president during the so-called "Teapot Dome Scandal" of 1923?

Who said "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall"?

What was the battle grounds of Alamo originally intended for?

During mummification, which body organ was removed and weighed?

Which Andrew Lloyd Webber play won the 1983 Tony for best musical?

Which king created his own religion so that he could divorce his wife?

Which American fort did Benedict Arnold plan to hand over to the British?

How many words are in the present day version of the U.S. Constitution? (including signatures)

What does the "D" stand for in "D-Day"?

Which country was led by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in the early 2000s?

The play and film "The Miracle Worker" tells the story of which of these historical figures?

Which Missouri city was destroyed by a deadly tornado in May, 2011?

Which nation's air force is better known as the RAF?

This U.S. President boycotted the '80 Summer Olympics due to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan

Where is the United States Naval Academy located?

In which modern state was George Washington born?

Who was called the "Father" of the U.S. Constitution?

Which compact car was manufactured in Communist Yugoslavia during the Cold War?

What did the 19th Amendment to the Constitution grant to women?

Who wrote "The Prairie"?

To fight which global epidemic did U.S. President George W. Bush seek $30billion in 2007?

The oldest still acting parliament in the world is located in

JFK was assassinated in which city?