History General Trivia

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The oldest still acting parliament in the world is located in

Which Civil War general became president of the United States?

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?

JFK was assassinated in which city?

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

Where was the sitcom "Roseanne" set?

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

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

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

Who was the tallest president?

During mummification, which body organ was removed and weighed?

Who bombed Pearl Harbor?

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

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

Who was the first REPUBLICAN president?

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

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

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

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

England’s King George the 1st was actually

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

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

In which modern state was George Washington born?

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

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

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

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

When was the wheel invented?

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

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

Green Bay, Wisconsin was founded by which European country?

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

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

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

What was the battle grounds of Alamo originally intended for?

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

Who wrote "The Prairie"?

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

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

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

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

Where is the United States Naval Academy located?