History

Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

What year was the 13th amendment passed?

Accepted Answer

1865

Question 3

Why did Victor Hugo write The Hunch Back of Notre Dame ?

Accepted Answer

To save the cathedral from being demolished

Question 4

Is Oxford University older than the Aztec Empire? T or F?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 5

The British rule over India ended in what year?

Accepted Answer

1947

Question 6

Joseph Merrick ( the elephant man) had what condition?

Accepted Answer

neurofibromatosis

Question 7

At what age did Steve Irwin die?

Accepted Answer

44

Question 8

What is ringa ringa roses about?

Accepted Answer

The plague

Question 9

Who shot Alexander Hamilton?

Accepted Answer

Aaron burr

Question 10

To what is this child connected to? And yes he is dead.

Accepted Answer

The Syrian Refugee crisis

Question 11

In what year did ww1 start?

Accepted Answer

1914

Question 12

What is this song about?

Accepted Answer

IRA bombing in Warrington

Question 13

Who was the U.S. President behind the New Deal reform program that would end the Depression?

Accepted Answer

Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Question 14

Meryl Streep's speech at the 2017 Golden Globes addressed what?

Accepted Answer

Trump mocking a disabled civilian

Question 15

History is ...

Accepted Answer

Traces of the Past

Question 16

What is the name for the Greek goddess of victory?

Accepted Answer

Nike

Question 17

Why was Joan of Arc burnt at the stake?

Accepted Answer

She was accused of being a witch

Question 18

In what year was the Treaty of Waitangi signed?

Accepted Answer

1840

Question 19

Irena Sendler did what?

Accepted Answer

Saved children from the Holocaust

Question 20

What does the sign at auschwitz say?

Accepted Answer

"Work Sets You Free"

Question 21

The Anglo-Zanzibar war of 1896 is the shortest war on record lasting, how long did it last?

Accepted Answer

28 minutes

Question 22

What is the Dakota Pipeline?

Accepted Answer

Underground oil pipeline project

Question 23

In Islamic countries if a women walks alone at night in public and is raped, will she punished?

Accepted Answer

Yes, she is at fault and will be punished always.

Question 24

After the bombing of Nagasaki was there a public holiday made?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 25

Why is the Dakota Pipeline project so controversial?

Accepted Answer

America Sucks! - or at least the president does :P, It runs through a Native American grave site, Policemen have teargassed the masses protesting, That land belongs to Native Americans

Question 26

For what film did he get an Oscar for?

Accepted Answer

The Revenant.

Question 27

In what year was Twilight released?

Accepted Answer

2005

Question 28

When in 1975 did the Vietnam War end?

Accepted Answer

30 April

Question 29

Was Ben-Hur an actual person?

Accepted Answer

False

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