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1
During Operation Neptune, informally known as D-Day, Allied troops invaded:
The Rhineland
Potomac
Normandy
The Sudetenland
2
What is the oldest existing Egyptian monument?
The Great Pyramid
Abu Simbel
Colossus of Rhodes
The Great Sphinx
3
What British King is known for killing or divorcing 4 of his 6 wives?
King William IV
King Edward VIII
King George III
King Henry VIII
4
What great event occurred during 1400-1650 in Europe?
The French Revolution
The Great Depression
The Great Plague
The Renaissance
5
The group of men that drafted the Declaration of Independence are
Freedom Fathers
Forerunners
Founding Fathers
Famous Fathers
6
The 1917 Bolshevik Revolution shook which country to its core?
Russia
Germany
Czechoslovakia
France
7
What was the name of the secret American effort to create the atom bomb?
The Manhattan Project
Area 51
Operation Downfall
Gallipoli
8
Mongol armies attacking the Crimean city of Caffa in 1344 spread the plague into the town by ...
letting loose flea-infested black rats
catapulting plague corpses into the town
accidentally because of fleas that came with them
selling bales of cloth infested with fleas
9
What did the "Vitruvian Man" show?
A diagram of the solar system
Human skeleton
Human proportions
A landscape
10
What do scholars ascribe as the Maya’s most impressive development?
their practice of healing
math and astronomy
societal hierarchy
stone working
11
How did Adolf Hitler die?
suicide
assassination
execution by hanging
heart attack
12
What is another term that is sometimes used in reference to the Renaissance?
The New World
The Entitlement
Dark Ages
Independent Era
13
Who was the first man to step foot on the moon?
John Glenn
Harry Truman
Neil Armstrong
Harry Truman
14
What proportion of the population do most historians believe that Black Death killed?
30%
50%
75%
25%
15
In the second outbreak of the plague how did doctors help patients recover?
They fumigated plague patients' houses with herbs
They gave plague patients crushed emeralds
They gave them gin
They burst their buboes
16
Nazi officials who survived the war stood trial at
Versailles
Nuremberg
Berlin
Munich
17
What idea was proposed by Nicolaus Copernicus?
Judge and Jury
Naval warfare
A heliocentric system
Democracy
18
Islam is the most prevalent religion in the Middle East. What country houses the ancient and sacred city of Mecca?
Iran
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Iraq
19
What country was at the center of world culture during the Renaissance?
USA
England
France
Italy
20
What is the only country to have ever used an atomic bomb on an enemy?
Russia
USA
Japan
Germany
21
What technique was quite popular for art during the Renaissance?
Abstract
Realism
Chiaroscuro
Watercolour
22
The RAF prevented a German invasion of Britain. What does “RAF” mean?
Regular Army Faction
Readily-Accessible Fortification
Restricted Artillery Force
Royal Air Force
23
Which city had a rivalry with Florence?
London
Paris
Venice
Rome
24
Who ruled the Soviet Union during World War II?
Leon Trotsky
Joseph Stalin
Vladimir Lenin
Nikita Khrushchev
25
Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
Leonardo da Vinci
Sandro Botticelli
Michelangelo
Raphael
26
How was the ancient Roman city of Pompeii destroyed?
hurricane
volcano
battle
tsunami
27
How many times did the plague return before 1405?
It didn't return.
6
one
10
28
What US president led the country through the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
Woodrow Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
George Washington
29
Which pandemic was the worst in history?
HIV/AID pandemic (2005-2012)
The Black Death/Bubonic Plague (1346-1353)
Third Cholera Pandemic (1852–1860)
Spanish Flu / The 1918 influenza
30
Who was known as one of the most famous ‘conductors’ on the ‘Underground Railroad’?
Margaret Garner
Nat Turner
Anna J. Cooper
Harriet Tubman
31
What was the 'Underground railroad' in the US in the 19th century?
a set of secret routes used by enslaved Afro-Americans to escape slavery
an actual underground railroad used for smuggling drugs to Canada
32
Who penned the majority of the United States' Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
John Adams
George Washington
33
The USSR and the United States faced a global stalemate during what infamous conflict?
Cold War
Gulf War
Red Dawn
World War II
34
The rise and fall of the _____ Empire is one of the most consequential events of ancient history.
British
American
Roman
Mayan
35
What does the word "Renaissance" mean?
Enlightenment
Artistic
Innovation
Rebirth
36
What is a Renaissance Man?
A person who loves debates
Someone who challanges others
A person with many skills
An artist
37
Which country did the United States defeat in the Battle of Midway?
Japan
France
Germany
Italy
38
Which family famously supported many artists and scientists during the Renaissance?
The Medici Family
The da Vinci Family
The Michelangelo Family
The Gaddi Family
39
Which United States president did not serve in the Second World War?
John F. Kennedy
Bill Clinton
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
40
Who is known to be the "Father of the Renaissance"?
El Greco
Leonardo da Vinci
Giovanni de Medici
Petrarch
41
In 1896, which country revived the Olympic Games?
USA
Italy
Greece
Canada
42
Which general led the Free French military after his country fell to the Germans?
Alfred Dreyfus
Jacques Chirac
Charles de Gaule
Perre Trudeau
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Which country fell under Soviet influence after the war?
Poland
Croatia
Denmark
Ukraine
