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What did Karl Benz invent?
The horseless carriage
The SUV
The stage coach
The Motorcycle
2
Where was Ronald Reagan born?
California
Nebraska
Iraq
Illinois
3
Who has won 3 Nobel Prizes?
Alexander Fleming
Albert Eistein
The International Committee of The Red Cross
Marie Curie
4
Did George Washington have real teeth?
True
False
5
Charles Darwing is Famous for his....
Fosils
Theory of Evolution
Biology
Adaptation
6
Where was Christopher Columbus from?
France
Spain
Italy
England
7
Thomas Alba Edison created
The vaccanation
Bulb
steam machine
The train
8
Jacinto Convit is famous for:
Developing a vaccine to prevent leprosy
Invented The Cristal Scalpel
Discovery of the Tubercolosis cure
Invented the Ibuprophen
9
Vasco Nunez de Balboa discovered______________.
California
New Zealand
Panama
Gun Powder
10
Who did George Washington marry?
Susan
Martha
Mary
Jane
11
Where was Simon Bolivar born?
Mexico
Spain
Argentina
Venezuela
12
What system did Henry Ford develop?
School system
Iphones
Assembly line
Planetary systems
13
What did Marie Curie discover?
Calcium
Petroleum
HeliumI
Radium
14
Queen Elizabeth I was the head of the _________ Church of England
Catholic
Protestant
Monarchy
Parliament
15
Which of these did Mao and Stalin restricted?
Art
Literature
School
All of the above
16
Who was Aristotle?
An ancient Greek Philosopher
A Robert Robb follower
An English philosopher
A Viking with morals
17
What was Billie Jean King known for?
Oil Supplier
Women Tennis Player
Government
Baseball Player
18
Where was Mussolini dictator of?
Germany
Switzerland
Italy
France
19
Dwight D EisenHoward was the ____th President of the USA.
35th
33rd
36th
34th
20
Who was Coco Chanel?
A french fashion designer
A ballerina
Famous musician
A German designer
21
Where was Alexander the Great from?
Persia
Great Britian
USA
Macedon
22
Who was Martin Luther King, Jr. ?
Known as "Honest King"
First blind and deaf person to attend college
A minister who worked for equality
First African American to play in the NFL
23
When was John F. Kennedy assassinated?
December 17 1975
January 27 1986
November 22 1963
August 13 1963
24
In 1987 Corazon Aquino was nicknamed the "Mother of Democracy" in which country?
Bangladesh
The Philippines
Korea
Mongolia
25
Who was Rosa Parks?
Dancer
First Female in the USA Supreme Court
A Civil Rights activist who refused to give up her seat in a segregated bus
A very rich grandmother who lived in a senior center.
26
Amerigo Vespucci was a (an) ______ explorer
French
Spanish
Italian
English
27
Alexander Hamilton was all BUT a
Lawyer
Doctor
Politician
Military commander
28
What did Amerigo Vespucci discover?
The Amazon river
That a continent sat between Europe and Asia
That there was no gold in the new world
Youtube
29
Which country did Napoleon Bonaparte not conquer?
Egypt
Russia
Austria
Spain
30
Edward VIII was the first king to voluntarily abdicate the thrown?
False
True
31
How did Joan of Arc die?
Burning at stake
Sickness
Old age
Warfare
32
Joan of Arc is a symbol of?
Peace
Stone
Freedom
Love
33
What Did Harriet Tubman Do?
She Invented The First Plane
She Is Some Random Person Off The Streets
She Invented The Ice Cream Cone
She Saved 70 People From Slavery
34
In what year was India's Prime Minister Indira Ghandi assassinated?
1981
1984
1982
1983
35
Alexander Hamilton wrote the...
Declaration of Independence
The Federalist Papers
Common Sense
US Constitution
36
What did Vasco de Gama do?
First European to reach America by sea
First European to reach Australia by sea
First European to reach India by sea
First European to reach China by sea
37
Why was Charlemagne known as Charles the Great?
United the Germanic Kingdoms
Spread Christianity
All of the above
Pushed back Muslim invaders
38
Abraham Lincoln...
Was the USA President during the Civil War.
Abolished slavery.
Kept the country together.
Was known to be very honest.
39
Which of these schools did Ruth Bader Ginsburg NOT attend?
Yale
Columbia
Cornell
Harvard
40
Is this Queen Elizabeth II?
True
False
41
What theory was developed by Albert Einstein?
Plate tectonics
Quantum Theory
Ekpyrotic Universe Theory
Special relativity
42
Benito Mussolini was the ______________
Leader of USA during the WWII era
Leader of Italy during the WWII era
Leader of Germany during the WWII era
Leader of Japan during the WWII era
43
What failure did Walt Disney have?
Fired newspaper boy for daydreaming too much
Drew Mickey Mouse on all the Mcnugget boxes, so he got fired
Fired from newspaper for "lacking imagination"
Smoking killed him in the end
44
Abraham Lincoln was the ___ president of the USA.
5th
16th
20th
1st
45
Where did Henry Ford make cars?
New York City
Russia
Detroit, Michigan
China
46
Marie Curie was a _______
Gardener
Lawyer
Scientist
Doctor
47
What important invention was Alexander GrahamBell responsible for creating?
Microwave
Telephone
Light Bulb
Bessemer Process
48
Which of these was NOT done by Napoleon Bonaparte?
He enacted equality for the French people
He converted France to a revolutionary republic
He reduced French parliament to a police system
He granted religious freedom
49
What accomplishment did Alexander the Great do?
He built the Temple of Zeus
He built the Parthenon
He Lead the Persian war
He build one of the world’s largest empires
50
How Did Walt Disney die?
He Drowned
Someone shot him
Lung cancer
He got killed while making Disneyland
51
Ferdinand Magellan was a ____ explorer
Spanish
Portuguese
French
Italian
52
Ghandi wanted nonviolent ways to
Discover America
Build schools
Get independence
Conquer Europe
53
Where was Jonh Lennon born ?
In Canterbury.
In London.
In Liverpool.
In Manchester.
54
What did her father give to Anne Frank?
Diary
Chicken
Book
Notebook
55
What was The First category of the Nobel Prize?
Economics
Peace
Literature
Physic
56
Who was known for modernising Russia and established the first state-founded school for girls?
Rosa Parks
Catherine the Great
Queen Elizabeth I
Taylor Swift
57
Was Simon Bolivar a General?
False
You never know
Maybe
True
58
What novel is Isabel Allende most famous for?
The House on Mango Street
100 Years of Solitude
Like Water for Chocolate
The House of Spirits
59
What kind of family was Ghandi born in?
Orthodox Hindu
Islamic
Good, holy hindus
Orthodox Jew
60
¿Which Nobel Price did Rigoberta Menchu win?
Economics
Chemistry
Literature
Peace
61
What did Ghandi do for India?
He made India's spices world famous
He made a very good trade with Britain for salt
He encouraged people to protest for their rights peacefully
He encouraged people to start a war with Britain
62
What did Isaac Newton invent?
Electricity
Telescope
TV
Laws of gravity
63
Eleanor Roosevelt considered her greatest accomplishment to be...
Visiting troops during World War II
Helping write the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Writing the book "This is My Story"
Three of her children became doctors
64
Karol Wojtyla is better known under which name?
Liberace
Pope John Paul II
Santa
Carole King
65
Margaret Thatcher, also known as the Iron Lady, was
A British queen
The first woman in become prime minister of Great Britain
An English princess
An English scientist
66
What did Susan B Anthony do?
Fight for civil rights
Fight for peace
Fight for womens rights
Fight for slave rights
67
Abraham Lincoln is on the:
Penny
Quarter
Nickel
Dime
68
Who was Marquis de Lafayette?
First president of the Committee of Public Safety.
Finance manager for Louis XVI
Military officer who influenced the French Revolution.
The "voice of the revolution".
69
The Wright Brothers invented the...
nail polish
airplane
steamboat
covered wagon
70
What king was known as Charles the Great?
Charmeleon
Chase The Great
Charlemagne
Charles II
71
Mikhail Gorbachev was a (n)
Incompetent ruler of Russia in 1900s. Overthrown by Rev
LeaderofUSSR, helped end ColdWar with GlasnostandPerestroika
Leader of the Bolsheviks during Russian Revolution
Totalitarian communist dictatorofUSSR during WW2 and ColdWar
72
Which state was Ronald Reagan the governor of?
South Carolina
Ohio
Montana
California
73
Who discover the penicillin?
Richard Bradson, Howard Florey, and Victor Smirnov
Alexander Fleming, Ernst Chain, and Howard Florey
Albert Eistein and Socrates
Charles Smith, Alexander Fleming, and Paul Hendricks
74
Who is this?
Christian Dior
Victor Hugo
Hugo Boss
Yves Saint-Laurent
75
What kind of regimen did General Francisco Franco establish?
Communism Dictatorship
Parliamentarian
Fascist Dictatorship
Democracy
76
Theodore Roosevelt meet Winston Churchill?
True
False
77
Who was Cleopatra's husband?
Caesar Augustus
King Tut
Mark Antony
Julius Caesar
78
Who was George Washington?
General
One of the founding father's
1st President of the United States
Martha Washington's Husband
79
What did George Washington do?
Was elected to the Virginia Assembly
Be a royal officeholder
Civil Rights Promoter
Commander in chief of the Continental Army
80
How many wives did Henry VIII have?
5
7
8
6
81
In which year did Mikhail Gorbachev become leader of the USSR?
1985
1982
1984
1981
82
Who was Jackie Robinson?
First African American player in Major League Baseball
Known as the "Father of the Country"
Taught himself how to read
Helped free African American slaves
83
Karl Marx...
Was an American
Wrote the Communist Manifesto
Wrote the Bible
Wrote the Democratic Manifesto
84
Does Cleopatra committed suicide?
True
False
85
What is something that Simon Bolivar did?
Started a civil war in the American colonies
Arrested people on his way to Italy
Led independence movement in Europe
Unifying South America with the Grand Columbia
86
Miguel de Cervantes was born in?
Spain
El Salvador
Argentina
Guatemala
87
What did Albet Eistein believed affected the needle on his compas?
Gravity
Space
Earths Core
Light
88
Who was Mao Zedong?
A student in 8th grade
The man who made popcorn
Leader for China Communist party
The Principal
89
Christopher Columbus discovered America in...
1492
1491
1493
1392
90
Who was José De San Martin?
A member of creole elite. Defeated the Spanish in the Battle of Chacabuco
"The Liberator of Venezuela"
Spanish and Portuguese official
Italian General
91
Who
was
Nelson Mandela?
He was a South African Soldier
He was a South African teacher
Was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary
He was an American
92
Who was Johannes Gutenberg?
The inventor of the wheel and bible
The inventor of Gutenberg bible and printing press
The inventor of the ice cream
The inventor of the printing press and wheel
93
Is Queen Elizabeth I the Queen of England?
True
False
94
Why was Ruth Bader Ginsburg important?
First male justice
In line for presidency
Most power in Court
First female justice
95
What did Malala Yousafzai do that was so great?
She stood up for girls rights and education
She saved the president
She died
She was a pasture
96
Simon Bolivar, Jose de San Martin, and Bernardo O'Higgins ......
Created a United States of South America
Sailed around the world
Tried to become American citizens
Fought for independence from Spain
97
Madame CJ Walker became the 1st Black self-made billionaire from what business?
Culinary Arts
Fashion
Haircare
Electronics
98
Who was Winston Churchill?
America's 8th president
England's Prime Minister
France's Army General
Germany's Prime Minister
99
Who was the first female Nobel Prize winner?
Rigoberta Menchu
Margaret Thatcher
Marie Curie
Malala
100
What did Henry Ford invent?
The Train
The airplane
The Phone
The Ford automobile