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Quiz Bowl: World History vol. 1
Quiz Bowl: World History vol. 1
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General history questions used to practice with a high school Quiz Bowl trivia team.
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1
Which Apollo 11 crew member did not walk on the moon?
Buzz Aldrin
Neil Armstrong
Michael Collins
Fred Dwyer
2
What country left the European Union following a 1985 referendum?
Iceland
Russia
Greenland
Spain
3
In 1954, Ann Hodges from Oak Grove, Alabama, became the first person in recorded history to be struck by what?
a rubber bullet
a meteorite
an electric car
lightning
4
Who did Mehmet Ali Agca attempt to assassinate in 1981?
Mikhail Gorbachev
Ronald Reagan
Indira Gandhi
Pope John Paul II
5
What island was Napoleon on when he died?
St. Helena
Elba
Sicily
Malta
6
Construction of the Berlin Wall began in which year?
1947
1954
1961
1959
7
What was Paul Revere's occupation?
teacher
silversmith
tavern keeper
printer
8
What did Howard Carter discover in 1922?
King Tut's tomb
The Rosetta Stone
Uranium
Pluto
9
The signing of the Paris Peace Accords officially ended direct U.S. involvement in which War?
World War II
Korean War
Vietnam War
World War I
10
What language was Elizabeth I's coronation conducted in?
French
English
Latin
German
11
Where in Beijing did Chinese students build a Goddess of Democracy in May of 1989?
The capitol forum
The Forbidden City
Tiananmen Square
At the Great Wall
12
Whose 2005 funeral was attended by 5 kings, 4 queens, plus 70 presidents and prime ministers?
Rosa Parks
Pope John Paul II
Richard Nixon
Ronald Reagan
13
Saab was an automobile manufacturer founded in what country in 1945?
Germany
Denmark
Austria
Sweden
14
What heavenly body did the Inca god Inti represent?
Mars
Venus
the sun
the moon
15
In 1952 the United States Air Force created Project Blue Book to study what?
Soviet rocket systems
Climate change
Lunar missions
UFOs
16
In 1789, who lead the mutiny on the Royal Navy vessel HMS Bounty?
Michael Connors
William Dapier
Fletcher Christian
William Bligh
17
On 16 December 1971, East Pakistan was liberated from Pakistan becoming what newly independent state?
Nepal
Myanmar
Bangladesh
Bhutan
18
Which gulf gave its name to the 1991 Gulf War?
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf of Oman
Gulf of Tonkin
The Persian Gulf
19
Menlo Park New Jersey was home to which inventor's research laboratory?
Thomas Edison
Alexander Graham Bell
Benjamin Franklin
Albert Einstein
20
What country did the Romans call Hibernia?
Ireland
Portugal
Italy
Spain
