History General Trivia

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

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

During mummification, which body organ was removed and weighed?

In which modern state was George Washington born?

England’s King George the 1st was actually

Who wrote "The Prairie"?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

In which city did Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his "I have a dream" speech?

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

Which Civil War general became president of the United States?

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

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

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

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

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

Name the epic poem by Homer about Odysseus and his journey home after the fall of Troy

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

Who was the tallest president?

Who was the first REPUBLICAN president?

Who bombed Pearl Harbor?

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

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

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

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

JFK was assassinated in which city?

Where was the sitcom "Roseanne" set?

The oldest still acting parliament in the world is located in

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

What was the battle grounds of Alamo originally intended for?

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

Where is the United States Naval Academy located?

Green Bay, Wisconsin was founded by which European country?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

When was the wheel invented?