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A trivia game that covers different topics, and areas of history.
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1
Who painted the "Scream"?
Claude Monet
Pablo Picasso
Salvador Dali
Edvard Munch
2
What does U.S.S.R stand for?
United Sovereign Socialist Republic
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Union of Socialist States of Russia
United States of Socialist Republics
3
Which empire was the first to build a zoo?
The Egyptian Empire
The Roman Empire
The Aztec Empire
The Ottoman Empire
4
What country was Joseph Stalin born in?
Georgia
Ukraine
Russia
Austria
5
The icon Pancho Villa was famous for his leadership during?
The Mexican Revolution
The American Civil War
The Spanish-American War
The Mexican-American War
6
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire made up what faction in World War I?
The Confederacy
The Central Powers
The Axis Powers
The Allies
7
This sect of knights was infamous during the crusades, what were they called?
The Crusaders
The Knights of the Round Table
The Knights Templar
The Free Masons
8
Who was the first African American to play in the MLB?
Jack Johnson
Jackie Robinson
Nat Northington
Moses Fleetwood Walker
9
What was the Roman name for the goddess Hecate?
Venus
Artemis
Trivia
Athena
10
During the feudal period, what was Japan's capital?
Osaka
Kyoto
Tokyo
Nagoya
11
What was this famous mouses' original name before Walt Disney changed it to Mickey?
Milo
Walter
Mortimer
Mason
12
Who is the youngest man to be the U.S. President?
Ulysses S. Grant
JFK
Bill Clinton
Theodore Roosevelt
13
During world war II, what nation did Imperial Japan attack first?
U.S.
Soviet Union
China
Hawaii
14
In 1901, what country gained its independence?
India
Ireland
Australia
Cuba
15
When did Tennessee become a state?
1796
1790
1800
1861
16
Which of these was China's longest-ruling dynasty?
Huang
Xia
Zhou
Qin
17
What is the world's smallest country?
Marshall Islands
The Vatican
Sealand
Liechtenstein
18
What caused a famine in Ireland during 1815?
Natural disasters
The potato
War
Religious persecution
19
Who painted the Sistine Chapel
Michelangelo
Leonardo DaVinci
Raphael
Donatello
20
Who in feudal japan wielded the most power?
The Shogun
The Emperor
The Daimao
The Samurai
21
The first Modern Olympic Games were held in Athens, Greece in what year?
1896
1900
1885
1910
22
How did Alexander the Great solve the puzzle of the Gordian Knot?
He untied it
He did a google search
He pulled it apart
He cut it with a sword
23
Who lead the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917?
Karl Marx
Joseph Stalin
Vladimir Lenin
Leon Trotsky
24
In the Ottoman empire, their rulers were called what?
Emperors
Kings
Sultans
Caesars
25
What is the largest country in Africa by population?
Sudan
Nigeria
Algeria
Eygpt
26
Who was the first ruler of the Mongol Empire?
Sun Tzu
Genghis Kahn
Kublai Khan
Atilla the Hun
27
What state was the first to secede from the U.S. in 1860?
Georgia
Mississipi
Tennennesse
South Carolina
28
At what theater did Shakespeare's plays routinely perform at?
Teatro La Fenice
The Royal Opera House
Vienna State Opera
The Globe Theatre
29
In what city was Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated in?
Memphis
Birmingham
Montgomery
Nashville
30
Who had the largest signature on the Declaration of Independence?
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
John Hancock
James Madison
31
In Norse mythology, the end times were said to happen as one event called?
Rapture
Judgement Day
The apocalypse
Ragnorak
32
The continent Asia is subdivided into how many countries?
115
75
48
50
33
Who did Martin Luther King Jr. base his model of pacifism after?
Frederick Douglas
Albert Einstein
W.EB. Dubois
Mahatma Gandhi
34
How tall was Napoleon Bonaparte?
"5,1"
"4,5"
"5,7"
"4,0"
35
Which gods are the planets of our galaxy named after?
Roman
Chinese
Greek
Norse
36
Which of these African tribes became notorious for their prowess in war?
Xhosa
Maasai
Zulu
San Bushman
37
Who was the first ruler of Hawaii?
Kalakaua
Kamehameha III
Kaiulani
Kamehameha I
38
Who was the first U.S. billionaire?
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Andrew Carnegie
J.P. Morgan
John D. Rockefeller
39
What country takes up a whole continent?
Australia
Russia
India
China
40
What was the original color worn on St. Patrick's day?
Orange
Blue
Red
Green
41
What country was the first to give women the right to vote in 1893?
New Zeland
Australia
U.S.
Great Britain
42
The American author Mark Twain's real name was
Robert Frost
Samuel Clemens
Walt Whitman
Charles Dickens
43
The secret project by the U.S. to make atomic bombs to use in World War II was called?
The Washinton Project
Project Mercury
The Atom Project
The Manhattan Project
44
The oral poems called haiku originate from what country?
Taiwan
Korea
China
Japan
45
On July 14, 1789, this prison was stormed. What was it called?
Tower of London
Alcatraz
Auschwitz
The Bastille
46
What city did Robert E. Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant in?
Washinton D.C.
Appomattox
Jamestown
Richmond
47
What year did the first Academy Awards Ceremony take place?
1929
1935
1925
1926
48
Who was the first Pope of Rome?
Linus
Paul
Peter
Gregory
49
What was the first personal computer?
Apple Lisa
Commodore PET
Altair 8800
Apple II
50
Which of these European actors was famous for playing Dracula?
Bela Lugosi
Conrad Veight
Peter Lorre
Claude Rains
51
What were Gulags?
Soviet military bases
Soviet concentration camps
Soviet ports
Soviet farms
52
What tribe was the interpreter Sacagawea from?
Cherokee
Chickasaw
Shoshone
Navajo
