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1
Who has been named the NFL MVP more than any other player in history?
Peyton Manning
Jerry Rice
Tom Brady
Joe Montana
2
What is the world's most popular board game?
Checkers
Monopoly
Scrabble
Chess
3
The youngest man elected President of the United States was
Ronald Reagan
Bill Clinton
John F. Kennedy
4
Tom Brady was drafted in what year?
1995
2000
1998
1999
5
Who holds the record for the most regular season wins by a quarterback in a career?
John Elway
Peyton Manning
Tom Brady
Brett Favre
6
What year did the USA land the first human on the Moon?
1965
1969
1984
1945
7
Who is the only President to serve MORE than 2 terms?
Abraham Lincoln
Barack Obama
George Washington
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)
8
Which Civil Rights leader used nonviolence as a strategy?
Malcolm X
Marcus Garvey
W.E.B. DuBois
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
9
What is the name of this Hall of Fame receiver?
Steve Largent
Cris Carter
Shannon Sharpe
Jerry Rice
10
Who was the first ruler of Hawaii?
Kamehameha III
Kalakaua
Kaiulani
Kamehameha I
11
Who was the first African American woman, to win an Oscar?
Hallie Berry
Whoopi Goldberg
Hattie McDaniel
Oprah Winfrey
12
What was the period that was called "Prohibition?"
Late 1700s when Native Americans were stripped of land
1920s when it was illegal to buy & sell alcohol
Time when women weren't allowed to drive cars
Time in the 1800s when it was illegal women to vote
13
Where is the White House located at?
Atlanta, GA
Los Angeles, CA
Washington D.C.
New York, NY
14
How many symphonies did Ludwig van Beethoven write?
6
9
106
4
15
On July 14, 1789, this prison was stormed. What was it called?
The Bastille
Tower of London
Auschwitz
Alcatraz
16
The oral poems called haiku originate from what country?
China
Taiwan
Japan
Korea
17
In which war did the U.S. take the most causalities?
World War One
World War Two
American Revolution
American Civil War
18
The Declaration of Independence was signed on what date?
July 4, 1492
July 4, 1776
July 4, 1976
19
Who lead the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917?
Vladimir Lenin
Leon Trotsky
Joseph Stalin
Karl Marx
20
The beaver is the national animal of what nation?
Norway
Sweden
Canada
Denmark
21
What year did India gain its independence?
1940
1945
1947
1949
22
The icon Pancho Villa was famous for his leadership during?
The American Civil War
The Mexican-American War
The Mexican Revolution
The Spanish-American War
23
Lake Placid, home of the 1932 and 1980 Winter Olympics, is in
Minnesota
Michigan
New York
24
The deadliest war in American history was?
Persian Gulf War
Civil War
World War II
Vietnam War
25
What two monarchies was Czar Nicholas II related to?
George V, and Wilhelm II
Ferdinand, and George V
Victor Emmanuel III, and Wilhelm II
Ferdinand, and Victor Emmanuel III
26
What year did Fidel Castro die?
2015
1961
2014
2016
27
Hawaii became the ______________ state
49th
50th
51st
28
What was the first personal computer?
Apple II
Altair 8800
Apple Lisa
Commodore PET
29
America won their independence from what country?
France
England
Germany
Lithuania
30
Which quarterback holds the record for most passing yards in a season?
Matthew Stafford
Peyton Manning
Drew Brees
Brett Favre
31
In 1867, the U.S. purchased Alaska from who?
Russia
Great Britain
France
Canada
32
What city in Modern day Turkey was renamed Istanbul after the Ottoman Empire conquered it?
Constantinople
Venice
Vienna
Rome
33
The first NFL draft was held in what year?
1898
1912
1920
1936
34
What was the first toy advertised on Television?
Mr. Potato Head
G.I. Joe
Slinky Dog
Barbie Doll
35
Who was the first ruler of the Mongol Empire?
Atilla the Hun
Genghis Kahn
Kublai Khan
Sun Tzu
36
The NFL was founded during a meeting in what kind of business?
Insurance agency
Bank
Car dealership
Grocery store
37
Who did Martin Luther King Jr. base his model of pacifism after?
Mahatma Gandhi
Albert Einstein
W.EB. Dubois
Frederick Douglas
38
Who was the first President of the United States?
Abraham Lincoln
John F. Kennedy
George Washington
Bill Clinton
39
What country was the first to give women the right to vote in 1893?
Great Britain
Australia
U.S.
New Zeland
40
At sixteen he married Marie Antionette, who is he?
Louis XIII
Napoleon III
Louis XVI
Louis XVIII
41
What is the name of the Sword in the Stone?
The Sword
Anduril
Sting
Excalibur
42
The Gettysburg Address was written by
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
Bill Clinton
43
What country did the USA purchase Louisiana from?
England
France
Germany
China
44
What is December 7, 1941 famous for?
Independence Day
Pearl Harbor Day
Christmas Day
45
What country was Marie Antoinette Archduchess of?
Russia
Germany
France
Austria
46
Who was the first woman, to run for the U.S. Presidency?
Susan b. Anthony
Mary Wollstonecraft
Hillary Clinton
Victoria Woodhull
47
The capital of California is
Sacramento
Los Angeles
San Francisco
48
Who wrote the U.S. Constitution?
Alexander Hamilton
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
49
Who was the first U.S. billionaire?
John D. Rockefeller
J.P. Morgan
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Andrew Carnegie
50
What was this famous mouses' original name before Walt Disney changed it to Mickey?
Mason
Walter
Mortimer
Milo
51
What country is responsible for bombing Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941?
China
Japan
Russia
Germany
52
Who had the largest signature on the Declaration of Independence?
John Adams
James Madison
Thomas Jefferson
John Hancock
53
Who is the youngest man to be the U.S. President?
Bill Clinton
JFK
Theodore Roosevelt
Ulysses S. Grant
54
In what state is Mount Rushmore?
Nebraska
South Dakota
Colorado
55
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire made up what faction in World War I?
The Allies
The Confederacy
The Central Powers
The Axis Powers
56
How pairs of relatives have been U.S. Presidents?
6
2
3
4
57
What President issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863?
Abraham Lincoln
Thomas Jefferson
George Bush
Richard Nixon
58
What does U.S.S.R stand for?
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
United States of Socialist Republics
United Sovereign Socialist Republic
Union of Socialist States of Russia
59
How many Great Lakes are there?
7
5
9
60
The Roman numeral "L" stands for what number?
25
55
150
50
61
What crime was Al Capone convicted of in 1931?
Murder
Tax evasion
Drug smuggling
Racketeering
62
The secret project by the U.S. to make atomic bombs to use in World War II was called?
Project Mercury
The Atom Project
The Manhattan Project
The Washinton Project
63
What year did the first Academy Awards Ceremony take place?
1925
1926
1929
1935
64
How many colonies were in the United States originally?
17
13
9
50
65
Kansas City is in both Kansas and what other state?
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Missouri
66
Who were the first people to fly a plane in Kitty Hawk, NC?
Ford Brothers
Dodge Brothers
Wright Brothers
Blues Brothers
67
Which nation was the first to have a man-made object land on the moon?
Canada
China
U.S.
U.S.S.R.
68
During world war II, what nation did Imperial Japan attack first?
Soviet Union
Hawaii
China
U.S.
69
What city did Robert E. Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant in?
Appomattox
Richmond
Washinton D.C.
Jamestown
70
Who was the only U.S. President to never live in the White House?
Andrew Jackson
Abraham Lincoln
John Adams
George Washington
71
In what city was Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated in?
Nashville
Memphis
Birmingham
Montgomery
72
What state was the first to secede from the U.S. in 1860?
Tennennesse
Georgia
South Carolina
Mississipi
73
Who served as U.S. President after John F. Kennedy was assassinated?
Bill Clinton
Lyndon Johnson
Hillary Clinton
74
What was the first World Series Game?
New York Yankees vs. Chicago Cubs
Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Chicago Cubs
Atlanta Braves vs. New York Yankees
Boston Red Sox vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
75
Which of these players was NOT a #1 draft pick?
Tom Brady
Drew Brees
Randy Moss
Peyton Manning
