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1
What disputed region led to many conflicts between Germany and France?
Flanders
Elsass Lothringen
Wallenstein
Alsace Lorraine
2
What agreement between the Britain, the U.S., and the Soviet Union divided post war Europe into spheres of influence?
Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Versailles
Potsdam agreement
3
What was the longest battle in history? (Ten Months)
Battle of Okinawa
Battle of Kursk
Battle of Verdun
Battle of the Bulge
4
What creature is destined to bring about Ragnarok in Norse Mythology?
Loki
Ägir
Jormungandr
Fenrir
5
What federal organization organized the Waco Siege?
FDA
DEA
ATF
FBI
6
What ended the Renaissance Era?
The Hundred Years War
Battle of Vienna
The Sack of Rome
Fifth Crusade
7
Who unified Feudal Japan following the Warring States Period?
Genichiro Ashina
Hideoki Kobayashi
Oda Nobunaga
Emperor Meiji
8
What President of the IOC was the most controversial and a former supporter of Nazi Germany?
Avery Brundage
Nikita Khrushchev
Rafer Johnson
Shinzo Abe
9
What famous conquerer was named the “Scourge of Gods”?
Charlemagne
Emperor Charles V
Genghis Khan
Attila the Hun
10
Who was the Unabomber?
Joseph DeAngelo
Moltke von Roon
Erich Raeder
Ted Kaczynski
11
The Iran Contra Affair led to civil unrest in what country?
Guatemala
Iran
Nicaragua
Liberia
12
Who was Otto von Bismarck?
Prince of Prussia and Brandenburg
Founding Father of United Germany and the Iron Chancellor.
Archduke of Austria-Hungary
First of the Hohenzollern Kings of Prussia
13
What warship had the nickname “The Grey Ghost”?
KMS Scharnhorst
IJN Mogami
USS Enterprise
USS New Jersey
14
Who was the famous German WW1 field Marshall and last president of the Weimar Republic?
Adolf Hitler
Joseph Konrad
Franz von Papen
Paul von Hindenburg
15
What nation embodied the last remnant of Roman culture and society?
The Byzantium Empire
The Holy Roman Empire
Finland
Russian Empire
16
The ideology of fascism began in what country?
Italy
Germany
Austria
Romania
17
Which Chinese Dynasty was the first to be ruled by a family not Han Chinese?
Xia Dynasty
Ming Dynasty
Eastern Han Dynasty
Yuan Dynasty
18
What general of the U.S. army led the campaign known as the March to the Sea in the Civil War?
General Sherman
General Wheeler
General Montgomery
General Patton
19
Which State was made a U.S. territory through an illegal coup.
Illinois
Alaska
Hawaii
Florida
20
What sunken battleship is memorialized at Pearl Harbor?
USS Missouri
USS Arizona
USS Laffey
IJN Musashi
21
To what province did the Chinese Communists flee to during the Chinese Civil War?
Teinstin
Guangzhou
Nanjing
Shanxi
22
What Warship obtained the longest hit by any naval artillery? (23km)
RN Littorio (Glory of Naples)
HMS Warspite (The Grand Old Lady)
KMS Scharnhorst (Ugly Sister)
SN Kirov
23
What President had the shortest time in office?
William Harrison
Bill Clinton
John Tyler
James Rutherford
24
What war did Teddy Roosevelt fight in?
Crimean War
Spanish American War
WW1
Boxer Rebellion in China
25
What genetic disease was present in family of Tsar Nicholas the 2 that caused them to enlist the services of Rasputin?
Polio
Cholera
Cystic fibrosis
Sickle Cell Disease
26
Who is the sniper with the most accredited kills?
Chris Kyle
Josef Alleberger
Simo Häyhä
Vasily Zaytsev
27
What career did Vladimir Putin work in during Stalin’s Regime?
Director of The State Security Administration
Field Marshall of the Red Army
KGB Foreign Intelligence Officer
NKVD Senior Director
28
What is the earliest piece of written literature?
The Iliad
The Diamond Sutra
Kesh Temple Hymn
Tales of Gilgamesh
29
What was controversial about the 1936 olympics?
Russian doping
It featured the first black athletes
The inclusion of South Africa
It was held in Nazi Germany
30
What conflict had the U.S. Marines fighting in Beijing and Northern China?
Spanish American War
Korean War
Chinese Civil War
Boxer Rebellion