History Bowl

Question 1

Who assassinated John F. Kennedy? (probably)

Accepted Answer

Lee Harvey Oswald

Question 2

In what year was held Super Bowl I?

Accepted Answer

1967

Question 3

Who is believed to have founded the first Norse settlement in Greenland?

Accepted Answer

Erik the Red

Question 4

Who is the father of Marxism?

Accepted Answer

Karl Marx

Question 5

Round 2: Medium. The Minoan Civilization came from what island?

Accepted Answer

Crete

Question 6

Round 1: Easy. Who is considered the Father of Psychology?

Accepted Answer

Sigmund Freud

Question 7

Harappa and Mohenjo Daro were built in what river valley?

Accepted Answer

Indus River

Question 8

Who wrote the Star Spangled Banner?

Accepted Answer

Francis Scott Key

Question 9

Who wrote Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's (Philosopher's) Stone?

Accepted Answer

J.K. Rowling

Question 10

What film won Outstanding (Best) Picture from the first Academy Awards ceremony (1929)?

Accepted Answer

Wings

Question 11

Round 3: Difficult. What is this?

Accepted Answer

The Victory Stele of Naram Sin

Question 12

What is the name of the "First Emperor of China"?

Accepted Answer

Qin Shi Huangdi

Question 13

Who was the first animal launched into the orbit of the earth?

Accepted Answer

Laika (Dog)

Question 14

In what city was Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated?

Accepted Answer

Memphis

Question 15

Who said this?

Accepted Answer

Sun Tsu (The Art of War)

Question 16

Who was the first Russian ruler to assume the title of Tsar?

Accepted Answer

Ivan IV (the Terrible)

Question 17

What year did the Berlin Wall come down?

Accepted Answer

1989

Question 18

What "Clinton" lost to James Madison in the Presidential election of 1812?

Accepted Answer

DeWitt

Question 19

Which Beatle is missing? John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, ...

Accepted Answer

George Harrison

Question 20

Who's teachings are considered the core and foundation of Buddhism?

Accepted Answer

Siddhartha Gautama (Gautama Buddha)

Question 21

Where was Napoleon Bonaparte born?

Accepted Answer

Corsica

Question 22

In what city lie the "Make Way for Ducklings" statues?

Accepted Answer

Boston

Question 23

Who became infamous for his mistreatment of the indigenous peoples of the "Congo Free State"?

Accepted Answer

Leopold II

Question 24

What colony became the first state to join the Union? (December 7, 1787)

Accepted Answer

Delaware

Question 25

Who are the Ainu?

Accepted Answer

An indigenous people of Japan and Russia

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