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World History Random Trivia
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History trivia from around the world and the US from several periods.
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1
In 1936, Jesse Owens won 4 Gold medals at theSummer Olympics in what city?
Rome, Italy
Berlin, Germany
Atlanta, Georgia
Athens, Greece
2
Who was stabbed 23 times by over 60 men, including Brutus?
Julius Caesar
Augustus Caesar
Shakespeare
Nero
3
What was at the heart of the Cold War?
Nuclear arms race
Spy games
Space race
Cuban Missile Crisis
4
To what did Abe Lincoln refer in his 2 min. speech starting, “Four score and seven years ago”?
Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Yorktown
Battle of Gettysburg
5
What did Napoleon use to try to starve out Great Britain during the Napoleonic Wars?
Continental System
U-boats
Slash and Burn
Conscription
6
Which WWII general famously stated ‘I shall return.’ and did?
Patton
Bradley
MacArthur
Eisenhower
7
What event started WWII in Europe?
Invasion of Belgium
Rape of Nanking
Invasion of Poland
Bombing of London
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Which of the following weapons were introduced in WWI and then outlawed afterwards?
Atomic bomb
Zeppelin
U-boats
Mustard gas
9
What document first protected rights from a king & is used as a model for our Constitution?
Mayflower Compact
Bill of Rights
Magna Carta
Common Sense
10
What was Magellan famous for being the first to do?
Circumnavigate the globe
Finding Australia
Actually finding the Americas first
Naming the Atlantic Ocean
11
Renaissance art, architecture, literature and religion all changed due to this…
Realism
Humanism
Optimism
Machiavellianism
12
What was the name of the document that ended WWI and causedWWII?
Treaty of Ghent
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Fontainebleau
Treaty of Versailles
13
What were the Vietnamese attacks that shocked the US in the Vietnam Conflict called?
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Cambodian Killing Fields
Tet Offensive
Hanoi Hilton
14
Battle of Hastings in 1066 saw which Frenchman take overEngland?
King Henry VIII
William of Normandy
King Louis XIV
Napoleon
15
What was the goal of Operation Overlord in WWII?
Turn Rome to the Allies
Beat Russia in the Race to Berlin
Invade Germany
Liberate France
16
Of the following, what was Ancient China the FIRST to contribute?
Grid patterned cities
Coins
Calculus
Gunpowder
17
What is celebrated as the beginning of the French Revolution?
Storming of the Bastille
Tennis Court Oath
Decapitation of King Louis
American Revolution
18
Joan of Arc fought in this war between England and France…
War of 1812
7 Years War
100 Years War
30 Years War
19
What was the first book printed by Gutenberg’s printing press?
Hamlet
Magna Carta
Torah
Bible
20
In popular culture, which children's rhyme is about the plague?
"Three Blind Mice"
"Ring around the Rosie"
"Baa Baa Black Sheep"
"London Bridge is Falling Down"
