Duplicate of History General Trivia

England’s King George the 1st was actually

What was the most common killer of the nearly 2,000 men that died at Valley Forge?

What year did Ohio become a state?

Who bombed Pearl Harbor?

Which American fort did Benedict Arnold plan to hand over to the British?

The play and film "The Miracle Worker" tells the story of which of these historical figures?

Which country was led by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in the early 2000s?

In the year 79 A.D. the Italian city of Pompeii disappeared after the eruption of THIS volcano

The United States was the first country to allow women to vote

The Anglo-Zanzibar war of 1896 is the shortest war on record. It lasted ...

Who was the first REPUBLICAN president?

John F. Kennedy, Anthony Burgess, Aldous Huxley, and C.S. Lewis all _______ on the same day.

What did the 19th Amendment to the Constitution grant to women?

What does the "D" stand for in "D-Day"?

Which Missouri city was destroyed by a deadly tornado in May, 2011?

In which modern state was George Washington born?

During mummification, which body organ was removed and weighed?

What was the battle grounds of Alamo originally intended for?

Which president freed the slaves?

Green Bay, Wisconsin was founded by which European country?

The disease that ravaged and killed a third of Europe's population in the 14th century was

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence

Who was the president during the so-called "Teapot Dome Scandal" of 1923?

How many people were killed by the 1666 Great Fire of London?

Which country was Archduke Franz Ferdinand the heir of the throne to?

Which Axis capital city was captured by Gregory Zhukov in 1945?

Which Presidential successor to Abraham Lincoln had no formal education whatsoever?

Which Andrew Lloyd Webber play won the 1983 Tony for best musical?

Name the epic poem by Homer about Odysseus and his journey home after the fall of Troy

Which king created his own religion so that he could divorce his wife?

This U.S. President boycotted the '80 Summer Olympics due to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan

Who said "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall"?

Who was the tallest president?

To fight which global epidemic did U.S. President George W. Bush seek $30billion in 2007?

The acronym used for the group of nations that export the vast majority of the world's oil

Which compact car was manufactured in Communist Yugoslavia during the Cold War?

What New York City mayor was known as "The Little Flower"?

Which ancient Egyptian god was the chief judge of the dead?

Which ally did the US give a $1 billion loan to on Oct. 30th, 1941?

Which Civil War general became president of the United States?

When was the wheel invented?

Which U.S. city was devastated by the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake?

The oldest still acting parliament in the world is located in

When did the term "The United States of America" originate?

Germany started WWII

Who wrote "The Prairie"?

How many words are in the present day version of the U.S. Constitution? (including signatures)

What country was Hitler born in

Who was called the "Father" of the U.S. Constitution?

JFK was assassinated in which city?

What was Ohio's first capital?

Which nation's air force is better known as the RAF?

In which city did Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his "I have a dream" speech?

"Yankee Doodle Dandy," is the official song of which U.S. state?

The Berlin Wall went down in 1987

Thailand was originally called Siam

What Shakespearean play has the line "Et tu, Brute" uttered?

Where is the United States Naval Academy located?

In 1912, a Paris orphanage held a raffle to raise money—the prizes were...

Where was the sitcom "Roseanne" set?

What year did WWII begin?