History Trivia Questions — page 10

If you recall well the performances of these men, it won't be hard to guess which one of them holds a patent for a device that allows a performer to lean forward past his center of gravity.

• AMichael Jackson
• BAxl Rose
• CGene Simmons
• DChaim Witz

Under whose administration did the United States send large numbers of troops to Vietnam?

• ALyndon Johnson
• BJohn Kennedy
• CRichard Nixon
• DGerald Ford

What president signed legislation providing for an 8-hour work-day applicable to federal employees on June 25, 1868?

• AAbraham Lincoln
• BAndrew Jackson
• CAndrew Johnson
• DUlysses S. Grant

What NBA team won their 16th NBA Championship title on June 8,1986?

• AHouston Rockets
• BBoston Celtics
• CL.A. Lakers
• DChicago Bulls

Which battle, fought in Europe during WWII, started on December 16, 1944?

• ABattle of the Bulge
• BBattle of Normandy (D-Day)
• CBattle of Stalingrad
• DBattle of Berlin

What was the name of the organization of Central and Eastern European communist states, established as a counterweight against NATO?

• ACouncil of Mutual Economic Assistance
• BWarsaw Pact
• CParis Treaties
• DNational Peoples Army

Which dictator killed the most people?

• AKim Il Sung
• BJoseph Stalin
• CMao Zedong
• DAdolf Hitler

Honoria, sister of the Roman Emperor, broke the peaceful relations between Rome and Attila the Hun by trying to do what?

• AMarry Attila
• BMarry Valentinian III
• CKill Valentinian III
• DKill Attila

The European Space Agency (ECA) had some setbacks too. Two workers died, while inspecting the umbilical mast of the launch pad of Ariane 5. Later, Luc Celle and Jean-Claude Dhainaut were reported to have died of asphyxiation, because of a nitrogen leak. When did this accident take place?

• A12 June 1989
• B6 December 1996
• C5 May 1995
• D13 May 2005

Which of these was NOT a Broadway flop?

• AFrankenstein (1981)
• BTeaneck Tanzi: The Venus Fly Trap (1983)
• CMoose Murders( 1983)
• DThe Medusa (1981)

In February 1997 the first movie without commercial interruption was shown on US TV. This is the movie.

• AThe Civil War
• BBack to the Future
• CSchindlers List
• DSaving Private Ryan

In what country did the Industrial Revolution start?

• AGermany
• BItaly
• CGreat Britain
• DFrance

The most prominent feature of the food resource base of post-Pleistocene Europe was its:

• Adependence on fur-bearing animals.
• Bdependence on megafauna.
• Chunting and gathering.
• Ddiversity.

How does anthropology differ from other social sciences such as economics and sociology?

• AAnthropology is more narrowly focused than the other social sciences.
• BAnthropology is less holistic and more theoretical in its approach.
• CAnthropology is holistic and integrative in its approach.
• DAnthropology tends to focus on specific topics in history.

Which of these people was issued patent # 6469 for a new method of buoying vessels over shoals?

• AHerbert Hoover
• BAndrew Jackson
• CStephen Decateur
• DAbraham Lincoln

What did Ivan Getting and Bradford Parkinson develop?

• AFM radio
• BThe transistor radio
• CThe automatic transmission for automobiles
• DGPS

The roots of the word knight are connected to cniht, an Old English word meaning this.

• AStable-lad
• BPrison-breaker
• CPage boy
• DHangman

What day in 1944 is referred to as D-Day?

• AJune 10
• BJune 6
• CMay 9
• DAugust 2

Research on C3 and C4 pathways indicates that changes in plant communities were associated with a transition in the diets of ancient hominids from:

• Ameat to fruits and vegetables.
• Bspecies focused on grasses to nuts and fruits.
• Cfruits and vegetables to fish.
• Dnuts and fruits to species more focused on grasses.

Which submarine was used by the Germans on May 7,1915, during the attack on one of the most impressive luxury ships ever built, the ocean liner RMS Lusitania?

• AU - 15
• BU - 20
• CU - 21
• DU - 88

Who made the first light bulb?

• AJoseph Swan
• BWilliam Coolidge
• CN. Tesla
• DThomas A. Edison

What is meant by Brandschatzung (translated as Firemoney)?

• APillaging occupied territory in order to obtain supplies for the army
• BDemanding supplies under threat of torching or pillaging
• CHiring mercenary armies as protection against pillaging
• DSupplying an army under the threat of being accused as heretics

Two years after Titanics tragic sinking - In the summer of 1914 - this ship started a journey from Quebec harbor to England. A heavy fog hid the horizon and she was hit by the Storstad, a Norwegian collier. Only 465 of the 1500 people onboard survived.

• AHalf Moon
• BEndeavour
• CQueen Elizabeth
• DThe Empress of Ireland

Homer set his epics in the last phase of the Bronze Age in ancient Greece. What is this phase called?

• AArchaic Greece
• BMycenaean Greece
• CHellenistic Greece
• DClassical Greece

Space Shuttles are transported to the launch pad on this slow-moving 6,000,000 pound (approx. 2,725,000 kg) vehicle. Fully loaded, it moves at a rate of 1 mph.

• AShuttle Tracked Vehicle
• BShuttle Crawler Transporter
• CTracked Shuttle Transporter
• DBig Bertha Transporter

In what year was the famous 45 foot tall Hollywood sign first erected?

• A1933
• B1923
• C1913
• D1903

This rebellion broke in 1857 in _____, fighting against the British colonial control over the country. It is sometimes referred to as the Sepoy Mutiny or the Sepoy Rebellion.

• ABotswana
• BIndia
• CNiger
• DAustralia

1983 was the year when this style of clothing finally went out of style.

• AReggae
• BGrunge
• CPunk
• DDisco

What European nation received US aid to try to put down the communist insurgency in Indochina in the late 1940s and early 1950s?

• ABelgium
• BBritain
• CFrance
• DNetherlands

Which of these 1960s famous hippie gatherings did not take place in San Francisco?

• ANambassa
• BThe Human Be-In
• CThe Love Pageant Rally
• DThe Summer of Love

Which of these events did not occur in 1947?

• AThe Polaroid Camera is invented.
• BChuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier.
• CThe Dead Sea Scrolls are found.
• DThe United Nations is founded.

In which country did the Solidarność (Solidarity) movement start?

• AEast Germany
• BHungary
• CPoland
• DCzechoslovakia

What effect did the late Pleistocene to early Holocene climate change have on human populations?

• AIt had no effect at all.
• BIt forced populations to move toward the equator.
• CIt tested the ability of human beings to adapt.
• DIt forced humans to wear clothing.

This man holds a patent for a special Jacuzzi-type of spa bath for women that includes a chair, a circulation valve, and a device for eliminating the dirty water.

• AJoseph Abrahams
• BPenn Jillette
• CJerry Lewis
• DMarcel Marceau

Elkhorn Tavern is located on which battlefield?

• APea Ridge
• BWilsons Creek
• CFranklin
• DChickamauga

Pas dArmes was a tournament, in which knights were dared to fight. If knights refused to fight, they had to leave this behind as a sign of humiliation.

• AHelmet
• BClothes
• CHorse
• DSpurs

What state succeeded the Austrian Empire in 1867?

• AArchduchy of Austria
• BFirst Austrian Republic
• CGerman Confederation
• DAustria-Hungary

This man was known as the Mexican Robin Hood. He set up a band of 5 members, all with the same first name. His band is credited with stealing more than $100,000 in gold and over 100 horses.

• AJoaquin Murrieta
• BNathaniel Reed 'Texas Jack'
• CBelle Starr
• DGeorge Newcomb 'Bitter Creek'

Which one of these countries was not one of the Allies during WW II?

• AUnited Kingdom
• BFrance
• CItaly
• DPoland

Which of these landmarks could not be found on the Gettysburg battlefield?

• ALittle Round Top
• BHells Half Acre
• CSeminary Ridge
• DDevils Den

What famous person got a patent in 2002 for a device used to tune drumheads?

• ARichard Feynmann
• BMarlon Brando
• CBuddy Rich
• DJohnny Carson

Which of the following is a remote-sensing device used at archaeological sites?

• Aelectrical resistivity
• Ball the above
• Cproton magnetometer
• Dground-penetrating radar

Which one happened to the U.S. in 1791?

• ABenedict Arnold found guilty of being a traitor
• BBill of Rights goes into effect
• C1st recorded UFO sighting by an American
• DWar started with Canada

Part of the Inca political strategy included all of the following EXCEPT:

• Athe ritual sacrifice of captives of war to appease the sun god.
• Bbringing the rulers of subdued provinces to live in the capital city.
• Cbuilding vast systems of roads.
• Dbuilding administrative centers in the capitals of the states they subdued.

The Great Cultural Revolution was a revolutionary uprising of students and workers in China, led by Mao Zedong. It officially ended in 1969, but there are statements that this period continued up until the arrest of the Gang of Four. One of the founding members of the gang was Mao's ____.

• Abrother
• Bwife
• Cson
• Dmother

Which medieval unit of volume is the largest?

• ABushel
• BTun
• CGallon
• DQuarter

On October 19, 2006 Nissan Motor Company recalled 80,000 cars in U.S. due to what defects?

• Ain the seatbelts
• Bin the door locks
• Cin the ignition key
• Din the air bags

The 1998 film, 'There's Something About Mary,' helped make this model turned actress one of the highest paid actresses in Hollywood. Who said, 'Is that... is that hair gel?'

• AHilary Swank
• BCameron Diaz
• CReese Witherspoon
• DDrew Barrymore

In 1596, navigator Cornelis de Houtman set foot on the shore of what future colonial possession?

• ACeylon (Shri Lanka)
• BNew Netherlands (North America)
• CSurinam (Dutch Guyana)
• DDutch East Indies (Indonesia)

Who had the great idea of putting a bell on the telephone so people would know that someone was calling?

• AElisha Gray
• BAlexander Graham Bell
• CThomas Watson
• DN. Tesla