History Trivia Questions — page 15

Hong Kong ceded to the British and John F. Kennedy was inaugurated on this day.

• AApril 2
• BNovember 23
• CJanuary 20
• DMarch 14

Which animals were better for medieval farming?

• APeople in the Middle Ages did not know how to use animals in farming.
• BNone is better than the other, both oxen and horses were used
• COxen, as they are stronger than horses
• DHorses, as they are faster than oxen

When was the SS or Schutzstaffel established?

• AFebruary 21st, 1926
• BMarch 8th, 1935
• CApril 4th, 1925
• DSeptember 1st, 1941

This Russian cosmonaut was likely to have been the third or fourth person in space, but was dismissed from the cosmonaut corps in 1963, because of drunkenness and disorderly behavior at Chkalovskiy station.

• AGrigori Nelyubov
• BAleksei Leonov
• CVladimir Komarov
• DAlexi Petronov

Which Ohio-born singer was famous with the hits Music! Music! Music!, Molasses, Molasses, and Youll Never Get Away?

• AConnie Francis
• BBrenda Lee
• CTeresa Brewer
• DShelly Fabres

What is the name of the lithic technology seen in the Arctic and consisting of wedge-shaped cores, micro-blades, bifacial knives, and burins?

• ADenali Complex
• BClovis Complex
• CNenana Complex
• DFolsom Complex

Agriculture allows for complexity because:

• Apeople end up consuming more protein.
• Bchildren begin working and contributing at an earlier age.
• Cit only takes a few people to feed many, therefore freeing up enormous labor potential.
• Dvegetables contain vitamins not available in meat or fish.

The U.S. acquired Spanish Florida on the 22th day of this month in 1819.

• AFebruary
• BJune
• COctober
• DApril

How many times was Albert Einstein married in his lifetime?

• AFive
• BTwice
• CThrice
• DOnce

This English Renaissance musician was one of the first composers to write anthems set to English words?

• AGuillaume Dufay
• BJohn Dunstable
• CLeonel Palmer
• DThomas Tallis

What Dukes of Hazzard star played Thumblerig the Gambler in the 1960 movie The Alamo?

• ADenver Pyle
• BJames Best
• CBoss Hogg
• DAndy Griffith

Name the route running from South Vietnam through Laos and Cambodia into North Vietnam, used by North Vietnamese for sending soldiers to the south and for supplying the NLF (National Liberation Front ).

• AHo Chi Minh Trail
• BDiem Trail
• CChi Thien Trail
• DBao Dai Trail

In 1988, this talk show host once brought out 67 pound of animal fat to show how much weight they lost.

• ARikki Lake
• BJohnny Carson
• CDavid Letterman
• DOprah Winfrey

Which statement is true about the Regency?

• AIt was the first auto with a moon roof.
• BIt was the first auto with an automatic transmission.
• CIt was the first transistor radio.
• DIt was the first cell phone.

Which of these were known as Stalins Organs?

• AThe MIG-3 fighter
• BThe T-34 tank
• CKatyusha Rocket Launchers
• DDPM

Which country attacked the USS Liberty on June 8, 1967?

• ASaudi Arabia
• BIran
• CSyria
• DIsrael

The "Trail of Tears" was a result of which United States President's Indian Removal Policy?

• AJohn Quincy Adams
• BHarry S. Truman
• CMartin Van Buren
• DAndrew Jackson

What was the code name for the German invasion of the Soviet Union in WW2?

• AOperation Unthinkable
• BOperation Kaiserschlact
• COperation Molotov
• DOperation Barbarossa

Lawrence Wright, author of The Looming Tower, a new account of Al Qaedas attack on the U.S., reveals that the Afghans fighting alongside bin Laden in the 1980s considered him what?

• Aa courageous warrior
• Buseless
• Ca religious zealot
• Da strategic genius

Which king of England is not the title character of a Shakespearean play?

• AHenry VIII
• BHenry VII
• CRichard II
• DRichard III

These became more advanced and more popular in the 1990, with some of the most influential ones being the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, the Sony Playstation, and the Sega Dreamcast.

• AComputer games
• BVideo Game consoles
• CDating sites
• DVirtual reality systems

He said: If you want to make a lot of money, invent something that will enable Europeans to cut each others throats.

• ALeonardo Da Vinci
• BHiram Maxim
• CThomas Alva Edison
• DJames Puckle

Researchers now believe that the decline of the Maya was caused chiefly by:

• Aa cataclysm of some kind, such as an earthquake, volcano, or tsunami.
• Becological degradation resulting from slash-and-burn farming techniques.
• Cendless wars between neighboring Mayan city-states.
• Dpractices of interbreeding that led to a steep rise in congenital disorders.

What city became the capital after the unification of Germany in 1990?

• ADresden
• BBonn
• CBremen
• DBerlin

In their attempt to knock Italy out of WW2, the Allies met a fierce competitor on the Italian peninsula. Which German general gave the Allies such a hard time?

• APaulus
• BGuderian
• CRommel
• DKesselring

It can be difficult to both hold a string instrument and play it. Which of these musicians holds a patent for a device used for holding a stringed instrument?

• ATom Petty
• BEddie Van Halen
• CBob Dylan
• DDenny Dougherty

In the 4th century, the Mayas were among the first civilizations to use what in their counting system?

• ADecimal point
• BFractions
• CThe number zero
• DSubstraction

Which famous person holds a patent for a cardiac pulse monitor?

• AJay Leno
• BPaul Winchell
• CZeppo Marx
• DLawrence Welk

In what body of water was a naval battle fought in 1942 in which, for the first time in history, the ships of both sides never saw each other?

• ALeyte Gulf
• BSulu Sea
• CCoral Sea
• DGulf of Papua

Which of the following is the last to be occupied by human beings?

• ANew Guinea
• BTimor
• CNew Zealand
• DAustralia

Who was the first ruler of Haiti after the country had gained its independence?

• AHenri Christophe
• BToussaint Louverture
• CAlexandre Petion
• DJean-Jacques Dessalines

Which U.S. president was said to have been too honest to lie to his father about chopping down a cherry tree?

• AThomas Jefferson
• BAbraham Lincoln
• CGeorge Washington
• DJames Monroe

On April 24th 1916 an uprising took place in this country in an attempt to gain independence from the UK. Where did this uprising take place?

• AIreland; The Easter Uprising
• BEgypt; The Urabi revolt
• CIndia; The Sepoy Mutiny
• DThe Palestine Mandate ; Zionist Uprising

Australia was officially settled in 1788 as the penal colony of New South Wales. Over the course of the 19th century this many new self-governing Crown Colonies were established on the continent.

• A4
• B5
• C3
• D12

In what year did the French pull out of Indochina?

• A1964
• B1970
• C1954
• D1949

Which subfield of anthropology has been described as studying "other people's garbage"?

• Alinguistics
• Bpaleoanthropology
• Cprimatology
• Darchaeology

This American woman, who worked as a physical therapist, invented a device that could be used by veteran soldiers, who had lost their arms. It was an electrical apparatus that could deliver food through a tube.

• ABarbara Carruthers
• BBillie M. Merriwether
• CBethany Alcott
• DBessie Blount Griffin

At the time of the Battle of Trenton, some Hessians were quartered in a stone building that is now a Trenton museum. What is the name of this museum?

• ABattlefield House
• BThe Old Barracks Museum
• CThe Stone House
• DSt. Anthonys Church

As samurai warriors were supposed to set a good example to those beneath them - they were bound by Bushido, a strict ethic code. Bushido means way of the warrior and one of its central points states that a samurai must be completely loyal towards this person.

• AThe shogun
• BHis daimyo
• CHis kaishaku
• DThe emperor

How many days before 9/11 did George W. Bush receive a Presidents Daily Brief intelligence report entitled Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S.?

• A90 days
• B35 days
• C365 days
• D200 days

Who became the first female Cabinet minister of Holland in 1956?

• AMargarita Klompe
• BAletta Jacobs
• CWilhelmina Drucker
• DKenau Hasselaar

What was Genghis Khan's real name?

• AMöngke
• BTemüjin
• CÖgedei
• DTemür

The coat of arms of the King of Spain contains the arms from the monarchs of Castille, Leon, Aragon and which other former Iberian kingdom?

• ACatalonia
• BGranada
• CGalicia
• DNavarre

What micro-state is considered to have the oldest constitution still in effect?

• ASan Marino
• BMonaco
• CSaint Kitts and Nevis
• DAndorra

What year was Canada founded in?

• A1867
• B1668
• C1798
• D1859

The Ming Dynasty established the Forbidden City in Beijing. Do you know what ming means in Chinese?

• Aconqueror
• Bbright
• Cbuilder
• Dcruel

The son of which pope supposedly held a lecherous fête involving 50 courtesans in the papal palace?

• AInnocent V
• BAlexander VI
• CUrban II
• DPius III

Which of these movies did not feature R. Lee Ermey?

• AApocalypse Now
• BThe Boys in Company C
• CFull Metal jacket
• DPlatoon

A person who believes that the current appearance of the earth can be best explained as having resulted from a series of natural disasters is known as a(n):

• Acatastrophist.
• Bevolutionist.
• Cnatural scientist.
• Dpaleoanthropologist.

Nubian civilization:

• Awas the result of Mesopotamian colonization in the south.
• Bdeveloped in response to, but not in imitation of, Egyptian culture.
• Chad no contacts with neighboring cultures.
• Dpredated and spurred the rise of Egyptian culture.