Historical Events Trivia Questions
Total Questions: 137
In what year did ABC start broadcasting 'General Hospital,' 'He's So Fine' reached No. 1 on the charts, and John F. Kennedy visited the Berlin Wall?
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1963
Which island country severed all its formal ties with Denmark and became a republic in 1944?
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iceland
In the 1980s, the world followed the case of Lindy Chamberlain, who claimed one of which wild animals killed her baby in Australia?
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dingo
In approximately 1260, Haakon IV, the illegitimate son of Haakon III, led which country to acquire Greenland and Iceland?
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norway
In which city has the Mistick Krewe of Comus been participating in parades since 1857?
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new orleans
In which city did the Duke of Hamilton and Lord Mohun kill each other in a duel in Hyde Park in 1712?
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london
Which capital city in Georgia was largely burned and captured by Union troops led by Sherman during the Civil War?
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atlanta
During which historical event was the website www.reignofterror.fr taken down and replaced with www.directory.fr?
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french revolution
Which principality was acquired by the house of Grimaldi in 1297?
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monaco
Which island country adopted Christianity by a vote of its parliament, the Althing, in the year 1000?
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iceland
In 1282, friars in Palermo on which island were killed if they couldn't say 'Ciciri' correctly in the local dialect?
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sicily
Who was the Mexican rebel that Gen. John Pershing was sent to capture in 1916?
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pancho villa
In 1958, the World's Fair featuring the 334-foot high Atomium was inaugurated on April 17 by King Baudouin in which capital city?
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brussels
A week after the fire at Windsor Castle, the Hofburg Palace in which city caught fire?
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vienna
In which U.K. province did additional British troops arrive on August 14, 1969, starting a 30-year effort to quell sectarian conflict?
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northern ireland
What did Benjamin Franklin urge Congress to abolish in his last public act by signing a petition?
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slavery
Which actress received $100,000 from the Boston Symphony in 1984 due to the cancellation of her contract because of her PLO support?
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vanessa redgrave
Upon his return to power on July 8, 1815, how many days did Louis XVIII note that Napoleon had kept him out of power?
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100
Which waterway's construction was overseen by William Howard Taft while he served as Secretary of War from 1904 to 1908?
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panama canal
What is the 2-word name of the army that brutally ruled Cambodia in the 1970s?
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khmer rouge
Who made himself president of Uganda after leading a military coup on January 25, 1971?
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idi amin
In which capital city was Pedro Joaquin Chamorro, an outspoken critic of the Somoza regime, assassinated in 1978?
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managua
In which country did France recognize the Diem government on October 24, 1955?
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south vietnam
In which city did 29 men die from 'Legionnaires' Disease' while staying at a hotel in 1976?
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philadelphia
In what year did Yitzhak Rabin shake Yasir Arafat's hand at the White House?
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1993
In which city was the old Ducal Theater destroyed by fire in 1776 and later replaced by La Scala?
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milan
In what year did King John place his seal on the Magna Carta?
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1215
In 1968, Martin Luther King, Jr. was planning a second march on which city to unite poor people?
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washington, d.c.
In what year was Ben Johnson stripped of his Olympic gold medal, the Iran-Iraq war ended, and Hurricane Gilbert hit Mexico?
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1988
In which country did British forces seize the Dutch Cape Colony in 1795?
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south africa
In 1933, Japan withdrew from the League of Nations because its conquest of which region in China wasn't recognized?
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manchuria
What 74-day-long event did Richard Russell lead in the Senate in 1964?
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filibuster
Which eyepatched Israeli minister of defense almost led ground troops to Damascus during the Six-Day War?
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moshe dayan
In what year did Operation 'Desert Storm' commence, marking the invasion of Iraq?
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1991
From which group, known as the Golden Horde, did Ivan the Great gain independence?
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mongols
Which volcano did Pliny the Elder visit, leading to his death from inhaling toxic fumes during its eruption?
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mount vesuvius
Which WWII B-29 bomber went on display at the Smithsonian in 1995 after much controversy and debate?
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enola gay
In which country did President Ghulam Ishaq Khan dismiss Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto from office in August 1990?
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pakistan
What was the name of the band of Vermonters led by Ethan Allen against the government of New York?
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green mountain boys
In which present-day state did Patrick Henry deliver his famous 'Give me liberty or give me death' speech?
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virginia
What was the name of the fleet that Philip II discovered had failed to invade England in 1588 when only half returned home?
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spanish armada
What significant event, involving a standoff between the United States and the Soviet Union, concluded on October 28, 1962?
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cuban missile crisis
In which island did the tragic fire at the DuPont Plaza Hotel occur that became one of the headline stories of 1987?
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puerto rico
Which city's main public library experienced significant fires in both April and September of 1986?
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los angeles
On July 4, 1994, the French established a safe zone in which country after rebels captured its capital city of Kigali?
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rwanda
Who was the Lincoln county sheriff that captured Billy the Kid in 1880?
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pat garrett
Which city did the Persians set on fire in 482 B.C., destroying its Hanging Gardens?
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babylon
In what year did the Italian republic lose the Peloponnesus to Turkey?
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venice
What 1605 'plot' to blow up Parliament is the subject of Antonia Fraser's 1996 book 'Faith And Treason'?
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gunpowder plot
What was the name of the U.S. spy ship whose crew was captured and held prisoner by North Korea in 1968 for 11 months?
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pueblo
During which war did Walt Whitman go to Virginia to nurse his brother George who had been wounded?
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american civil war
In 1995, a visit to the United States by the president of which country strained relations with China?
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taiwan
In which city on the Mississippi did the financially disastrous world's fair of 1984 go bankrupt?
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new orleans
Who was the band master who got things marching along with the U.S. Marine Band at Garfield's inauguration?
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john philip sousa
What is the name of the Palestinian uprising that began in 1987 and negatively affected tourism in Bethlehem?
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intifada
Which island did Turkish troops land on July 20, 1974, where they have stayed since?
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cyprus
What body of water was the center of naval action during the 1991 Gulf War?
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persian gulf
Which country issued an edict on March 31, 1492, offering Jews the choice of baptism or exile?
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spain
Which Canadian city was connected to Detroit by an underwater tunnel that opened on November 3, 1930?
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windsor, ontario
In which Eastern European country did thousands die or were taken to Russia when 'order' was restored after the 1956 revolt?
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hungary
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