Historical Figures Trivia Questions
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Which Mongol leader died in 1227 after falling from his horse?
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genghis khan
Who was declared Queen of Queens in 34 B.C. and had a son, Ptolemy XV, who was proclaimed King of Kings?
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cleopatra
Who was appointed as FBI director in 1924 and served under every president from Coolidge to Nixon?
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j. edgar hoover
Alberta was named in 1882 for Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, a daughter of which queen?
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queen victoria
Who was bankrupt four years after gold was discovered at his mill on January 24, 1848?
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john sutter
Which thuggish Hun did Priscus visit in the 5th Century and live to tell the tale?
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attila
Who did not meet his father until he was 15 or 16, but traveled to China with him at age 17?
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marco polo
In 1980, which presidential daughter advised her father that nuclear arms control was the most critical issue of the time?
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amy carter
Which famous queen died in 1901 on the Isle of Wight, ending her 64-year reign?
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queen victoria
Which leader had Eva and Isabel as his second and third wives, respectively, with the latter being a dancer?
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juan perón
Who became a professor of painting & sculpture at NYU in 1832 and later invented the telegraph?
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samuel morse
What color was Elizabeth I's hair, a characteristic of the Tudor family?
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red
Who was famously known as the 'Hero of Appomattox'?
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ulysses s. grant
Who is commemorated on Reformation Day, October 31, for posting his 95 Theses in 1517?
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martin luther
Which American frontiersman, born in 1734 near Reading, Pennsylvania, has a boro named after him in Kentucky?
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daniel boone
Which future U.S. President served as the editor of The Princetonian while attending Princeton in the 1870s?
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woodrow wilson
Which First Lady recounted that actor William Holden kissed her after her wedding but couldn't remember if her own husband did?
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nancy reagan
Who was financially supported by Engels in the 1850s, yet often had to subsist on bread and potatoes with his family?
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karl marx
Who worked as a portrait painter before designing the first successful steamboat?
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robert fulton
Who published a book on etiquette in 1922 after being motivated by reading one filled with errors?
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emily post
Which man was inspired by Bertha von Suttner to create a peace prize and saw her become the first woman to win it?
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alfred nobel
Which 1940's Harvard yearbook lists a future U.S. president with an intended vocation as law?
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john f. kennedy
Who became a tutor to Alexander the Great after leaving Plato's Academy?
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aristotle
Which country did Che Guevara serve as president of the national bank?
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cuba
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