History Trivia Questions
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What volunteer organization celebrated its 35th anniversary in 1996 and was first headed by Sargent Shriver?
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peace corps
In which country did heraldic designs called mons gain popularity during the Middle Ages?
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japan
In what country was Dian Fossey murdered in 1985?
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rwanda
Who was the textile worker and amateur parachutist recruited into the cosmonaut program in 1961?
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valentina tereshkova
What took place for the 21st time in the U.S. on April 1, 1990?
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census
Which country's border with China was fixed along the Amur River valley by the 1689 Treaty of Nerchinsk?
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russia
Who replaced Paul Volcker as chairman of the Federal Reserve on August 3, 1987?
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alan greenspan
Which Ugandan leader survived at least one assassination attempt and two attempted coups in 1977?
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idi amin
Which country's city of Vilnius was captured by Poland in 1920 after a 2-year war for independence from Russia?
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lithuania
To which country was the famous Zimmermann Note sent to Heinrich von Eckhardt, the German minister?
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mexico
In which country is St. Francis Xavier's body enshrined at Goa?
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india
In which capital city was Kim Philby buried with full military honors in 1988?
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moscow
Which country was ruled by the Bernadotte, Vasa, and Folkung dynasties?
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sweden
Which country did King Menes unify around 3100 B.C. to form the world's first national government?
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egypt
Which country formed the Eastern Bloc's first non-Communist government since WWII in 1989?
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poland
What great king of the Franks was probably born in Aachen in what is now Germany in 742?
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charlemagne
Which country was ruled by the probably illiterate Mogul emperor Akbar who built up a vast library in the 16th century?
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india
By 1775, which city was the second largest in the British Empire?
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philadelphia
Which environmental event was observed nationwide for the first time on April 22, 1970?
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earth day
In about 1403, Belgrade, currently the capital of Yugoslavia, became the capital of which country?
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serbia
What Dutch governor's farm was once located in the Bowery district of New York City?
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peter stuyvesant
Who led British troops to burn and pillage Richmond, Va. in 1781?
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benedict arnold
In which country did the first balloon flight occur in the 1780s?
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france
What city was made the capital of Egypt when the Ptolemaic dynasty began its rule in approximately 305 B.C.?
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alexandria
Who was the Norwegian United Nations Secretary-General that returned to Norway and served in the cabinet after leaving office in 1953?
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trygve lie
What region was ceded to Nazi Germany, resulting in the cancellation of Czech sovereignty as stipulated in the Munich Pact?
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sudetenland
In which state is the Sauk leader Keokuk buried in a city named after him?
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iowa
What is the name of the country that became the second independent nation in the Americas in 1804, after it gained independence from France as the colony of St. Domingue?
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haiti
Who opened her U.S. concert series at Castle Garden in New York on September 11, 1850 and was known as the 'Swedish Nightingale'?
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jenny lind
Which British economist became a director of the Bank of England in 1941?
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john maynard keynes
What king's wealth was said to be so immense that he could fund the construction of the Temple of Artemis?
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croesus
Which country lost 32,000 square miles to Napoleon under the 1809 Treaty of Schonbrunn?
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russia
Which department store magnate helped to start the Chicago Museum of Natural History?
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marshall field
What is the name of the play that Abraham Lincoln was attending on the night he was assassinated?
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our american cousin
Mariners from which country named Taiwan 'Ilha Formosa', but did not colonize it?
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portugal
Who was the Marxist president of Chile who perished during the military coup on September 11, 1973?
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salvador allende
Who founded the Jewish Documentation Center in Vienna in 1961 to track Nazi war criminals?
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simon wiesenthal
What independent state was established by the government of Italy in 1929?
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vatican city
Which empire lost nearly all of its European territories during the Balkan Wars of 1912 and 1913?
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ottoman empire
On which 4th largest island in the world did Captain Kidd spend time in the Indian Ocean?
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madagascar
Which African country did France consider an actual part of France until it gained independence in 1962?
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algeria
Which individual was extradited from Switzerland to the U.S. to face charges of aiding the Marcos family?
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adnan khashoggi
Which observance was established by Union General John Logan to honor war dead?
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memorial day
What magazine, famous for its photography, started as a weekly in 1936, shut down in 1972, and became a monthly in 1978?
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life
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