kth8/OpenTriviaQA huggingface dataset:
Category: history
Question: On October 19, 2006 Nissan Motor Company recalled 80,000 cars in U.S. due to what defects?
Choices: in the air bags; in the ignition key; in the door locks; in the seatbelts
Answer: in the ignition key
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Question: Who was chosen to be the 2006 Time Magazines Person of the Year?
Choices: Me; You; The Democrats; George W. Bush
Answer: You
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Question: Who was the last Tsar of Russia, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Finland?
Choices: Alexander III; Alexander II; Nicholas II; Peter I
Answer: Nicholas II
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Question: Which of these refers to the lower house of the Russian Parliament ?
Choices: Duma; Red House; Reichstag; Storting
Answer: Duma
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Question: During the Russian Revolution in 1917, which of these people belonged to the Mensheviks?
Choices: Lev Kamenev; Joseph Stalin; Pavel Axelrod; Matvei Muranov
Answer: Pavel Axelrod
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Question: What was the title of Karl Marxs influential treatise on political economy, first published in 1867?
Choices: Crime and Punishment; War and Peace; Capital; Communism
Answer: Capital
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Question: In his testament, Lenin stated that he did not approve of Joseph Stalin having so much power and that he didnt want him to rule Russia.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Bolshevik revolutionary and Marxist theorist Leon Trotsky was assassinated in which country?
Choices: France; Mexico; Bulgaria; Russia
Answer: Mexico
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Question: Alexander Kerensky was the first Prime Minister of the Russian Provisional Government in 1917.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: During the Russian Revolution of 1917, which city was capital of Russia?
Choices: Volgograd; Kiev; Saint Petersburg; Moscow
Answer: Saint Petersburg
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Question: In January of 2006, 12 miners were killed in the Sago Mine Disaster, which occurred in which U.S. state?
Choices: Pennsylvania; Virginia; West Virginia; Ohio
Answer: West Virginia
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Question: On what date in January 2006 did legendary radio talk show host Howard Stern begin his much publicized satellite radio show on Sirius?
Choices: 9th; 16th; 4th; 2nd
Answer: 9th
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Question: Which NFL team won Super Bowl XL on February 5, 2006?
Choices: New England Patriots; Seattle Seahawks; Philadelphia Eagles; Pittsburgh Steelers
Answer: Pittsburgh Steelers
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Question: In which European country were the 2006 Winter Olympics held?
Choices: Switzerland; France; Germany; Italy
Answer: Italy
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Question: Was 2006 a leap (intercalary) year?
Choices: No; Yes
Answer: No
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Question: Which film won the Best Picture award at the 2006 Academy Awards?
Choices: Brokeback Mountain; Crash; King Kong; March of the Penguins
Answer: Crash
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Question: The 2006 film See No Evil, released on May 19, stars what famous WWE wrestler?
Choices: Goldberg; Undertaker; Kane; Shawn Michaels
Answer: Kane
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Question: On May 28, 2006 Barry Bonds hit his 715th career homerun against which National League team?
Choices: San Diego Padres; New York Mets; Atalanta Braves; Colorado Rockies
Answer: Colorado Rockies
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Question: The North and South (between Maryland and Pennsylvania) were separated by what famous line?
Choices: The Dixon Divide; The Underground Railroad; The Line of Freedom; The Mason-Dixon Line
Answer: The Mason-Dixon Line
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Question: Which northern state was last to make slavery illegal?
Choices: New York; New Jersey; Pennsylvania; They all made it illegal at the same time
Answer: New Jersey
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Question: Who was President of the USA when the Korean War began?
Choices: Dwight Eisenhower; Harry Truman; John Kennedy; Franklin D. Roosevelt
Answer: Harry Truman
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Question: Approximately how long was The Spanish-American War?
Choices: 2 years; 3 years; 11-12 months; 3-4 months
Answer: 3-4 months
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Question: Which war, fought in the 20th century, is sometimes referred to as The Forgotten War?
Choices: World War I; Gulf War; Korean War; Spanish-American War
Answer: Korean War
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Question: The Cold War was one of the deadliest wars of all time.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: Which battle, fought in Europe during WWII, started on December 16, 1944?
Choices: Battle of the Bulge; Battle of Normandy (D-Day); Battle of Berlin; Battle of Stalingrad
Answer: Battle of the Bulge
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Question: In World War II, 80% of the deaths were on the Allied side.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: The United States gained almost half of the territory of Mexico after the Mexican War from 1846â1848.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: North Vietnamese troops entered this South Vietnamese city, marking the unofficial end to the Vietnam War in 1975.
Choices: Saigon; Dong Nam Bo; Vinh; Nha Trang
Answer: Saigon
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Question: What event sparked the beginning of the United States War on Terror?
Choices: World Trade Center bombing of 1993; The terrorist attacks of September 11; George W. Bushs victory in the 2000 election; None of these
Answer: The terrorist attacks of September 11
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Question: Which of the following is the longest war in American history?
Choices: Civil War; Gulf War; Vietnam War; American Revolution
Answer: Vietnam War
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Question: The Allies and Axis were the two main opponent powers in the Second World War. Which of these leaders and his country were on the side of the Axis powers?
Choices: Benito Mussolini; Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Winston Churchill; Dwight Eisenhower
Answer: Benito Mussolini
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Question: This politician was the British Prime Minister who declared war on Germany in 1939.
Choices: Winston Churchill; Neville Chamberlain; Erwin Rommel; Kurt Student
Answer: Neville Chamberlain
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Question: Operation Torch was planned to bring Morocco and Algiers under the Alliesâ domination. Who was the general in charge of the operation?
Choices: Paul Tibbets; Chuichi Nagumo; Erwin Rommel; Dwight Eisenhower
Answer: Dwight Eisenhower
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Question: The attack on Pearl Harbour was carried out on December 7, 1941, causing the United States to enter the war on the side of the Allies. Who was president of the USA at that time?
Choices: Winston Churchill; Theodore Roosevelt; Franklin D. Roosevelt; William McKinley
Answer: Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Question: Which of the following leaders was not present at  The Yalta Conference that took place in February 1945.
Choices: Winston Churchill; Franklin Roosevelt; Joseph Stalin; Mao Zedong
Answer: Mao Zedong
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Question: This German military leader led the Sixth Army at the siege of Stalingrad. After months of siege, he was defeated and surrendered to the Russians.
Choices: Friedrich Paulus; Karl Donitz; Joseph Goebbels; Heinrich Himmler
Answer: Friedrich Paulus
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Question: In August 1944, the German forces in Paris surrendered to this French general who led a military unit from Normandy.
Choices: Darlan; Zedong; Leclerc; Patton
Answer: Leclerc
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Question: This major Nazi leader, called by his supporters âFuhrerâ (leader), committed suicide in his bunker on April 30, 1945 in order not to be caught by the Allied forces.
Choices: Adolf Hitler; Friedrich Paulus; Reinhard Heydrich; Benito Mussolini
Answer: Adolf Hitler
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Question: During World War II, this politician was the powerful leader of the Soviet Union, the country which suffered a record death toll in the war.
Choices: Joseph Stalin; Vyacheslav Molotov; Nikita Khruschev; Leonid Brezhnev
Answer: Joseph Stalin
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Question: This man became U.S. Secretary of State after the Second World War. He developed a reconstruction plan, later named after him, to help the European countries recover after the war.
Choices: F. D. Roosevelt; George Marshall; Dwight Eisenhower; Karl Donitz
Answer: George Marshall
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Question: In February 1992 this treaty was signed. It established the European Union.
Choices: Merger Treaty; Maastricht Treaty; Treaty of Rome; Treaty of Amsterdam
Answer: Maastricht Treaty
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Question: One of these historically influential political books was first published in February 1848. Its authors are Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx.
Choices: The Holy Family; The Communist Manifesto; Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Germany; Das Kapital
Answer: The Communist Manifesto
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Question: In February 1997 the first movie without commercial interruption was shown on US TV. This is the movie.
Choices: Saving Private Ryan; Schindlers List; Back to the Future; The Civil War
Answer: Schindlers List
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Question: The first book edition of the detective story, The Valley of Fear, was released in February 1915. This is its author.
Choices: Raymond Chandler; Agatha Christie; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; Dashiell Hammett
Answer: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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Question: In February of this year, the last episode of M*A*S*H was broadcast.
Choices: 1979; 1985; 1983; 1974
Answer: 1983
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Question: The Battle of Stalingrad ended in February 1943.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: In February 1924 President Woodrow Wilson died at this age.
Choices: 41; 67; 82; 70
Answer: 67
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Question: In February 1952, the first Dont Walk sign was installed in this city.
Choices: Washington; Chicago; Los Angeles; New York City
Answer: New York City
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Question: The Yalta Conference ended in February 1945 . Do you know when it started?
Choices: December 1944; February 1945; January 1945; November 1944
Answer: February 1945
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Question: The English director Alfred Hitchcocks first suspense film was released in February 1927. This was the name of the movie.
Choices: The Manxman; Murder!; The Lodger; The 39 Steps
Answer: The Lodger
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Question: The greatest fame for this actress, who passed away in 2000, came when she starred as Margaret Pynchon opposite Edward Asner in Lou Grant.
Choices: Nancy Marchand; Nancy Sinatra; Nancy Reagan; Nancy Walker
Answer: Nancy Marchand
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Question: What star of Willowâ  who passed away in 2000, founded the organization Little People of America in 1957?
Choices: Jerald Laverne; Jerry Lavish; Billy Marty; Billy Barty
Answer: Billy Barty
Category: history
Question: This actor, who died in 2000, played the role of Major Frank Burns on the TV series M.A.S.H.
Choices: Harry Morgan; Larry Gelbert; Alan Alda; Larry Linville
Answer: Larry Linville
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Question: His first film role was The Kentuckian. His Broadway appearance in Neil Simons Odd Couple launched his career, but many remember him as one of the Grumpy Old Men. Who was this great actor?
Choices: Jack Lemmon; Burgess Meredith; Ozzie Davis; Walter Mattheau
Answer: Walter Mattheau
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Question: American cartoonist and creator of the comic strip Peanuts, Charles Schulz died in 2000.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: He made films from 1916 to 1939 and was married to Joan Crawford. His fathers name helped him launch his career, however Charlie Chaplin took a liking to him and the rest is history. What is the name of this actor who passed away in 2000?
Choices: Clark Gable; Spencer Tracy; Douglas Fairbanks Jr.; Buster Keaton
Answer: Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
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Question: In what year did the following events take place: Jonas Salk began testing his polio vaccine on volunteers, including his wife, his children and himself. The first animal, a tadpole, was cloned. The New York Yankees defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers in the World Series.
Choices: 1956; 1950; 1952; 1954
Answer: 1952
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Question: Which one of these events did not happen in the same year as the others?
Choices: The novel Peyton Place was published; Barry Gordy, Jr. invested $700 in founding Motown Records; Allen Ginsberg publishes the book Howl and Other Poems; Elvis Presley recorded the song Hound Dog
Answer: Barry Gordy, Jr. invested $700 in founding Motown Records
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Question: Who was the first person to be U.S. President of 50 states?
Choices: Kennedy; Nixon; Eisenhower; Truman
Answer: Eisenhower
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Question: Which of these events did not occur in 1957?
Choices: Sputnik III was launched and circled the Earth eleven times.; Leave It to Beaver, a TV show about  idyllic American life, first aired.; Charles Van Doren won $129,000 on the TV show Twenty-One.; The great Jackie Robinson retired from baseball
Answer: Sputnik III was launched and circled the Earth eleven times.
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Question: Who commanded the three B-52 Stratofortresses which made the first globe-circling nonstop flight in 1957?
Choices: Major General Archie J. Old; Lt. Col. Alan Shepard; Col. Carl  V. Jaeger; General William W. Donavan
Answer: Major General Archie J. Old
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Question: Which list contains only countries which formed the European Economic Community?
Choices: Spain, France, Austria, West Germany, Finland, and Portugal; Denmark, Sweden, The Netherlands, England, Belgium, and Luxembourg; Sweden, France, Italy, Austria, West Germany, and Spain; France, West Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg
Answer: France, West Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg
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Question: Which Ohio-born singer was famous with the hits Music! Music! Music!, Molasses, Molasses, and Youll Never Get Away?
Choices: Shelly Fabres; Teresa Brewer; Brenda Lee; Connie Francis
Answer: Teresa Brewer
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Question: Which of these events did not  happen in 1950?
Choices: CBS got an FCC license to broadcast in color nation-wide.; Both Pillsbury and general Mills begin selling cake mixes.; Charles Schultz introduces Peanuts .; General Dwight D. Eisenhower is elected President.
Answer: General Dwight D. Eisenhower is elected President.
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Question: Which one of these events did not happen in 1955?
Choices: The McGuire Sisters have a #1 hit with Sincerely.; Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat to a white woman in Montgomery, Alabama.; The Korean War is formally ended.; The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merged
Answer: The Korean War is formally ended.
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Question: Which of the following statements is not correct?
Choices: Burt Lancaster starred in Vera Cruz, His Majesty OKeefe and Apache.; Expresso Bongo, Rock, Rock, Rock,  and Hot Rod Girl were all popular teenage movies in the 1950s.; The movie The Third Man was a financial flop when it  was released in 1951.; The 1955 movie,Marty, became the shortest film to win the Best Movie Oscar.
Answer: The movie The Third Man was a financial flop when it  was released in 1951.
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Question: One of the most famous cases of poisoning is that of the Bulgarian Georgi Markov, who was poisoned by ricin. The latter was inserted into his body through this.
Choices: Stabbing with an umbrella; Taking ricin by mistake; Eating a cake with ricin in it; Inhaling ricin vapours
Answer: Stabbing with an umbrella
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Question: One of the most popular fictional cases of poisoning occurs in the movie Arsenic and Old Lace, based on a play by this playwright.
Choices: David Mamet; David Auburn; Joseph Kesselring; Edward Albee
Answer: Joseph Kesselring
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Question: A fictional case of poisoning is observed in Agatha Christies And Then There Were None. In the novel, this character dies of poisoning.
Choices: Dr. Edward George Armstrong; Emily Brent; William Henry Blore; Philip Lombard
Answer: Emily Brent
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Question: Arsenic became a popular murder weapon in the Middle Ages, because symptoms resembled those of this disease.
Choices: Pneumonia; Plague; Cholera; Leprosy
Answer: Cholera
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Question: There is a theory that Napoleon Bonaparte was poisoned with this substance.
Choices: Ethanol; Formaldehyde; Arsenic; Strychnine
Answer: Arsenic
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Question: Clare Boothe Luce (the American ambassador to Italy in the years just following World War II) died of arsenic poisoning.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: Until the French Revolution, this torture device was used to execute those accused of treason. It was also used on nobles to provide a swift and humane death.
Choices: Rack; Iron Maiden; Guillotine; Hanging cage
Answer: Guillotine
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Question: This instrument of torture was thrust into the victimsâ chin and sternum rendering them motionless.
Choices: The Princes Prod; The Sorcerers Staff; The Kings Spear; The Heretics Fork
Answer: The Heretics Fork
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Question: This pyramid-shaped seat was used to extract confessions from the victims who were placed on top of it.
Choices: The Iron Spike; The Swing of Death; The Point of No Return; The Judas Cradle
Answer: The Judas Cradle
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Question: This torture device was used to rip the victimâs flesh to shreds. Once this was accomplished, the victim would be left to dangle alive, with arms bound, left at the mercy of flies and other insects.
Choices: The shredder; Cats claws; The claw; Cats paws
Answer: Cats paws
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Question: The head crusher was used as a swift and humane form of execution for the nobleman. It was designed in such a manner that upon impact it would cause immediate death of its victim.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: This mobile chamber was used all over Europe as a final resting place for criminals who survived other torture devices. The victims of this device would often starve to death.
Choices: The hanging cage; The death dorm; The iron cage; The death chamber
Answer: The hanging cage
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Question: This device was commonly used on witches who were believed to be carrying the Satanâs child.
Choices: The pear; The sword; The blade; The saw
Answer: The saw
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Question: He was one of the founders of the YIPPIES and helped announce the candidacy of Pigasus the Pig in Chicago during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Who was the author of Steal This Book?
Choices: Abbie Hoffman; Bobby Seale; Tom Hayden; David Dellinger
Answer: Abbie Hoffman
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Question: Just like Ivory Soap, his product was supposed to be over 99% pure. This gentleman, the grandson of a United States Senator, was the first underground chemist to produce pure LSD in mass quantity. Who was the sound man and chemist for the Grateful Dead?
Choices: Wavey Gravey; Owsley Stanley; Country Joe; Jerry Garcia
Answer: Owsley Stanley
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Question: What  woman became the third female to make the FBIs 10 Most Wanted List on August 18th 1970 when she went on the run after her alleged participation in the kidnapping and murder of Judge Harold Harley from the Marin County Hall of Justice?
Choices: Susan Saxe; Ruth Eisemann-Schier; Bernadine Dorn; Angela Davis
Answer: Angela Davis
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Question: In 1970, in a span of 72 hours, how many women made the FBIS 10 Most Wanted List?
Choices: 5; 2; 3; 4
Answer: 3
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Question: Tin soldiers and Nixon coming
Choices: re finally on our own.; University of California at Berkley; Boston College; Ohio State University; Kent State University
Answer: Kent State University
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Question: Name the first great Greek tragic playwright who is now acknowledged as the Father of Drama?
Choices: Aeschylus; Aesop; Euripides; Sophocles
Answer: Aeschylus
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Question: Which Greek historian is known as the Father of History?
Choices: Plato; Herodotus; Titus; Isocrates
Answer: Herodotus
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Question: Which Athenian politician and general led the disastrous attack on Spartan bases in Sicily?
Choices: Spartacus; Galen; Alcibiades; Leonidas
Answer: Alcibiades
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Question: Who was the father of Alexander the Great?
Choices: Hercalesian III; Triton; Philip II; Lysander
Answer: Philip II
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Question: Who was the king of Sparta and leader of the 300 Spartans at the famous battle at Thermopylae?
Choices: Aristides; Pericles; Leonidas; Philip I
Answer: Leonidas
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Question: Name Alexander the Greats favorite horse.
Choices: Xerxes; Sargon; Bucephalus; Hammurabi
Answer: Bucephalus
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Question: Who was the statesman who re-codified the laws of Athens to make them more humane, and set the city on the road to democracy?
Choices: Pericles; Draco; Phidias; Solon
Answer: Solon
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Question: Which Athenian sculptor, who worked almost exclusively with bronze, created the classic statue, The Discus Thrower?
Choices: Polyclitus; Myron; Phidias; Hesoid
Answer: Myron
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Question: Who was the faithful wife of Odysseus who waited 20 years for his return from the Trojan War?
Choices: Penelope; Mentor; Aspasia; Telemachus
Answer: Penelope
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Question: This Victorian politician, best remembered as the originator of the modern police force, sought to repeal the Corn Laws as a measure to fight the Irish potato famine.
Choices: George Anning; Sir Robert Peel; Sir Arthur Wellesly; Lord Goderich
Answer: Sir Robert Peel
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Question: The Great Exhibition, a symbol of the Victorian Age, was held in London in what year?
Choices: 1900; 1862; 1850; 1851
Answer: 1851
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Question: This British engineer is best known as the creator of the Great Western Railway, during the Victorian Age.
Choices: R.P. Brereton; Isambard Kingdom Brunel; Henry Robinson Palmer; George Stephenson
Answer: Isambard Kingdom Brunel
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Question: This woman was a Victorian era feminist, especially concerned with the welfare of working girls.
Choices: Anne Clough; Josephine Butler; Emily Davies; Frances Buss
Answer: Josephine Butler
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Question: This person attempted to assassinate Queen Victoria during her first pregnancy.
Choices: John William Bean; Edward Oxford; John Francis; William trounce
Answer: Edward Oxford
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Question: Issued during the Victorian period, it is the name of the worlds first official adhesive postage stamp.
Choices: Penny Red; Penny Gold; Penny Black; Penny Blue
Answer: Penny Black
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Question: This vessel, one of the symbols of progress during the Victorian Era, was the first steam ship purposely built for Atlantic crossing.
Choices: SS Sirius; SS British Queen; SS Great Britain; SS Great Western
Answer: SS Great Western
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Question: The Salvation Army, a world-wide charity organization, was established in what year?
Choices: 1835; 1895; 1865; 1885
Answer: 1865
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Question: He served as the head of the London Metropolitan Police during the period of the Jack the Ripper Murders.
Choices: Godfrey Lushington; Sir Charles Warren; James Monro; Sir Edmund Henderson
Answer: Sir Charles Warren
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Question: Name the British socialist intellectual movement, among whose members was the famous Irish playwright Bernard Shaw.
Choices: Victorian Socialist Society; League for Social Reconstruction; Fabian Society; The Fellowship of the New Life
Answer: Fabian Society
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Question: This famous siege took place in 1453 under the command of Sultan Mehmed II. It marked the end of the Eastern Roman Empire and made Ottoman rule over the Balkans and Eastern Mediterranean inevitable. Although the city was one of the richest in the world and was thought to be impregnable, Mehmed II marched through its streets and was later nick-named the Conqueror. What was the name of this great city?
Choices: Constantinople; Damascus; Rome; Vienna
Answer: Constantinople
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Question: Christopher Columbus reached the Americas in 1492, dooming the fate of native inhabitants. The siege of Tenochtitlan marked the end of one of the mightiest American civilizations- the Aztec Empire. This was the name of the conquistador that defeated the Aztecs.
Choices: Francisco Pizarro; Pedro de Alvarado; Hernan Cortes; Panfilo de Narvaez
Answer: Hernan Cortes
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Question: The Axis powers besieged Malta during World War II, because the headquarters of the Royal Navy Mediterranean Fleet was there.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: Jeanne dArc was a 17-year old girl with no knowledge on military strategics. However, her self-sacrifice and strong belief in God inspired many French victories in the Hundred Years War. This siege was her first victory.
Choices: The siege of Paris; The siege of Patay; The siege of Orleans; The siege of Calais
Answer: The siege of Orleans
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Question: Certainly one of the most famous sieges is the siege of Troy. Although archaeologists are not sue whether or not it really happened, there is evidence that the siege is not merely mythological. According to legends, who killed the Greek hero Achilles?
Choices: Paris; Priam; Ajax; Hector
Answer: Paris
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Question: During the siege of Paris of the Franco-Prussian War, the French forces were victorious.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: This city was besieged twice- once in 1854 by the Ottoman Empire and a second time in 1942 by Germany. During the second siege, the defenders were attacked by the largest gun ever to be completed. The Germans even used gas against the defenders of the city and yet it withstood the siege for 250 days.
Choices: Paris; Sevastopol; Moscow; Warsaw
Answer: Sevastopol
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Question: In 1847 Veracruz, one of the most important Mexican seaports, was besieged for 20 days. The beginning of the siege was marked when this country conducted its first large-scale amphibious assault on it.
Choices: France; Argentina; Great Britain; The United States
Answer: The United States
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Question: The siege of Sarajevo, one of  the longest sieges in the history of modern warfare lasted almost 4 years.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: German forces besieged the city of Leningrad for 900 days, trying to gain control without success. The bravery of the defenders of the city became the symbol of the Soviet struggle against Nazi Germany, but the exact number of Russian casualties is unknown- some estimate that 1.5 million people died, mostly of starvation. Which of these Soviet generals is credited with the defense of Leningrad?
Choices: Marshal Zhukov; Marshal Timoshenko; Marshal Shaposhnikov; Marshal Tukhachevsky
Answer: Marshal Zhukov
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Question: The Concert for Bangladesh was the first celebrity concert and musical project to raise money worldwide for the needy. Eric Clapton, Badfinger, Billy Preston and Ravi Shankar appeared. Bob Dylan made an unannounced appearance to play his first concert in two years. Who organized the Concert for Bangladesh?
Choices: Willie Nelson; Ringo Starr; George Harrison; Bono
Answer: George Harrison
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Question: On April 30, 1975 Marine Master Sergeant John Valdez was the last Marine on the last helicopter out of this capital city. From what city did Master Sergeant Valdezs departure signal the last official military presence in Vietnam.
Choices: Phnom Penh; Hanoi; Khe Sanh; Saigon
Answer: Saigon
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Question: In what was billed as the Battle of the Sexes, tennis champ Billie Jean King didnt show any love as she won this match in straight sets. Who did Billie Jean King beat to win the Battle of the Sexes?
Choices: Vitas Gerulaitis; Bobby Riggs; Bjorn Borg; Jimmy Conners
Answer: Bobby Riggs
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Question: On February 28, 1983 a record 105.9 million viewers tuned in to watch the last show of this programs eleven-year run.
Choices: Roots; MASH; Dallas; Gunsmoke
Answer: MASH
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Question: First photographed by Richard Avedon, this campaign was one of the most famous and successful ad campaigns of the 70s. The ads features beautiful black and white photos of Judy Garland, Marlene Dietrich, Lauren Bacall and Barbra Streisand. What company asked the question What Becomes a Legend Most?
Choices: Psychedelic Furs; Famous Furs LTD; Blackglama; Ritz Furs
Answer: Blackglama
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Question: It was just the musical chords of E and F played alternately back and forth but even to this day
Choices: Halloween; Jaws; E.T.; Jurassic Park
Answer: Jaws
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Question: How many people were murdered as a result of the Salem Witch Trials?
Choices: 40; 1000; 2000; 20
Answer: 20
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Question: Durong the Salem Witch Trials, those accused of witchcraft were burned at the stake.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: How old was Giles Cory when he was pressed to death?
Choices: 74; 103; 81; 29
Answer: 81
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Question: Dorothy Good, who was the youngest person to be accused of witchcraft, was how old?
Choices: 12; an infant; 4; 21
Answer: 4
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Question: To what prominent religious group did the majority of people of Salem Village belong during the time of the notorious Salem witch trials in the 17th century?
Choices: Calvinists; Puritans; Protestants; Catholics
Answer: Puritans
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Question: Which well-known author changed his name as a result of the Salem Witch Trials?
Choices: Jane Austen; Arthur Miller; Theodore Geisel; Nathaniel Hawthorn
Answer: Nathaniel Hawthorn
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Question: Witchcraft was used as the explanation for a sickness that afflicted some of the village girls in Salem. Historians now believe that the girls hallucinations may have been caused by eating moldy bread.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: Who was the first man to be accused of witchcraft?
Choices: Samuel Good; Giles Cory; John Proctor; George Burroughs
Answer: John Proctor
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Question: Death Hill was the name of the sight of execution during the Salem witch trials.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: John Walsh, host of Americas Most Wanted, is the father of kidnapped and murdered six-year-old, Adam Walsh.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: Li Ka Shing, a Hong Kong businessman and one of the worlds richest men, paid an extremely large ransom for the safe return of his son, Victor Li Tzar. How much did he pay?
Choices: $1,500,500.00; 144,000,000.00; $125,000,000.00; 134,000,000.00
Answer: 134,000,000.00
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Question: The son of this famous singer was kidnapped on December 8, 1963 at Harrahs Lake Tahoe.
Choices: Joey Bishop; Dean Martin; Andy Williams; Frank Sinatra
Answer: Frank Sinatra
Category: history
Question: On May 2 1982,  the British nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror fired two torpedoes at the Argentine warship.  323 men of the 1,093 crew were killed on impact.
Choices: General Belgrano; Bismarck; Fascination; Lusitania
Answer: General Belgrano
Category: history
Question: On July 30, 1865 along the beaches of California, off Crescent City, a summer storm developed and this ship came across a submerged pinnacle known as The Dragons Teeth.
Choices: Titanic; Saratoga; Queen Mary; Brother Jonathan
Answer: Brother Jonathan
Category: history
Question: 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.
Choices: Half Moon; The Empress of Ireland; Queen Elizabeth; Endeavour
Answer: The Empress of Ireland
Category: history
Question: This vessel sunk in lake Michigan in 1919, after a fire on board got out of control.
Choices: Louisiana; Carrington; Fleetwing; Frank OConnor
Answer: Frank OConnor
Category: history
Question: In a shipwreck known as this, a Chinese merchant ship carrying  porcelain sank near an island in South Male Atoll In the 16th century.
Choices: Cape of Good Hope Wreck; Prazer E Allegria Wreck; Persia Merchant Wreck; Guraidhoo Wreck
Answer: Guraidhoo Wreck
Category: history
Question: On May 7th, 1915 this famous ship was hit by a torpedo near the shore of Queenstown, Ireland. It sank in 15 minutes.
Choices: Andrea Doria; Lusitania; Britannic; Titanic
Answer: Lusitania
Category: history
Question: On November 8, 1843 this ship left Lisbon, Portugal, with 84 convicts and headed for Goa, India. Near Cape of Good Hope the ship was taken by a strong current and was driven too close to the shore. She then struck the reef off Muli Island in Mulaku Atoll.
Choices: The Empress of Ireland; Titanic; The Ravestein; The Prazer e Allegria
Answer: The Prazer e Allegria
Category: history
Question: During a hot night in  August 1658, this ship was wrecked on Maamakunudhoo Atoll, while en route to Bengal. There was a small treasure onboard this ship: eight chests of silver and gold from West Africa.
Choices: The Persia Merchant; Santa Maria; Adventure; Queen Annes Revenge
Answer: The Persia Merchant
Category: history
Question: Said unsinkable, this ship started her maiden voyage with 2,220 passengers aboard in 1912. Unfortunately this was her first and her last voyage - she hit an iceberg and sank.
Choices: The Empress of Ireland; Titanic; Queen Annes Revenge; Blackbeards Ship
Answer: Titanic
Category: history
Question: On July 19, 1545 King Henry VIII prepared to watch the new pride of his fleet sail out to engage the French.  However, he ended up watching a disaster as this heavy ship heeled over and rapidly capsized when water poured into the lower gun ports.
Choices: Mary Rose; Belgrano; Queen Mary; Lusitania
Answer: Mary Rose
Category: history
Question: The First Triumvirate is the name historians give to the unofficial political alliance between what three man?
Choices: Marcus Licinius Crassus, Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus and Gaius Julius Caesar; Gaius Julius Caesar, Anthony and Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus; Octavius, Lepidus and Anthony; Octavius, Lepidus and Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
Answer: Marcus Licinius Crassus, Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus and Gaius Julius Caesar
Category: history
Question: Which temperature scale came first, Fahrenheit or Celsius?
Choices: They were developed at  the same time; They were developed so close together that no one knows; Fahrenheit; Celsius
Answer: Fahrenheit
Category: history
Question: In what year was slavery banned in the British colonies?
Choices: 1802; 1833; 1864; 1865
Answer: 1833
Category: history
Question: Samuel Colt patented his revolver in this year, and later built the first industrialized firearm factory.
Choices: 1855; 1825; 1845; 1835
Answer: 1835
Category: history
Question: Although it had been around for a long time, it was not until this person used chloroform, that it became a popular anesthetic.
Choices: Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell; Mary Todd Lincoln; Queen Victoria; Sarah Bernhard
Answer: Queen Victoria
Category: history
Question: The first photograph is considered to be an image produced by the French inventor NicÃ©phore NiÃ©pce, in what year?
Choices: 1865; 1546; 1837; 1826
Answer: 1826
Category: history
Question: When was the first internal combustion engine to run on a mixture of explosive gas and air designed?
Choices: 1876; 1794; 1859; 1879
Answer: 1859
Category: history
Question: The first Balfour Declaration, UKs committment to the establishment of a Jewish national home was issued in what year?
Choices: 1947; 1936; 1905; 1917
Answer: 1917
Category: history
Question: Having been forgotten on the Treaty of Versailles and remaining legally at war, this country signed an official treaty with Germany, thus officially ending WW I .
Choices: Andorra; Spain; Portugal; Luxembourg
Answer: Andorra
Category: history
Question: What product was registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office on October 27 in 1970, by the Van Brode Milling Company?
Choices: Velcro; Spork; Crazy Glue; Wonderball
Answer: Spork
Category: history
Question: This engineer, architect and industrialist invented the rotary lathe, used in plywood manufacturing.
Choices: Thomas Edison; Alfred Nobel; Henry Ford; Immanuel Nobel
Answer: Immanuel Nobel
Category: history
Question: This tool was originally made in Germany, but in 1896, after 5 years of hard work, Karl Elsener doubled its features.
Choices: The lawn sprinkler; The circular saw; The Swiss army knife; The electric chair
Answer: The Swiss army knife
Category: history
Question: This engineer, sometimes called The Father of Cool, invented the modern air conditioning system, soon after he graduated from Cornell University in 1901.
Choices: Willis Carrier; Thomas Adams; George Alcorn; Andrew Alford
Answer: Willis Carrier
Category: history
Question: What object, often regarded as a symbol of American consumerism, was designed in 1957 by Don Featherstone, who was later awarded the Ig Nobel Prize, a parody of the Nobel Prize?
Choices: Velcro; The cordless router; The smiley face; The pink flamingo lawn ornament
Answer: The pink flamingo lawn ornament
Category: history
Question: Peter Lymburner Robertson received a patent in 1909 for the invention of what tool?
Choices: The electric chair; The automatic swimming pool filter; The swiveling lawn sprinkler; The square-headed screwdriver
Answer: The square-headed screwdriver
Category: history
Question: What device was invented in 1879 by James Ritty, the owner of a tavern in Dayton, Ohio?
Choices: The electric chair; The microwave oven; The jukebox; The cash register
Answer: The cash register
Category: history
Question: She was the first African American woman to get a patent. It was issued on July 14, 1885, for a cabinet bed.
Choices: Bessie Coleman; Rosemarry Donalds; Emily Edwards; Sarah Goode
Answer: Sarah Goode
Category: history
Question: 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.
Choices: Billie M. Merriwether; Barbara Carruthers; Bessie Blount Griffin; Bethany Alcott
Answer: Bessie Blount Griffin
Category: history
Question: He was the inventor of condensed milk. In 1874 he died in Texas, in a county which was posthumously named after him.
Choices: Immanuel Nobel; Jack Johnson; Karl K. Schumlegel; Gail Borden
Answer: Gail Borden
Category: history
Question: What was the real name of General Stonewall Jackson?
Choices: Robert Edward Jackson; Thomas Jonathan Jackson; Henry David Jackson; Nathan Bedford Jackson
Answer: Thomas Jonathan Jackson
Category: history
Question: Before the Civil War, Stonewall Jackson  was a professor of artillery and natural philosophy at which institute of higher learning?
Choices: West Point; Sandhurst; Virginia Military Institute; The Citadel
Answer: Virginia Military Institute
Category: history
Question: General Jackson acquired his nickname of Stonewall at which Civil War battle?
Choices: Seven Pines; Chancellorsville; Fair Oaks; Bull Run
Answer: Bull Run
Category: history
Question: Which general gave Stonewall Jackson his nickname?
Choices: Robert E. Lee; Pierre G. Beauregard; Joseph Johnston; Barnard E. Bee
Answer: Barnard E. Bee
Category: history
Question: During the early months of 1862, General Stonewall Jackson led a successful campaign in which region?
Choices: Red River Valley; The Shenandoah Valley; Tennessee Valley; The Peninsula
Answer: The Shenandoah Valley
Category: history
Question: Stonewall Jackson was wounded by his own men at which battle?
Choices: Gettysburg; Wilsons Creek; Chancellorsville; New Market
Answer: Chancellorsville
Category: history
Question: Stonewall Jacksons mortal wound necessitated the amputation of which limb?
Choices: right leg; right arm; left arm; left leg
Answer: left arm
Category: history
Question: Where was Stonewall Jacksons body buried?
Choices: West Point cemetery; Lexington, VA; The Chancellorsville battlefield; Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond
Answer: Lexington, VA
Category: history
Question: General Stonewall Jackson did not participate at which of these battles?
Choices: White Oak Swamp; Fredericksburg; Cross Keys; Gettysburg
Answer: Gettysburg
Category: history
Question: General Stonewall Jackson was a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: history
Question: The first evidence of human existence in Europe dates back to approximately how many years ago?
Choices: 50 000; 100 000; 10 000; 35 000
Answer: 35 000
Category: history
Question: Homer set his epics in the last phase of the Bronze Age in ancient Greece. What is this phase called?
Choices: Archaic Greece; Hellenistic Greece; Mycenaean Greece; Classical Greece
Answer: Mycenaean Greece
Category: history
Question: Alexander the Great is a son of this European ruler.
Choices: Demetrius II; Amyntas IV; Theodosius I; Philip II
Answer: Philip II
Category: history
Question: The First Triumvirate was a secret pact in Ancient Rome aimed at controlling the Republic. It was formed in the mid-1st century BC by three great men - Pompey, Crassus, and who else?
Choices: Julius Caesar; Julio-Claudian; Octavian; Mark Antony
Answer: Julius Caesar
Category: history
Question: Under what ruler was Christianity officially acknowledged in the Roman Empire?
Choices: Nero; Diocletian; Julian; Constantine I
Answer: Constantine I
Category: history
Question: In 395 the Roman Empire was divided into two: the Western Roman Empire centered around Ravenna, and the Eastern Roman Empire centered around Constantinople. Who was the last emperor of a united Roman Empire?
Choices: Constantine II; Romulus Augustus; Marcus Aurelius; Theodosius I
Answer: Theodosius I
Category: history
Question: The Roman empire was revived when Pope Leo III crowned a king of the Franks as Imperator Augustus on 25 December 800. Under what name is this king known?
Choices: William the Conqueror; Louis the Pious; Charlemagne; Alexander the Great
Answer: Charlemagne
Category: history
Question: The Black Death, one of the deadliest infectious diseases in history,  took the lives of between 25-50 million people in Europe. What writer depicts the lives of people at that time?
Choices: Giovanni Boccaccio in The Decameron; Dante in Divine Comedy; Erasmus in In Praise of Folly; Sir Thomas More in Utopia
Answer: Giovanni Boccaccio in The Decameron
Category: history
Question: Who started the movement of Protestant Reformation in Europe?
Choices: Martin Luther; John Calvin; Erasmus; Ulrich Zwingli
Answer: Martin Luther
Category: history
Question: In what country did the Industrial Revolution start?
Choices: Germany; Italy; Great Britain; France
Answer: Great Britain
Category: history
Question: What did Joseph Woodland and  Bernard Silver patent in 1952?
Choices: the velcro; the Univac computer; the barcode; Silly Putty
Answer: the barcode
Category: history
Question: In the early 1950s, which of the following became the third country to have an atomic bomb?
Choices: England; France; Russia(the USSR); The Peoples Republic of China
Answer: England
Category: history
Question: Which event did not occur in the same year as the other three?
Choices: UNIVAC becomes the first mass-produced computer.; Color Television is introduced.; Theodore Geisel writes Cat in the Hat.; Atomic power is introduced.
Answer: Theodore Geisel writes Cat in the Hat.
Category: history
Question: Which event did not occur in the 1950s?
Choices: TANG breakfast drink is introduced.; Bobby Fisher becomes the World Champion in chess.; The Frisbee is successfully marketed in the USA.; The first successful test of a hydrogen bomb was done at Enewetak
Answer: Bobby Fisher becomes the World Champion in chess.
Category: history
Question: In 1957 Jimmy Hoffa became president of which union?
Choices: American Brotherhood of Coal Miners; The AFL-CIO; United Federation of Teachers; International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Answer: International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Category: history
Question: Which US space ship discovered the Van Allen Radiation Belt in 1958?
Choices: Explorer I; Telstar I; Titan I; Apollo I
Answer: Explorer I
Category: history
Question: What was Elvis Presleys first motion picture?
Choices: Love Me Tender; Giant; Viva Las Vegas; Jailhouse Rock
Answer: Love Me Tender
Category: history
Question: In the 1958 NFL Championship Game, the Colts played against the Giants. Which statement is untrue about the game?
Choices: The game was the first NFL Championship to go into sudden-death overtime.; Mel Triplett scored a 1 yard TD run.; The Giants quarterback, Y.A.Tittle, threw a TD pass to Frank Gifford for the Giants first score.; The game was won by the Baltimore Colts on a 2 yard run by Alan Ameche.
Answer: The Giants quarterback, Y.A.Tittle, threw a TD pass to Frank Gifford for the Giants first score.
Category: history
Question: The Boston Celtics were the dominant professional basketball team in the 1950s. Which one of these  never played for the Celtics in the 1950s?
Choices: Jack Nichols; K.C. Jones; Frank Ramsey; Walter Dukes
Answer: Walter Dukes
Category: history
Question: On which show did Elvis Presley make his first TV appearance?
Choices: The Dorsey Brothers Stage Show; Milton Berles Texaco Star Theater; The Ed Sullivan Show; The Steve Allen Tonight Show
Answer: The Dorsey Brothers Stage Show
Category: history
Question: Which one of these was not part of the Million Dollar Quartet, formed in 1956 by Sun Records?
Choices: Carl Perkins; Jerry Lee Lewis; Johnny Cash; Willie Nelson
Answer: Willie Nelson
Category: history
Question: What society, that inhabited southern Mesopotamia, is widely regarded as the earliest civilization on Earth?
Choices: Minoan; Zapotec; Phoenicia; Sumer
Answer: Sumer
Category: history
Question: The Rosetta stone helped scientists to decipher the alphabet of this ancient civilization.
Choices: Ancient China; Ancient Rome; Ancient Greece; Ancient Egypt
Answer: Ancient Egypt
Category: history
Question: On what Mediterranean island did the Minoan civilization arise?
Choices: Cyprus; Corsica; Crete; Corfu
Answer: Crete
Category: history
Question: What was the predominating religion in the Achaemenid Empire, one of the first Persian empires?
Choices: Rastafarianism; Zoroastrianism; Hinduism; Shamanism
Answer: Zoroastrianism
Category: history
Question: Which was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America?
Choices: Maya; Toltec; Inca; Zapotec
Answer: Inca
Category: history
Question: This civilization arose in Central Mexico and its members spoke the Nahuatl language .
Choices: Olmec; Norte Chico; Toltec; Aztec
Answer: Aztec
Category: history
Question: Harappan was the mature phase of this civilization that flourished in the river valleys in Sindh province of Pakistan, extending westward into Balochistan province, and in West India.
Choices: Indus Valley Civilization; Ancient China; Mali Empire; Canaan
Answer: Indus Valley Civilization
Category: history
Question: According to legend, Ancient Rome was founded by the brothers Romulus and Remus who were raised by what animal?
Choices: Monkey; Wolf; Bear; Tiger
Answer: Wolf
Category: history
Question: Four colossal statues guard the temple Abu Simbel of what Egyptian pharaoh?
Choices: Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II; Mentuhotep II; Tutankhamun; Ramesses II
Answer: Ramesses II
Category: history
Question: What was the first civilization to make use of the alphabet that is believed to be the ancestor of all modern alphabets?
Choices: Indus Valley Civilization; Sumer; Arab; Phoenicia
Answer: Phoenicia
Category: history
Question: The country of Russia was named for the Vikings.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: history
Question: The Vikings adopted Christianity around 1000 AD.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: history
Question: Women could also be Vikings.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: history
Question: Vikings never plundered religious or holy sites.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: history
Question: In the age of the Vikings, Viking ships were the most technologically advanced.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: history
Question: In Viking culture all men were expected to carry weapons.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: history
Question: Loki was the Viking God of lies.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: history
Question: The first recorded Viking raid in Britain was in 763.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: history
Question: Leif Eriksson also known as Leif the Lucky is thought to have been the first European to land in North America.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True