kth8/OpenTriviaQA huggingface dataset:
Category: history
Question: The father of all Norse or Viking gods was Thor the God of Thunder.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: history
Question: WWII began on September 1, 1939, when Germany invaded this country.
Choices: France; Austria; Russia; Poland
Answer: Poland
Category: history
Question: The first underground metro in North America, the Boston subway, was opened on September 1 of  this year.
Choices: 1911; 1906; 1916; 1897
Answer: 1897
Category: history
Question: On September  1, 1983 Korean Air Flight KAL-007 was shot down after entering Soviet airspace (this is true).   Some of the passengers and crew survived the crash.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: history
Question: On September 1, 1979, Pioneer 11 became the first spacecraft to visit Mercury.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: history
Question: On September 1, 1957, this Grammy Award - winning singer was born.  She began her career as lead singer for the Miami Sound Machine.
Choices: Mary J. Blige; Gloria Estefan; Aaliyah; Toni Basil
Answer: Gloria Estefan
Category: history
Question: The passenger pigeon was one of the most common birds in the world- it is estimated that there were about five billion in the United States alone. The last passenger pigeon died on September 1, 1914 in this zoo.
Choices: The Giza Zoo; The Kabul Zoo; The Philadelphia Zoo; The Cincinnati Zoo
Answer: The Cincinnati Zoo
Category: history
Question: On September 1, 1985, at a depth of 2 miles (3,8 km), south-east of Newfoundland, the wreck of the Titanic was discovered. Jean-Louis Michel was one of the two people who led the expedition. He was the other one.
Choices: Evan Forde; Dr. Robert Ballard; Jacques-Yves Cousteau; Charles David Keeling
Answer: Dr. Robert Ballard
Category: history
Question: Moammar Qaddafi and a group of officers staged a coup detat against King Idris on 1st of  September 1969 (this is true). The coup was unsuccessful and Qaddafi was sent to prison.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: history
Question: On September 1, 2004, in a small Russian town, armed terrorists took hundreds of schoolchildren and adults hostage. What was the name of the town?
Choices: Chita; Beslan; Rostov; Kirishi
Answer: Beslan
Category: history
Question: The first Crusade was initiated by Emperor Alexius I, when he appealed to Pope Urban II for help in defending against the Muslims.   Alexius I was the ruler of this great empire.
Choices: The Holy Roman Empire; The Byzantine Empire; The Chinese Empire; The Western Roman Empire
Answer: The Byzantine Empire
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Question: The Kingdom of Jerusalem was established after the first Crusade.  Godfrey of Bouillon was chosen to be King, but he refused the title and took this one instead.
Choices: Slayer of the Muslims; Defender of the Holy City; Defender of the Holy Land; Defender of the Holy Sepulchre
Answer: Defender of the Holy Sepulchre
Category: history
Question: The second Crusade, launched in 1145, was the most successful of all Crusades.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: history
Question: The Fourth Crusade (1202â1204) was called upon by Pope Innocent II and was originally intended to retake Jerusalem by conquering this country.
Choices: Bulgaria; Turkey; Egypt; The Byzantine Empire
Answer: Egypt
Category: history
Question: One of the most brutal crusades was the Albigensian Crusade (this is true). The aim of this crusade was to eliminate the religion of the Cathars.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: history
Question: Jews saw the Crusades as great help and welcomed knights as heroes.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: history
Question: The crusaders considered themselves sort of pilgrims and so, before joining a Crusade, they swore a vow to do this.
Choices: Not to steal any gold; To successfully reach Jerusalem; To preach Christianity to Muslim prisoners; To kill at least ten Muslims
Answer: To successfully reach Jerusalem
Category: history
Question: The military power of the Teutonic Order was broken after the Battle of Grunwald, after a defeat by these two countries.
Choices: Poland and Estonia; Poland and Lithuania; Poland and Switzerland; Poland and Turkey
Answer: Poland and Lithuania
Category: history
Question: This largest Christian military order was established in the aftermath of the First Crusade and is widely known as this.
Choices: The Knights of St. John; The Knights Templar; The Order of Aviz; Ordo Draconis
Answer: The Knights Templar
Category: history
Question: All of the Crusades were called upon by Popes.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: history
Question: NASA was established in this year, on July 29.
Choices: 1952; 1949; 1958; 1962
Answer: 1958
Category: history
Question: The four events in this question took place on  February 4. However, one of the pairs (event - the year in which it happened) is wrong.
Choices: First U.S. helicopter was shot down in Vietnam - 1962; Bank of the U.S. Shut Down - 1841; Patty Hearst was kidnapped - 1976; The Yalta Conference commenced - 1945
Answer: Patty Hearst was kidnapped - 1976
Category: history
Question: One of these events did not take place on March 19.
Choices: Nevada legalized gambling; Americas first recorded bank robbery took place; General Fromm was executed for plot against Hitler; Indira Gandhi led India
Answer: Indira Gandhi led India
Category: history
Question: The mass suicide in Jonestown took place on this day in 1978.
Choices: November 18; October 13; November 13; October 18
Answer: November 18
Category: history
Question: One of these events did not take place during December.
Choices: Napoleon died in exile; Bush ordered US troops to Somalia; Irish free state was declared; The Prohibition in the US ended
Answer: Napoleon died in exile
Category: history
Question: One of these events did not take place on a summer day.
Choices: Admiral Nelson was buried at St. Pauls Cathedral; President Adams settled in a new capital; Donald Duck debuted; The 1936 Summer Olympics
Answer: Admiral Nelson was buried at St. Pauls Cathedral
Category: history
Question: 1783 Treaty of Paris was signed on this day.
Choices: November 5; December 6; October 4; September 3
Answer: September 3
Category: history
Question: The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was signed on March 3, 1918.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: history
Question: Magellan set out on his voyage around the world on this day.
Choices: March 3, 1522; October 12, 1512; January 21, 1532; September 20, 1519
Answer: September 20, 1519
Category: history
Question: In 1799, Napoleon began his campaign to conquer the Ottoman Empire, but was eventually defeated at this city.
Choices: Alexandria; Acco; Bagdhad; Istanbul
Answer: Acco
Category: history
Question: The English Navigation Acts were a series of laws which restricted foreign shipping. Resentment against the Navigation Acts was a cause for which war?
Choices: The English Civil War; The Anglo-Dutch Wars; The Boer War; The Anglo-Berber War
Answer: The Anglo-Dutch Wars
Category: history
Question: What precipitated the 1969 six-day war between El Salvador and Honduras?
Choices: Import tariffs on Honduran goods exported into El Salvador; Import tariffs on Salvadoran goods exported into Honduras; A soccer game; Control over the oil reserves in the Gulf of Fonseca
Answer: A soccer game
Category: history
Question: In the Battle of Gaugamela, 331 B.C. , Alexander the Great of Macedonia defeated which king?
Choices: Cyrus the Great; Leonidas of Sparta; Marcellus Germanicus; Darius III
Answer: Darius III
Category: history
Question: F. D. Toussaint Louverture, a freed self-educated slave, was one of the leaders of which uprising?
Choices: Sandanista Uprising; Rebellion of Martinique; Haitian Revolt; Revolution of  Devils Island
Answer: Haitian Revolt
Category: history
Question: What conflict was initiated by a self-proclaimed mystic, named Hong Xiuquan, who claimed that he was the new Messiah?
Choices: Taiping Rebellion; Turko-Russian War; Opium Wars; Boxer Revolution
Answer: Taiping Rebellion
Category: history
Question: In this 751 A.D. military conflict between Islamic forces and Chinese forces, the Chinese were completely defeated.
Choices: Talas War; Sino-Turkish War; Opium War; Boxer Revolution
Answer: Talas War
Category: history
Question: This conflict, which lasted from 1839 to 1842, is regarded as a trade-inspired war between Great Britain and the Qing Empire in China.
Choices: The War of the Roses; The First Opium War; The Shanghai Revolution; Boxer Rebellion
Answer: The First Opium War
Category: history
Question: The Great Northern War was the war fought between a coalition of Russia, Denmark-Norway and Saxony-Poland one side and Sweden on the other side. The coalition attacked Sweden in what year?
Choices: 1942; 1700; 1917; 1864
Answer: 1700
Category: history
Question: The Battle of CrÃ©cy, which took place on 26 August 1346, was one of the most important battles of a war conflict between which two countries?
Choices: France and England; France and Flanders; France and Spain; France and Prussia
Answer: France and England
Category: history
Question: In this film, the Vietnam War veteran, played by Roy Scheider experienced a war flashback, involving the execution of an enemy soldier.
Choices: Blue Thunder; Blackhawk Down; Jaws II; A Bridge  Too Far
Answer: Blue Thunder
Category: history
Question: What was the name of the 1989 film, directed by Brian De Palma, in which a Vietnamese girl is kidnapped, raped and murdered by US troops?
Choices: Platoon; The Village; Apocalypse Now; Casualties of War
Answer: Casualties of War
Category: history
Question: In this movie the main character experiences a flashback in which he is tied in a crucifying position and being slowly slashed with a large knife.
Choices: First Blood; Uncommon Valor; Iron Eagle; Rambo III
Answer: First Blood
Category: history
Question: Which country occupied Vietnam from the end of WW II to 1954, setting the scene for a civil war between North and South Vietnam?
Choices: India; Holland; China; France
Answer: France
Category: history
Question: The Henry House can be found on which Civil war battlefield?
Choices: South Mountain; Petersburg; Cedar Creek; Bull Run
Answer: Bull Run
Category: history
Question: Elkhorn Tavern is located on which battlefield?
Choices: Pea Ridge; Chickamauga; Franklin; Wilsons Creek
Answer: Pea Ridge
Category: history
Question: Hornets Nest is associated with which battlefield?
Choices: Shiloh; Corinth; Chattanooga; Iuka
Answer: Shiloh
Category: history
Question: The Burnside Bridge is related to which Civil War battlefield?
Choices: Glorietta Pass; Chantilly; Cheat Mountain; Antietam
Answer: Antietam
Category: history
Question: The Maryes Heights are a landmark, found on which battlefield?
Choices: Cold Harbor; Chancellorsville; Fair Oaks; Fredericksburg
Answer: Fredericksburg
Category: history
Question: On which battlefield was Lookout Mountain a dominant feature?
Choices: Chattanooga; Peachtree Creek; Mechanicsville; Seven Pines
Answer: Chattanooga
Category: history
Question: Farmland, owned by the McPherson family, the Cordori family, the Spangler family, the Culp family, and the Rose family is part of which battlefield?
Choices: Cedar Mountain; Gettysburg; Franklin; Bull Run
Answer: Gettysburg
Category: history
Question: Where was the Mule Shoe located?
Choices: The WIlderness; Murfreesboro; Spotsylvania; Appomattox
Answer: Spotsylvania
Category: history
Question: The Crater is a famous landmark, located on which battlefield?
Choices: Fair Oaks; Petersburg; Seven Pines; Red River
Answer: Petersburg
Category: history
Question: Where is the Field of Lost Shoes located?
Choices: Lynchburg; McDowell; Kernstown; New Market
Answer: New Market
Category: history
Question: On what date did the Mayflower leave port?
Choices: September 13; September 20; September 16; September 6
Answer: September 6
Category: history
Question: Before its trans-Atlantic voyage the Mayflower was a merchant ship travelling between England and other European countries. What was its primary cargo?
Choices: rum; wine; livestock; guns
Answer: wine
Category: history
Question: It is estimated that the crew of the Mayflower consisted of how many people?
Choices: 25-30; 10-20; 30-50; 5-10
Answer: 25-30
Category: history
Question: What is the Mayflowers estimated length?
Choices: 80-100 feet; 90-110 feet; 115-130 feet; 100-125 feet
Answer: 90-110 feet
Category: history
Question: How wide was the Mayflower estimated to be?
Choices: 40 feet; 25 feet; 20 feet; 35 feet
Answer: 25 feet
Category: history
Question: How many days did it take the Mayflower to make the crossing from England to America?
Choices: 66 days; 80 days; 77 days; 70 days
Answer: 66 days
Category: history
Question: How many passengers were aboard the Mayflower when it crossed the Atlantic?
Choices: 93; 100; 102; 90
Answer: 102
Category: history
Question: Where did the pilgrims aboard the Mayflower intend to settle?
Choices: in Virginia; in Pennsylvania; in Ohio; in New York
Answer: in Virginia
Category: history
Question: The Mayflower returned to England in 1621.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: history
Question: In the 1982 film Airplane 2: The Sequel the space shuttle was called the Mayflower 1.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: history
Question: After the Romans left in 412-413 AD present-day Netherlands was populated by the Franks, Saxons and what other tribe?
Choices: Jutes; Goths; Angles; Frisians
Answer: Frisians
Category: history
Question: According to a legend, what preacher was killed by pagans at the northern city of Dokkum in 754?
Choices: Clovis; Patrick (Patricius); Radboud; Bonifatius
Answer: Bonifatius
Category: history
Question: In 1596, navigator Cornelis de Houtman set  foot on the shore of  what future colonial possession?
Choices: Dutch East Indies (Indonesia); New Netherlands (North America); Ceylon (Shri Lanka); Surinam (Dutch Guyana)
Answer: Dutch East Indies (Indonesia)
Category: history
Question: What Dutch city was repeatedly plundered by the Vikings?
Choices: Dorestad; Roodeschool; Elburg; Goes
Answer: Dorestad
Category: history
Question: Dutch independence from Spain (1648) was recognized in this Treaty.
Choices: Treaty of Soissons; Treaty of Antwerp; Treaty of Beijing; Treaty of Munster
Answer: Treaty of Munster
Category: history
Question: The first Dutch railway opened in this year -- the same year Belgian independence was recognized by the Dutch.
Choices: 1839; 1870; 1802; 1895
Answer: 1839
Category: history
Question: What Liberal statesman was Prime Minister of the Netherlands in the mid 19th century?  He drafted constitutional changes following the Paris Revolution of 1848.
Choices: Anton Adriaan Mussert; Johan Rudolf Thorbecke; Henri Gerard Winkelman; Pieter Jelles Troelstra
Answer: Johan Rudolf Thorbecke
Category: history
Question: Who was the second wife (1879) of King William the Third of Netherlands? Her only daughter, Wilhelmina ascended the throne on September 6th, 1898 at the age of eighteen.
Choices: Emma; Constance; Valerie; Odette
Answer: Emma
Category: history
Question: What was the nickname of William, Prince of Orange, Count of Nassau (Willem, Prins van Oranje, Graaf van Nassau), killed in 1584 in the city of Delft?
Choices: The Conqueror; The Wealthy; The Bold; The Silent
Answer: The Silent
Category: history
Question: Most people thought a flight to the Moon would be impossible. Many developments had to take place, before it could even be seriously considered. One such development was the launch of the first artificial satellite in space, by the Soviet Union. What was the satellites name?
Choices: Sputnik One; Vostok One; Luna One; Spusk One
Answer: Sputnik One
Category: history
Question: This was the second NASA space project. It helped develop the techniques, that made the famous Apollo missions possible. This spacecraft, the most sophisticated of its time, was launched by a converted Titan 2 rocket.
Choices: Voyager; Gemini; Atlas; Mercury
Answer: Gemini
Category: history
Question: Luna 1 was the first spacecraft to land on the Moon.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: history
Question: President Kennedy once said I believe this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the Earth. This was the goal of the Apollo project. Which one of these rockets was used to launch the Apollo spacecraft?
Choices: Titan; Atlas; Saturn; Ariane
Answer: Saturn
Category: history
Question: The project of the Soviet Union, that aimed at the Moon, was the Luna programme. Although all of the Luna missions were unmanned, they were pioneers in many space explorations. Which one of these missions was the first to take pictures of the far side of the Moon?
Choices: Luna 9; Luna 2; Luna 3; Luna 12
Answer: Luna 3
Category: history
Question: Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin and Bill Anders were the three astronauts on Apollo 11.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: history
Question: On October 24, 1960 a rocket exploded on a launchpad at Baikonur Cosmodrome and caused the death of over 100 military personnel, engineers, and technicians.  While once thought to have been space related, it later became known that the accident was connected with the development of a new Intercontinental Ballistic Missile. The incident was covered up by the Soviet government and did not emerge until the 1990s.   What is this incident known as?
Choices: R-16 conspiracy; Korolev disaster; Yangel incident; Nedelin catastrophe
Answer: Nedelin catastrophe
Category: history
Question: The Apollo project suffered some serious setbacks. Apollo 13 was supposed to be the third manned mission to land on the Moon. However, when the spacecraft was 321,860 km (199,994.5 miles) away from the Earth, an accident took place. The mission was canceled and the crew returned to Earth, proving that the spacecraft was capable of dealing with major crisis. What was the cause of this accident.
Choices: Problem with the main engine; Meteoroid impact; Explosion of one of the oxygen tanks; Problem with the auxiliary thrusters
Answer: Explosion of one of the oxygen tanks
Category: history
Question: The mission of Luna 24 was to collect soil samples from the Moon.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: history
Question: This was the first joint flight of the two rivals in the race to the Moon. It was also the first international manned spaceflight. A Soviet and an American spacecraft were joined to test the compatibility of their rendezvous and docking systems.
Choices: Apollo-Soyuz; Apollo-Luna; Mercury-Salyut; Gemini-Voskhod
Answer: Apollo-Soyuz
Category: history
Question: Napoleon started his military career in the cavalry.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: history
Question: This was Napoleons perfect battle.
Choices: Friedland; Jena; Waterloo; Austerlitz
Answer: Austerlitz
Category: history
Question: Napoleon Bonaparte usually wore a uniform of the following rank.
Choices: King; Colonel; General; Marshal
Answer: Colonel
Category: history
Question: Napoleon Bonaparte had no children to succeed him.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: history
Question: Napoleon Bonapartes body still lies in Saint Helena, where he was buried.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: history
Question: This Mameluke was Napoleons constant attendant.
Choices: Roustam; Tommy; Karageorgio; Maltesta
Answer: Roustam
Category: history
Question: In 79 BC, a major cloud appeared over mount Vesuvius. The eruption that would follow, would forever be linked to the demise of Pompeji. However, this was not the only city buried beneath ash and mud. What other town was devastated by the eruption?
Choices: Herculaneum; Napoli; Misenum; Stabiae
Answer: Herculaneum
Category: history
Question: This 1755 disaster was widely believed to be Gods wrath. After this disaster, the Inquisition came down even harder on the non-believers. In Spain and Portugal non-Catholics were forced to baptize, in England and Sweden official days of fasting were proclaimed. Voltaire mentioned this disaster in his Novel Candide.
Choices: The Lisbon Earthquake; The Black Plague; The fall of Constantinople; Famine due to poor harvests
Answer: The Lisbon Earthquake
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Question: This disaster, which took place in 1883, caused a tsunami with up to 50 m high waves. It struck the coasts of Java and Sumatra, flooding approximately 300 towns and killing 36.000 people. What was the direct cause?
Choices: The Explosion of Krakatau; Earth/Sea Quake; Extreme tides; Nucleair testing
Answer: The Explosion of Krakatau
Category: history
Question: The famous rhyme I had a little bird. Its name was Enza. I opened the window. And In-flew-Enza refers to what disaster?
Choices: The Sleeping Disease; Ebola; The Spanish Flu; The Bird flu
Answer: The Spanish Flu
Category: history
Question: In the year 1770, the worst ever famine in history struck this region, considered to be one of the most densely populated areas on Earth.
Choices: Indonesia; Bengal; China; India
Answer: Bengal
Category: history
Question: In 1931 a big flood hit this country/area causing the deaths of approximately 850.000 - 4.000.000 people.
Choices: The flooding of the Volga - Russia; Tsunami - Indonesia; The flooding of the Nile - Egypt; The Yellow River flooding - China
Answer: The Yellow River flooding - China
Category: history
Question: In 1991, a cyclone, unofficially known as Cyclone Gorky, struck this country leaving at least 138.000 people dead.
Choices: China; Bangladesh; Srilanka; Indonesia
Answer: Bangladesh
Category: history
Question: What caused the Queen of the Sea train disaster which killed 1700 passengers?
Choices: Two trains collided on the Tokaido Main Line in Yokohama, Japan.; After the 2004 Earthquake and subsequent Tsunami this train was washed away from a Srilankan coastal track.; The brakes on an overfilled troop train returning from the front in 1917could not take the weight of the many wagons.; A cyclone hit the train in Bihar, India, while it was crossing a bridge. It derailed and plunged into the river below.
Answer: After the 2004 Earthquake and subsequent Tsunami this train was washed away from a Srilankan coastal track.
Category: history
Question: General Ishii Shiros name is often connected with his experiments with germs and bio-weapons. Which one of the following is the correct name of the headquarters of the Japanese Biological Warfare Unit 731 during World War II?
Choices: Pangfen; Pingfen; Pingfan; Pangfan
Answer: Pingfan
Category: history
Question: General Dwight Eisenhower headed an operation whose aim was to gain control of Morocco and Algiers. What was the name of the operation?
Choices: Operation Torchlight; Operation Torch; Operation Lantern; Operation Cresset
Answer: Operation Torch
Category: history
Question: Hitler promoted General Friedrich Paulus in February 1943, in an attempt to lift his spirits. What was his promotion?
Choices: Senior Marshal; Senior Field Marshal; Field Marshal; Marshal
Answer: Field Marshal
Category: history
Question: General Erwin Rommel led German forces during World War II. Which of the following countries was his battlefield?
Choices: Libya; All of these countries; France; Poland
Answer: All of these countries
Category: history
Question: The following words belong to which famous World War II general: Crete was the grave of the German parachutists.â?
Choices: General Henri Giraud; General Friedrich Paulus; General Kurt Student; General Erwin Rommel
Answer: General Kurt Student
Category: history
Question: General Jacques Leclercs division received the surrender of the German forces at the Gare Montparnasse and liberated Paris on what date?
Choices: 25 August 1944; 11 August 1944; 19 August 1944; 15 August 1944
Answer: 25 August 1944
Category: history
Question: Which of the following names is a name of a French general during World War II?
Choices: Henri Giraud; Arnaud Giraud; Jean Giraud; Oliver Giraud
Answer: Henri Giraud
Category: history
Question: The Army Corps of Polish general Franciszek Kleeberg, that was named Samodzielna Grupa Operacyjna Polesie, capitulated after the Battle of Kock. What is the exact date of this event?
Choices: 6 November, 1940; 6 October, 1939; 16 October, 1939; 26 October, 1941
Answer: 6 October, 1939
Category: history
Question: In 1943, General Friedrich Paulus was in charge of the German forces in which area?
Choices: Egypt; Caucasus; the Netherlands; Paris
Answer: Caucasus
Category: history
Question: US General Patton, leader of the Third Army was famous for which of the following?
Choices: his battle diaries; his peevish temper; his war journals; his reckless sense of humour
Answer: his reckless sense of humour
Category: history
Question: Which of the following combinations (astronaut - spacecraft - launch date - landing site) correctly presents the voyage of the first man to travel in space?
Choices: Yuri Gagarin - Vostok 6 - 1961 - Karaganda region; Gherman Titov - Vostok 1 - 1962 - Karaganda region; Yuri Gagarin - Vostok 1 - 1961 - Kazakhstan; Gherman Titov - Vostok 6 - 1962 - Kazakhstan
Answer: Yuri Gagarin - Vostok 1 - 1961 - Kazakhstan
Category: history
Question: Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman to fly in space. Her mission took place on June 16, 1963. How long was her flight?
Choices: 3 days, 11 hours, 50 minutes; 4 days, 22 hours, 10 minutes; 1 days, 22 hours, 50 minutes; 2 days, 22 hours, 50 minutes
Answer: 2 days, 22 hours, 50 minutes
Category: history
Question: The  first space tourist was this businessman.
Choices: Toyohiro Akiyama; Mark Shuttleworth; Dennis Tito; Lance Bass
Answer: Dennis Tito
Category: history
Question: The first animal launched into space was one of these.
Choices: Monkey; Mouse; Guinea pig; Dog
Answer: Mouse
Category: history
Question: How many miles represent a light year?
Choices: Nearly six trillion; Nearly six million; Nearly two trillion; Nearly two million
Answer: Nearly six trillion
Category: history
Question: The roots of the word knight are connected to cniht, an Old English word meaning this.
Choices: Hangman; Stable-lad; Page boy; Prison-breaker
Answer: Page boy
Category: history
Question: Name the tax, which knights had to pay in order to avoid going to war.
Choices: The tax of scutage; The tax of war; The tax of freedom; The tax of chivalry
Answer: The tax of scutage
Category: history
Question: Pas dArmes was a tournament, in which knights were dared to fight.  If knights refused to fight, they had to leave this behind as a sign of humiliation.
Choices: Spurs; Helmet; Clothes; Horse
Answer: Spurs
Category: history
Question: Originally, any knight could bestow knighthood on a man.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: history
Question: Don Quixote de la Mancha is a fictional knight from the self-titled novel, written by this author.
Choices: Dante Alighieri; Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa; Arthur Conan Doyle; Miguel de Cervantes
Answer: Miguel de Cervantes
Category: history
Question: Ritter is a title similar to that of a Knight, used in this country.
Choices: Poland; Germany; Bulgaria; France
Answer: Germany
Category: history
Question: By the end of the 13th century, knights were required to swear allegiance.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: history
Question: The legends of King Arthur and the Round Table are some of the most famous tales about knights. Who was the head of the table?
Choices: Lancelot; Nobody; Merlin; Arthur
Answer: Nobody
Category: history
Question: In order to become a knight nowadays, you would have to be given the title in royal recognition, or to belong to an order. In the UK the knight is styled Sir and the female -- this.
Choices: Dame; Lady; Knightess; Baroness
Answer: Dame
Category: history
Question: What was the French governmental structure until the French Revolution?
Choices: Dictatorship; Constitutional monarchy; Absolute monarchy; Republic
Answer: Absolute monarchy
Category: history
Question: In the Crimean War, France, the United Kingdom, the Kingdom of Sardinia, and the Ottoman Empire fought against what country?
Choices: Kingdom of Prussia; Hapsburg Empire; Kingdom of Italy; Imperial Russia
Answer: Imperial Russia
Category: history
Question: What term refers to the competition between Britain, France and Germany over African territory between the 1880s and the beginning of World War I in 1914?
Choices: The African War; Franco-Prussian War; The Scramble for Africa; New Imperialism
Answer: The Scramble for Africa
Category: history
Question: What state succeeded the Austrian Empire in 1867?
Choices: Austria-Hungary; German Confederation; Archduchy of Austria; First Austrian Republic
Answer: Austria-Hungary
Category: history
Question: Who was the first wife of NapolÃ©on Bonaparte and the first Empress of the French?
Choices: Marie Louise of Austria; Louise Catherine ElÃ©onore Denuelle de la Plaigne; JosÃ©phine de Beauharnais; Marie, Countess Walewski
Answer: JosÃ©phine de Beauharnais
Category: history
Question: Where was Napoleon finally defeated on June 18, 1815?
Choices: Aspern-Essling; Waterloo; Niemen River; Moscow
Answer: Waterloo
Category: history
Question: The First Word War began after the assassination of what European royal heir?
Choices: Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria; Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria; Maximilian, Duke of Hohenberg,; Prince Ernst von Hohenberg
Answer: Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
Category: history
Question: Name the last Tsar of Russia, who abdicated after the February Revolution of 1917.
Choices: Alexander III of Russia; Nicholas II of Russia; Nicholas I; Alexander I
Answer: Nicholas II of Russia
Category: history
Question: This organization, established in Paris, 1951, was the predecessor of the European Union.
Choices: European Economic Community; European Atomic Energy Community; European Defence Community; European Coal and Steel Community
Answer: European Coal and Steel Community
Category: history
Question: The Treaty on European Union, that proclaims the creation of the European Union, was signed on February 7, 1992 in this city.
Choices: Belfast; Geneva; Paris; Maastricht
Answer: Maastricht
Category: history
Question: Men were first to wear jewels.  They considered them to be this.
Choices: A part of their uniform; Barometers; Objects of womens desire; Amulets
Answer: Amulets
Category: history
Question: The tradition of engagement rings was started by Maximilian of Austria. He gave one such ring to her.
Choices: Mary Queen of Scots; Bloody Mary; Marie-Antoinette; Mary of Burgundy
Answer: Mary of Burgundy
Category: history
Question: This type of pattern is common in traditional Chinese womens clothing.
Choices: Horse; Peony; Rose; Star
Answer: Peony
Category: history
Question: She popularized the mini.
Choices: Marilyn Monroe; Twiggy; Mary Quant; Marie Brizzard
Answer: Mary Quant
Category: history
Question: This type of female figure was fashionable in the 20s.
Choices: Voluptuous; Coca-cola; Masculine; Nude
Answer: Masculine
Category: history
Question: The Marcel Wave is one of these.
Choices: A fashionable way to shake you head; A hair style; A way to fold your skirt; A type of hat
Answer: A hair style
Category: history
Question: This is a kind of body adornment that Indian women use. It became popular in many countries after Madonna adopted it.
Choices: Bindi; Tattoo; Eyebrow shaping; Skin jeweller
Answer: Bindi
Category: history
Question: He created Chanel No. 5 for Coco Chanel.
Choices: Ernest Beaux; Ralph Lauren; Yves Saint Laurent; Jean Patou
Answer: Ernest Beaux
Category: history
Question: The first traces of womens underwear were found on this island.
Choices: Australia; Wales; Madagascar; Crete
Answer: Crete
Category: history
Question: The first bra was announced in this fashion magazine.
Choices: Vogue; Glamour; Marie Claire; Elle
Answer: Vogue
Category: history
Question: What city became the capital after the unification of Germany in 1990?
Choices: Bonn; Berlin; Bremen; Dresden
Answer: Berlin
Category: history
Question: In 1990 the new NC-17 replaced the X movie rating. What does NC stand for?
Choices: Need Consideration; Non Conforming; No Children; Need Confirmation
Answer: No Children
Category: history
Question: What nation, subject of the 1994 Operation Uphold Democracy, is the only nation whose independence was gained as part of a successful slave rebellion?
Choices: Haiti; Gabon; Barbados; Nigeria
Answer: Haiti
Category: history
Question: In 1996 President Clinton was re-elected as the first two-term Democrat since what former US President?
Choices: Dwight D. Eisenhower; Jimmy Carter; Franklin Roosevelt; Ronald Reagan
Answer: Franklin Roosevelt
Category: history
Question: In 1996, TWA Flight 800 exploded and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean shortly after take off, killing all 230 aboard.  The flight was bound from New York to what popular European destination?
Choices: Paris; Vienna; Athens; London
Answer: Paris
Category: history
Question: Which country transferred sovereignty of Hong Kong to China in 1997?
Choices: Japan; France; USA; Great Britain
Answer: Great Britain
Category: history
Question: The first cloned mammal, Dolly, was named after country singer Dolly Parton.  Why?
Choices: Dolly Parton had just released a single named Dolly; Dolly Parton is famously busty; Dolly Parton was an outspoken supporter of  stem cell research; Dolly Parton was the embryologists favorite singer
Answer: Dolly Parton is famously busty
Category: history
Question: In what movie does the protagonist call the police about the Watergate break-in, invent the smiley, and make millions on Apple Computer stock thinking he has invested in produce?
Choices: Unforgiven; American Beauty; Forrest Gump; The English Patient
Answer: Forrest Gump
Category: history
Question: What Mariah Carey and quartet Boyz II Men song remained at the top of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 for 16 weeks?
Choices: One Sweet Day; Hero; Without You; Dreamlover
Answer: One Sweet Day
Category: history
Question: In 1994, which political party won the majority in the US congress for the first time in 40 years?
Choices: Republican Party; Constitution Party; Democratic Party; Libertarian Party
Answer: Republican Party
Category: history
Question: This was the first accident of its kind in the race for space. On 27 January 1967, the crew of this spacecraft (Virgil I. Gus Grissom, Edward H. White II and  Roger B. Chaffee) were performing a flight simulation on ground.   5:40, a communication failure suddenly occurred and the astronauts began working on it. Unexpectedly, at 6:31 PM, a fire broke out consuming all on-board. What was the name of the mission?
Choices: Apollo 1; Mercury 2; Gemini 1; Gemini 9
Answer: Apollo 1
Category: history
Question: This was the first space disaster in USSR as well as the first in-flight accident in the history of manned spaceflight. On 23 April 1967 Soyuz 1 was launched, carrying one astronaut. Shortly after, trouble began and Soyuz 1 was deorbited. Due to problems with the parachutes, the sole crew member was killed on his way back, his capsule hitting the ground at high velocity. What was the name of this astronaut?
Choices: Valery Bykovsky; Vladimir Komarov; Aleksei Yeliseyev; Yuri Gagarin
Answer: Vladimir Komarov
Category: history
Question: The death of Michael J. Adams on-board the X-15-3 rocket plane is internationally recognized as a spaceflight accident.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: history
Question: On 23 March 1961, Valentin Bondarenko was training in a special low pressure chamber filled with pure oxygen. An unexpected occurrence killed Bondarenko, making him the first space related casualty. What caused his death?
Choices: Bondarenko dropped an alcohol soaked cloth onto an electric hotplate; The oxygen in the chamber was suddenly sucked out; The pressure suddenly became too high; The chamber suddenly collapsed
Answer: Bondarenko dropped an alcohol soaked cloth onto an electric hotplate
Category: history
Question: The Soviets, having lost the race for the Moon, redirected their efforts towards the construction of space stations. They became quite good at this uneasy task, but also experienced a great deal of problems. Due to a fatal malfunction of a valve, all three crew members of this space station died.
Choices: Soyuz 7; Soyuz 6; Soyuz 1; Soyuz 11
Answer: Soyuz 11
Category: history
Question: Ð?n oxygen tank in the service module of Apollo 13 exploded, when the spacecraft was 199,995 miles (321,860 km) away from Earth. However, all crewmembers returned home safely.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: history
Question: The European Space Agency (ECA) had some setbacks too. Two workers died, while inspecting the umbilical mast of the launch pad of Ariane 5. Later,  Luc Celle and  Jean-Claude Dhainaut were reported to have died of asphyxiation, because of a nitrogen leak.  When did this accident take place?
Choices: 13 May 2005; 12 June 1989; 5 May 1995; 6 December 1996
Answer: 5 May 1995
Category: history
Question: On October 24, 1960 a rocket exploded on a launchpad at Baikonur Cosmodrome. Fortunately there were no casualties.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: history
Question: In the 70s NASA began a project to create a reusable space vehicle and the first Shuttle, Columbia, was launched in 1981. Five years later, on 28 January 1986, Space Shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after launch.   Challenger was the first flight of the TISP program. What does TISP stand for?
Choices: Teaching Initiative Space Program; Top Inverted Space-wing Program; Thrust Injection Solar Propulsion; Teacher In Space Program
Answer: Teacher In Space Program
Category: history
Question: On 1 February Space Shuttle Columbia re-entered Earths atmosphere after completing its 16-day mission.  All vehicle data was lost at 207,135 ft above the Earth at Mach 18.3 (about 12,500 mph) when the Columbia Space Shuttle broke up over north-central Texas.  What nationalities were the 7 brave astronauts on board Columbia?
Choices: Five Americans, one Israeli and one Indian; Six Americans and one Indian; Six Americans and one Israeli; Four Americans, two Russians and one Israeli
Answer: Five Americans, one Israeli and one Indian
Category: history
Question: Which church official commissioned Michelangelo, to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, the residence of the Pope in the Vatican city?
Choices: Pope Linus; Pope Alexander I; Pope Julius II; Pope Silvester I
Answer: Pope Julius II
Category: history
Question: Jacques Cartier, a notable discoverer of the Renaissance period, was the first French explorer to reach Quebec in which year?
Choices: 1524; 1530; 1534; 1544
Answer: 1534
Category: history
Question: This English Renaissance musician was one of the first composers to write anthems set to English words?
Choices: Guillaume Dufay; John Dunstable; Thomas Tallis; Leonel Palmer
Answer: Thomas Tallis
Category: history
Question: This Italian poet, considered one of the fathers of the Renaissance, is also regarded as the father of alpinism.
Choices: Castiglione; Machiavelli; Petrarch; Dante
Answer: Petrarch
Category: history
Question: The statue of David, the first free-standing nude statue since ancient times, was created by the Renaissance sculptor Donatello from what material?
Choices: clay; marble; bronze; granite
Answer: bronze
Category: history
Question: Which Renaissance mapmaker was the first to make a map of the British Isles?
Choices: Galileo; Nicolaus Copernicus; Gerardus Mercator; Rene Descartes
Answer: Gerardus Mercator
Category: history
Question: This Renaissance typographer established the Aldine Press, famous for the introduction of the Italics?
Choices: Cipriano de Rore; Aldus Manutius; Henrich Isaac; Christopher Tye
Answer: Aldus Manutius
Category: history
Question: This Renaissance musician was the first composer to use a folk song in mass, a group of songs in honor of God.
Choices: Paollo Uccello; Benozzo Gozzoli; Jan Joest; Guillaume Dufay
Answer: Guillaume Dufay
Category: history
Question: Which of the following Renaissance artists wrote I Commentari,a document regarded as the first autobiography of an artist?
Choices: Masolino da Panicole; Michelozzo di Bartolommeo; Lorenzo Ghiberti; Piero di Cosimo
Answer: Lorenzo Ghiberti
Category: history
Question: This Renaissance figure of Polish origin was the first rector of what is today the Vilnius State University.
Choices: Nicolaus Copernicus; Stefan Batory; Szyman Starowalski; Piotr Skarga
Answer: Piotr Skarga
Category: history
Question: Samurai is a caste of warriors, that came into existence when the Japanese shogunate was formed. The translation of the word samurai is those who serve in close attendance to nobility. Samurai warriors that didnt serve any lord were called this.
Choices: Kenin; Uruwashii; Musha; Ronin
Answer: Ronin
Category: history
Question: 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.
Choices: The shogun; His daimyo; His kaishaku; The emperor
Answer: His daimyo
Category: history
Question: Commiting suicide by performing seppuku, was the only way for a disgraced samurai to gain his honor once again.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: history
Question: Samurai warriors usually carried two swords- a big and a small one. The small one was called wakizashi and was the honour blade of the samurai. He would carry it everywhere and would even sleep with his wakizashi under his pillow.  What was the name of the big sword of the samurai?
Choices: Katana; Jo; Naginata; Yari
Answer: Katana
Category: history
Question: Due to the many movies and books, based on stories about honorable samurai warriors, many people have been fascinated by the Japanese culture. This movie of the great film director Akira Kurosawa served as an inspiration for the western A Fistful Of Dollars. It tells the story of a former samurai, involved in a towns gang war.
Choices: Abarembo Shogun; Yojimbo; The Seven Samurai; The Hidden Fortress
Answer: Yojimbo
Category: history
Question: One ceremony was extremely important for every samurai - Genpuku. In this ceremony, a samurai changed his child name to an adult one and received his first swords. Only then the samurai could marry. Genpuku would be held as early as this age.
Choices: 18; 15; 9; 12
Answer: 12
Category: history
Question: Every samurai sword had to be tested on the corpse of an animal, before it could be used in battle.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: history
Question: During the 13th century Japan was invaded twice. The first battles caught samurais unprepared and almost wiped them out, but they improved their tactics and saved Japan by building a defensive stone wall and attacking at night. This was the country that tried to conquer Japan.
Choices: China; Mongolian Empire; Russian Empire; England
Answer: Mongolian Empire
Category: history
Question: Samurai warriors were not just regular men- they were aristocrats, who developed their own culture. In the 14th century their education began to include flower arrangements..
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: history
Question: The decline of samurai warriors began in this period of Japanese history. Even though they were still allowed to carry their swords and could behead any commoner not willing to pay proper respect, they were no longer warriors. Samurai became bureaucrats and administrators, because there were no wars to fight and no rebellions to suppress.
Choices: Heian Period; Feudal Period; Edo Period; Sengoku Period
Answer: Edo Period
Category: history
Question: 1867 was the year of the resignation of the last shogun. The emperor became once again the leader of Japan and in 1871 the privileges of the Samurai caste were taken away. This caused many social problems, because samurai warriors represented nearly 8% of the population of Japan at that time. What was the name of this famous, last shogun?
Choices: Tokugawa Ieyasu; Takamori Saigo; Toyotomi Hideyoshi; Tokugawa Yoshinobu
Answer: Tokugawa Yoshinobu
Category: history
Question: Although their privileges were abolished, these noble warriors were still determined to protect Japan from becoming dependent on the Western World. In 1877, the rebellious samurai gathered under the command of Saigo Takamori. Their weaponry was inferior and their army was highly outnumbered, but they didnt give up. They suffered many casualties and the last survivors fought to death in this battle.
Choices: The Battle of Sekigahara; The Battle of Omi; The Battle of Mikawa; The Battle of Shiroyama
Answer: The Battle of Shiroyama
Category: history
Question: Who or what was a medieval fief?
Choices: A thief; A vassal who had his vassals; A small castle; Land held by a vassal
Answer: Land held by a vassal
Category: history
Question: Who was a serf in the Middle Ages?
Choices: A free peasant; A farmer who was not free; A craft apprentice; A landowner
Answer: A farmer who was not free
Category: history
Question: Which medieval unit of volume is the largest?
Choices: Bushel; Tun; Gallon; Quarter
Answer: Tun
Category: history
Question: In the Middle Ages, the most commonly used monetary system was based on Livre, Sou and Dernier. Which relation between them is correct?
Choices: 1d = 12s = 144l; 1l = 20s = 240d; 1s = 100l = 1000d; 1l = 60d = 720s
Answer: 1l = 20s = 240d
Category: history
Question: Which language was NOT commonly spoken by inhabitants of the Holy Roman Empire during the Middle Ages?
Choices: Polish; German; Italian; Spanish
Answer: Spanish
Category: history
Question: At the battle of Hastings (1066) an army of Normans, led by William the Conqueror, defeated the Anglo-Saxon forces. Who actually were Normans?
Choices: Vikings from Norway; A mixture of Dutch, French and Spanish; Vikings who settled in Normandy and spoke French; French
Answer: Vikings who settled in Normandy and spoke French
Category: history
Question: How was land usually divided in the medieval 3-field system?
Choices: One-third of a manors land was cultivated with wheat, one-third with barley or other crop, one-third was left for meadows. Every year the fields were rotated.; Actually there was no 3-field system, land was cultivated at random.; One-third of all farming land in a given country belonged to the crown, one-third to the church, one-third to knights.; One-third of a manors land belonged to the landowner (liege), one-third to the landholder (vassal), one-third to the church.
Answer: One-third of a manors land was cultivated with wheat, one-third with barley or other crop, one-third was left for meadows. Every year the fields were rotated.
Category: history
Question: Who was a bailiff in the Middle Ages?
Choices: A sheriff, responsible for collecting taxes; A person who was not able to pay his/her debts; A person appointed by a landholder to manage the village, fields and livestock; A priest of non-noble origin
Answer: A person appointed by a landholder to manage the village, fields and livestock
Category: history
Question: Which animals were better for medieval farming?
Choices: Oxen, as they are stronger than horses; Horses, as they are faster than oxen; People in the Middle Ages did not know how to use animals in farming.; None is better than the other, both oxen and horses were used
Answer: None is better than the other, both oxen and horses were used
Category: history
Question: Who would typically own a 100-acre piece of land during medieval times?
Choices: An unfree farmer; A poor knight or a wealthy free peasant; A wealthy knight; A poor peasant
Answer: A poor knight or a wealthy free peasant
Category: history
Question: Which language was the medieval lingua franca?
Choices: Latin; German; French; English
Answer: Latin
Category: history
Question: Which entity was ruled by Frederic Barbarossa?
Choices: the Catholic Church; France; the Holy Roman Empire; England
Answer: the Holy Roman Empire
Category: history
Question: Peace in our time were the famous words by Chamberlain when he returned to the UK from which meeting?
Choices: Conference of Teheran; Conference of Munich; Conference of Washington; Conference of Yalta
Answer: Conference of Munich
Category: history
Question: On May 10th 1940, Germany invaded France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. Which country bore the main thrust?
Choices: The Netherlands; Belgium; France; Luxembourg
Answer: Luxembourg
Category: history
Question: What was the objective of Operation Sea Lion?
Choices: The conquest of Britain; Mining of the Norwegian coast to avoid German invasion; Cutting British supplies at sea; Commando raid on Dieppe to test Atlantic Wall defenses
Answer: The conquest of Britain