History Trivia

20

Of California, Oregon, and Washington, which was the first to become a U.S. state?

16

This German field marshal commanded the African Korps during World War II. After he was implicated in a plot to kill Hitler in 1944, he took his life. He was nicknamed the "desert fox." Who was he?

5

From 1895 until 1958, the French controlled a number of countries in the western part of what continent?

1

The second wife of King Henry VIII was convicted of adultery and beheaded. Who was this woman, the mother of Queen Elizabeth I?

15

The Mogul Empire thrived from the 16th to the 18th Centuries, primarily in which country?

6

A total of fifteen U.S. Presidents were born in just two states. Which ones?

19

June 6, 1944 is known as D-Day, when in the early daylight at low tide about 5,000 Allied ships invaded the coastline in what part of France?

4

This Scottish missionary and explorer discovered the Zambesi River in 1851, Victoria Falls in 1855, and later looked for the source of the Nile River. Who was he?

19

From which sea-port on the southern coast of Britain did the Mayflower set sail for the New World in 1620, and in which New World location did she land?

19

The Scots were a Gaelic tribe that migrated in the 6th century AD to the northern part of Britain, from where? Ireland, Belgium, or Holland?

8

As French minister of war in the 1920's, he proposed a line of fortification along France's eastern border with Germany. Considered impregnable, the line was breached and captured by the Nazis. Who was he?

6

During World War II the Japanese foot soldiers invaded a land region that is today part of United States. What is it?

2

Divorced, beheaded, died; divorced, beheaded, survived. To which people does this refer?

19

Put these British rulers in order from earliest to latest: Elizabeth I, Henry VIII, William the Conqueror, Richard the Lion-hearted

12

Which explorer wrote the books, in 1878 Through the Dark Continent and in 1890, Darkest Africa ?