History Trivia

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Which ancient wonder was located in Alexandria, Egypt?

6

Considered to be the first book printed with movable type was Gutenberg's Bible, printed around 1455. In which language was it written?

8

In 1981, after more than 300 years of colonial presence in Central America, the British granted self-government to what country?

4

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

18

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?

13

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?

13

The hill near Jerusalem on which Jesus was crucified has two names. What are they?

10

In the 1840's thousands of adventurous people took a popular wagon routs from Independence, Missouri to Fort Vancouver in the Pacific northwest. What do we call this travel route?

2

In 1789, President George Washington appointed which person to be the first Secretary of State?

8

The Magna Carta was signed by King John at Runnymede in June of what year?

15

From 330 A.D. until World War II, two major world empires were centered in the region of today's Istanbul. What empires?

9

During World War I she was a spy who worked for both the French and the Germans. In 1917 she was executed by the French. Today her name refers to a seductive double-dealing woman. Who is she?

14

According to the opinion of President Lincoln, which best-selling 1852 novel helped bring on the American Civil War?

13

On June 28, 1914, a young man named Gavril Princip darted out of a crowd in a Bosnian city and fired two bullets into a car, killing two passengers. Who were they?

11

In which year did the US Congress pass a law banning the importation of slaves from Africa into the United States? Was it 1807, 1837, or 1857?