History Trivia

17

Because the Indian tribes living in this region were so friendly, the Spanish named this region after the Spanish and Indian words which mean "friends" or "allies." Today this region is the state with which name?

5

When the Great Pyramid was being built, what was the capital of Egypt?

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?

15

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

11

In the year 79 A.D. a prosperous Italian city of villas, temples, theaters, and baths disappeared after the eruption of a volcano. Which city, which volcano?

2

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

20

In 1938, Mussolini banned all American cartoons in Italy, except for which one?

7

The first oil well in the United States was drilled in 1859 in which state? Was it Oklahoma, West Virginia, or Pennsylvania?

12

In 1804, Lewis and Clark began the first exploration of the American west. They began their journey in St. Louis, and followed which river westward for 1,000 miles ?

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?

5

In which year did the United States government begin printing paper money? Was it closer to 1790, 1820, or 1860?

5

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

15

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

6

The continuing conflict between Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland began in the early sixteenth century when which English King imposed the Protestant Church of Ireland upon a largely Catholic population?

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?