History Trivia

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?

4

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

5

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

2

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

12

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

14

The wife of Nicholas II was the last czarina of Russia (1894-1917). After the Bolshevik revolution, she and her family were imprisoned and executed. Who was she?

5

When the U.S. Constitution was written and signed by the delegates to the Constitutional convention on 9/17/1787, in which order did the delegates sign it?

10

who was Vassal King of Troy during the siege of Troy, and under which empire was it a vassal state?

9

On June 15, 1215, the English King John did what, where?

2

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?

1

What two Middle Eastern cities formed the eastern and western end-points for eastern Mediterranean trade routes?