History Trivia

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Which Portuguese explorer was the first European to sail to India, in 1497?

3

In 1925 in Tennessee a teacher went on trial for teaching Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. What was his name, which lawyer defended him, and which famous lawyer was on the prosecution side?

9

To avenge the persecution of Roman Catholics in England, he led a conspiracy to kill King James I and blow up Parliament on November 5, 1605, but was arrested in the cellars of Parliament and later executed. Who was he?

2

The framework of the Statue of Liberty was designed by which well-known European engineer?

17

What period of human culture followed the Stone Age and preceded the Iron Age?

12

History tells us that some doctors used a certain small animal to remove blood from patients in order to help heal bruises and cure diseases. What kind of animal?

7

Can you name the Portuguese navigator and explorer who led the first expedition to circumnavigate the earth, in 1519?

4

BONUS: In what year did Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels collaborate to write The Communist Manifesto ? within 2

15

Around the time of the first World War, all the countries along the Mediterranean coast of Northern Africa were controlled by France or Great Britain, except for Libya, which was controlled by which other European nation?

17

In which year did Persia change its name to Iran - 1535, 1735, or 1935?

5

Which part of San Francisco was established as a Spanish fort in 1776?

5

In November, 1987, President Reagan nominated someone to fill a Supreme Court seat, but this person had to resign from consideration when his history of previous marijuana use became known to the public. What was his first and last name?

11

Historians trace the fall of the Roman Empire to the fifth century when Rome was sacked by which cruel and distructive northern tribe, whose name has now become a generic term?

16

The Declaration of Independence was written primarily by which person?

3

In 1939, when a group of scientists found out that Germany was planning to build an atomic bomb, they persuaded which person to write a letter to which President to persuade him that the US develop the bomb first?