History Trivia

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Which U.S. state was named by the U.S. Congress in 1800, and meant "land of the Indians"?

8

What beverage that many people enjoy drinking today was a popular drink among the Aztecs in the 15th Century?

7

In the second millennium B.C., this Phoenician city north of present-day Beirut was the most important city in the eastern Mediterranean. Alphabetic writing was first practiced there and books of papyrus were made there. In fact the name of an extremely w

7

The Berlin wall, a symbol of the cold war that restricted free movement between East and West Berlin, stood for how many years?

9

In the 8th century, he was the first emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. Who is he?

1

In 1619, the first African slaves in America arrived in which current U.S. state?

1

Did Benjamin Franklin sign the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, both, or neither?

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This town in southern France is a health resort, famous for its mineral springs and its bottled drinking water. During World War II, it was the headquarters of the French Nazi-collaborators. What is the name of this town?

18

The earliest account of European travel to the far east was provided by what Venetian traveler who explored Asia from 1271 to 1295?

7

Which automobile pioneer is credited in 1886 as manufacturing the first vehicle powered with an internal-combustion engine?

1

What country, part of the British empire, has been called "The Jewel in the Crown"?

13

Around 1765, which two English surveyors drew a line separating the southern slave states from the northern free states?

9

Which Frenchman is credited with having laid out and designed the city of Washington, D.C.?

5

In the 1850's, this escaped slave made 19 secretive trips to the South, and led more than 300 slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad, despite a bounty of $40,000 on her head. She was never caught. What was her name?

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On November 15, 1864, during the U.S. Civil War, which general in the northern army burned Atlanta?