History Trivia

8

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

16

An English colonist in Virginia, John Rolfe, introduced and planted tobacco in the colonies. In 1614, he married the daughter of a local indian chief and went to England to live with her. What was her name?

17

From 1859 to 1869, the Suez Canal was designed, engineered, and constructed by a company from which country?

20

In both 1978 the Nobel Peace Prize was shared by two former political adversaries. Who were they?

4

The Scots were a Gaelic tribe that migrated in the 6th century AD to the northern part of Britain, from where? Ireland, Belgium, or Holland?

2

Around 1790 Spanish explorers, and later Captain George Vancouver, discovered the San Juan Islands, located today in which state?

11

In 1492, Christopher Columbus set sail towards the west, looking for India, (or Asia), but didn't find it. However, five years later this Portuguese navigator set sail towards the East, and reached India in 1498. Who was he?

15

The first African slaves were brought to the colonies in America in 1619 by which nationality of Europeans?

10

December 17, 1903, the Wright Brothers made their first flight, in what North Carolina town?

4

Which King and Queen were executed by rebellious French citizens in 1793?

10

In 1939, the English King escorted his daughter to the New York World's Fair. Who were these two people?

11

In 1781, eight years before Washington was elected President, which man was elected 1st "President of the United States in Congress assembled."

4

On July 4, 1976, as the United States was celebrating its bicentennial, which British person said, "It seems to me that Independence Day, the Fourth of July, should be celebrated in both our countries. Let Freedom Ring."?

19

He was a Persian mathematician, astrologer, and poet who lived about 900 years ago. He wrote a major treatise on algebra, he was appointed by the Shah of Persia to reform the calendar, but most famously he wrote a number of poems celebrating the pleasures

18

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