13historyIn 1986, in the largest covert CIA operation since the Vietnam War, the U.S. sent $400 million worth of weapons to support a rebel group fighting in which country?Show AnswerLearn MoreShare
10historyDecember 17, 1903, the Wright Brothers made their first flight, in what North Carolina town?Show AnswerLearn MoreShare
4historyWhich King and Queen were executed by rebellious French citizens in 1793?Show AnswerLearn MoreShare
10historyIn 1939, the English King escorted his daughter to the New York World's Fair. Who were these two people?Show AnswerLearn MoreShare
11historyIn 1781, eight years before Washington was elected President, which man was elected 1st "President of the United States in Congress assembled."Show AnswerLearn MoreShare
4historyOn 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."?Show AnswerLearn MoreShare
19historyHe 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 pleasuresShow AnswerLearn MoreShare
19historyWhat was the first state to enter the union after the original thirteen?Show AnswerLearn MoreShare
8historyWhich woman, leader of the Phillipines, was called Time Magazine's Woman of the Year in 1986?Show AnswerLearn MoreShare
7historyIn 1965, when President Lyndon B. Johnson underwent surgery, his Vice President served as acting President of the United States for exactly three hours. Who was this v.p., and what kind of surgery ?Show AnswerLearn MoreShare
17historyThis English woman organized the hospital and nursing services during the Crimean War, in 1854, and later became known as the originator of modern nursing techniques. What was her name?Show AnswerLearn MoreShare
7historyWhich automobile pioneer is credited in 1886 as manufacturing the first vehicle powered with an internal-combustion engine?Show AnswerLearn MoreShare
10historyOn February 18, 1970, the Chicago Seven were acquitted of all major charges. What were they charged with?Show AnswerLearn MoreShare
19historyIn 1774 Rhode Island was the first U.S. state to ban something which is now illegal in all states. What was it?Show AnswerLearn MoreShare
10historyThe world's first automobile license plates showed up in 1893, in which country?Show AnswerLearn MoreShare