History Trivia

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English history: Name any year during which Henry VIII reigned.

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This person, Sultan of Egypt and Syria, was the Muslim warrior who captured Jerusalem from the crusaders in 1187, thereby ending Christian control over the holy land. What was his name?

4

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

7

between 1839 and 1860 China and the Western world engaged in military clashes over what intoxicant?

19

Alexander the Great, adored and honored by all the people, died of natural causes at the age of 32 and was buried in a golden coffin in which city outside of Greece?

5

America's first sales tax was imposed on jewelry, gold, silverware, and watches. It was made necessary because of the high cost of a war. Was this tax imposed in 1812, 1863, or 1917?

9

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?

5

Who was the only U.S. president to be impeached?

10

Which two combating forces battled in the fifth century B.C. Peloponnesian War?

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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

14

The Declaration of Independence was written primarily by which person?

12

He was a warlike and despotic Aztec emperor from the 15th century. His own people despised him and rebelled against him, and the Spanish conquerors stole fabulous treasures from him and his people. What was his name?

6

The event that triggered World War I was the June 28, 1914 assassination of which person in what Yugoslavian city?

9

Of the fifty-six signers of the Declaration of Independence, about two-thirds of these men were lawyers, judges, and merchants, but about ten of them had what down-to-earth vocation?

11

The oldest known map ever discovered by archeologists, is a clay tablet dating from 3800 B.C., depicting a river flowing towards the southeast. Which river is depicted here?