International Trivia Quiz Questions
Who attempted to assassinate President Roosevelt in 1933?
A: Guiseppe Zingara.
Who did Mrs. Thatcher describe as "a man we can do business
with?"
A: Gorbachev.
How is Tenzin Gyatso better known?
A: The Dali Lama.
Which former leader wrote the novel The Cardinal's Hat?
A: Mussolini.
Which US senator was assassinated in Louisiana in 1935?
A: Huey Long.
How was Nguyen that Tan better known?
A: Ho Chi Minh.
Where can the best international trivia quiz questions be found?
A: Trivia Country!
Who did the Americans recognize as ruler of Vietnam in 1950 when
the Soviets acknowledged Ho Chi Min?
A: Bao Dai.
Where was Nelson Mandela's first foreign trip to after his
release from prison?
A: Zambia.
What rank did Harry S. Truman reach in the Great War?
A: Captain.
Who was the defeated Presidential candidate in the 1900 US
election?
A: William Jennings Bryan.
Who was the first leader of the Belgian Congo?
A: Lumumba.
Who assassinated President McKinley?
A: Leon Czolgosz.
Who replaced MacArthur as UN commander in Korea?
A: General Ridgeway.
Who was Greece's first socialist Prime Minister?
A: Papandreou.
Which leader has played in goal for Polish soccer side Wotsyla?
A: Pope John Paul II.
Canadian leader Lester Pearson won the Nobel Peace prize for his
mediation role in which conflict?
A: Suez.
Who became the first President of Israel?
A: Chiam Weizmann.
Who was Pope during World War II?
A: Pius XII.
In 1990 who faced banners saying Goodbye Pineapple Face?
A: Manuel Noriega.
Who was the youngest US Vice President of the 20th century?
A: Richard Nixon.
Who took over as president of Romania after Ceaucescu was
executed?
A: Ion Hiescu.
Who was mayor of New York during the race riots of 1996?
A: John Lindsay.
Who formulated his Sinatra Doctrine - Foreign policy to be
constructed on a My Way basis?
A: Eduard Shevardnadze.
Which president decided to build a naval station at Pearl Harbor?
A: William Taft.
Vaclav Havel and British King George VI both lost what part of
their bodies?
A: Lung.
Who was the first US president to visit Great Britain?
A: Woodrow Wilson.
Who was Oliver North's immediate boss who admitted authori8zing
funding the Contra rebels in Nicaragua?
A: John Poindexter.
Which ex-president died shortly after he death of Harry S.
Truman?
A: Lyndon B. Johnson.
Who was the first Democrat President of the 20th century?
A: Woodrow Wilson.
Who was North Vietnam's chief negotiator at the '73 Paris peace
talks?
A: Le Duc Tho.
Who was the first president to be elected for a third four-year
term?
A: Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Which Secretary of State under Truman helped formulate the
Marshall Plan?
A: Dean Acheson.
Senator Joe McCarthly representred which state?
A: Wisconsin.
Who did Roosevelt defeat when he won the 1932 election?
A: Herbert Hoover.
Which President gave the go-ahead to build an H Bomb?
A: Truman.
Which president was responsible for setting up the Manhattan
Project?
A: Roosevelt.
Who took part in the first televised debate between two
presidential candidates?
A: Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy
Which president called for a league of Nations in May 1916?
A: Wilson.
Who was the oldest US President before Ronal Reagan?
A: Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Dan Quayle was Senator form which state when he was chosen as
George Bush's Vice President?
A: Indiana.
Where was Lyndon Johnson when he first took the Presidential
oath?
A: Air force I.
Where did Reagan and Gorbachev have their Star Wars summit in
October 19865?
A: Iceland.
Under how many US presidents did FBI director J Edgar Hoover
serve?
A: Eight.
How much did Clint Eastwood receive per month for his duties as
Mayor of Carmel?
A: $200,
Which US president won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1920?
A: Woodrow Wilson.
Who was Walter Mondale's running mate in the 1984 election?
A: Geraldine Ferraro.
What was Ronald Reagan's last movie?
A: The Killers.
Who was Ronald Regan's first Secretary of State?
A: Alexander Haig.
Who led the Paris talks on behalf of the USA in May 1968?
A: Averill Harriman.
How many 'points for peace' did President Wilson announce in
1918?
A: 14.
