HISTORICAL TRIVIA
Multiple Choice Trivia Quiz - Answers At Bottom Of page
- A 1998 study suggests that which of the following explorers
reached the North Pole?
A. Roald Amundsen
B. Robert E. Peary
C. William Barents
D. Adam Sound
- History students are taught about the "the fall of
Constantinople" in 1453. to who did it fall?
A. Christian crusaders
B. Mongol hordes
C. Ottoman Turks
D. Romans
- Catherine the Great ruled what country?
A. England
B. France
C. Germany
D. Russia
- What was the next state after the original 13 to be
admitted to the United States?
A. Florida
B. Kentucky
C. Vermont
D. West Virginia
- Which of these four wise men died before the other three
were born?
A. Confucius
B. Plato
C. Jesus
D. Solomon
- The Creoles of today's New Orleans are descended from whom?
A. French Canadians from Nova Scotia
B. French and Spanish settlers who lived in the city
C. refugees from the Crimean War
D. none of the above
- George Washington is called the father of our country, but
how many kids did Mr. Washington really have?
A. 0
B. 1
C.3
D. 7
- William Rehnquist as chief justice of the Supreme Court was
preceded by whom?
A. Earl Warren
B. Abe Fortas
C. Warren Burger
D. Clarence Thomas
- What were the first names of the famous explorers Lewis and
Clark?
A. Clark and Lewis
B. John and Lincoln
C. Benjamin and Samuel
D. Meriwether and William
- Manuel Noriega took refuge in whose embassy after the U.S.
invasion of Panama City in 1989?
A. Cuba
B. Switzerland
C. Vatican City
D. Nicaragua
- On the island nation formerly known as Ceylon, Tamil
separatists have been conducting attacks against the Sinhalese majority. what is
the name of the country?
A. Cyprus
B. Seychelles
C. Madagascar
D. Sri Lanka
- Where was the UN headquarters located prior to them moving
to Manhattan's East Side?
A. San Francisco
B. Long Island, New York
C. Geneva, Switzerland
D. Paris, France
- Which American commander said, "I have not yet begun to
fight"?
A. David Farragut
B. John Paul Jones
C. George Dewey
D. Oliver Hazard Perry
- John Brown of Civil War fame was which?
A. an abolitionist
B. a slave
C. a slave-owner
D. none of the above
- At the time of the Declaration of Independence what was the
approximate population of the United States?
A.20,000
B. 200,000
C. 2,000,000
D. 20,000,000
- What frontier marshal was murdered in 1876 in Deadwood,
South Dakota, by outlaw Jack McCall?
A. Buffalo Bill Cody
B. Matt Dillon
C. Wild Bill Hickok
D. Bat Masterson
- In what year did Wyatt Earp die?
A. 1879
B. 1889
C. 1909
D. 1929
- In what year did Leonard Kristensen of Norway lead the
first party to land on the mainland of Antarctica?
A. 1795
B. 1845
C. 1895
D. 1945
- Three of the four following events took place in 1985,
which one happened in 1982?
A. Mikhail Gorbachev became the leader of the Soviet Union
B. Pete Rose broke Ty Cobb's record of 4,191 career hits.
C. Coca Cola replaced its formula to create a "new" Coke.
D. Britain and Argentina fought a war over the Falkland Islands.
- Namibia became a colony of what European nation in 1890,
under the name South-West Africa?
A. Germany
B. Great Britain
C. The Netherlands
D. Portugal
ANSWERS
- B. Robert E. Peary
- C. Ottoman Turks
- D. Russia
- C. Vermont
- D. Solomon
- B. French and Spanish settlers who lived in the city
- A. 0
- C. Warren Burger
- D. Meriwether and William
- C. Vatican City
- D. Sri Lanka
- B. Long Island, New York
- B. John Paul Jones
- A. an abolitionist
- C. 2,000,000
- C. Wild Bill Hickok
- D. 1929
- C. 1895
- D. Britain and Argentina fought a war over the Falkland Islands.
- A. Germany
