Trivia History

This is a list of History questions for Bogustrivia & Tatarize

1. History: When were the Twin Towers attacked?*September 11, 2001
2. History: Who was the 16th president of the United States?*Abraham Lincoln
3. History: What famous document begins: "When in the course of human events..."?*The Declaration of Independence
4. History: What current branch of the U.S. military was a corps of only 50 soldiers when World War I broke out?*The U.S. Air Force
5. History: What game was created by French mathematician Blaise Pascal, which he discovered when doing experiments into perpetual motion?*The Game of Roulette
6. History: Who said: "I'm the president of the United States and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli"?*George Bush
7. History: What so-called "war" spawned the dueling slogans "Better Dead Than RED" and "Better Red Than Dead" in the 1950's?*The Cold War
8. History: What president was shot while walking to California Governor Jerry Brown' office?*Gerald Ford
9. History: Who earned infamy for noting: "A billion dollars isn't worth what it used to be"?*J. Paul Getty
10. History: What ethnic group was largely responsible for building most of the early railways in the U.S. West?*The Chinese
11. History: What former speaker of the U.S. House has a chair in peace studies named for him at the University of Ulster?*Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill
12. History: What was a gladiator armed with, in addition to a dagger and spear?*A net
13. History: What future Soviet dictator was training to be a priest when he got turned on to Marxism?*Joseph Stalin
14. History: What election year saw bumper stickers reading "Wallace, Wallace, Uber Alles"?*1968
15. History: What 20th-century conflict was dubbed the "forgotten war" despite 54,246 U.S. deaths?*The Korean War
16. History: What single name is more commonly applied to Holy Roman Emperor Charles the Great?*Charlemagne
17. History: Who was the last president of the Soviet Union?*Mikail Gorbachev
18. History: What had Pliny the Younger seen erupt when he wrote: "We were terrified to see everything changed, buried in ashes like snowdrifts"?*Mount Vesuvius
19. History: Who saw the turtleneck he wore at cease-fire talks in Bosnia fetch $5,000 at auction?*Jimmy Carter
20. History: What Alabama city saw state troopers attack Civil Rights marchers on Edmund Pettis Bridge?*Selma
21. History: What Texan ended up with one delegate after spending $12 million of his own money running for president in 1980?*John Connally
22. History: What congressional award was Dr. Mary Edwards Walker the first woman to receive?*Medal of Honor
23. History: What modern vehicle was invented to circumvent trench warfare?*The Tank
24. History: What California city did the last Pony Express ride end in?*Sacramento
25. History: Who was the first U.S. president to adopt the informal version of his first name?*Jimmy Carter
26. History: What civil rights leader did Dorothy Parker leave the bulk of her estate to?*Martin Luther King Jr
27. History: What did Republicans call the platform they hyped in the 1994 Congressional elections?*The Contract With America
28. History: What brave-hearted Scottish patriot led soldiers to a defeat of the English at the Battle of Cambuskenneth in 1297?*William Wallace
29. History: What nation issued the five-dollar bill found in Abraham Lincoln's pocket when he was shot?*The Confederate States of America
30. History: What political system was gradually dismantled in South Africa, starting in 1989?*Apartheid
31. History: What was 11th-century Spanish military leader Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar better know as?*El Cid
32. History: Where did Hurricane Mitch strike in 1998?*Central America
33. History: Which Open Tennis tournament was John McEnroe expelled from?*Australian
34. History: Which airline owned the plane which crashed off Nova Scotia in 1998 killing over 200 including UN officials?*Swissair
35. History: Which disaster took lace in Kobe, Japan in 1995?*Earthquake
36. History: Charles Rolls of Rolls Royce fame died in what type of vehicle?*Airplane
37. History: Which scandal hit sportsman was described by wife Monica in 1998 as "kind of shy?"*Mike Tyson
38. History: In which African countries were US embassies bombed in 1998?*Kenya & Tanzania
39. History: Bandleader Glenn Miller was last seen in an aircraft leaving which country?*England
40. History: In 1998 the Festina team was banned from what over drug allegations?*Tour de France cycle race
41. History: Where was the USA's worst nuclear accident, in 1979?*Three Mile Island
42. History: On which of the Canary Islands did a collision of two jumbo jets take place, making it one of the worst air disasters in history?*Tenerife
43. History: Who was the first US President to resign while in office?*Richard Nixon
44. History: In which country's waters was Greenpeace's Rainbow Warrior sunk in 1985?*New Zealand's
45. History: Which Olympic Games were the scene of a terrorist attack by Palestinian guerrillas?*Munich
46. History: In which country did the Red Brigades operate in the late 70s?*Italy
47. History: In which month did the attack on Pearl Harbor take place?*December
48. History: Which German airship crashed in New Jersey in 1937?*Hindenburg
49. History: In what decade did the Dust Bowl devastate Midwest farmers?*1930s
50. History: In which country was the Titanic launched?*Ireland
51. History: How did 1940s British murderer John Haigh dispose of his victims' bodies?*Acid bath
52. History: Which illness caused twice as many fatalities in America and Europe in 1917-18 as there were in WWI?*Flu
53. History: What was the nationality of the jet shot down in Russian air space in 1983?*Korean
54. History: Which American married a former King of England?*Wallis Warfield Simpson
55. History: Where in India did a major industrial accident occur in 1984?*Bhopal
56. History: In what year was the Wall Street Crash?*1929