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  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
  57. History: What was the number of the British Armored Division known as The Desert Rats?*7th
  58. History: Which US general along with Schwarzkopf was leader in the Gulf War?*Powell
  59. History: How long did the Arab-Israeli War of 1967 last?*Six days
  60. History: Who, during the Vietnam War, was known as Hanoi Jane?*Jane Fonda
  61. History: Which breakaway Russian republic had Grozny as its capital?*Chechnya
  62. History: Where did Nazi leader Rudolf Hess crash land in 1941?*Scotland
  63. History: Which county's "Spring" was halted by the arrival of Soviet tanks in 1968?*Czechoslovakia
  64. History: Where was the Bay of Pigs whose invasion sparked a world crisis in the 60s?*Cuba
  65. History: Where did the Enola Gay drop a devastating bomb in WWII?*Hiroshima
  66. History: In which county is Passschendaele, scene of battle in WWI?*Belgium
  67. History: The Taliban were a guerrilla group in which country?*Afghanistan
  68. History: Whose forces were defeated at the Battle of Midway in 1942?*Japan
  69. History: Who were defeated along with the Germans at El Alamein?*Italians
  70. History: During World War I what kind of gas was used in the trenches?*Mustard gas
  71. History: What Operation was the codename for the D Day landings?*Overlord
  72. History: Which major weapon of war was used for the first time in 1916?*Tank
  73. History: The Tamil Tigers were fighting for a separate state on which island?*Sri Lanka
  74. History: Muhammad Ali refused to fight in which war?*Vietnam
  75. History: War broke out in Biafra in the 60s when it broke away from which country?*Nigeria
  76. History: Which "Lord" was executed for treason in 1946 for broadcasting Nazi propaganda?*Lord Haw-Haw
  77. History: During which war was OXFAM set up?*WWII
  78. History: Which country pulled out of Vietnam in the 1950s?*France
  79. History: In WWII who was in charge of the Afrika Korps?*Rommel
  80. History: The EOKA were a terrorist group operating on which island?*Cyprus
  81. History: Which city was besieged by German troops for over 900 days in WWII?*Leningrad
  82. History: Which disaster occured the night of the 14-15 April 1912?*The Titanic Sunk