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[{"question":"In which US state is the active Mount Rainier volcano located?","category":"history","answer":"Washington","choices":["Michigan","Ohio","Washington","New York"]},{"question":"In 1990, this 5000 year old body was found in the Alps. Scientists discovered some tattoos on his leg which indicated that acupuncture was used as far back as the Copper-stone Age.","category":"history","answer":"Oetzi","choices":["Big Foot","Sasquatch","Nessie","Oetzi"]},{"question":"After unsuccessful  talks about oil production and debt repayment, Iraq occupied Kuwait.  In January 1991 the US launched an air attack against military targets in Iraq and Kuwait in this operation.","category":"history","answer":"Desert Storm","choices":["Matador","BOLERO","Determined Force","Desert Storm"]},{"question":"It is the process of producing identical copies of a DNA segment asexually.  In 1996 the first successful one of an animal was made. The animals name was Dolly.  Dolly later died, but Richard Seed announced that he intended try it on humans.","category":"history","answer":"Cloning","choices":["Organ Transplant","Cloning","Bloodless Surgery","Laser Surgery"]},{"question":"This kind of music became largely popular in Europe and America in the 1990s. It is a melodic, free form combination between techno and house, having hypnotic qualities. The first distinctive track of this kind was Age Of Love, released in 1990.","category":"history","answer":"Trance","choices":["Electro","Trance","Techno","Dance"]},{"question":"This womans death was arguably the most shocking one of the decade. She died in 1997 in a car crash while evading paparazzi. The woman was taken to a hospital, but the two-hour efforts of surgeons to save her life were unsuccessful.","category":"history","answer":"Princess Diana","choices":["Greta Garbo","Nancy Marchand","Madam C. J. Walker","Princess Diana"]},{"question":"This union, made up of European countries, was established by the Maastricht Treaty in 1992. Starting as a trade body it is now an economic and political partnership between its members.","category":"history","answer":"The European Union","choices":["American Labor Union","Oxford Union","The European Union","European Trade Union"]},{"question":"Although the first one was sent in 1971, it became widely popular in 1998. Its popularity caused explosive growth of the internet.","category":"history","answer":"The E-mail","choices":["The Chat programs","The URL","The E-mail","The Website"]},{"question":"Impeachment stands for quickly removing dangerously criminal officials from high office. The Impeachment Trial in the Senate for this US President commenced on January 7, 1999.","category":"history","answer":"Bill Clinton","choices":["George Bush","Ronald Reagan","Bill Clinton","Richard Nixon"]},{"question":"On August 17, 1999 this disaster took the lives of 15 000 and injured 23 000 people in western Turkey.","category":"history","answer":"Earthquake","choices":["Earthquake","Tsunami","Avalanche","Volcano eruption"]},{"question":"These became more advanced and more popular in the 1990, with some of the most influential ones being  the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, the Sony Playstation, and the Sega Dreamcast.","category":"history","answer":"Video Game consoles","choices":["Dating sites","Virtual reality systems","Video Game consoles","Computer games"]},{"question":"The Punic Wars were a series of three wars fought between these two powers.","category":"history","answer":"Rome and Carthage","choices":["Rome and Athens","Athens and Sparta","Carthage and Athens","Rome and Carthage"]},{"question":"The 1938 incorporation of Austria in Greater Germany under the Nazi Regime is known as this.","category":"history","answer":"Anschluss","choices":["Ansatz","Abwer","Anschluss","Ahnentafel"]},{"question":"Henry Kissinger held this US post from 1974 to 1977.","category":"history","answer":"Secretary of State","choices":["President of the Senate","Speaker of the House of Representatives","National Security Advisor","Secretary of State"]},{"question":"One of these cities has been Japans capital in the past.","category":"history","answer":"Kyoto","choices":["Kyoto","Yokohama","Hiroshima","Osaka"]},{"question":"Anne of Austria was the mother of Louis XIV of France (the Sun King).","category":"history","answer":"True","choices":["True","False"]},{"question":"Valeria Messalina was the third wife of this Roman emperor.","category":"history","answer":"Claudius","choices":["Caligula","Tiberius","Nero","Claudius"]},{"question":"Philip II of France, Richard I of England and Frederick I led this campaign.","category":"history","answer":"Third Crusade","choices":["Childrens Crusade","Albigensian Crusade","Fourth Crusade","Third Crusade"]},{"question":"Yu the Great was the legendary first Chinese monarch of this dynasty.","category":"history","answer":"Xia Dynasty","choices":["Xia Dynasty","Qing (Manchu) Dynasty","Ming Dynasty","Yuan Dynasty"]},{"question":"This German general was nicknamed The Desert Fox due to the skillful military campaigns he waged in North Africa, during World War II.","category":"history","answer":"Erwin Rommel","choices":["Erwin Rommel","Hermann Goring","George Patton","Bernard Montgomery"]},{"question":"The term Blitzkrieg, referring to swift, sudden military offensive, is translated as Thunder War.","category":"history","answer":"False","choices":["False","True"]},{"question":"How many landing beaches were there in the 1944 Normandy Invasion, known as Operation Overlord?","category":"history","answer":"Five","choices":["Four","Six","Five","Three"]},{"question":"What was the name of the first jet-powered fighter used in World War II?","category":"history","answer":"Me-262","choices":["P-51","Hurricane","Me-262","MIG-3"]},{"question":"Which member of the Nazi Party was known as Adolph Hitlers first architect of the Third Reich?","category":"history","answer":"Albert Speer","choices":["Rudolph Hess","Albert Speer","Hermann Goring","Joseph Mengele"]},{"question":"The British evacuation from which French port was codenamed Operation Dynamo, in 1940?","category":"history","answer":"Dunkirk","choices":["Brest","Cherbourg","Dunkirk","Toulon"]},{"question":"Which American politician said the following about liberty: They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.”?","category":"history","answer":"Benjamin Franklin","choices":["Benjamin Franklin","Thomas Jefferson","Abraham Lincoln","George Washington"]},{"question":"Which US President delivered the following words: Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.?","category":"history","answer":"John F. Kennedy","choices":["William J. Clinton","Franklin D. Roosevelt","Abraham Lincoln","John F. Kennedy"]},{"question":"Which US President said these words: A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine.?","category":"history","answer":"Thomas Jefferson","choices":["Abraham Lincoln","Thomas Jefferson","Benjamen Franklin","John F. Kennedy"]},{"question":"Which US President made the following statement: America stands for liberty, for the pursuit of happiness and for the unalienable right for life. This right to life cannot be granted or denied by government because it does not come from the government, it comes from the creator of life.?","category":"history","answer":"George W. Bush","choices":["George W. Bush","Thomas Jefferson","John Adams","George Washington"]},{"question":"These words were spoken by Jed Babbin, a former deputy undersecretary of defence in the first Bush administration, on January 30, 2003: Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without an accordion. You just leave a lot of useless noisy baggage behind.","category":"history","answer":"True","choices":["False","True"]},{"question":"Which great American leader made the following statement: Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable - a most sacred right - a right, which we hope and believe, is to liberate the world.”?","category":"history","answer":"Abraham Lincoln","choices":["Benjamin Franklin","Abraham Lincoln","George Washington","Thomas Jefferson"]},{"question":"The M1 Carbine is the most mass produced small arm weapon in the United States. Even though it was mainly produced by the Inland Division of General Motors, its design belongs to this famous company.","category":"history","answer":"Winchester","choices":["Winchester","Kalashnikov","GIAT Industries","Magnum Research Inc."]},{"question":"How many Medal of Honor citations have been issued during the Vietnam War?","category":"history","answer":"245","choices":["245","345","153","120"]},{"question":"One of the worlds greatest generals. By  the age of 30 he ruled almost half of the world. This great leader died at the peak of his campaign at the age of 33.  His was taught by Aristotle.","category":"history","answer":"Alexander The Great","choices":["Alexander The Great","Darius","Julius Caesar","Augustus"]},{"question":"This Carthaginian general marched from Spain to Rome across the Alps.  14,000 of his 40,000 troops died because of the harsh climate.  Later, he won the Battle of Cannae.","category":"history","answer":"Hannibal","choices":["Augustus","Gaius Marius","Lesius Quietus","Hannibal"]},{"question":"His saying, Veni Vidi Vici (I came I saw I conquered) is known all over the world.  His war feats clothed him with glory giving him political power.","category":"history","answer":"Julius Caesar","choices":["Marcus Antonius","Julius Caesar","Augustus","Darius"]},{"question":"This American general  led the invasion of Normandy.  He was also an American president from 1953 to 1961.","category":"history","answer":"Dwight Eisenhower","choices":["Dwight Eisenhower","George S. Patton","MacArthur","William H. Simpson"]},{"question":"He was one of the best military officers of Russia during the World War II and involved in the taking of Berlin.","category":"history","answer":"Georgi Zhukov","choices":["Lavr Kornilov","Georgi Zhukov","Alexander Samsonov","Nicholas Nikolaevich"]},{"question":"The siege of Leningrad lasted just 1 month.","category":"history","answer":"False","choices":["True","False"]},{"question":"Along with the French general, this British general also led the campaign in Northern Africa during the World War II.  He was accused of not fighting bravely enough, after his lack of success in Operation Lightfoot.","category":"history","answer":"Bernard Montgomery","choices":["Dwight Eisenhower","Bernard Montgomery","Georg Stumme","John White"]},{"question":"This island was Englands first overseas colony.","category":"history","answer":"Newfoundland","choices":["Rhodes","Newfoundland","Iceland","Greenland"]},{"question":"In 1962 Jamaica gained full independence from the United Kingdom, but before even becoming a British colony, Jamaica was possession of this country.","category":"history","answer":"Spain","choices":["Spain","Portugal","Russia","Italy"]},{"question":"Barbados has never been a British colony.","category":"history","answer":"False","choices":["True","False"]},{"question":"Australia was officially settled in 1788 as the penal colony of New South Wales. Over the course of the 19th century this many new self-governing Crown Colonies were established on the continent.","category":"history","answer":"5","choices":["4","5","3","12"]},{"question":"One of  the results of the Second Anglo-Dutch War, between England and the United Netherlands, was that the city of New Amsterdam was renamed to this.","category":"history","answer":"New York","choices":["New York","New Jersey","New Mexico","New Orleans"]},{"question":"Sri Lanka was not considered part of the British Raj.","category":"history","answer":"True","choices":["False","True"]},{"question":"Slavery was outlawed in all British colonies in this year.","category":"history","answer":"1834","choices":["1812","1912","1834","1738"]},{"question":"On July 1, 1997, the former British colony of Hong Kong reunified with the Peoples Republic of China. This man was the last governor of Hong Kong.","category":"history","answer":"Chris Patten","choices":["Henry Tang","Chris Patten","Tung Chee Hwa","Donald Tsang"]},{"question":"Britain was not interested in African territories and thus has never controlled any.","category":"history","answer":"False","choices":["False","True"]},{"question":"What was the nickname of Tom Cruises character in Top Gun?","category":"history","answer":"Maverick","choices":["Goose","Iceman","Maverick","Viper"]},{"question":"What NBA team won their 16th NBA Championship title on June 8,1986?","category":"history","answer":"Boston Celtics","choices":["Boston Celtics","Houston Rockets","L.A. Lakers","Chicago Bulls"]},{"question":"Which of these songs was not on Bon Jovis chart-topping 1986 album Slippery When Wet?","category":"history","answer":"Ill Be There for You","choices":["Ill Be There for You","Never Say Goodbye","Livin on a Prayer","Wanted Dead Or Alive"]},{"question":"When this significant event took place on January 28, 1986, students worldwide saw it on live television.","category":"history","answer":"Space Shuttle Challenger explodes","choices":["A nuclear reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear plant explodes","Space Shuttle Challenger explodes","The United States Senate allows its debates to be televised","Pope John Paul II officially visits the Synagogue of Rome"]},{"question":"The New York Mets were World Champions in baseball in the 1986 world series.","category":"history","answer":"True","choices":["False","True"]},{"question":"Which one of these actors was not in the Academy Award winning Oliver Stone film Platoon?","category":"history","answer":"Tom Cruise","choices":["Tom Berenger","Charlie Sheen","Johnny Depp","Tom Cruise"]},{"question":"On what album released in 1986 would I find the following lyrics:\nWhen I was 17 I did what people told me,\nDid what my father said and let my mother mold me","category":"history","answer":"Control - Janet Jackson","choices":["True Stories - Talking Heads","Control - Janet Jackson","Raising Hell - Run DMC","True Colors - Cyndi Lauper"]},{"question":"What southern sitcom, which debuted in 1986, are the following characters from: Julia, Suzanne, Mary Jo, Charlene, Anthony and Bernice?","category":"history","answer":"Designing Women","choices":["Designing Women","Mamas Family","Its A Living","The Golden Girls"]},{"question":"This was an attempt to establish the use of the metric system in the United States. However it was not accepted and the US never converted.","category":"history","answer":"The 1975 Metric Conversion Act","choices":["The 1975 Metric Conversion Act","IEEE Conversion RFC","The Common management interface protocol","ANSI Metric Conversions"]},{"question":"This suspension bridge collapsed due to resonance - a twisting pattern never seen before, took the bridge down.","category":"history","answer":"The Tacoma Narrows Bridge","choices":["The John Hancock Bridge","Willamette River Pedestrian Bridge","The Tacoma Narrows Bridge","The Golden Gate Bridge"]},{"question":"In early 1985 the manufacturer of this drink changed the recipe of the product, but after months of complaints, it was forced by the consumers to restore the original formula.","category":"history","answer":"Coca Cola","choices":["Coca Cola","Pepsi","Yoo-hoo","Dr. Pepper"]},{"question":"At the time, this was the most complex ship, employing safety measures unseen before.  She was double-bottomed and separated into 16 watertight compartments. Nevertheless, she sank on her maiden voyage.","category":"history","answer":"Titanic","choices":["Titanic","Britanic","Andrea Doria","The Empress of Ireland"]},{"question":"This rap artist, born Stanley Kirk Burrell was known for his lavish tours and catchy hooks.  However, his attempted restyling as a gangsta-rapper was a failure","category":"history","answer":"MC Hammer","choices":["MC Hammer","Marky Mark","Busta Rhymes","Vanilla Ice"]},{"question":"This aircraft was proposed by Boeing in the 80s, but never entered production due to excessive noise from its unducted fan engines and high production costs.","category":"history","answer":"Boeing 7J7","choices":["Spruce Goose flying boat","Boeing 7J7","Boeing Business Jet","Boeing 737"]},{"question":"This tank was built during World War II, but had weight and speed issues.  It never saw battle.","category":"history","answer":"Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus","choices":["Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus","Sturmpanzer IV Brummbär","M3A5 Grant","Heavy Tank Charron 2C"]},{"question":"This 15,000 ton, German-built ship maintained a route from Tallinn to Stockholm.  In 1994, it sunk to the bottom of the Baltic Sea due to a badly designed bow door.","category":"history","answer":"Estonia Ferry","choices":["Estonia Ferry","Blak Bark of Ostend","Barge of Calais","Castor to Circe"]},{"question":"Three of these political events occurred in the 80s. Which one happened earlier?","category":"history","answer":"The Winter of Discontent in the UK","choices":["The Collapse of the Soviet Union","The USA invades Panama","The Winter of Discontent in the UK","The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia"]},{"question":"All of these famous political leaders lost their power in the 80s, except one. Can you spot him?","category":"history","answer":"Francois Mitterrand","choices":["Augusto Pinochet","Ceausescu","Francois Mitterrand","Gustav Husak"]},{"question":"The AIDS epidemic was identified and named before 1980.","category":"history","answer":"False","choices":["True","False"]},{"question":"Mel Gibson starred in all of the following four movies. However, only one of them was produced during the 80s.  Which one?","category":"history","answer":"Lethal Weapon 2","choices":["Forever Young","Mad Max","Lethal Weapon 3","Lethal Weapon 2"]},{"question":"The TV-series Taxi was first released during this period.","category":"history","answer":"1970s","choices":["1990s","1960s","1970s","1980s"]},{"question":"One of these TV productions was not released in the 80s.","category":"history","answer":"Saturday Night Live","choices":["Dynasty","The Cosby Show","Saturday Night Live","L.A. Law"]},{"question":"Michael Keatons debut was in the 80s.","category":"history","answer":"False","choices":["False","True"]},{"question":"What Celtic chieftain fought Julius Caesar in Gaul, in the first century B.C.?","category":"history","answer":"Vercingetorix","choices":["Vercingetorix","Odoacer","Hasdrubal","Leonidas"]},{"question":"What Merovingian became king in the fifth century A.D.?","category":"history","answer":"Clovis","choices":["Arpad","Clovis","Ethelred","Belisarius"]},{"question":"Archaic French is still spoken in the area of this once French colony, lost to the British in 1763.","category":"history","answer":"Quebec","choices":["Quebec","Senegal ( West Africa)","Haiti","Cambodia"]},{"question":"In what year did the French Revolution begin?","category":"history","answer":"1789","choices":["1789","1693","1724","1637"]},{"question":"In what year was Napoleon Bonaparte crowned emperor of France?","category":"history","answer":"1804","choices":["1807","1804","1810","1801"]},{"question":"In what year did the French pull out of Indochina?","category":"history","answer":"1954","choices":["1949","1964","1954","1970"]},{"question":"What statesman became the first President, under the Fifth Republic of France, in 1959?","category":"history","answer":"Charles De Gaulle","choices":["Albert Lebrun","Vincent Auriol","Charles De Gaulle","Rene Coty"]},{"question":"In what year was Francois Mitterrand elected President of  France?","category":"history","answer":"1981","choices":["1975","1987","1993","1981"]},{"question":"What French monarch was known as the Sun King?","category":"history","answer":"Louis XIV","choices":["Louis X","Charles VII","Louis XIV","Henry III"]},{"question":"Although he spent 32 years as a criminal, this Wild West rogue killed only a single person. He was mainly engaged in robbing banks and became the first criminal to use an automobile for his escape.","category":"history","answer":"Henry Starr","choices":["Burt Alvord","Henry Starr","Cherokee Bill","Frank Canton"]},{"question":"This man killed his first victim at the age of 12. By the time he was 15 he had become an expert shot. As he was almost 6 feet tall, strong and quick in shooting, people were afraid of him. However, the $1,300 reward made some ordinary citizens work out an elaborate plan to capture him.","category":"history","answer":"Cherokee Bill","choices":["Dutch Charley","Billy the Kid","Butch Cassidy","Cherokee Bill"]},{"question":"This famous outlaw was very friendly and most of his shooting was done in self defense. He became an outlaw after someone murdered his employer, Tunstall, whom he loved as a father. At Tunstalls funeral, this outlaw swore that he would kill every man who had been involved in the Tunstalls murder.","category":"history","answer":"Billy the Kid","choices":["Jesse James","Billy the Kid","Juan Flores","Frank Jackson"]},{"question":"While in charge of the guardhouse at San Carlos, this outlaw left his post to chase a man whom he considered responsible for his fathers death. When he came back, he argued with his superior and shot him in the leg. Arizona territorial legislature offered a $5,000 cash reward, but he was never captured.","category":"history","answer":"Apache Kid","choices":["Johnny Behind the Deuse","Pearl Hart","Apache Kid","Frank Jackson"]},{"question":"His first crime was breaking into a store and taking a pair of pants, leaving a message that he would pay later.  He went on to steal cattle from farmers, and later robbed the San Miguel Valley Bank robbery in Telluride, escaping with $20,000.","category":"history","answer":"Butch Cassidy","choices":["Daniel Boone","Pancho Villa","Butch Cassidy","Buffalo Bill"]},{"question":"Although this criminal, who acted with his brother, would rob banks and trains, he was a favourite of the press of his day. In various journalistic materials he was often presented as the contemporary Robin Hood. It was a fact that he preferred to rob rich people, but it was simply because they had more money.","category":"history","answer":"Jesse James","choices":["Jesse James","Bill Miner","Joaquin Murieta","Jim Reed"]},{"question":"After his father was killed, this man sought revenge. He joined Quantrills fighting force. It was reported that he often frothed at his mouth in his almost psychopathic rage in battles. Some sources say he had a silk string with knots for every shot Yankee.","category":"history","answer":"William Bloody Bill Anderson","choices":["Jim Murphy","Billy the Kid","William Bloody Bill Anderson","Sundance Kid"]},{"question":"This man was known as the Mexican Robin Hood. He set up a band of 5 members, all with the same first name. His band is credited with stealing more than $100,000 in gold and over 100 horses.","category":"history","answer":"Joaquin Murietta","choices":["Belle Star","Nathaniel Reed Texas Jack","George Newcomb Bitter Creek","Joaquin Murietta"]},{"question":"This criminal was active during the Gold Rush. He was famous for leaving poems in the place of the gold that he had stolen. He never robbed valuables from the passengers of the stagecoaches, he preferred treasure boxes.","category":"history","answer":"Black Bart","choices":["Henry Clay White","Cyrus Skinner","Bob Younger","Black Bart"]},{"question":"This man was nicknamed the King of the Cowboys after he took part in the gun fight at the OK Corral in Tombstone, Arizona. When in 1879 he went West in Arizona, he achieved still more infamy, as the main antagonist of Wyatt Earp.","category":"history","answer":"Johnny Ringo","choices":["Johnny Ringo","Tom Starr Uncle Tom","Jim Murphy","Lee H. Musgrove"]},{"question":"In August of 2005, a Category 4  hurricane devastated the Gulf coast of the U.S.,  leaving much of the city of New Orleans flooded and without power.  Name the hurricane responsible for this widespread swath of destruction.","category":"history","answer":"Katrina","choices":["Rita","Louise","Katrina","Isabella"]},{"question":"On May 22, 1987, a multiple vortex tornado devastated this small Texas town.","category":"history","answer":"Saragosa","choices":["Saragosa","Texarcico","Northumberland","Zeetop"]},{"question":"The towns of Dana, Enfield, Greenwich, and Prescott, Massachusetts were all disincorporated on April 28, 1938, because of the following.","category":"history","answer":"The land was needed for a large reservoir.","choices":["It was agreed upon by a consensus of the 4 towns populace, to disincorporate due to flagging economic conditions.","All 4 towns were destroyed in a massive fire, and the area was rebuilt as a distant suburb of Boston.","The land was needed for a large reservoir.","A major railroad  company secured rights to the land and built a rail line through the heart of all 4 towns."]},{"question":"Jonestown, Guyana, home to the Peoples Temple religious cult,  was virtually wiped off the map in November of 1978, when the cult leader induced 900 of his followers to drink cyanide laced Kool - Aid.  What was this cult leaders name?","category":"history","answer":"Rev. Jim Jones","choices":["Rev Dr. Parker Smalling","Rev. Alloyuishius Gant","Rev. Jim Jones","Rev. Donald Dunforth"]},{"question":"Muscogee, Florida was once a thriving village located 20 miles NW of Pensacola, Florida.  It was founded in 1857, yet by 1928 it was all but abandoned.  What was the cause of this towns demise?","category":"history","answer":"It was a lumber mill town, and in 1928, the mills were sold.","choices":["It was a haven for circus performers until 1925, when the circus left for Sarasota, and the performers followed.","It was a lumber mill town, and in 1928, the mills were sold.","It was a town largely dependent on the fishing industry, which experienced an economic downturn in the early 1920s.","It was flooded to make way for a canal which is part of the Inter - Coastal Waterway."]},{"question":"Sinepuxent, a town on the eastern shore of Maryland, was destroyed by a tornado in 1818, and never rebuilt.","category":"history","answer":"False","choices":["False","True"]},{"question":"Napoleon, Arkansas, a once thriving river town situated near the confluence of the Arkansas and Mississippi rivers, was flooded by the two rivers, but was successfully rebuilt.","category":"history","answer":"No","choices":["Yes","No"]},{"question":"New Burlington, Ohio was once a community located in NW Clinton County, Ohio.  It was flooded when the U.S. Government  flooded Caesar Creek in order to construct a reservoir.  When did this take place?","category":"history","answer":"1970s","choices":["1960s","Late 1880s","1970s","1930s"]},{"question":"Achilles, Kansas was a thriving town whose heyday ran from the 1870s to approximately 1915.   By the year 1930, it was all but defunct.  What was responsible for this towns demise?","category":"history","answer":"It was bypassed by the railroad.","choices":["It became one of the casualties of The Great Depression.","It was largely devastated by a tornado in late 1915, and never recovered economically.","It was bypassed by the railroad.","It was requisitioned by the U.S. Army Corp. of Engineers, and slated to be flooded  in 1930."]},{"question":"In 1988, this talk show host once brought out 67 pound of animal fat to show how much weight they lost.","category":"history","answer":"Oprah Winfrey","choices":["Oprah Winfrey","Johnny Carson","David Letterman","Rikki Lake"]},{"question":"This musician sang about an Uptown Girl in 1983.","category":"history","answer":"Billy Joel","choices":["Bryan Adams","Paul Simon","Elton John","Billy Joel"]},{"question":"Mr. Rogers, from the childrens television show Mr. Rogers Neighborhood, once donated a sweater his mother made him to the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.","category":"history","answer":"True","choices":["False","True"]},{"question":"Amy Carter, daughter of former president Jimmy Carter, was arrested in 1987 for protesting against campus CIA recruitment.","category":"history","answer":"True","choices":["False","True"]},{"question":"This group is known for their 1984 song Were Not Gonna Take It.","category":"history","answer":"Twisted Sister","choices":["Quiet Riot","Ratt","Rough Cutt","Twisted Sister"]},{"question":"What term did hippies use to refer to the institutions and structures they rejected?","category":"history","answer":"The Establishment","choices":["The Power","The System","The Reign","The Establishment"]},{"question":"The term Summer of Love, associated with the hippie counterculture movement, refers to the summer of what year?","category":"history","answer":"1967","choices":["1965","1971","1970","1967"]},{"question":"Which of these artists did not participate in the Woodstock festival, an event regarded as the high point of the hippie movement?","category":"history","answer":"Bob Dylan","choices":["Jimi Hendrix","Bob Dylan","Joe Cocker","Janis Joplin"]},{"question":"In this 1979 movie, Claude Bukowski, a boy from Oklahoma, visits New York City and befriends a group of hippies before being sent to an Army training camp.","category":"history","answer":"Hair","choices":["The Misfits","Hair","The Strawberry Statement","Yellow Submarine"]},{"question":"Which American novelist, held Acid Tests in the 1960s, together with his circle of friends, known as the Merry Pranksters?","category":"history","answer":"Ken Kesey","choices":["Norman Mailer","Kurt Vonnegut","Joseph Heller","Ken Kesey"]},{"question":"The Free Speech Movement was a student protest that began in 1964 on the campus of which university?","category":"history","answer":"University of California, Berkeley","choices":["University of California, Berkeley","California State University, Los Angeles","Anderson University, Indiana","Florida International University"]},{"question":"Which British band released the hit single Hippy Hippy Shake in 1963?","category":"history","answer":"The Swinging Blue Jeans","choices":["The Swinging Blue Jeans","The Kinks","The Rolling Stones","The Hollies"]},{"question":"Which of these 1960s famous hippie gatherings did not take place in San Francisco?","category":"history","answer":"Nambassa","choices":["The Human Be-In","The Summer of Love","Nambassa","The Love Pageant Rally"]},{"question":"Which 1970 book includes advice on such topics as growing marijuana, starting a pirate radio station and stealing food?","category":"history","answer":"Steal This Book","choices":["To Sail Beyond the Sunset","Stranger in a Strange Land","The Cat Who Walks Through Walls","Steal This Book"]},{"question":"In 1969, John Lennon and Yoko Ono held two, week-long Bed-Ins for Peace. In which city was their first Bed-In?","category":"history","answer":"Amsterdam","choices":["Amsterdam","Los Angeles","Montreal","New York City"]},{"question":"The Vietnam War is viewed not just as a conflict between South Vietnam and North Vietnam, but as a conflict of ideology between the communist block and western values. Which of these countries did not belong to the coalition of forces that supported the western-oriented, South Vietnam?","category":"history","answer":"The United Kingdom","choices":["The United Kingdom","Australia","New Zealand","South Korea"]},{"question":"This Academy Award-winning film, directed by Oliver Stone, is based on the autobiographical book of Ron Kovic, a Vietnam War veteran, who became an anti-war activist.","category":"history","answer":"Born on the 4th of July","choices":["Born on the 4th of July","Platoon","Apocalypse Now","Hair"]},{"question":"This is the code name of the bombing operation in North Vietnam, carried out by the US armed forces, which lasted between 1965 and 1968.","category":"history","answer":"Operation Rolling Thunder","choices":["Operation Farmgate","Operation Rolling Thunder","Operation Urgent Fury","Operation Arc Light"]},{"question":"This US President introduced his policy of ‘vietnamization’- enabling the South Vietnamese to take more responsibility for fighting the war on their own.","category":"history","answer":"Richard Nixon","choices":["Lyndon Johnson","Richard Nixon","Harry Truman","John Kennedy"]},{"question":"This communist offensive, launched on January 30, 1968, which comprised attacks on major cities and military bases throughout South Vietnam, was named after an important Vietnamese public holiday.","category":"history","answer":"Tet Offensive","choices":["Tet Offensive","Ram offensive","Ngay Offensive","Ong offensive"]},{"question":"Shooting at anti-war demonstrators at this university on May 4, 1970, triggered a nationwide student strike across America.","category":"history","answer":"Kent State University","choices":["University of Maryland","Western Washington University","Kent State University","University of Montana"]},{"question":"Name the route running from South Vietnam through Laos and Cambodia into North Vietnam, used by North Vietnamese for sending soldiers to the south and for supplying the NLF (National Liberation Front ).","category":"history","answer":"Ho Chi Minh Trail","choices":["Bao Dai Trail","Diem Trail","Chi Thien Trail","Ho Chi Minh Trail"]},{"question":"This American diplomat and statesman served as a National Security Advisor and later as a Secretary of State. He was awarded the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize for his role in negotiating a ceasefire and US withdrawal from the war in Vietnam.","category":"history","answer":"Henry Kissinger","choices":["Dean Rusk","Henry Kissinger","Robert McNamara","William Westmoreland"]},{"question":"This American was sentenced to life in prison, because in 1968 he led the My Lai massacre of Vietnamese civilians, including women, children and elderly men.","category":"history","answer":"William Calley","choices":["Clark Clifford","John Kerry","William Calley","Ernest Medina"]},{"question":"In this film, set during the Vietnam war, the following words are delivered by Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore:  You smell that? Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that. I love the smell of napalm in the morning.","category":"history","answer":"Apocalypse Now","choices":["The Deer Hunter","Apocalypse Now","Platoon","Casualties of War"]},{"question":"Two months after South Carolina seceded from the Union on December 21, 1860, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, and North Carolina voted to secede as well.","category":"history","answer":"False","choices":["True","False"]},{"question":"What Union General in charge was defeated during the First Battle of Bull Run, the first major land battle of the American Civil War?","category":"history","answer":"McDowell","choices":["Fremont","Hunter","McClellan","McDowell"]},{"question":"During the American Civil War, in April 1862, Union Flag Officer David Farragut, who was in command of the West Gulf Blockading Squadron, took control of which vital port of the South?","category":"history","answer":"New Orleans","choices":["Tampa","New Orleans","Mobile","Charleston"]},{"question":"After the death of this Confederate general on on May 10, 1863, General Lee remarked, I have lost my right arm.","category":"history","answer":"Jackson","choices":["Pickett","Jackson","Boregaurd","Armstrong"]},{"question":"What African American Regiment helped to assault Fort Wagner in South Carolina during the American Civil War?","category":"history","answer":"54th Massachusetts","choices":["31st Connecticut","22nd Pennsylvania","52nd New York","54th Massachusetts"]},{"question":"Which general commanded the Confederate forces at the Battle of Gettysburg, that started on July 1, 1863?","category":"history","answer":"Robert E. 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Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas","choices":["The United States bombed North Vietnam for the first time","Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated in Los Angeles","John F. 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Not surprisingly, he was the only civilian to take part in the battle itself.","category":"history","answer":"John Burns","choices":["Donald Pfanz","Richard Sommers","John Proctor","John Burns"]},{"question":"General Lees three corps commanders at Gettysburg were Longstreet,  A.P. Hill and who else?","category":"history","answer":"Richard Ewell","choices":["Richard Ewell","Richard Garnett","Issac Trimble","Johnston Pettigrew"]},{"question":"This Union general was killed by a sniper on the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg.","category":"history","answer":"John Reynolds","choices":["Abner Doubleday","Joshua Chamberlain","John Reynolds","John Sedgwick"]},{"question":"This cavalry officer commanded the Union cavalry at Gettysburg.","category":"history","answer":"John Buford","choices":["George Custer","John Buford","Judson Kilpatrick","Wesley Merritt"]},{"question":"Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation shortly after the Battle of Gettysburg.","category":"history","answer":"False","choices":["False","True"]},{"question":"WW II started on September 1, 1939 when Germany invaded which country?","category":"history","answer":"Poland","choices":["Poland","The Soviet Union","Austria","Czechoslovakia"]},{"question":"At the beginning of WW II, The British and the French were so surprised by the swiftness of the German attack on its neighbor that for some time no response ensued. 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Schwerin von Krosigk was one of them.","category":"history","answer":"False","choices":["True","False"]},{"question":"Which plane was the first operational turbojet to take part in WW II?","category":"history","answer":"Messerschmitt 262","choices":["Heinkel He 178","Gloster Meteor","Messerschmitt 262","Arado Ar 234"]},{"question":"During World War I Germany built and used one of the biggest guns in military history, Big Bertha. It fired 2,100 lb (820 kg) shells at a range of 15 km (9.3 miles) and was used in the assault of Verdun. Big Bertha was named after this member of the designers family.","category":"history","answer":"His wife","choices":["His mother","His wife","His grandmother","His mother-in-law"]},{"question":"Even though Bertha was a formidable gun, this one was even bigger. Paris Gun was used to bombard Paris during World War I. What was its main purpose?","category":"history","answer":"To attack the morale of enemy soldiers","choices":["To demolish large buildings","To kill as many civilians as possible","To bombard important bunkers","To attack the morale of enemy soldiers"]},{"question":"Lange Max (long Max) was a World War I German cannon officially called 38cm SKL/45.  Long Max was derived from the Paris Gun.","category":"history","answer":"False","choices":["True","False"]},{"question":"One of the most accomplished ballistics engineers, Gerald Bull, was head of project HARP. The Pentagon and the Canadian Department of National Defence joined efforts in this project, trying to study ballistics of re-entry vehicles at low cost. They used 16 inch (406 mm) 50 caliber gun, which was later extended to 100 calibers (40 m), to fire shells toward the Atlantic at 3600 m/s. 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They were called Karl Monsers and were used in the Brest-Litovsk and Warsaw uprisings. What was their other deployment during the War?","category":"history","answer":"The siege of Sevastopol","choices":["The defence of Berlin","The siege of Stalingrad","The siege of Moscow","The siege of Sevastopol"]},{"question":"This is the biggest gun ever to be completed. It was 43 m (141 feet) long, weighed 1350 tons and fired 7 ton shells at range of 40 km (25 miles). It was capable of piercing a meter (3.3 feet) of steel or 7 meters (23 feet) of concrete. One of the two ever built guns of this type was called Schwerer Gustav. 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Which popular grunge band are known for their 1994 song Black Hole Sun?","category":"history","answer":"Soundgarden","choices":["Alice in Chains","Nirvana","Soundgarden","Pearl Jam"]},{"question":"On what cartoon from the 90s did we meet the characters Tommy, Angelica, and Chuckie?","category":"history","answer":"Rugrats","choices":["Animaniacs","Hey Arnold!","Rugrats","Rockos Modern Life"]},{"question":"John Gray wrote the popular book Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus.","category":"history","answer":"True","choices":["True","False"]},{"question":"This independent horror film tells the story of 3 student filmmakers who get lost in the woods and are tormented by a legend witch.","category":"history","answer":"The Blair Witch Project","choices":["The Amityville Curse","Bad Moon","Army of Darkness","The Blair Witch Project"]},{"question":"On August 12 of this year, the Major League Baseball players went on strike which resulted in the cancellation of the World Series.","category":"history","answer":"1994","choices":["1991","1993","1994","1996"]},{"question":"In what year did the popular sitcom, Friends, first air?","category":"history","answer":"1994","choices":["1994","1992","1993","1995"]},{"question":"Which movie star was featured in the only movie about the Vietnam War that was made during the war?","category":"history","answer":"John Wayne","choices":["John Wayne","Forest Whitaker","Tom Cruise","Tom Berenger"]},{"question":"This Hollywood veteran played Sgt. Muldoon in a 1968 movie about the war in Vietnam.","category":"history","answer":"Aldo Ray","choices":["Jim Hutton","Tim Hutton","Aldo Ray","R. Lee Ermey"]},{"question":"This 1978 movie was about a group of American soldiers who went to fight in Vietnam. They could get out of combat if they threw a soccer match, but they refused to do so.","category":"history","answer":"The Boys in Company C","choices":["Full Metal Jacket","Pork Chop Hill","Hamburger Hill","The Boys in Company C"]},{"question":"This actor, who starred in the movie Good Morning, Vietnam, also acted in the TV series Walker: Texas Ranger.","category":"history","answer":"Noble Willingham","choices":["Chuck Norris","Noble Willingham","R. Lee Ermey","John McGinty"]},{"question":"Which Vietnam movie featured Tom Cruise, Tom Berenger and Willem Dafoe?","category":"history","answer":"Born on the Fourth of July","choices":["Full Metal Jacket","Born on the Fourth of July","Platoon","Hamburger Hill"]},{"question":"Who directed the 1986 movie Platoon?","category":"history","answer":"Oliver Stone","choices":["Oliver Stone","Willem Dafoe","Brian DePalma","Tom Berenger"]},{"question":"The  main actors in Platoon had to go through a 14-day military boot camp.","category":"history","answer":"True","choices":["False","True"]},{"question":"Who directed the 1989 movie Casualties of War?","category":"history","answer":"Brian DePalma","choices":["Brian DePalma","Oliver Stone","Stanley Kubrick","Ray Kellogg"]},{"question":"Who directed the 1987 film Full Metal Jacket?","category":"history","answer":"Stanley Kubrick","choices":["Oliver Stone","Roy Kovic","Stanley Kubrick","Brian DePalma"]},{"question":"For his role as Pvt. Pyle in Full Metal Jacket, Vincent DOnofrio, had to gain 70 pounds. This broke the previous record for weight gained by a featured actor for a role. Who had held this record?","category":"history","answer":"Robert De Niro","choices":["Marlon Brando","John Wayne","Robert De Niro","Al Pacino"]},{"question":"This 1989 movie was about an injured Vietnam War veteran who became an anti-war protester.","category":"history","answer":"Born on the Fourth of July","choices":["Full Metal Jacket","Hamburger Hill","Born on the Fourth of July","Casualties of War"]},{"question":"Which of these movies did not feature R. Lee Ermey?","category":"history","answer":"Platoon","choices":["Full Metal jacket","Apocalypse Now","The Boys in Company C","Platoon"]},{"question":"Who directed the 1979 movie Apocalypse Now?","category":"history","answer":"Francis Ford Coppola","choices":["Francis Ford Coppola","Oliver Stone","Brian DePalma","Stanley Kubrick"]},{"question":"The Orient Express, a long-distance passenger train that has become a synonym with luxury travel, made its first run on October 4, 1883. This was the final destination of its first route.","category":"history","answer":"Istanbul","choices":["Viena","Ankara","Ruse","Istanbul"]},{"question":"On October 7, 1982,  this show made its debut in Broadway at the Winter Garden Theatre. It eventually closed after nearly 18 years on September 10, 2000.","category":"history","answer":"Cats","choices":["Aida","The Phantom of the Opera","Cats","Sunset Boulevard"]},{"question":"The Great Chicago Fire, one of the worst disasters of the nineteenth century, started on October 8, 1871. The fire destroyed approximately 17,450 buildings, killed 250 people and left another 90,000 homeless, before it was extinguished on this date.","category":"history","answer":"October 10","choices":["October 24","October 10","October 14","October 18"]},{"question":"On October 11, 1968, NASA launched Apollo 7, the first manned Apollo mission.","category":"history","answer":"True","choices":["False","True"]},{"question":"On October 16, 1978, the Papal Conclave elected Karol Józef Wojtyła, who became known as Pope John Paul II. How old was he when this happened?","category":"history","answer":"58","choices":["48","68","38","58"]},{"question":"On October 18, 1968,  a police raid on John Lennon and Yoko Onos apartment revealed 168 grams of marijuana. This is what happened to Lennon and Ono as a result.","category":"history","answer":"They plead guilty and were fined £150","choices":["The evidence mysteriously disappeared and the case was dismissed","They were found guilty and were sent to prison","They were found not guilty and released, due to Lennons great contribution to British music","They plead guilty and were fined £150"]},{"question":"What year did the Holocaust begin?","category":"history","answer":"1933","choices":["1929","1945","1946","1933"]},{"question":"Holocaust is a Greek word, originally meaning sacrifice by fire.","category":"history","answer":"True","choices":["True","False"]},{"question":"Not only Jews were targeted by Hitler, but also the Gypsies and the mentally and physically disable.","category":"history","answer":"True","choices":["True","False"]},{"question":"Beginning with racially discriminatory laws in Germany, the Nazi campaign expanded to the mass murder of a great part of European Jews.","category":"history","answer":"True","choices":["False","True"]},{"question":"The armed uprising in the Warsaw ghetto in April-May 1943 was one of the most forceful Jewish uprising in the organized resistance to the Nazis.","category":"history","answer":"True","choices":["True","False"]},{"question":"Although the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising wasnt successful, it was the first significant uprising in German-occupied Europe during WW II.","category":"history","answer":"True","choices":["False","True"]},{"question":"Who is widely recognized as the leader of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising during WW II?","category":"history","answer":"Mordechai Anielewicz","choices":["Mordechai Anielewicz","Chaim Rumkowski","Henry Morgentaler","Hilary Minc"]},{"question":"During WW II, Polish-Jewish industrialist Chaim Rumkowski was the leader of the Lodz Ghetto.","category":"history","answer":"True","choices":["True","False"]},{"question":"At the end of the Nazi rule, Hitler expressed his sincere regret for all the deaths he and his subordinates had caused during the Holocaust.","category":"history","answer":"False","choices":["True","False"]},{"question":"Which of the following was the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity in 313 AD?","category":"history","answer":"Constantine","choices":["Constantine","Marcus Aurelius","Nerva","Commodus"]},{"question":"Which writer witnessed the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 AD?","category":"history","answer":"Pliny the Younger","choices":["Pliny the Younger","Pompey the Great","Plautus","Plutarch"]},{"question":"Which Roman Emperor wrote The Meditations that was actually a sort of personal diary?","category":"history","answer":"Marcus Aurelius","choices":["Constantine","Hadrian","Marcus Aurelius","Julius Caesar"]},{"question":"Who was the great Roman orator who created a Latin stylebook which is still used in Latin classes today?","category":"history","answer":"Cicero","choices":["Cicero","Nerva","Marcus Aurelius","Constantine"]},{"question":"In Ancient Rome, who were the Lares?","category":"history","answer":"Household spirits of dead ancestors","choices":["Household spirits of dead ancestors","The elite corps of the Roman army","The Muses","The Roman counterpart of the Greek Furies"]},{"question":"Which of these poets wrote many poems of love and manners widely read by Ancient Romans?","category":"history","answer":"Ovid","choices":["Cato","Ovid","Plutarch","Virgil"]},{"question":"This invention (named by Edward Jenner) is not an object, but a process of administering live, albeit weakened, microbes to people.","category":"history","answer":"Vaccination","choices":["Mastectomy","Decompression","Ophthalmoscopy","Vaccination"]},{"question":"The optical telegraph (a collective term) preceded the electrical telegraph. It was much faster than riding couriers in to deliver messages over long distances. One of these is not an optical telegraph.","category":"history","answer":"Morse code","choices":["Semaphores","Morse code","Ship flags","Smoke signals"]},{"question":"According to some theories, the parachute was invented in 1783 by Sebastien Lenormand in France. 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After months of siege, he was defeated and surrendered to the Russians.","category":"history","answer":"Friedrich Paulus","choices":["Friedrich Paulus","Karl Donitz","Joseph Goebbels","Heinrich Himmler"]},{"question":"In August 1944, the German forces in Paris surrendered to this French general who led a military unit from Normandy.","category":"history","answer":"Leclerc","choices":["Darlan","Zedong","Leclerc","Patton"]},{"question":"This major Nazi leader, called by his supporters “Fuhrer” (leader), committed suicide in his bunker on April 30, 1945 in order not to be caught by the Allied forces.","category":"history","answer":"Adolf Hitler","choices":["Adolf Hitler","Friedrich Paulus","Reinhard Heydrich","Benito Mussolini"]},{"question":"During World War II, this politician was the powerful leader of the Soviet Union, the country which suffered a record death toll in the war.","category":"history","answer":"Joseph Stalin","choices":["Joseph Stalin","Vyacheslav Molotov","Nikita Khruschev","Leonid Brezhnev"]},{"question":"This man became U.S. Secretary of State after the Second World War. He developed a reconstruction plan, later named after him, to help the European countries recover after the war.","category":"history","answer":"George Marshall","choices":["F. D. Roosevelt","George Marshall","Dwight Eisenhower","Karl Donitz"]},{"question":"In February 1992 this treaty was signed. It established the European Union.","category":"history","answer":"Maastricht Treaty","choices":["Merger Treaty","Maastricht Treaty","Treaty of Rome","Treaty of Amsterdam"]},{"question":"One of these historically influential political books was first published in February 1848. Its authors are Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx.","category":"history","answer":"The Communist Manifesto","choices":["The Holy Family","The Communist Manifesto","Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Germany","Das Kapital"]},{"question":"In February 1997 the first movie without commercial interruption was shown on US TV. 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His Broadway appearance in Neil Simons Odd Couple launched his career, but many remember him as one of the Grumpy Old Men. Who was this great actor?","category":"history","answer":"Walter Mattheau","choices":["Jack Lemmon","Burgess Meredith","Ozzie Davis","Walter Mattheau"]},{"question":"American cartoonist and creator of the comic strip Peanuts, Charles Schulz died in 2000.","category":"history","answer":"True","choices":["True","False"]},{"question":"He made films from 1916 to 1939 and was married to Joan Crawford. His fathers name helped him launch his career, however Charlie Chaplin took a liking to him and the rest is history. 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A heavy fog hid the horizon and she was hit by the Storstad, a Norwegian collier. Only 465 of the 1500 people onboard survived.","category":"history","answer":"The Empress of Ireland","choices":["Half Moon","The Empress of Ireland","Queen Elizabeth","Endeavour"]},{"question":"This vessel sunk in lake Michigan in 1919, after a fire on board got out of control.","category":"history","answer":"Frank OConnor","choices":["Louisiana","Carrington","Fleetwing","Frank OConnor"]},{"question":"In a shipwreck known as this, a Chinese merchant ship carrying  porcelain sank near an island in South Male Atoll In the 16th century.","category":"history","answer":"Guraidhoo Wreck","choices":["Cape of Good Hope Wreck","Prazer E Allegria Wreck","Persia Merchant Wreck","Guraidhoo Wreck"]},{"question":"On May 7th, 1915 this famous ship was hit by a torpedo near the shore of Queenstown, Ireland. 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However, he ended up watching a disaster as this heavy ship heeled over and rapidly capsized when water poured into the lower gun ports.","category":"history","answer":"Mary Rose","choices":["Mary Rose","Belgrano","Queen Mary","Lusitania"]},{"question":"The First Triumvirate is the name historians give to the unofficial political alliance between what three man?","category":"history","answer":"Marcus Licinius Crassus, Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus and Gaius Julius Caesar","choices":["Marcus Licinius Crassus, Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus and Gaius Julius Caesar","Gaius Julius Caesar, Anthony and Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus","Octavius, Lepidus and Anthony","Octavius, Lepidus and Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus"]},{"question":"Which temperature scale came first, Fahrenheit or Celsius?","category":"history","answer":"Fahrenheit","choices":["They were developed at  the same time","They were developed so close together that no one knows","Fahrenheit","Celsius"]},{"question":"In what year was slavery banned in the British colonies?","category":"history","answer":"1833","choices":["1802","1833","1864","1865"]},{"question":"Samuel Colt patented his revolver in this year, and later built the first industrialized firearm factory.","category":"history","answer":"1835","choices":["1855","1825","1845","1835"]},{"question":"Although it had been around for a long time, it was not until this person used chloroform, that it became a popular anesthetic.","category":"history","answer":"Queen Victoria","choices":["Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell","Mary Todd Lincoln","Queen Victoria","Sarah Bernhard"]},{"question":"The first photograph is considered to be an image produced by the French inventor Nicéphore Niépce, in what year?","category":"history","answer":"1826","choices":["1865","1546","1837","1826"]},{"question":"When was the first internal combustion engine to run on a mixture of explosive gas and air designed?","category":"history","answer":"1859","choices":["1876","1794","1859","1879"]},{"question":"The first Balfour Declaration, UKs committment to the establishment of a Jewish national home was issued in what year?","category":"history","answer":"1917","choices":["1947","1936","1905","1917"]},{"question":"Having been forgotten on the Treaty of Versailles and remaining legally at war, this country signed an official treaty with Germany, thus officially ending WW I .","category":"history","answer":"Andorra","choices":["Andorra","Spain","Portugal","Luxembourg"]},{"question":"What product was registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office on October 27 in 1970, by the Van Brode Milling Company?","category":"history","answer":"Spork","choices":["Velcro","Spork","Crazy Glue","Wonderball"]},{"question":"This engineer, architect and industrialist invented the rotary lathe, used in plywood manufacturing.","category":"history","answer":"Immanuel Nobel","choices":["Thomas Edison","Alfred Nobel","Henry Ford","Immanuel Nobel"]},{"question":"This tool was originally made in Germany, but in 1896, after 5 years of hard work, Karl Elsener doubled its features.","category":"history","answer":"The Swiss army knife","choices":["The lawn sprinkler","The circular saw","The Swiss army knife","The electric chair"]},{"question":"This engineer, sometimes called The Father of Cool, invented the modern air conditioning system, soon after he graduated from Cornell University in 1901.","category":"history","answer":"Willis Carrier","choices":["Willis Carrier","Thomas Adams","George Alcorn","Andrew Alford"]},{"question":"What object, often regarded as a symbol of American consumerism, was designed in 1957 by Don Featherstone, who was later awarded the Ig Nobel Prize, a parody of the Nobel Prize?","category":"history","answer":"The pink flamingo lawn ornament","choices":["Velcro","The cordless router","The smiley face","The pink flamingo lawn ornament"]},{"question":"Peter Lymburner Robertson received a patent in 1909 for the invention of what tool?","category":"history","answer":"The square-headed screwdriver","choices":["The electric chair","The automatic swimming pool filter","The swiveling lawn sprinkler","The square-headed screwdriver"]},{"question":"What device was invented in 1879 by James Ritty, the owner of a tavern in Dayton, Ohio?","category":"history","answer":"The cash register","choices":["The electric chair","The microwave oven","The jukebox","The cash register"]},{"question":"She was the first African American woman to get a patent. 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Under what name is this king known?","category":"history","answer":"Charlemagne","choices":["William the Conqueror","Louis the Pious","Charlemagne","Alexander the Great"]},{"question":"The Black Death, one of the deadliest infectious diseases in history,  took the lives of between 25-50 million people in Europe. What writer depicts the lives of people at that time?","category":"history","answer":"Giovanni Boccaccio in The Decameron","choices":["Giovanni Boccaccio in The Decameron","Dante in Divine Comedy","Erasmus in In Praise of Folly","Sir Thomas More in Utopia"]},{"question":"Who started the movement of Protestant Reformation in Europe?","category":"history","answer":"Martin Luther","choices":["Martin Luther","John Calvin","Erasmus","Ulrich Zwingli"]},{"question":"In what country did the Industrial Revolution start?","category":"history","answer":"Great Britain","choices":["Germany","Italy","Great Britain","France"]},{"question":"What did Joseph Woodland and  Bernard Silver patent in 1952?","category":"history","answer":"the barcode","choices":["the velcro","the Univac computer","the barcode","Silly Putty"]},{"question":"In the early 1950s, which of the following became the third country to have an atomic bomb?","category":"history","answer":"England","choices":["England","France","Russia(the USSR)","The Peoples Republic of China"]},{"question":"Which event did not occur in the same year as the other three?","category":"history","answer":"Theodore Geisel writes Cat in the Hat.","choices":["UNIVAC becomes the first mass-produced computer.","Color Television is introduced.","Theodore Geisel writes Cat in the Hat.","Atomic power is introduced."]},{"question":"Which event did not occur in the 1950s?","category":"history","answer":"Bobby Fisher becomes the World Champion in chess.","choices":["TANG breakfast drink is introduced.","Bobby Fisher becomes the World Champion in chess.","The Frisbee is successfully marketed in the USA.","The first successful test of a hydrogen bomb was done at Enewetak"]},{"question":"In 1957 Jimmy Hoffa became president of which union?","category":"history","answer":"International Brotherhood of Teamsters","choices":["American Brotherhood of Coal Miners","The AFL-CIO","United Federation of Teachers","International Brotherhood of Teamsters"]},{"question":"Which US space ship discovered the Van Allen Radiation Belt in 1958?","category":"history","answer":"Explorer I","choices":["Explorer I","Telstar I","Titan I","Apollo I"]},{"question":"What was Elvis Presleys first motion picture?","category":"history","answer":"Love Me Tender","choices":["Love Me Tender","Giant","Viva Las Vegas","Jailhouse Rock"]},{"question":"In the 1958 NFL Championship Game, the Colts played against the Giants. Which statement is untrue about the game?","category":"history","answer":"The Giants quarterback, Y.A.Tittle, threw a TD pass to Frank Gifford for the Giants first score.","choices":["The game was the first NFL Championship to go into sudden-death overtime.","Mel Triplett scored a 1 yard TD run.","The Giants quarterback, Y.A.Tittle, threw a TD pass to Frank Gifford for the Giants first score.","The game was won by the Baltimore Colts on a 2 yard run by Alan Ameche."]},{"question":"The Boston Celtics were the dominant professional basketball team in the 1950s. Which one of these  never played for the Celtics in the 1950s?","category":"history","answer":"Walter Dukes","choices":["Jack Nichols","K.C. Jones","Frank Ramsey","Walter Dukes"]},{"question":"On which show did Elvis Presley make his first TV appearance?","category":"history","answer":"The Dorsey Brothers Stage Show","choices":["The Dorsey Brothers Stage Show","Milton Berles Texaco Star Theater","The Ed Sullivan Show","The Steve Allen Tonight Show"]},{"question":"Which one of these was not part of the Million Dollar Quartet, formed in 1956 by Sun Records?","category":"history","answer":"Willie Nelson","choices":["Carl Perkins","Jerry Lee Lewis","Johnny Cash","Willie Nelson"]},{"question":"What society, that inhabited southern Mesopotamia, is widely regarded as the earliest civilization on Earth?","category":"history","answer":"Sumer","choices":["Minoan","Zapotec","Phoenicia","Sumer"]},{"question":"The Rosetta stone helped scientists to decipher the alphabet of this ancient civilization.","category":"history","answer":"Ancient Egypt","choices":["Ancient China","Ancient Rome","Ancient Greece","Ancient Egypt"]},{"question":"On what Mediterranean island did the Minoan civilization arise?","category":"history","answer":"Crete","choices":["Cyprus","Corsica","Crete","Corfu"]},{"question":"What was the predominating religion in the Achaemenid Empire, one of the first Persian empires?","category":"history","answer":"Zoroastrianism","choices":["Rastafarianism","Zoroastrianism","Hinduism","Shamanism"]},{"question":"Which was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America?","category":"history","answer":"Inca","choices":["Maya","Toltec","Inca","Zapotec"]},{"question":"This civilization arose in Central Mexico and its members spoke the Nahuatl language .","category":"history","answer":"Aztec","choices":["Olmec","Norte Chico","Toltec","Aztec"]},{"question":"Harappan was the mature phase of this civilization that flourished in the river valleys in Sindh province of Pakistan, extending westward into Balochistan province, and in West India.","category":"history","answer":"Indus Valley Civilization","choices":["Indus Valley Civilization","Ancient China","Mali Empire","Canaan"]},{"question":"According to legend, Ancient Rome was founded by the brothers Romulus and Remus who were raised by what animal?","category":"history","answer":"Wolf","choices":["Monkey","Wolf","Bear","Tiger"]},{"question":"Four colossal statues guard the temple Abu Simbel of what Egyptian pharaoh?","category":"history","answer":"Ramesses II","choices":["Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II","Mentuhotep II","Tutankhamun","Ramesses II"]},{"question":"What was the first civilization to make use of the alphabet that is believed to be the ancestor of all modern alphabets?","category":"history","answer":"Phoenicia","choices":["Indus Valley Civilization","Sumer","Arab","Phoenicia"]},{"question":"The country of Russia was named for the Vikings.","category":"history","answer":"True","choices":["True","False"]},{"question":"The Vikings adopted Christianity around 1000 AD.","category":"history","answer":"True","choices":["False","True"]},{"question":"Women could also be Vikings.","category":"history","answer":"False","choices":["True","False"]},{"question":"Vikings never plundered religious or holy sites.","category":"history","answer":"False","choices":["False","True"]},{"question":"In the age of the Vikings, Viking ships were the most technologically advanced.","category":"history","answer":"True","choices":["True","False"]},{"question":"In Viking culture all men were expected to carry weapons.","category":"history","answer":"True","choices":["True","False"]},{"question":"Loki was the Viking God of lies.","category":"history","answer":"False","choices":["True","False"]},{"question":"The first recorded Viking raid in Britain was in 763.","category":"history","answer":"False","choices":["True","False"]},{"question":"Leif Eriksson also known as Leif the Lucky is thought to have been the first European to land in North America.","category":"history","answer":"True","choices":["True","False"]},{"question":"The father of all Norse or Viking gods was Thor the God of Thunder.","category":"history","answer":"False","choices":["False","True"]},{"question":"WWII began on September 1, 1939, when Germany invaded this country.","category":"history","answer":"Poland","choices":["France","Austria","Russia","Poland"]},{"question":"The first underground metro in North America, the Boston subway, was opened on September 1 of  this year.","category":"history","answer":"1897","choices":["1911","1906","1916","1897"]},{"question":"On September  1, 1983 Korean Air Flight KAL-007 was shot down after entering Soviet airspace (this is true).   Some of the passengers and crew survived the crash.","category":"history","answer":"False","choices":["True","False"]},{"question":"On September 1, 1979, Pioneer 11 became the first spacecraft to visit Mercury.","category":"history","answer":"False","choices":["False","True"]},{"question":"On September 1, 1957, this Grammy Award - winning singer was born.  She began her career as lead singer for the Miami Sound Machine.","category":"history","answer":"Gloria Estefan","choices":["Mary J. Blige","Gloria Estefan","Aaliyah","Toni Basil"]},{"question":"The passenger pigeon was one of the most common birds in the world- it is estimated that there were about five billion in the United States alone. 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Godfrey of Bouillon was chosen to be King, but he refused the title and took this one instead.","category":"history","answer":"Defender of the Holy Sepulchre","choices":["Slayer of the Muslims","Defender of the Holy City","Defender of the Holy Land","Defender of the Holy Sepulchre"]},{"question":"The second Crusade, launched in 1145, was the most successful of all Crusades.","category":"history","answer":"False","choices":["True","False"]},{"question":"The Fourth Crusade (1202–1204) was called upon by Pope Innocent II and was originally intended to retake Jerusalem by conquering this country.","category":"history","answer":"Egypt","choices":["Bulgaria","Turkey","Egypt","The Byzantine Empire"]},{"question":"One of the most brutal crusades was the Albigensian Crusade (this is true). 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Toussaint Louverture, a freed self-educated slave, was one of the leaders of which uprising?","category":"history","answer":"Haitian Revolt","choices":["Sandanista Uprising","Rebellion of Martinique","Haitian Revolt","Revolution of  Devils Island"]},{"question":"What conflict was initiated by a self-proclaimed mystic, named Hong Xiuquan, who claimed that he was the new Messiah?","category":"history","answer":"Taiping Rebellion","choices":["Taiping Rebellion","Turko-Russian War","Opium Wars","Boxer Revolution"]},{"question":"In this 751 A.D. military conflict between Islamic forces and Chinese forces, the Chinese were completely defeated.","category":"history","answer":"Talas War","choices":["Talas War","Sino-Turkish War","Opium War","Boxer Revolution"]},{"question":"This conflict, which lasted from 1839 to 1842, is regarded as a trade-inspired war between Great Britain and the Qing Empire in China.","category":"history","answer":"The First Opium War","choices":["The War of the Roses","The First Opium War","The Shanghai Revolution","Boxer Rebellion"]},{"question":"The Great Northern War was the war fought between a coalition of Russia, Denmark-Norway and Saxony-Poland one side and Sweden on the other side. 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What was its primary cargo?","category":"history","answer":"wine","choices":["rum","wine","livestock","guns"]},{"question":"It is estimated that the crew of the Mayflower consisted of how many people?","category":"history","answer":"25-30","choices":["25-30","10-20","30-50","5-10"]},{"question":"What is the Mayflowers estimated length?","category":"history","answer":"90-110 feet","choices":["80-100 feet","90-110 feet","115-130 feet","100-125 feet"]},{"question":"How wide was the Mayflower estimated to be?","category":"history","answer":"25 feet","choices":["40 feet","25 feet","20 feet","35 feet"]},{"question":"How many days did it take the Mayflower to make the crossing from England to America?","category":"history","answer":"66 days","choices":["66 days","80 days","77 days","70 days"]},{"question":"How many passengers were aboard the Mayflower when it crossed the Atlantic?","category":"history","answer":"102","choices":["93","100","102","90"]},{"question":"Where did the pilgrims aboard the Mayflower intend to settle?","category":"history","answer":"in Virginia","choices":["in Virginia","in Pennsylvania","in Ohio","in New York"]},{"question":"The Mayflower returned to England in 1621.","category":"history","answer":"True","choices":["True","False"]},{"question":"In the 1982 film Airplane 2: The Sequel the space shuttle was called the Mayflower 1.","category":"history","answer":"True","choices":["True","False"]},{"question":"After the Romans left in 412-413 AD present-day Netherlands was populated by the Franks, Saxons and what other tribe?","category":"history","answer":"Frisians","choices":["Jutes","Goths","Angles","Frisians"]},{"question":"According to a legend, what preacher was killed by pagans at the northern city of Dokkum in 754?","category":"history","answer":"Bonifatius","choices":["Clovis","Patrick (Patricius)","Radboud","Bonifatius"]},{"question":"In 1596, navigator Cornelis de Houtman set  foot on the shore of  what future colonial possession?","category":"history","answer":"Dutch East Indies (Indonesia)","choices":["Dutch East Indies (Indonesia)","New Netherlands (North America)","Ceylon (Shri Lanka)","Surinam (Dutch Guyana)"]},{"question":"What Dutch city was repeatedly plundered by the Vikings?","category":"history","answer":"Dorestad","choices":["Dorestad","Roodeschool","Elburg","Goes"]},{"question":"Dutch independence from Spain (1648) was recognized in this Treaty.","category":"history","answer":"Treaty of Munster","choices":["Treaty of Soissons","Treaty of Antwerp","Treaty of Beijing","Treaty of Munster"]},{"question":"The first Dutch railway opened in this year -- the same year Belgian independence was recognized by the Dutch.","category":"history","answer":"1839","choices":["1839","1870","1802","1895"]},{"question":"What Liberal statesman was Prime Minister of the Netherlands in the mid 19th century?  He drafted constitutional changes following the Paris Revolution of 1848.","category":"history","answer":"Johan Rudolf Thorbecke","choices":["Anton Adriaan Mussert","Johan Rudolf Thorbecke","Henri Gerard Winkelman","Pieter Jelles Troelstra"]},{"question":"Who was the second wife (1879) of King William the Third of Netherlands? Her only daughter, Wilhelmina ascended the throne on September 6th, 1898 at the age of eighteen.","category":"history","answer":"Emma","choices":["Emma","Constance","Valerie","Odette"]},{"question":"What was the nickname of William, Prince of Orange, Count of Nassau (Willem, Prins van Oranje, Graaf van Nassau), killed in 1584 in the city of Delft?","category":"history","answer":"The Silent","choices":["The Conqueror","The Wealthy","The Bold","The Silent"]},{"question":"Most people thought a flight to the Moon would be impossible. Many developments had to take place, before it could even be seriously considered. One such development was the launch of the first artificial satellite in space, by the Soviet Union. What was the satellites name?","category":"history","answer":"Sputnik One","choices":["Sputnik One","Vostok One","Luna One","Spusk One"]},{"question":"This was the second NASA space project. It helped develop the techniques, that made the famous Apollo missions possible. This spacecraft, the most sophisticated of its time, was launched by a converted Titan 2 rocket.","category":"history","answer":"Gemini","choices":["Voyager","Gemini","Atlas","Mercury"]},{"question":"Luna 1 was the first spacecraft to land on the Moon.","category":"history","answer":"False","choices":["False","True"]},{"question":"President Kennedy once said I believe this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the Earth. This was the goal of the Apollo project. 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While once thought to have been space related, it later became known that the accident was connected with the development of a new Intercontinental Ballistic Missile. The incident was covered up by the Soviet government and did not emerge until the 1990s.   What is this incident known as?","category":"history","answer":"Nedelin catastrophe","choices":["R-16 conspiracy","Korolev disaster","Yangel incident","Nedelin catastrophe"]},{"question":"The Apollo project suffered some serious setbacks. Apollo 13 was supposed to be the third manned mission to land on the Moon. However, when the spacecraft was 321,860 km (199,994.5 miles) away from the Earth, an accident took place. The mission was canceled and the crew returned to Earth, proving that the spacecraft was capable of dealing with major crisis. What was the cause of this accident.","category":"history","answer":"Explosion of one of the oxygen tanks","choices":["Problem with the main engine","Meteoroid impact","Explosion of one of the oxygen tanks","Problem with the auxiliary thrusters"]},{"question":"The mission of Luna 24 was to collect soil samples from the Moon.","category":"history","answer":"True","choices":["True","False"]},{"question":"This was the first joint flight of the two rivals in the race to the Moon. It was also the first international manned spaceflight. A Soviet and an American spacecraft were joined to test the compatibility of their rendezvous and docking systems.","category":"history","answer":"Apollo-Soyuz","choices":["Apollo-Soyuz","Apollo-Luna","Mercury-Salyut","Gemini-Voskhod"]},{"question":"Napoleon started his military career in the cavalry.","category":"history","answer":"False","choices":["False","True"]},{"question":"This was Napoleons perfect battle.","category":"history","answer":"Austerlitz","choices":["Friedland","Jena","Waterloo","Austerlitz"]},{"question":"Napoleon Bonaparte usually wore a uniform of the following rank.","category":"history","answer":"Colonel","choices":["King","Colonel","General","Marshal"]},{"question":"Napoleon Bonaparte had no children to succeed him.","category":"history","answer":"False","choices":["True","False"]},{"question":"Napoleon Bonapartes body still lies in Saint Helena, where he was buried.","category":"history","answer":"False","choices":["True","False"]},{"question":"This Mameluke was Napoleons constant attendant.","category":"history","answer":"Roustam","choices":["Roustam","Tommy","Karageorgio","Maltesta"]},{"question":"In 79 BC, a major cloud appeared over mount Vesuvius. The eruption that would follow, would forever be linked to the demise of Pompeji. However, this was not the only city buried beneath ash and mud. What other town was devastated by the eruption?","category":"history","answer":"Herculaneum","choices":["Herculaneum","Napoli","Misenum","Stabiae"]},{"question":"This 1755 disaster was widely believed to be Gods wrath. After this disaster, the Inquisition came down even harder on the non-believers. In Spain and Portugal non-Catholics were forced to baptize, in England and Sweden official days of fasting were proclaimed. Voltaire mentioned this disaster in his Novel Candide.","category":"history","answer":"The Lisbon Earthquake","choices":["The Lisbon Earthquake","The Black Plague","The fall of Constantinople","Famine due to poor harvests"]},{"question":"This disaster, which took place in 1883, caused a tsunami with up to 50 m high waves. It struck the coasts of Java and Sumatra, flooding approximately 300 towns and killing 36.000 people. What was the direct cause?","category":"history","answer":"The Explosion of Krakatau","choices":["The Explosion of Krakatau","Earth/Sea Quake","Extreme tides","Nucleair testing"]},{"question":"The famous rhyme I had a little bird. Its name was Enza. I opened the window. 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It derailed and plunged into the river below."]},{"question":"General Ishii Shiros name is often connected with his experiments with germs and bio-weapons. Which one of the following is the correct name of the headquarters of the Japanese Biological Warfare Unit 731 during World War II?","category":"history","answer":"Pingfan","choices":["Pangfen","Pingfen","Pingfan","Pangfan"]},{"question":"General Dwight Eisenhower headed an operation whose aim was to gain control of Morocco and Algiers. What was the name of the operation?","category":"history","answer":"Operation Torch","choices":["Operation Torchlight","Operation Torch","Operation Lantern","Operation Cresset"]},{"question":"Hitler promoted General Friedrich Paulus in February 1943, in an attempt to lift his spirits. What was his promotion?","category":"history","answer":"Field Marshal","choices":["Senior Marshal","Senior Field Marshal","Field Marshal","Marshal"]},{"question":"General Erwin Rommel led German forces during World War II. Which of the following countries was his battlefield?","category":"history","answer":"All of these countries","choices":["Libya","All of these countries","France","Poland"]},{"question":"The following words belong to which famous World War II general: Crete was the grave of the German parachutists.”?","category":"history","answer":"General Kurt Student","choices":["General Henri Giraud","General Friedrich Paulus","General Kurt Student","General Erwin Rommel"]},{"question":"General Jacques Leclercs division received the surrender of the German forces at the Gare Montparnasse and liberated Paris on what date?","category":"history","answer":"25 August 1944","choices":["25 August 1944","11 August 1944","19 August 1944","15 August 1944"]},{"question":"Which of the following names is a name of a French general during World War II?","category":"history","answer":"Henri Giraud","choices":["Henri Giraud","Arnaud Giraud","Jean Giraud","Oliver Giraud"]},{"question":"The Army Corps of Polish general Franciszek Kleeberg, that was named Samodzielna Grupa Operacyjna Polesie, capitulated after the Battle of Kock. 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Her mission took place on June 16, 1963. How long was her flight?","category":"history","answer":"2 days, 22 hours, 50 minutes","choices":["3 days, 11 hours, 50 minutes","4 days, 22 hours, 10 minutes","1 days, 22 hours, 50 minutes","2 days, 22 hours, 50 minutes"]},{"question":"The  first space tourist was this businessman.","category":"history","answer":"Dennis Tito","choices":["Toyohiro Akiyama","Mark Shuttleworth","Dennis Tito","Lance Bass"]},{"question":"The first animal launched into space was one of these.","category":"history","answer":"Mouse","choices":["Monkey","Mouse","Guinea pig","Dog"]},{"question":"How many miles represent a light year?","category":"history","answer":"Nearly six trillion","choices":["Nearly six trillion","Nearly six million","Nearly two trillion","Nearly two million"]},{"question":"The roots of the word knight are connected to cniht, an Old English word meaning this.","category":"history","answer":"Page boy","choices":["Hangman","Stable-lad","Page boy","Prison-breaker"]},{"question":"Name the tax, which knights had to pay in order to avoid going to war.","category":"history","answer":"The tax of scutage","choices":["The tax of scutage","The tax of war","The tax of freedom","The tax of chivalry"]},{"question":"Pas dArmes was a tournament, in which knights were dared to fight.  If knights refused to fight, they had to leave this behind as a sign of humiliation.","category":"history","answer":"Spurs","choices":["Spurs","Helmet","Clothes","Horse"]},{"question":"Originally, any knight could bestow knighthood on a man.","category":"history","answer":"True","choices":["True","False"]},{"question":"Don Quixote de la Mancha is a fictional knight from the self-titled novel, written by this author.","category":"history","answer":"Miguel de Cervantes","choices":["Dante Alighieri","Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa","Arthur Conan Doyle","Miguel de Cervantes"]},{"question":"Ritter is a title similar to that of a Knight, used in this country.","category":"history","answer":"Germany","choices":["Poland","Germany","Bulgaria","France"]},{"question":"By the end of the 13th century, knights were required to swear allegiance.","category":"history","answer":"True","choices":["False","True"]},{"question":"The legends of King Arthur and the Round Table are some of the most famous tales about knights. Who was the head of the table?","category":"history","answer":"Nobody","choices":["Lancelot","Nobody","Merlin","Arthur"]},{"question":"In order to become a knight nowadays, you would have to be given the title in royal recognition, or to belong to an order. 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They considered them to be this.","category":"history","answer":"Amulets","choices":["A part of their uniform","Barometers","Objects of womens desire","Amulets"]},{"question":"The tradition of engagement rings was started by Maximilian of Austria. He gave one such ring to her.","category":"history","answer":"Mary of Burgundy","choices":["Mary Queen of Scots","Bloody Mary","Marie-Antoinette","Mary of Burgundy"]},{"question":"This type of pattern is common in traditional Chinese womens clothing.","category":"history","answer":"Peony","choices":["Horse","Peony","Rose","Star"]},{"question":"She popularized the mini.","category":"history","answer":"Mary Quant","choices":["Marilyn Monroe","Twiggy","Mary Quant","Marie Brizzard"]},{"question":"This type of female figure was fashionable in the 20s.","category":"history","answer":"Masculine","choices":["Voluptuous","Coca-cola","Masculine","Nude"]},{"question":"The Marcel Wave is one of these.","category":"history","answer":"A hair style","choices":["A fashionable way to shake you head","A hair style","A way to fold your skirt","A type of hat"]},{"question":"This is a kind of body adornment that Indian women use. 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What does NC stand for?","category":"history","answer":"No Children","choices":["Need Consideration","Non Conforming","No Children","Need Confirmation"]},{"question":"What nation, subject of the 1994 Operation Uphold Democracy, is the only nation whose independence was gained as part of a successful slave rebellion?","category":"history","answer":"Haiti","choices":["Haiti","Gabon","Barbados","Nigeria"]},{"question":"In 1996 President Clinton was re-elected as the first two-term Democrat since what former US President?","category":"history","answer":"Franklin Roosevelt","choices":["Dwight D. Eisenhower","Jimmy Carter","Franklin Roosevelt","Ronald Reagan"]},{"question":"In 1996, TWA Flight 800 exploded and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean shortly after take off, killing all 230 aboard.  The flight was bound from New York to what popular European destination?","category":"history","answer":"Paris","choices":["Paris","Vienna","Athens","London"]},{"question":"Which country transferred sovereignty of Hong Kong to China in 1997?","category":"history","answer":"Great Britain","choices":["Japan","France","USA","Great Britain"]},{"question":"The first cloned mammal, Dolly, was named after country singer Dolly Parton.  Why?","category":"history","answer":"Dolly Parton is famously busty","choices":["Dolly Parton had just released a single named Dolly","Dolly Parton is famously busty","Dolly Parton was an outspoken supporter of  stem cell research","Dolly Parton was the embryologists favorite singer"]},{"question":"In what movie does the protagonist call the police about the Watergate break-in, invent the smiley, and make millions on Apple Computer stock thinking he has invested in produce?","category":"history","answer":"Forrest Gump","choices":["Unforgiven","American Beauty","Forrest Gump","The English Patient"]},{"question":"What Mariah Carey and quartet Boyz II Men song remained at the top of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 for 16 weeks?","category":"history","answer":"One Sweet Day","choices":["One Sweet Day","Hero","Without You","Dreamlover"]},{"question":"In 1994, which political party won the majority in the US congress for the first time in 40 years?","category":"history","answer":"Republican Party","choices":["Republican Party","Constitution Party","Democratic Party","Libertarian Party"]},{"question":"This was the first accident of its kind in the race for space. On 27 January 1967, the crew of this spacecraft (Virgil I. Gus Grissom, Edward H. White II and  Roger B. Chaffee) were performing a flight simulation on ground.   5:40, a communication failure suddenly occurred and the astronauts began working on it. Unexpectedly, at 6:31 PM, a fire broke out consuming all on-board. What was the name of the mission?","category":"history","answer":"Apollo 1","choices":["Apollo 1","Mercury 2","Gemini 1","Gemini 9"]},{"question":"This was the first space disaster in USSR as well as the first in-flight accident in the history of manned spaceflight. On 23 April 1967 Soyuz 1 was launched, carrying one astronaut. Shortly after, trouble began and Soyuz 1 was deorbited. Due to problems with the parachutes, the sole crew member was killed on his way back, his capsule hitting the ground at high velocity. What was the name of this astronaut?","category":"history","answer":"Vladimir Komarov","choices":["Valery Bykovsky","Vladimir Komarov","Aleksei Yeliseyev","Yuri Gagarin"]},{"question":"The death of Michael J. Adams on-board the X-15-3 rocket plane is internationally recognized as a spaceflight accident.","category":"history","answer":"False","choices":["False","True"]},{"question":"On 23 March 1961, Valentin Bondarenko was training in a special low pressure chamber filled with pure oxygen. An unexpected occurrence killed Bondarenko, making him the first space related casualty. What caused his death?","category":"history","answer":"Bondarenko dropped an alcohol soaked cloth onto an electric hotplate","choices":["Bondarenko dropped an alcohol soaked cloth onto an electric hotplate","The oxygen in the chamber was suddenly sucked out","The pressure suddenly became too high","The chamber suddenly collapsed"]},{"question":"The Soviets, having lost the race for the Moon, redirected their efforts towards the construction of space stations. They became quite good at this uneasy task, but also experienced a great deal of problems. Due to a fatal malfunction of a valve, all three crew members of this space station died.","category":"history","answer":"Soyuz 11","choices":["Soyuz 7","Soyuz 6","Soyuz 1","Soyuz 11"]},{"question":"Ð?n oxygen tank in the service module of Apollo 13 exploded, when the spacecraft was 199,995 miles (321,860 km) away from Earth. However, all crewmembers returned home safely.","category":"history","answer":"True","choices":["False","True"]},{"question":"The European Space Agency (ECA) had some setbacks too. Two workers died, while inspecting the umbilical mast of the launch pad of Ariane 5. Later,  Luc Celle and  Jean-Claude Dhainaut were reported to have died of asphyxiation, because of a nitrogen leak.  When did this accident take place?","category":"history","answer":"5 May 1995","choices":["13 May 2005","12 June 1989","5 May 1995","6 December 1996"]},{"question":"On October 24, 1960 a rocket exploded on a launchpad at Baikonur Cosmodrome. Fortunately there were no casualties.","category":"history","answer":"False","choices":["True","False"]},{"question":"In the 70s NASA began a project to create a reusable space vehicle and the first Shuttle, Columbia, was launched in 1981. Five years later, on 28 January 1986, Space Shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after launch.   Challenger was the first flight of the TISP program. What does TISP stand for?","category":"history","answer":"Teacher In Space Program","choices":["Teaching Initiative Space Program","Top Inverted Space-wing Program","Thrust Injection Solar Propulsion","Teacher In Space Program"]},{"question":"On 1 February Space Shuttle Columbia re-entered Earths atmosphere after completing its 16-day mission.  All vehicle data was lost at 207,135 ft above the Earth at Mach 18.3 (about 12,500 mph) when the Columbia Space Shuttle broke up over north-central Texas.  What nationalities were the 7 brave astronauts on board Columbia?","category":"history","answer":"Five Americans, one Israeli and one Indian","choices":["Five Americans, one Israeli and one Indian","Six Americans and one Indian","Six Americans and one Israeli","Four Americans, two Russians and one Israeli"]},{"question":"Which church official commissioned Michelangelo, to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, the residence of the Pope in the Vatican city?","category":"history","answer":"Pope Julius II","choices":["Pope Linus","Pope Alexander I","Pope Julius II","Pope Silvester I"]},{"question":"Jacques Cartier, a notable discoverer of the Renaissance period, was the first French explorer to reach Quebec in which year?","category":"history","answer":"1534","choices":["1524","1530","1534","1544"]},{"question":"This English Renaissance musician was one of the first composers to write anthems set to English words?","category":"history","answer":"Thomas Tallis","choices":["Guillaume Dufay","John Dunstable","Thomas Tallis","Leonel Palmer"]},{"question":"This Italian poet, considered one of the fathers of the Renaissance, is also regarded as the father of alpinism.","category":"history","answer":"Petrarch","choices":["Castiglione","Machiavelli","Petrarch","Dante"]},{"question":"The statue of David, the first free-standing nude statue since ancient times, was created by the Renaissance sculptor Donatello from what material?","category":"history","answer":"bronze","choices":["clay","marble","bronze","granite"]},{"question":"Which Renaissance mapmaker was the first to make a map of the British Isles?","category":"history","answer":"Gerardus Mercator","choices":["Galileo","Nicolaus Copernicus","Gerardus Mercator","Rene Descartes"]},{"question":"This Renaissance typographer established the Aldine Press, famous for the introduction of the Italics?","category":"history","answer":"Aldus Manutius","choices":["Cipriano de Rore","Aldus Manutius","Henrich Isaac","Christopher Tye"]},{"question":"This Renaissance musician was the first composer to use a folk song in mass, a group of songs in honor of God.","category":"history","answer":"Guillaume Dufay","choices":["Paollo Uccello","Benozzo Gozzoli","Jan Joest","Guillaume Dufay"]},{"question":"Which of the following Renaissance artists wrote I Commentari,a document regarded as the first autobiography of an artist?","category":"history","answer":"Lorenzo Ghiberti","choices":["Masolino da Panicole","Michelozzo di Bartolommeo","Lorenzo Ghiberti","Piero di Cosimo"]},{"question":"This Renaissance figure of Polish origin was the first rector of what is today the Vilnius State University.","category":"history","answer":"Piotr Skarga","choices":["Nicolaus Copernicus","Stefan Batory","Szyman Starowalski","Piotr Skarga"]},{"question":"Samurai is a caste of warriors, that came into existence when the Japanese shogunate was formed. The translation of the word samurai is those who serve in close attendance to nobility. Samurai warriors that didnt serve any lord were called this.","category":"history","answer":"Ronin","choices":["Kenin","Uruwashii","Musha","Ronin"]},{"question":"As samurai warriors were supposed to set a good example to those beneath them - they were bound by Bushido, a strict ethic code. Bushido means way of the warrior and one of its central points states that a samurai must be completely loyal towards this person.","category":"history","answer":"His daimyo","choices":["The shogun","His daimyo","His kaishaku","The emperor"]},{"question":"Commiting suicide by performing seppuku, was the only way for a disgraced samurai to gain his honor once again.","category":"history","answer":"True","choices":["True","False"]},{"question":"Samurai warriors usually carried two swords- a big and a small one. The small one was called wakizashi and was the honour blade of the samurai. He would carry it everywhere and would even sleep with his wakizashi under his pillow.  What was the name of the big sword of the samurai?","category":"history","answer":"Katana","choices":["Katana","Jo","Naginata","Yari"]},{"question":"Due to the many movies and books, based on stories about honorable samurai warriors, many people have been fascinated by the Japanese culture. This movie of the great film director Akira Kurosawa served as an inspiration for the western A Fistful Of Dollars. It tells the story of a former samurai, involved in a towns gang war.","category":"history","answer":"Yojimbo","choices":["Abarembo Shogun","Yojimbo","The Seven Samurai","The Hidden Fortress"]},{"question":"One ceremony was extremely important for every samurai - Genpuku. In this ceremony, a samurai changed his child name to an adult one and received his first swords. Only then the samurai could marry. Genpuku would be held as early as this age.","category":"history","answer":"12","choices":["18","15","9","12"]},{"question":"Every samurai sword had to be tested on the corpse of an animal, before it could be used in battle.","category":"history","answer":"False","choices":["False","True"]},{"question":"During the 13th century Japan was invaded twice. The first battles caught samurais unprepared and almost wiped them out, but they improved their tactics and saved Japan by building a defensive stone wall and attacking at night. This was the country that tried to conquer Japan.","category":"history","answer":"Mongolian Empire","choices":["China","Mongolian Empire","Russian Empire","England"]},{"question":"Samurai warriors were not just regular men- they were aristocrats, who developed their own culture. In the 14th century their education began to include flower arrangements..","category":"history","answer":"True","choices":["False","True"]},{"question":"The decline of samurai warriors began in this period of Japanese history. Even though they were still allowed to carry their swords and could behead any commoner not willing to pay proper respect, they were no longer warriors. Samurai became bureaucrats and administrators, because there were no wars to fight and no rebellions to suppress.","category":"history","answer":"Edo Period","choices":["Heian Period","Feudal Period","Edo Period","Sengoku Period"]},{"question":"1867 was the year of the resignation of the last shogun. The emperor became once again the leader of Japan and in 1871 the privileges of the Samurai caste were taken away. This caused many social problems, because samurai warriors represented nearly 8% of the population of Japan at that time. What was the name of this famous, last shogun?","category":"history","answer":"Tokugawa Yoshinobu","choices":["Tokugawa Ieyasu","Takamori Saigo","Toyotomi Hideyoshi","Tokugawa Yoshinobu"]},{"question":"Although their privileges were abolished, these noble warriors were still determined to protect Japan from becoming dependent on the Western World. In 1877, the rebellious samurai gathered under the command of Saigo Takamori. Their weaponry was inferior and their army was highly outnumbered, but they didnt give up. They suffered many casualties and the last survivors fought to death in this battle.","category":"history","answer":"The Battle of Shiroyama","choices":["The Battle of Sekigahara","The Battle of Omi","The Battle of Mikawa","The Battle of Shiroyama"]},{"question":"Who or what was a medieval fief?","category":"history","answer":"Land held by a vassal","choices":["A thief","A vassal who had his vassals","A small castle","Land held by a vassal"]},{"question":"Who was a serf in the Middle Ages?","category":"history","answer":"A farmer who was not free","choices":["A free peasant","A farmer who was not free","A craft apprentice","A landowner"]},{"question":"Which medieval unit of volume is the largest?","category":"history","answer":"Tun","choices":["Bushel","Tun","Gallon","Quarter"]},{"question":"In the Middle Ages, the most commonly used monetary system was based on Livre, Sou and Dernier. Which relation between them is correct?","category":"history","answer":"1l = 20s = 240d","choices":["1d = 12s = 144l","1l = 20s = 240d","1s = 100l = 1000d","1l = 60d = 720s"]},{"question":"Which language was NOT commonly spoken by inhabitants of the Holy Roman Empire during the Middle Ages?","category":"history","answer":"Spanish","choices":["Polish","German","Italian","Spanish"]},{"question":"At the battle of Hastings (1066) an army of Normans, led by William the Conqueror, defeated the Anglo-Saxon forces. Who actually were Normans?","category":"history","answer":"Vikings who settled in Normandy and spoke French","choices":["Vikings from Norway","A mixture of Dutch, French and Spanish","Vikings who settled in Normandy and spoke French","French"]},{"question":"How was land usually divided in the medieval 3-field system?","category":"history","answer":"One-third of a manors land was cultivated with wheat, one-third with barley or other crop, one-third was left for meadows. Every year the fields were rotated.","choices":["One-third of a manors land was cultivated with wheat, one-third with barley or other crop, one-third was left for meadows. Every year the fields were rotated.","Actually there was no 3-field system, land was cultivated at random.","One-third of all farming land in a given country belonged to the crown, one-third to the church, one-third to knights.","One-third of a manors land belonged to the landowner (liege), one-third to the landholder (vassal), one-third to the church."]},{"question":"Who was a bailiff in the Middle Ages?","category":"history","answer":"A person appointed by a landholder to manage the village, fields and livestock","choices":["A sheriff, responsible for collecting taxes","A person who was not able to pay his/her debts","A person appointed by a landholder to manage the village, fields and livestock","A priest of non-noble origin"]},{"question":"Which animals were better for medieval farming?","category":"history","answer":"None is better than the other, both oxen and horses were used","choices":["Oxen, as they are stronger than horses","Horses, as they are faster than oxen","People in the Middle Ages did not know how to use animals in farming.","None is better than the other, both oxen and horses were used"]},{"question":"Who would typically own a 100-acre piece of land during medieval times?","category":"history","answer":"A poor knight or a wealthy free peasant","choices":["An unfree farmer","A poor knight or a wealthy free peasant","A wealthy knight","A poor peasant"]},{"question":"Which language was the medieval lingua franca?","category":"history","answer":"Latin","choices":["Latin","German","French","English"]},{"question":"Which entity was ruled by Frederic Barbarossa?","category":"history","answer":"the Holy Roman Empire","choices":["the Catholic Church","France","the Holy Roman Empire","England"]},{"question":"Peace in our time were the famous words by Chamberlain when he returned to the UK from which meeting?","category":"history","answer":"Conference of Munich","choices":["Conference of Teheran","Conference of Munich","Conference of Washington","Conference of Yalta"]},{"question":"On May 10th 1940, Germany invaded France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. Which country bore the main thrust?","category":"history","answer":"Luxembourg","choices":["The Netherlands","Belgium","France","Luxembourg"]},{"question":"What was the objective of Operation Sea Lion?","category":"history","answer":"The conquest of Britain","choices":["The conquest of Britain","Mining of the Norwegian coast to avoid German invasion","Cutting British supplies at sea","Commando raid on Dieppe to test Atlantic Wall defenses"]},{"question":"The Battle for Stalingrad is widely considered to be the turning point in the war against Germany, since for the first time in the war, a German army was decisively defeated. However, another battle would be decisive for the outcome of WW2. Which battle was this?","category":"history","answer":"The Battle of Kursk","choices":["The Ardennes offensive - 1944","D-Day in Normandy","The Battle of Kursk","Operation Market Garden"]},{"question":"Where did the biggest amphibious operation during WW2 take place?","category":"history","answer":"Okinawa","choices":["Italy","Okinawa","Normandy","Africa"]},{"question":"During the German Blitzkrieg in the West (1940), Italy was initially reluctant to aid its ally and stayed on the sideline.","category":"history","answer":"True","choices":["True","False"]},{"question":"What was the importance of the Allied victory at Remagen during WW2?","category":"history","answer":"The allies managed to get bridgeheads over the Rhine river.","choices":["The allies showed that they could co-operate in unison, despite the many nationalities.","The allies were able to force large number of German forces to surrender.","The allies managed to get bridgeheads over the Rhine river.","The allies got hold of the Industrial Ruhr area."]},{"question":"In their attempt to knock Italy out of WW2, the Allies met a fierce competitor on the Italian peninsula. Which German general gave the Allies such a hard time?","category":"history","answer":"Kesselring","choices":["Guderian","Rommel","Kesselring","Paulus"]},{"question":"At the Naval battle of Mers-El-Kebir in 1940, the British Navy made a devastating blow against the Italian Navy.","category":"history","answer":"False","choices":["False","True"]},{"question":"What did rich Egyptian women place on top of their heads and kept it there all day?","category":"history","answer":"A cone of scented grease","choices":["A small mirror","A cone of scented grease","A jewel made of serpents skin","A golden pendant"]},{"question":"In ancient Japan geichas were famous for their fashion coiffures. However, it was difficult to preserve them during sleep. Still they managed to keep their complex hairdos. How?","category":"history","answer":"Using pillows filled with buckwheat chaff","choices":["Using skilled stylists","Using a night cap","Using pillows filled with buckwheat chaff","Using a special mousse"]},{"question":"Roman women were jealous of the captive-women from the German tribes that their men captured. That is why they used to cut off the captives long blond braids and used them as this.","category":"history","answer":"Part of their own hair","choices":["Home decoration","Dress ornamentation","Pillow filling","Part of their own hair"]},{"question":"The first bodice was invented not to dress women, but to make them more attractive to men by pushing breast up and out. Where was it invented?","category":"history","answer":"On the island of Crete","choices":["In Russia","In Italy","In Spain","On the island of Crete"]},{"question":"Who was the first woman said to wear trousers?","category":"history","answer":"Sarah Bernhardt","choices":["Paula Abdul","Sarah Bernhardt","Gretta Garbo","Elizabeth Taylor"]},{"question":"When did the term milliner appear for the first time?","category":"history","answer":"In 1529","choices":["In 1786","In 1694","In 1529","In 1342"]},{"question":"Besides white, what two colors were popular for a wedding dress a few centuries ago?","category":"history","answer":"Blue and pink","choices":["Green and yellow","Blue and pink","Grey and purple","Red and orange"]},{"question":"Who introduced the pollover sweater?","category":"history","answer":"Coco Channel","choices":["Yves Saint Laurent","Christian Dior","Gian Franco Ferre","Coco Channel"]},{"question":"Who were first to wear something like mens underwear?","category":"history","answer":"Egyptians","choices":["American Indians","Romans","Greeks","Egyptians"]},{"question":"When was the first pull-on mens underwear invented ?","category":"history","answer":"Around 13th century","choices":["Around 7th century","Around 18th century","Around 15th century","Around 13th century"]},{"question":"This chocolate flavored milk drink, test-marketed by Nestle in 2002, was an utter failure.","category":"history","answer":"Choglit","choices":["Elmers Favorite","MIlkochoc","Chocolilk","Choglit"]},{"question":"In order  to get the  Generation-X car buyers, this cross-over SUV was made by GM from 2001-2005. It was a financial failure.","category":"history","answer":"Pontiac Aztek","choices":["Pontiac Sunbird","Montana","Pontiac Aztek","FireStar"]},{"question":"The Edsel was a terrible dud for Ford Motor Co. How was the name derived?","category":"history","answer":"It was the name of one of Henry Fords sons","choices":["It was the name of  Henry Fords first grandchild.","It was the maiden name of Henry Fords first wife.","It was the name of one of Henry Fords sons","It was the maiden name of Henry Fords second wife."]},{"question":"He was an otherwise great inventor but his car was a total flop. It featured a gas gauge that made a loud  whistle when the gas supply was low. Who was this inventor of the vacuum tube, an invention that led to the development of radio?","category":"history","answer":"Lee Deforest","choices":["Guillermo Marconi","Robert Sarnoff","Thomas A. Edison","Lee Deforest"]},{"question":"It  was still the custom in the 1960s for  many people to not eat meat on Fridays. McDonalds could not stand to lose these customers on Friday so this product was developed.","category":"history","answer":"The Hula Burger","choices":["The Big Soy Burger","The  Friday Soy Burger","The Hula Burger","The Meatless Chunk"]},{"question":"This movie featured two of the biggest stars of 1986. They were a married couple form 1985-1989. George Harrison also appeared in the movie. Although the movie was beautifully filmed, it was a critical and financial flop.","category":"history","answer":"Shanghai Surprise","choices":["Town and Country","Waterworld","Shanghai Surprise","Ishtar"]},{"question":"He was an important inventor and a much criticized teacher. When he tried to invent a plane, it looked like a flying bee-hive and did not perform well. Who was this man who wanted a law to ban deaf people from marrying?","category":"history","answer":"Alexander Graham Bell","choices":["Don Ameche","Nikolai Tesla","Thomas Alva Edison","Alexander Graham Bell"]},{"question":"Funky Fries was a brand name of frozen French Fries developed by the Ore-Ida subsidy of Heinz Foods. Which of the following was not a flavor of Funky Fries?","category":"history","answer":"Strawberry","choices":["Chocolate","Strawberry","Cinna-Stiks","Blue"]},{"question":"Water World and The Postman were two of the biggest flops in movie history. Who was the star of both of these films?","category":"history","answer":"Kevin Costner","choices":["Sean Penn","Ben Affleck","George Clooney","Kevin Costner"]},{"question":"Panasonic developed the VHS type of tape and Sony developed this type.","category":"history","answer":"BetaMax","choices":["BetaMax","Aquaos","TriType","True-Tape"]},{"question":"Geographically, Mayan cities were mainly situated in which of these locations?","category":"history","answer":"Central America","choices":["The central parts of South America","The West coast of North America","Central America","Southeast Asia"]},{"question":"In Mesoamerican chronology, this period of time is dubbed Classic Era, and marks the peak of the cities of the Maya southern lowlands.","category":"history","answer":"300 AD - 900 AD","choices":["800 BC -100 BC","500 BC - 200 AD","300 AD - 900 AD","50 AD - 600 AD"]},{"question":"Classic Maya kings carried this title, meaning supreme and sacred ruler.","category":"history","answer":"K’ul ahau","choices":["Ahu hai","Ahau hai","K’ul ahau","Kul ahu"]},{"question":"Ixtab, wife of Chamer was the Maya goddess of this, regarded as an honor by the Mayan people.","category":"history","answer":"Suicide","choices":["Torture","Birth","Death","Suicide"]},{"question":"Maya ritual ceremonies were particularly noted for which one of these reasons?","category":"history","answer":"Cruel sacrifices","choices":["Impressive dance performances","Cruel sacrifices","Long duration","Colorful body painting"]},{"question":"Which of these is the most recognizable feature of Maya architecture?","category":"history","answer":"Giant stepped pyramids","choices":["Round windows of ceremonial premises","Giant stepped pyramids","Hemisphere monuments","Round temples"]},{"question":"The Mayan language is still alive and spoken by about 300,000 people.","category":"history","answer":"True","choices":["False","True"]},{"question":"Mayas used a special kind of shorthand for easier counting, which consisted of these three main symbols.","category":"history","answer":"Ellipse, dot and bar","choices":["Ellipse, dot and bar","Triangle, circle and square","Empty circle, filled circle and dot","Ellipse, circle and triangle"]},{"question":"Due to the lack of natural resources, the Mayans were not familiar with this material, which helped in the advancement of many other civilizations.","category":"history","answer":"Iron","choices":["Wood","Clay","Iron","Copper"]},{"question":"In the 4th century, the Mayas were among the first civilizations to use what in their counting system?","category":"history","answer":"The number zero","choices":["Fractions","Substraction","The number zero","Decimal point"]},{"question":"Which of the following was NOT a result of the failed attempt to rescue American hostages during the Iran hostage crisis of 1980?","category":"history","answer":"The relocation of the US Embassy in Iran","choices":["The formation of U.S. Army’s 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment","The relocation of the US Embassy in Iran","The creation of  US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM)","The plan for a second rescue mission, Operation Credible Sport"]},{"question":"What Turkish assassin shot and wounded Pope John Paul II in 1981?","category":"history","answer":"Mehmet Ali Agca","choices":["Eren Gungor","Ibrahim Kas","Mehmet Topuz","Mehmet Ali Agca"]},{"question":"Who was shot and killed at Manila airport, the Phillippines in 1983?","category":"history","answer":"Benigno Aquino, Jr.","choices":["Malcolm X","Benazir Bhutto","Jimmy Carter","Benigno Aquino, Jr."]},{"question":"Iran invaded Iraq on 22 September, 1980.","category":"history","answer":"False","choices":["True","False"]},{"question":"What countrys civilian airliner was shot down by a Russian fighter jet in 1983?","category":"history","answer":"South Korea","choices":["South Korea","USA","Japan","China"]},{"question":"1981 marked the launch of this first spaceworthy NASA shuttle.","category":"history","answer":"Columbia","choices":["Atlantis","Challenger","Columbia","Enterprise"]},{"question":"This city was elected to host the 1984 summer Olympics without a vote -- it was the only city to submit a bid.","category":"history","answer":"Los Angeles","choices":["Moscow","Tehran","Montreal","Los Angeles"]},{"question":"1987 brought this black day for the US stock market.","category":"history","answer":"Monday","choices":["Tuesday","Monday","Friday","Thursday"]},{"question":"In 1989 this actress, in partnership with the Ameritech Pension fund, purchased the town of Braselton, GA for $20 million.","category":"history","answer":"Kim Baysinger","choices":["Kim Baysinger","Goldie Hawn","Kathleen Turner","Sigourney Weaver"]},{"question":"1982 saw the murders associated with this over-the-counter drug.","category":"history","answer":"Tylenol","choices":["Aspirin","Excedrin","Zantac","Tylenol"]},{"question":"Some academics consider World War I and II as two major parts of a single conflict. How many years apart were the two wars?","category":"history","answer":"21","choices":["25","20","23","21"]},{"question":"The Battle of Normandy, also known as Operation Overlord, was the largest sea borne invasion of World War II.  Operation Overlord started with D-Day on 6 June 1944. What does the “D” in D-Day stand for?","category":"history","answer":"Day","choices":["Deliverance","Day","Death","Doom"]},{"question":"“Sitzkrieg” is a term referring to the first period of WW II that lasted until May 1940. This period is also known as what?","category":"history","answer":"Phony War","choices":["Outer War","Phony War","Weird War","Coined War"]},{"question":"United Nations, known initially as United Nations Organization, was founded as a result of the Yalta Conference, which took place on what date?","category":"history","answer":"4 to 11 February 1945","choices":["7 to 9 April 1945","26 to 30 June 1945","2 to 13 May 1945","4 to 11 February 1945"]},{"question":"During World War II, apart from concentration and labor camps, there were extermination camps, also known as Death Camps. What was the number of the major death camps, built for the purposes of the Holocaust?","category":"history","answer":"7","choices":["7","10","8","5"]},{"question":"After the end of World War II, the European Recovery Plan (Recovery Plan for the reconstruction of Europe) was created. It was established by US Secretary of State George Marshall and is better known as The Marshall Plan.","category":"history","answer":"True","choices":["True","False"]},{"question":"China and The United States officially declared war on Japan, how many days after the attack on Pearl Harbor?","category":"history","answer":"One","choices":["One","Seven","Ten","Two"]},{"question":"On 11 December 1941, Germany declared war on the United States, hoping that Japan would consecutively support the attack on the Soviet Union.","category":"history","answer":"True","choices":["True","False"]},{"question":"What were the nicknames of the two atomic bombs dropped over Japan on 6 August 1945 and 9 August 1945?","category":"history","answer":"Little Boy and Fat Man","choices":["Bomb 1 and Bomb 2","Mother-in-law and Father-in-law","Sandman and Assassin","Little Boy and Fat Man"]},{"question":"During World War II, resistance was formed in every occupied country. 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This revolutionary led the assault on the Winter Palace.","category":"history","answer":"Vladimir Antonov-Ovseenko","choices":["Vladimir Antonov-Ovseenko","Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov - Lenin","Iosif Vissarionovich Dzughashvili","Alexander Fedorovich Kerensky"]},{"question":"The Great Cultural Revolution was a revolutionary uprising of students and workers in China, led by Mao Zedong. It officially ended in 1969, but there are statements that this period continued up until the arrest of the Gang Of Four. One of the founding members of the gang was Maos ____","category":"history","answer":"wife","choices":["brother","wife","son","mother"]},{"question":"Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht took part in the German Revolution of 1919.","category":"history","answer":"True","choices":["False","True"]},{"question":"The Romanian Revolution of 1989 was a series of violent riots and protests. It aimed at overthrowing of the Communist regime of Nicolae Ceausescu. What was the name of Ceausescus wife, later executed together with her husband?","category":"history","answer":"Elena","choices":["Elena","Zoia","Ana","Lea"]},{"question":"This rebellion broke in 1857 in _____, fighting against the British colonial control over the country. It is sometimes referred to as the Sepoy Mutiny or the Sepoy Rebellion.","category":"history","answer":"India","choices":["Niger","Botswana","India","Australia"]},{"question":"On 23 July 1961 the Sandinista National Liberation Front was organized in Nicaragua. This marked the beginning of the fight against the dictatorship of this family and led to the Nicaraguan Revolution.","category":"history","answer":"Somoza","choices":["Somoza","Amador","Ortega","Saavedra"]},{"question":"In the beginning of the 19th century, Simon Bolivar fought for the independence of countries like Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Panama and Bolivia. On 24 July 1983 this man founded the Movimiento Bolivariano Revolucionario 200 in Venezuela and 15 years later, became president.","category":"history","answer":"Hugo Chavez","choices":["Pedro Carmona","Hugo Chavez","Francisco de Miranda","Carlos Andres Perez"]},{"question":"Who was the first Russian tsar of the Romanov dynasty?","category":"history","answer":"Michael","choices":["Nicholas","Alexander","Michael","Serge"]},{"question":"What city was the Russian capital before Tsar Peter the Great founded St. Petersburg?","category":"history","answer":"Moscow","choices":["Odessa","Moscow","Kiev","Novgorad"]},{"question":"Which ruler was crowned the first Tsar of All the Russias?","category":"history","answer":"Ivan the Terrible","choices":["Boris Gudunov","Peter the Great","Ivan the Great","Ivan the Terrible"]},{"question":"By the time Nicholas II was crowned tsar in 1896, the Russian Empire was the largest country in the world.","category":"history","answer":"True","choices":["False","True"]},{"question":"Who was Empress of Russia from 1741 to 1762?","category":"history","answer":"Elizabeth","choices":["Alexandra","Sophia","Elizabeth","Anne"]},{"question":"Which Russian Empress brought Rasputin into the center of the Imperial court?","category":"history","answer":"Alexandra","choices":["Alexandra","Maria","Catherine","Elizabeth"]},{"question":"What was Tsarskoye Selo?","category":"history","answer":"The residence of the imperial family south of St. Petersburg","choices":["The Tsarist legislature","The residence of the imperial family south of St. Petersburg","The site of a famous Russian battle","The true last name of the members of the Romanov dynasty"]},{"question":"What American product from the 50s was advertised with roadside signs reading slogans such as:\nThe place to pass\nOn curves\nYou know\nIs only at\nA beauty show?","category":"history","answer":"Burma Shave","choices":["Old Spice","Colgate Shave Gel","Aqua Velva","Burma Shave"]},{"question":"The average income in the United States in 1952 was $3,515.00. 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It was a flop as it had little effect on angina. What was good about this medicine?","category":"history","answer":"It lead to the development of Viagra.","choices":["It lead to the development of Oxycontin.","It was an inexpensive medicine that could lower LDL cholesterol.","It was an inexpensive medicine that could lower HDL cholesterol.","It lead to the development of Viagra."]},{"question":"In 1993 Chevy Chase got his own talk show. How many episodes of The Chevy Chase Show were aired?","category":"history","answer":"one","choices":["one","four","three","two"]},{"question":"This great 1949 movie was remade into a 2006 movie flop starring Sean Penn,  James Gandolfini, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, and Anthony Hopkins.","category":"history","answer":"All the Kings Men","choices":["The Interpreter","Crossing Over","21 Grams","All the Kings Men"]},{"question":"Which of these was NOT an invention idea on Seinfeld?","category":"history","answer":"An alarm clock that told you the sports scores when it went off.","choices":["A shaker that had both ketchup and mustard","A Pakistani restaurant in Manhattan","A rubber oil container to help fight oil spills","An alarm clock that told you the sports scores when it went off."]},{"question":"How long was the Hundred Years War?","category":"history","answer":"116 years","choices":["116 years","80 years","101 years","100 years"]},{"question":"You probably know the term Blitzkrieg (lightning war), which refers to a quick invasion. 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He sang Monster Mash. 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The vision was followed by the words In this sign shall thou conquer.  What leader, after having a Christian monograph painted on the shields of his army, defeated Maxentius and reunited the Eastern and Western Roman Empire?","category":"history","answer":"Constantine the Great","choices":["Constantine the Great","Marcus Aurelius","Alexander the Great","Emperor Licinius"]},{"question":"What Soviet General and Hero of the Soviet Union led the Red Army during the Battle of Stalingrad and the Battle of Kursk?","category":"history","answer":"Marshal Georgy Zhukov","choices":["Vasliy Blyukher","Field Marshall Von Manstein","Walther Model","Marshal Georgy Zhukov"]},{"question":"One of historys most daring and able naval commanders, this admiral signaled his fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar by a flag that read England expects that every man will do his duty . What naval commander gave the supreme sacrifice at the Battle of Trafalgar while defeating the navies of the French and Spanish?","category":"history","answer":"Horatio Nelson","choices":["Horatio Nelson","Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington","John Paul Jones","James Wolfe"]},{"question":"He was the bravest and strongest Greek warrior in the Trojan War. He died when Apollo helped guide Pariss arrow to this warrior only vulnerable spot?","category":"history","answer":"Achilles","choices":["Patroclus","Agamemnon","Hector","Achilles"]},{"question":"Stormd at with shot and shell,\nBoldly they rode and well,\nInto the jaws of Death,\nInto the mouth of Hell\nRode the six hundred.\nThe verse is taken from Alfred, Lord Tennysons The Charge of the Light Brigade. The poem\nalso referenced Some one had blunderd. 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During the Tang Dynasty, this religion became predominant in China.","category":"history","answer":"Buddhism","choices":["Christianity","Hinduism","Islam","Buddhism"]},{"question":"The Song Dynasty (960-1279) ruled over all of the territories of China.","category":"history","answer":"False","choices":["True","False"]},{"question":"The Yuan Dynasty was the first foreign dynasty to rule over all of China. It was officially established by this Mongolian ruler in 1271 and ruled over China until 1368.","category":"history","answer":"Kublai Khan","choices":["Kublai Khan","Batu Khan","Genghis Khan","Ogedei Khan"]},{"question":"The Ming Dynasty established the Forbidden City in Beijing. Do you know what ming means in Chinese?","category":"history","answer":"bright","choices":["bright","cruel","conqueror","builder"]},{"question":"The Forbidden City, lying at the center of Beijing, was the imperial palace during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Yellow was the symbol of the royal family so the roofs, the decorations and even the bricks on the ground in the Forbidden city are yellow. But there is one exception- the roof of the royal library. What color is it?","category":"history","answer":"black","choices":["blue","black","white","red"]},{"question":"The Qing Dynasty was the last  imperial dynasty of China. As a result of the 1911 revolution, a new Republic of China was established  and this is what happened to the last Chinese emperor, Hsuan Tung.","category":"history","answer":"He abdicated","choices":["He was exiled","He abdicated","He was assassinated","He fled to England"]},{"question":"Ulysses S. Grants wife, Julia Dent Grant, had a cousin who was a CSA General. What was his name?","category":"history","answer":"James Longstreet","choices":["Braxton Bragg","James Longstreet","Nathan Bedford Forrest","P.G.T. Beauregard"]},{"question":"Who gave the sermon at President Lincolns funeral?","category":"history","answer":"Dr. Phineas D. Gurley","choices":["Rev. J.C. Harrison","Bishop Cavenaugh","Dr. Phineas D. Gurley","Dr. John W. Cunningham"]},{"question":"The commander of the Unions 24th Massachusetts Colored Infantry was Colonel Robert Gould Shaw.","category":"history","answer":"False","choices":["False","True"]},{"question":"How long did the Battle of Gettysburg last?","category":"history","answer":"3 days","choices":["3 days","2 days","7 days","4 days"]},{"question":"How many civilians were killed in the Battle of Gettysburg?","category":"history","answer":"1","choices":["3","1","2","4"]},{"question":"What state has the most soldiers buried at the Gettysburg National Cemetery?","category":"history","answer":"New York","choices":["Michigan","Pennsylvania","New York","Massachusetts"]},{"question":"Steve Bochco had many successes on TV. However, this 1990 ABC police drama, that also featured the cast breaking out in song, was a failure.","category":"history","answer":"Cop Rock","choices":["Cop Rock","City Cop","Cop Song","A Policemans Day"]},{"question":"This 2003 movie won seven Razzies. It had an all-star cast that included Al Pacino, Lainie Kazan, Christopher Walken and a very hot couple. What is the name of this flop directed and written by Martin Brest?","category":"history","answer":"Gigli","choices":["Gigli","Shanghai Express","Town and Country","Shanghai Surprise"]},{"question":"In 1985 New Coke was introduced. For many reasons it  was a great flop and the company went back to regular coke. How was New Coke different from regular coke?","category":"history","answer":"It was sweeter.","choices":["It was sweeter.","It had more lime and less lemon.","It had more caffeine.","It was enriched with vitamins A,C, and D."]},{"question":"Gary Marshall has had many big hits on TV and in the movies. However, in 1972 he directed and produced this big flop.","category":"history","answer":"Me and the Chimp","choices":["Convoy","Me and the Chimp","Hey Landlord","The Psycho Private"]},{"question":"This Broadway show with a book and lyrics by Ira Levin opened in 1965 after 11 previews and much rewriting. It starred Lesley Ann warren, Elliot Gould, Beth Howland, and Charles Durning. What was the name of this Victorian melodrama?","category":"history","answer":"Drat! The Cat!","choices":["Sweeny Todd","Day In Day Out","The Adventures of Pluto Nash","Drat! The Cat!"]},{"question":"It was a 1995 movie about a female pirate, played by Geena Davis, who races other pirates to find hidden  gold. It starred Frank Langella, Mathew Modine, Maury Chaykin and Stan Shaw.","category":"history","answer":"Cutthroat Island","choices":["Skull Island","Cutthroat Island","Pirate Survivors","Pirate Wars"]},{"question":"It could not miss. It was directed by the great Elaine May. It featured Charles Grodin, Isabelle Adjani, Tess Harper, Carol Kane, Jack Weston, and, oh yes, Dustin Hoffman and Warren Beatty. It was a total flop. What was the name of this comedy?","category":"history","answer":"Ishtar","choices":["Shanghai Surprise","Big Town","Playing the Hilton","Ishtar"]},{"question":"This movie was begun in 1998 but released in 2001. Its big all-star cast included Warren Beatty,  Diane Keaton, Charlton Heston, Gary Shandling, Andie MacDowell, Goldie Hawn and Jenna Elfman. It was  designed to be a simple romantic comedy about making lifes big  decisions. It is now considered to be one of the biggest movie flops.","category":"history","answer":"Town and Country","choices":["The Postman","Ishtar","Heavens gate","Town and Country"]},{"question":"Love Boat was a big TV hit, so a copy of it would be a big hit, too, right? This 1979 copy of Love Boat was to be based on the adventures, lives and loves of passengers on a train. What was the name of this nine-episode flop?","category":"history","answer":"Super Train","choices":["The Century Express","Super Train","The Big Train","Cross Country Express"]},{"question":"In 1983, Apple sold its famous Lisa computer. It featured the first Graphic User Interface(GUI), a processor that allowed multitasking, the first mouse, a 5 MHz processor (very fast for the time), and a  large memory. Which of these is not one of the reasons for which it was not a success?","category":"history","answer":"NASA refused to buy it.","choices":["NASA refused to buy it.","Steve Jobs was forced off the project.","It was too big and too bulky","It cost  over $9,900."]},{"question":"This TV game show is regarded as one of the biggest flops in the history of television. It lasted for one episode. One of its titles was The Jackie Gleason Show. It featured Jackie Gleason, Art Carney, Arthur Treacher, Bobby Darin, Pat Carrol and Mickey Rooney. What was the premise of the show?","category":"history","answer":"Four guests stuck their heads into holes in a large piece of cardboard. The guest stars tried  to guess what the picture was about.","choices":["Three guest stars tried to figure out what a series of paintings was about .","Four guest stars tried to decipher the name of a famous person from a series of  doodles.","Three guest stars tried to determine a contestants job from a series of photos.","Four guests stuck their heads into holes in a large piece of cardboard. The guest stars tried  to guess what the picture was about."]},{"question":"What was the most contested (captured, recaptured) town in the U.S. Civil War?","category":"history","answer":"Winchester","choices":["Bethesda","Richmond","Winchester","Hampton Roads"]},{"question":"Where did General Shermans March to the Sea begin and end?","category":"history","answer":"Atlanta to Savannah","choices":["Atlanta to Savannah","Richmond to Savannah","Richmond to New Orleans","Charlotte to Savannah"]},{"question":"What was the first state to secede from the Union?","category":"history","answer":"South Carolina","choices":["Virginia","South Carolina","Georgia","North Carolina"]},{"question":"What was U.S. Grant doing at the outbreak of the Civil War?","category":"history","answer":"Working in the family business","choices":["None of these","Working in the family business","Had a command out West","Going to West Point"]},{"question":"What was the last state to secede from the Union?","category":"history","answer":"Tennessee","choices":["Tennessee","Louisiana","Arkansas","Texas"]},{"question":"How many Union soldiers were killed during the bombardment of Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor?","category":"history","answer":"None","choices":["1","4","2","None"]},{"question":"In 1962 President Kennedy of the US and Chairman Khrushchev of the Soviet Union were able to peacefully end a confrontation which might have led to a nuclear war. Where was this crisis centered?","category":"history","answer":"Cuba","choices":["Israel","Korea","Berlin","Cuba"]},{"question":"Early in his administration this US President survived being shot by an assassin and even showed a sense of humor when he told his wife, Honey, I forgot to duck.","category":"history","answer":"Reagan","choices":["Nixon","Carter","Ford","Reagan"]},{"question":"Children, and many adults too, were happy when the first Disneyland opened in California in this year.","category":"history","answer":"1955","choices":["1949","1955","1967","1962"]},{"question":"In 1954 Roger Bannister became the first person in history to do which of the following?","category":"history","answer":"run a mile in under four minutes","choices":["win Noble Prizes in three different categories","orbit the earth","None of these","run a mile in under four minutes"]},{"question":"In the 1960s, Humans finally achieved an age-old dream of landing on the Moon. Who was the first person to set foot on the Moon and in what year did this happen?","category":"history","answer":"Neil Armstrong, 1969","choices":["Michael Collins, 1968","Neil Armstrong, 1969","Buzz Aldrin, 1966","Buzz Aldrin, 1967"]},{"question":"The Zodiak killer is a suspect in the murders of Lindsay Cutshall and Jason S. Allen who were murdered in their sleeping bags on Fish Head Beach in Jenner, California in August 2004?","category":"history","answer":"True","choices":["True","False"]},{"question":"When did the Allies capture Tobruk during World War II?","category":"history","answer":"1942","choices":["1943","1939","1941","1942"]},{"question":"During WWII, upon leaving the Philippines, American general Douglass Mcarthur said I will never return.","category":"history","answer":"False","choices":["True","False"]},{"question":"What nickname did Erwin Rommel get during World War II?","category":"history","answer":"Desert Fox","choices":["Desert Fox","Stealth","The Mole","The African Liberator"]},{"question":"In what month in 1945 did Japan surrender to the US?","category":"history","answer":"September","choices":["October","September","January","December"]},{"question":"What day in 1944 is referred to as D-Day?","category":"history","answer":"June 6","choices":["June 6","August 2","June 10","May 9"]},{"question":"Did Warsaw surrender to German troops in 1940?","category":"history","answer":"No","choices":["Yes","No"]},{"question":"Was the Soviet Union part of the Axis Powers during World War II?","category":"history","answer":"No","choices":["Yes","No"]},{"question":"During World War II, Japan was one of the Axis powers.","category":"history","answer":"True","choices":["False","True"]},{"question":"Where did the D-Day invasion occur?","category":"history","answer":"Normandy","choices":["Normandy","Cherbourg","Minsk","Warsaw"]},{"question":"When did the Germans invade Yugoslavia and Greece during World War II?","category":"history","answer":"1941","choices":["1939","1943","1941","1999"]},{"question":"In what month of 1941 did Nazi Germanys invasion of the Soviet Union start?","category":"history","answer":"June","choices":["August","March","July","June"]},{"question":"The grave of Jesse James was exhumed in 1995 and it was found out that the person buried there was actually Jesse James.","category":"history","answer":"True","choices":["False","True"]},{"question":"Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, who in 1961 became the first human to enter outer space, died in 1968. What was the cause of his death?","category":"history","answer":"He was killed in a plane crash.","choices":["He developed AIDS and was not treated.","He was killed in an car accident.","He was killed in a plane crash.","A plane he was piloting was shot down by Chechen rebels."]},{"question":"American astronaut John Glenn piloted the first American manned orbital mission, aboard Friendship 7 on February 20, 1962.  What actor performed a song, dedicated to him?","category":"history","answer":"Walter Brennan","choices":["Charleton Heston","Walter Brennan","Nat King Cole","Perry Como"]},{"question":"On October 24, 1960, over 100 people died in the Soviet Union, in a rocket explosion that was not reported until the 1990s.","category":"history","answer":"True","choices":["True","False"]},{"question":"This Russian cosmonaut was likely to have been the third or fourth person in space, but was dismissed from the cosmonaut corps in 1963, because of drunkenness and disorderly behavior at Chkalovskiy station.","category":"history","answer":"Grigori Nelyubov","choices":["Vladimir Komarov","Aleksei Leonov","Grigori Nelyubov","Alexi Petronov"]},{"question":"The first person who lost his life in a space flight was the Soviet cosmonaut, Vladimir M. Komarov. How did he die?","category":"history","answer":"The parachutes on his Soyuz 1 capsule did not deploy and the hard entry caused his death.","choices":["The capsule of his Soyuz 1 spacecraft burned upon re-entry, due to damage to the heat shields.","His Soyuz 1 capsule landed on hard ground rather than making a soft, water landing.","His Soyuz 1 capsule burnt up in space because the heat shields were inadequate.","The parachutes on his Soyuz 1 capsule did not deploy and the hard entry caused his death."]},{"question":"What astronaut almost drowned in 1961, when his Liberty Bell 7 capsule sank upon splashdown in the Pacific Ocean?","category":"history","answer":"Gus Grissom","choices":["Jim Lovell","Ed White","Roger Chaffee","Gus Grissom"]},{"question":"On September 23, 1999, the Mars Climate Orbiter, whose mission was to study the Martian weather, climate, and water, crashed on the Martian surface, instead of starting to orbit around the planet. What was the reason for this accident?","category":"history","answer":"Confusion in the system of units in the navigation of the spacecraft","choices":["The atmospheric stresses and friction were greater than expected.","A mechanical fault in the protective shield","Confusion in the system of units in the navigation of the spacecraft","Mars gravitation forces were greater than expected."]},{"question":"This year was fatal for Russian space exploration, because after a normal re-entry of the capsule of the Soyuz 11 mission, the ground team opened the capsule to find the crew dead.","category":"history","answer":"1971","choices":["1984","1971","1982","1989"]},{"question":"Which of these statements about the state of the human body during space flights has been proven?","category":"history","answer":"Astronauts tend to have a reduced amount of testosterone in space.","choices":["Astronauts tend to have memory problems during longer flights.","Astronauts tend to have elevated testosterone levels in space.","Astronauts tend to have a reduced amount of testosterone in space.","Astronauts tend to have a decreased capacity for exercise and brain activity when in outer space."]},{"question":"On February 1, 2003, during the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, the entire seven-member crew died. However, something on the shuttle survived the crash. What was it?","category":"history","answer":"Some worms","choices":["Some rod-shaped bacteria","A mouse","An android","Some worms"]},{"question":"Name the first state to secede from the Union.","category":"history","answer":"South Carolina","choices":["Georgia","Virginia","Tennessee","South Carolina"]},{"question":"Who was the first person in space?","category":"history","answer":"Yuri Gagarin","choices":["Alexey Ivanovich","Alan Shepard","John Glen","Yuri Gagarin"]},{"question":"Who is the first president of the U. S. in the 21st century?","category":"history","answer":"Bill Clinton","choices":["Bill Clinton","Al Gore","Barrack Obama","George W. Bush"]},{"question":"The battle that is generally considered the turning point of the Pacific War was fought on and near this island.","category":"history","answer":"Midway","choices":["Palau","Midway","Iwo Jima","Kiska"]},{"question":"The Doolittle raid was the first time the US bombed Japan in the Pacific War. The bombers were launched from an aircraft carrier but the Japanese did not know where the bombers came from. What place did President Roosevelt facetiously name as the place where the bombers had come from?","category":"history","answer":"Shangri-La","choices":["an underground air base in China","Utopia","Shangri-La","The North Pole"]},{"question":"Where did the Japanese and Americans fight for about six months in 1942 before the Japanese were finally defeated and their advance in the Solomon Islands stopped?","category":"history","answer":"Guadalcanal","choices":["Kiska","Guadalcanal","New Britain","Tarawa"]},{"question":"In what sea were the combined naval forces of the US, Britain, Netherlands and Australia decisively defeated by the Japanese Navy as they advanced in Southeast Asia in 1942?","category":"history","answer":"Java Sea","choices":["Java Sea","Arafura Sea","South China Sea","Timor Sea"]},{"question":"The kamikaze, Japanese suicide planes that crashed into Allied ships, first made a systematic appearance in 1944 during the fighting near this location.","category":"history","answer":"the Philippines","choices":["Makin Atol","Tarawa","the Philippines","Palau"]},{"question":"This island, captured by US forces in 1944, was close enough for B29 bombers to fly round trip to Japan. A major air base was built there from which many B29 bombing attacks were launched and the planes carrying the atomic bombs took off.","category":"history","answer":"Tinian","choices":["Mindanao","Palau","Tinian","Guam"]},{"question":"What was the only major city in the Pacific theater of operations in which there was major urban warfare between US and Japanese forces?","category":"history","answer":"Manila","choices":["Beijing","Port Moresby","Manila","Taipei"]},{"question":"This Japanese city had a large section burned out in a fire storm started by a large B29 air raid in March 1945. Although statistics are inadequate to judge conclusively, the raid may have killed as many people in one night as were killed by the atomic bomb at Hiroshima.","category":"history","answer":"Tokyo","choices":["Sapporo","Tokyo","Osaka","Kyoto"]},{"question":"The British and their allies were shocked in 1942 when the Japanese captured a British colonial city that was supposed to be so well fortified as to be immune to attack. What was that city?","category":"history","answer":"Singapore","choices":["Mandalay","Hong Kong","Singapore","Darwin"]},{"question":"The last major battle of World War Two was also the one that caused the most casualties to the US and their allies (mostly British) in the Pacific War. Where was this battle fought?","category":"history","answer":"Okinawa","choices":["Philippines","Guam","Okinawa","Iwo Jima"]},{"question":"During World War Two, General MacArthurs US forces, with help from Australian forces, methodically and skillfully drove the Japanese from the second largest island in the world. What is that island?","category":"history","answer":"New Guinea","choices":["New Guinea","Luzon","Sumatra","Australia"]},{"question":"In 1944 the US Navy air arm effectively destroyed the Japanese naval air power by sinking three Japanese aircraft carriers and shooting down about 600 Japanese planes in a battle the Americans nicknamed the turkey shoot. In what sea, which gives the battle its name, did this happen?","category":"history","answer":"Philippine Sea","choices":["Sea of Japan","Philippine Sea","East China Sea","Celebes Sea"]},{"question":"In what body of water was a naval battle fought in 1942 in which, for the first time in history, the ships of both sides never saw each other?","category":"history","answer":"Coral Sea","choices":["Leyte Gulf","Sulu Sea","Gulf of Papua","Coral Sea"]},{"question":"How long did Hitlers Third Reich last?","category":"history","answer":"12 years","choices":["14 years","12 years","6 years","4 years"]},{"question":"During WWII Joseph Stalin was leader of the Soviet Union. His name, Stalin, means Man of Power.","category":"history","answer":"False","choices":["False","True"]},{"question":"Adolf Hitlers father, Alois, changed his last name to Hitler. What was his original last name?","category":"history","answer":"Schicklgruber","choices":["Von Poppen","Schicklgruber","Hindenburg","Van Poppen"]},{"question":"What was the code name for the invasion of Japan during WWII, which was never undertaken due to the end of the war?","category":"history","answer":"Downfall","choices":["Cupcake","Downwind","Triton","Downfall"]},{"question":"The Soviet Union declared war on Japan on August 1, 1945.","category":"history","answer":"True","choices":["True","False"]},{"question":"The title of Hitlers book Mein Kampf means My Story.","category":"history","answer":"False","choices":["False","True"]},{"question":"Which of these countries was not neutral during WWII?","category":"history","answer":"Greece","choices":["Portugal","Greece","Spain","Switzerland"]},{"question":"Who was Geli Raubel?","category":"history","answer":"One of Hitlers nieces","choices":["One of Hitlers nieces","One of Hitlers secretaries","One of Hitlers secret agents","One of Hitlers sisters"]},{"question":"What was the name of the airplane that dropped the a-bomb over Nagasaki  on August 9, 1945?","category":"history","answer":"Bocks Car","choices":["Little Boy","Angela Heart","Bocks Car","Enola Gay"]},{"question":"During WWII, the SS formed a unit called the Werewolves to resist allied occupation forces.","category":"history","answer":"True","choices":["False","True"]},{"question":"Who led the Vichy regime in France during WWII?","category":"history","answer":"Marshall Petain","choices":["Marshall Petain","General Jean Martine Dubois","General Lemoines","Henri Desqueres"]},{"question":"During the Nuremberg trails, 30% of the defendants claimed the Holocaust never occurred, the remainder claimed they were just following orders.","category":"history","answer":"False","choices":["False","True"]},{"question":"What is the name of the last Inca Emperor, who defeated his older half-brother in a civil war and took the throne?","category":"history","answer":"Atahualpa","choices":["Tupac Hualpa","Atahualpa","Huayna Capac","Huascar"]},{"question":"What was the language of the Inca Empire, used by the Catholic Church to preach to Indians in the Andes area?","category":"history","answer":"Quechua","choices":["Sepik-Ramu","Mairasi","Quechua","Amto-Musan"]},{"question":"This American explorer, a former member of the US Senate, rediscovered the Inca settlement of Machu Picchu.","category":"history","answer":"Hiram Bingham","choices":["Hiram Bingham","Richard Basset","Dean Barkley","Judah Benjamin"]},{"question":"This Spanish conquistador, the founder of the City of Lima, conquered the Inca Empire.","category":"history","answer":"Francisco Pizarro","choices":["Gonzalo Pizarro","Hernan Cortes","Francisco Pizarro","Alonso de Ojeda"]},{"question":"This kingdom, the largest in the Late Intermediate period of the cultural history of Peru, was eventually conquered by the Inca Empire in 1493.","category":"history","answer":"Chimor","choices":["Chimor","Chan Chan","Wanka","Moche"]},{"question":"The Battle of Cajamarca, in which the last Inca emperor was captured, took place in which year?","category":"history","answer":"1532","choices":["1530","1532","1555","1560"]},{"question":"Who was the god of mountains in the Inca mythology?","category":"history","answer":"Apo (Apu)","choices":["Kon (Kan)","Chasca","Apo (Apu)","Paricia"]},{"question":"What did the Inca officials wear in order to indicate their status?","category":"history","answer":"tunic","choices":["sword","hat","tunic","belt"]},{"question":"How many provincial regions did the Inca Empire have?","category":"history","answer":"4","choices":["2","5","3","4"]},{"question":"This title, which in English means the only one,  was used by the ruler of the Inca Empire.","category":"history","answer":"Sapa Inca","choices":["Manco Inca","Sapa Inca","Tupac Inca","Titu Inca"]},{"question":"What was the scene of the last major battle of the Peloponnesian War?","category":"history","answer":"Aegospotami","choices":["Actium","Epirus","Aegospotami","Salamis"]},{"question":"Agamemnon, one of the most notable heroes of Greek mythology, was a ruler of Mycenae.","category":"history","answer":"True","choices":["False","True"]},{"question":"This town, after which an Olympic event was named, was the site of a battle where the Athenian army defeated the Persians in 490 BC.","category":"history","answer":"Marathon","choices":["Decathlos","Pentathos","Marathon","Javelinos River"]},{"question":"In early 6th century BC, the city states of Akragas, Gela, and Syracuse sent ships to the city of Himera in west Sicily, where they defeated an invading force coming from where?","category":"history","answer":"Carthage","choices":["Egypt","Crete","Carthage","Rome"]},{"question":"Ancient Greece was the birthplace of the chariot.","category":"history","answer":"False","choices":["False","True"]},{"question":"What was the result of the Athenian invasion of Syracuse during the Peloponnesian War?","category":"history","answer":"The Athenians were defeated.","choices":["The Athenians were defeated.","Syracuse was destroyed and Sparta later surrendered.","The Romans defeated both sides and took over Sicily.","Carthage invaded and controlled western Sicily."]},{"question":"Alexander the Great commanded the Macedonian army and defeated Athens, Thebes and their allies at the Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC).","category":"history","answer":"False","choices":["True","False"]},{"question":"A story says that a Spartan wife gave this advice to her husband, upon his departure for the battlefield.","category":"history","answer":"Come home with your shield or upon it.","choices":["None of these","May Zeus strengthen you and return you home safely.","May the blood of your enemies be as red as your cloak.","Come home with your shield or upon it."]},{"question":"Which of the following city states was not on the territory of present-day Greece?","category":"history","answer":"Troy","choices":["Sparta","Troy","Athens","Argos"]},{"question":"To what dynasty did Cleopatra, the last Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt, belong?","category":"history","answer":"Ptolemaic","choices":["Julio-Claudian","Vespasian","Flavian","Ptolemaic"]},{"question":"How did Cleopatra present herself to Julius Caesar when he seized the Egyptian capital in 48 BC ?","category":"history","answer":"rolled into a Persian carpet","choices":["rolled into a Persian carpet","riding a camel","dressed as the goddess Aphrodite","with a snake around her neck"]},{"question":"During Cleopatras reign it was believed that she was the re-incarnation and embodiment of this goddess of wisdom.","category":"history","answer":"Isis","choices":["Athena","Artemis","Anuket","Isis"]},{"question":"Cleopatras son by Julius Caesar, who reigned, as a child, jointly with his mother, was nicknamed Caesarion. What does Caesarion mean?","category":"history","answer":"Little Caesar","choices":["Future Caesar","Little Caesar","Second Caesar","Son of Caesar"]},{"question":"What future emperor of the Roman Empire had Cleopatra and Julius Caesars son, Caesarion, executed?","category":"history","answer":"Octavian","choices":["Mark Antony","Octavian","Marcus Aurelius","Theodosius I"]},{"question":"Cleopatra formed an alliance with Mark Anthony, one of the triumvirs who ruled Rome following Caesars death. How many children did Mark Anthony and Cleopatra have?","category":"history","answer":"3","choices":["2","none","3","1"]},{"question":"Who wrote the tragedy Antony and Cleopatra, which centers on Cleopatra and Mark Antonys relationship from the time of the Parthian War until Cleopatras suicide?","category":"history","answer":"William Shakespeare","choices":["William Shakespeare","Christopher Marlowe","Ben Jonson","George Bernard Shaw"]},{"question":"Who defeated Mark Antony and Cleopatra at the Battle of Actium, the last engagement in the Final War of the Roman Republic?","category":"history","answer":"Octavian","choices":["Ptolemy XIII","Julius Caesar","Titus Andronicus","Octavian"]},{"question":"After Cleopatra and Anthonys death, who became guardian of their children?","category":"history","answer":"Octavia Minor, Anthonys fourth wife","choices":["Octavia Minor, Anthonys fourth wife","Octavian","Cleopatras oldest son, Caesarion","The children were executed."]},{"question":"How did Cleopatra commit suicide according to ancient sources?","category":"history","answer":"by inducing an asp to bite her","choices":["by stabbing herself with a sword","by stabbing herself with a poisoned arrow","by inducing an asp to bite her","by swallowing poison"]},{"question":"The word Calendar comes form Latin kalendae. 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Which one of these countries was among the first to adopt it?","category":"history","answer":"Poland-Lithuania","choices":["Russia","England","France","Poland-Lithuania"]},{"question":"Why is the 9th month of the Gregorian calendar called September?","category":"history","answer":"September was the 7th month in Roman calendar","choices":["After Septimus Severus - a Roman Emperor","September was the 7th month in Roman calendar","After Septimus Weasley","Septimus in Latin means ninth"]},{"question":"The Gregorian calendar replaced the Julian over 400 year ago. Which religion is still using the Julian calendar?","category":"history","answer":"Orthodox Christianity","choices":["Islam","Hinduism","Orthodox Christianity","Judaism"]},{"question":"From what is the English word Friday derived?","category":"history","answer":"Old English day of Frige","choices":["Free, as Friday used to be the day of rest","Anglo-Saxon the fifth day","Friesland, a region in the Netherlands","Old English day of Frige"]},{"question":"What is the etymology of the month August?","category":"history","answer":"It was named to honor Roman Emperor Octavian August","choices":["Augustus means 6th in Latin and the month was 6th in the Roman calendar","Augustus means horrific in Latin. August was the month when Rome burnt","It was named to honor Roman Emperor Octavian August","Auguste was a ship that sank in August 1761"]},{"question":"Which statement about year 2009 is not true?","category":"history","answer":"It is a leap year","choices":["It is year 1430 in Islamic calendar","It is the year of the ox in Chinese calendar","Hebrew year 5770 starts on 18 September 2009","It is a leap year"]},{"question":"A week denotes 7 days. Where/when weeks were 10 days long?","category":"history","answer":"During French Revolution","choices":["For ancient Balts","During French Revolution","During the October Revolution in Russia","In Mayan Empire"]},{"question":"When did the Battle of Trenton take place?","category":"history","answer":"December 26, 1776","choices":["December 24, 1776","December 25, 1776","December 24, 1775","December 26, 1776"]},{"question":"During the Battle of Trenton, Americans managed to surprise the Hessian Garrison because Hessian soldiers were hungover and tired from the Christmas celebration.","category":"history","answer":"False","choices":["True","False"]},{"question":"What was the name of the tough Colonel who commanded the Hessian Garrison during the Battle of Trenton?","category":"history","answer":"Johann Rall","choices":["Heinrich Bannerman","Ernst Von Klieg","Johann Rall","Karl Stern"]},{"question":"The crossing of the Delaware, that preceded the Battle of Trenton, was aided by a regiment of boatmen from this Massachusetts town.","category":"history","answer":"Marblehead","choices":["Wooster","Boston","Marblehead","Salem"]},{"question":"How many men did Washington have in his attack force during the Battle of Trenton?","category":"history","answer":"2400","choices":["3500","7000","2400","1256"]},{"question":"Was there a second battle in the town of Trenton on January 17, 1777?","category":"history","answer":"No","choices":["Yes","No"]},{"question":"What were Washingtons passwords for the crossing of the Delaware River and the attack on Trenton?","category":"history","answer":"Victory or Death","choices":["Victory and Liberty","Liberty or Death","Victory or Death","Let Us Roll"]},{"question":"The Battle of Trenton lasted over three hours.","category":"history","answer":"False","choices":["False","True"]},{"question":"At the time of the Battle of Trenton, the Hessian garrison numbered some 1500 men. Twenty soldiers were killed and eighty wounded. About how many soldiers were taken prisoner?","category":"history","answer":"900","choices":["250","900","75","600"]},{"question":"The commander of the Hessian Garrison during the Battle of Trenton was taken to Philadelphia where he was questioned by the Congress on January 7th, 1777.","category":"history","answer":"False","choices":["True","False"]},{"question":"At the time of the Battle of Trenton, some Hessians were quartered in a stone building that is now a Trenton museum. What is the name of this museum?","category":"history","answer":"The Old Barracks Museum","choices":["St. Anthonys Church","The Old Barracks Museum","Battlefield House","The Stone House"]},{"question":"Holland means what in the ancient Dutch language?","category":"history","answer":"Land of  wood","choices":["Land of  wood","Land of  palm trees","Land of  volcanoes","Land of  deserts"]},{"question":"What Batavian led the ill-fated uprising against the Romans AD 69-70?","category":"history","answer":"Claudius Civilis","choices":["Atilla","Claudius Civilis","Dipo Negoro","Spartacus"]},{"question":"In what year was the Dutch Labour Party (S.D.A.P.) founded?","category":"history","answer":"1894","choices":["1850","1928","1894","1872"]},{"question":"What period of time during the Eighty Years War (1568- 1648) is referred to as the Twelve Years Truce?","category":"history","answer":"1609 to 1621","choices":["1635 to 1647","1598 to 1610","1569 to 1581","1609 to 1621"]},{"question":"In the Netherlands, who headed the famous postwar Cabinet of 1948 - 1958?","category":"history","answer":"William Drees","choices":["Barend Biesheuvel","Victor Marynen","William Drees","Pieter Gerbrandy"]},{"question":"Who became the first female Cabinet minister of Holland in 1956?","category":"history","answer":"Margarita Klompe","choices":["Kenau Hasselaar","Wilhelmina Drucker","Margarita Klompe","Aletta Jacobs"]},{"question":"Which king of England is not the title character of a Shakespearean play?","category":"history","answer":"Henry VII","choices":["Richard III","Henry VIII","Henry VII","Richard II"]},{"question":"Which great journey was funded by an English king?","category":"history","answer":"Giovanni Cabotos to Newfoundland (1497)","choices":["Giovanni da Verrazzanos to Manhattan (1524)","Ferdinand Magellans round trip around the world (1519-1521)","Giovanni Cabotos to Newfoundland (1497)","Christopher Columbuss to the West Indies (1492)"]},{"question":"What was the connection between Mary Stuart (Queen of Scots) and Bloody Mary (Queen of England)?","category":"history","answer":"Mary Stuarts grandmother, Margaret Tudor, was an aunt of the English Mary.","choices":["Mary Stuarts grandmother, Margaret Tudor, was an aunt of the English Mary.","They were the same person.","Bloody Mary had the Scottish Mary beheaded","They were both daughters of Henry VIII (but had different mothers)."]},{"question":"What was the connection between James I of England and James VI of Scotland?","category":"history","answer":"They were the same person.","choices":["Their boyish fight at St Andrews University sparked a war that eventually led to the unification of Scotland and England.","They were the same person.","James I was the great-grandfather of James VI.","They were both illegitimate sons of Elisabeth I."]},{"question":"Who or what destroyed the Great Spanish Armada in 1588?","category":"history","answer":"A hurricane off the coast of Ireland","choices":["A hurricane off the coast of Ireland","Admiral Nelson at Trafalgar","Francis Drakes attack in the English Channel","Dutch warships"]},{"question":"Shakespeares theater, The Globe, was destroyed by fire in 1613. Which Queen saw its reopening?","category":"history","answer":"Elisabeth II","choices":["Elisabeth I","Anne","Victoria","Elisabeth II"]},{"question":"When James, brother of king Charles II, married Mary of Modena, who was Catholic, the English Parliament wanted James to do what?","category":"history","answer":"Abstain from having sex with his wife","choices":["Renounce his rights to the English throne","Force her to become Anglican or Presbyterian","Divorce her","Abstain from having sex with his wife"]},{"question":"What was the last successful foreign invasion of Britain?","category":"history","answer":"Dutch in 1688","choices":["Spanish in 1588","Dutch in 1688","German in 1940","Norman in 1066"]},{"question":"Where did Scotland unsuccessfully try to establish a colony?","category":"history","answer":"Panama","choices":["Uganda","Panama","Kiribati","Alaska"]},{"question":"Who can be regarded as the only military dictator of England?","category":"history","answer":"Oliver Cromwell","choices":["England never had a dictator.","Oliver Cromwell","Guy Fawkes","Winston Churchill"]},{"question":"The House of Windsor was founded by King George V in 1917 when he changed the name of his family to Windsor. What was the original name of his family?","category":"history","answer":"German","choices":["German","Dutch","Norman","Ancient English"]},{"question":"What decade witnessed the publishing of Charles Darwins The Origin of Species, and the first official game of baseball?","category":"history","answer":"1850s","choices":["1890s","1850s","1800s","1790s"]},{"question":"This decade saw the end of the Napoleonic Wars in Europe and the Year Without a Summer.","category":"history","answer":"1810s","choices":["1780s","1870s","1810s","1900s"]},{"question":"What decade was nicknamed the Mauve Decade, and saw the discovery of the X-rays by Wilhelm Rontgen?","category":"history","answer":"1890s","choices":["1920s","1940s","1820s","1890s"]},{"question":"During this decade the first modern railway opened, and Beethovens Ninth Symphony premiered in Vienna.","category":"history","answer":"1820s","choices":["1870s","1820s","1790s","1890s"]},{"question":"The prototype telephone, the light bulb and the phonograph were all invented during this decade.","category":"history","answer":"1870s","choices":["1840s","1820s","1870s","1890s"]},{"question":"What decade saw the the end of the Enlightenment, the invention of canned food, and the publishing of the atomic theory?","category":"history","answer":"1800s","choices":["1800s","1880s","1840s","1860s"]},{"question":"Mark Twain published Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and Robert Louis Stevenson published Treasure Island and The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde during this decade.","category":"history","answer":"1880s","choices":["1850s","1780s","1820s","1880s"]},{"question":"During this decade the submarine was invented, Alfred Nobel invented dynamite, and the American Civil War broke.","category":"history","answer":"1860s","choices":["1890s","1830s","1810s","1860s"]},{"question":"This decade saw the first postage stamp, the first electrical telegraph and the first use of general anesthesia in an operation.","category":"history","answer":"1840s","choices":["1890s","1780s","1860s","1840s"]},{"question":"In 5th century AD, a child hostage exchange was arranged, to keep peace between the Huns and the Romans.  Attila, future king of the Huns was sent to the Roman court in exchange for which Roman hostage?","category":"history","answer":"Flavius Aetius","choices":["Flavius Aetius","Bleda","Honorius","Flavius Constantinus"]},{"question":"What was the relationship between Attila and Bleda who ruled the Huns together until 445?","category":"history","answer":"They were brothers","choices":["They were not related","They were cousins","They were brothers","They were father and son"]},{"question":"Because of the plundering and devastations across Europe, Attila the Hun came to be called by what nickname?","category":"history","answer":"The Scourge of God","choices":["The Scourge of God","The Savage","The King of War","The Bane of the Huns"]},{"question":"In 452, this influential Roman Pope participated in the negotiations with the Huns near Mantua and dissuaded Attila the Hun from devastating Rome.","category":"history","answer":"Pope Leo I","choices":["Pope Leo I","Pope Urban III","Pope Benedict V","Pope Nicholas II"]},{"question":"To form an alliance against Attilas Huns, in 451 the Romans combined armies with which Visigoth leader?","category":"history","answer":"Theodoric I","choices":["Sigfrid II","Athelred","Harald","Theodoric I"]},{"question":"Attila the Huns palace and headquarters in Europe were situated on the territory of which modern country?","category":"history","answer":"Hungary","choices":["Greece","Spain","Bulgaria","Hungary"]},{"question":"In this Germanic legend, turned into an operatic tetralogy by Richard Wagner, Attila the Hun appears by the name Etzel.","category":"history","answer":"Song of the Nibelungen","choices":["Havamal","The Poems of Ossian","Silmarillion","Song of the Nibelungen"]},{"question":"Honoria, sister of the Roman Emperor, broke the peaceful relations between Rome and Attila the Hun  by trying to do what?","category":"history","answer":"Marry Attila","choices":["Marry Valentinian III","Kill Attila","Kill Valentinian III","Marry Attila"]},{"question":"In 451, Flavius Aëtius, in alliance with the Visigoths, finally defeated Attila the Hun. Where did the famous battle take place?","category":"history","answer":"On the Catalaunian Fields","choices":["Near the Volga river","In the Transilvanian woods","Near the Black Sea","On the Catalaunian Fields"]},{"question":"In 453, Attila the Hun died in his room on the night of his wedding to which woman?","category":"history","answer":"Ildico","choices":["Ildico","Kriemhild","Honoria","Gudrun"]},{"question":"He said: If you want to make a lot of money, invent something that will enable Europeans to cut each others throats.","category":"history","answer":"Hiram Maxim","choices":["Hiram Maxim","Thomas  Alva Edison","James Puckle","Leonardo Da Vinci"]},{"question":"In World War I, the machine gun combined with this invention was responsible for most of the battle casualties.","category":"history","answer":"James Gliddens invention","choices":["James Gliddens invention","Samuel Colts invention","James Puckles invention","Alfred Nobels invention"]},{"question":"Where was the assault rifle invented?","category":"history","answer":"in Italy","choices":["in Italy","in Mexico","in Germany","in Russia"]},{"question":"Which of the following was invented by Hiram Maxim?","category":"history","answer":"The silencer","choices":["The automatic pistol","The sniper rifle","The silencer","The assault  rifle"]},{"question":"He was responsible for the invention of the caterpillar tractor, which was the basis of the tank.","category":"history","answer":"James B. Hill","choices":["John Deere","James B. Hill","James Puckle","Samuel Browning"]},{"question":"The operational jet fighter was invented during this war.","category":"history","answer":"World War II","choices":["The Spanish Revolution","The Korean War","World War I","World War II"]},{"question":"When was the first automatic revolver produced?","category":"history","answer":"Between 1901 and 1903","choices":["Between 1889 and 1891","Between 1923 and 1924","Between 1901 and 1903","Between 1961 and 1963"]},{"question":"In what year was the first mass produced multishot pistol patented?","category":"history","answer":"1835","choices":["1912","1835","1862","1879"]},{"question":"When was a telescopic sight first put on a rifle?","category":"history","answer":"1880","choices":["1931","1880","1789","1939"]},{"question":"Why is the Borchardt pistol of 1893 considered an important invention?","category":"history","answer":"It was the first pistol to have a separate ammo magazine.","choices":["It was the first pistol to have a separate ammo magazine.","It was the first pistol approved for use by the Swiss Guard to help guard the Pope.","It was the first pistol that was not made of metal.","It was the first pistol to have an effective range of over 60 yards."]},{"question":"Although it  looks a lot like the World War II bazooka, the US Army Javelin anti-armor weapon has this advantage over other weapons of its type.","category":"history","answer":"It leaves no heat  trail.","choices":["It is only 50% the weight of similar weapons.","It uses much cheaper munitions.","It leaves no heat  trail.","It is about 50% the cost of similar weapons."]},{"question":"Which is the odd one out?","category":"history","answer":"Dragon","choices":["SWORDS","Dragon","Predator","TALON"]},{"question":"Which of these European nations did not come under Soviet domination in the five years following the end of World War Two?","category":"history","answer":"Yugoslavia","choices":["Romania","Yugoslavia","Czechoslovakia","Poland"]},{"question":"In 1946 George Kennan, a Russian specialist in the US embassy in Moscow, sent a long telegram to Washington. His telegram was very persuasive and is given much credit for the US adopting this kind of policy.","category":"history","answer":"policy of containment","choices":["policy of conciliation","policy of confrontation","policy of containment","policy of isolationism"]},{"question":"The Marshall Plan of 1947 offered massive economic aid to help war-devastated nations in Europe. However, communist controlled Eastern Europe received none of the aid for what reason?","category":"history","answer":"The Soviet dictator Stalin refused to allow any communist controlled nation of Eastern Europe to receive Marshall Plan aid","choices":["The US Congress stipulated that no aid could be given to communist nations.","Western European nations refused to participate in the plan if Eastern European communist nations were included.","The Soviet dictator Stalin refused to allow any communist controlled nation of Eastern Europe to receive Marshall Plan aid","War damage in Eastern Europe was relatively small."]},{"question":"What was the main purpose of the Truman Doctrine, that was first announced in 1947?","category":"history","answer":"containment of communism","choices":["containment of communism","US support for the United Nations Organization for maintaining world peace","keeping the US isolated from conflicts in Europe and Asia","economic aid to European allies and Japan"]},{"question":"Why did President Truman relieve General MacArthur of command of UN forces in the Korean War?","category":"history","answer":"because MacArthur publicly criticized his commander-in-chiefs (President Trumans) policy of limited war in Korea","choices":["because MacArthur wanted to withdraw all UN forces below the 38th parallel in Korea","because MacArthur publicly criticized his commander-in-chiefs (President Trumans) policy of limited war in Korea","because MacArthur refused to allow bombing attacks on communist bases in China","because MacArthur advocated counterattacking communist forces in Europe to relieve pressure on Korea"]},{"question":"Who did Soviet leader Joseph Stalin appoint as his successor before his death in 1953?","category":"history","answer":"Nobody","choices":["Nobody","Khrushchev","Bulganin","Beria"]},{"question":"How long did the United States keep the monopoly on the atomic bomb?","category":"history","answer":"four years until 1949","choices":["four years until 1949","seven years until 1952","one year until 1946","ten years until 1955"]},{"question":"Which of the following is the best reason why the KMT (Nationalists) under Chiang Kai-shek were defeated by the communists in the civil war following World War Two and forced to flee to Taiwan in 1949?","category":"history","answer":"There was much corruption and inefficiency in the KMT leadership.","choices":["The only support for the KMT was from Chinese peasants.","The US refused to give any aid to the KMT.","The communist forces greatly outnumbered the KTM and were better equipped.","There was much corruption and inefficiency in the KMT leadership."]},{"question":"Name the military alliance made up of the Soviet Union and the communist nations of Eastern Europe.","category":"history","answer":"The Warsaw Pact","choices":["Commintern","The Moscow Treaty Organization","The Warsaw Pact","The Alliance of Socialist Nations"]},{"question":"What two US Presidents served during the first decade of the Cold War?","category":"history","answer":"Truman, Eisenhower","choices":["Roosevelt, Truman","Eisenhower, Kennedy","Kennedy, Nixon","Truman, Eisenhower"]},{"question":"What European nation received US aid  to try to put down the communist insurgency in Indochina in the late 1940s and early 1950s?","category":"history","answer":"France","choices":["Britain","Netherlands","Belgium","France"]},{"question":"For a few years in the mid-1950s relations between the Soviet Union and the United States became less tense.  What is this period of time called?","category":"history","answer":"the thaw","choices":["the thaw","the age of reason","detente","the good years"]},{"question":"Which of these were known as Stalins Organs?","category":"history","answer":"Katyusha Rocket Launchers","choices":["DPM","The MIG-3 fighter","Katyusha Rocket Launchers","The T-34 tank"]},{"question":"Who was in charge of the 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade during operation Market Garden?","category":"history","answer":"Major General Sosabowski","choices":["Major General Roy Urquhart","Major General Sosabowski","Lieutenant General Brian Horrocks","Brigadier General Hackett"]},{"question":"How many Americans were killed in the capture of Makin Atoll in 1943?","category":"history","answer":"66","choices":["218","66","37","152"]},{"question":"What was the nickname of the Italian Royal Army officer who led military expeditions in Africa during World War II?","category":"history","answer":"the Butcher of Ethiopia","choices":["the Killer of Libya","the Butcher of Ethiopia","the Murderer of Ethiopia","the Slaughterer of Libya"]},{"question":"What two Japanese carriers attacked the Aleutian islands on June 3rd 1942?","category":"history","answer":"Junyo and Ryujo","choices":["Zuikaku and Shokaku","Junyo and Ryujo","Junyo and Soryu","Soryu and Shokaku"]},{"question":"What general was killed by shrapnel in the Battle of Okinawa in 1945?","category":"history","answer":"General Simon Buckner, Jr.","choices":["General Jonathan Wainwright","General Simon Buckner, Jr.","General Douglas MacArthur","General Walter Krueger"]},{"question":"Where did Joseph Goebbels, one of Hitlers closest associates, earned his PH.D.?","category":"history","answer":"Heidelberg University","choices":["University of Basel","Berlin University","Heidelberg University","University of Rostock"]},{"question":"Where did General Mark Wayne Clark die?","category":"history","answer":"Charleston, South Carolina, USA","choices":["Charleston, South Carolina, USA","London, England","Munich, Germany","Naples, Italy"]},{"question":"Who developed the deadly V-2 combat rocket during World War II and where was it built?","category":"history","answer":"Werner von Braun, Nordhausen","choices":["John Voelker, Nordhausen","Albert Einstein, Hamburg","Heinrich Gerstrond, Frankfurt","Werner von Braun, Nordhausen"]},{"question":"In the Middle Ages this type of complexion was very fashionable and everybody was trying to achieve it.","category":"history","answer":"Dead-pale white skin","choices":["Yellowish skin","Dead-pale white skin","Bronze sunkissed tan","Flushed pinkish complexion"]},{"question":"During the Dark Ages, this magical ingredient was put into creams because it helped people achieve the desired complexion.","category":"history","answer":"Lead","choices":["Sulfur","Lead","Carbon","Copper"]},{"question":"It was believed in the Middle Ages that dilated pupils are infinitely enchanting. To dilate their pupils people used the juice of this plant as eye drops.","category":"history","answer":"Belladonna","choices":["Water lily","Poisonous ivy","Belladonna","Nettle"]},{"question":"In the Middle Ages, the large forehead was considered a sign of grandeur and wisdom thats why people used this common method to enlarge their foreheads.","category":"history","answer":"They plucked the hair above their forehead.","choices":["They shaved off a strip of hear above the forehead.","None of these","They bleached the hairline above the forehead.","They plucked the hair above their forehead."]},{"question":"This hair color was very fashionable in medieval times. Women applied special mixtures to their hair and stayed in the sunlight for hours to achieve it.","category":"history","answer":"Venetian blonde","choices":["Chocolate Brown","Platinum blonde","Deep red","Venetian blonde"]},{"question":"Which of the following is true about medieval makeup?","category":"history","answer":"All of these","choices":["Makeup was very heavy and greasy and clogged the skin pores.","All of these","Both men and women used makeup.","Makeup was applied very generously."]},{"question":"What did people do in medieval times to make their skin appear more translucent?","category":"history","answer":"They painted blood vessels on their skin.","choices":["They painted blood vessels on their skin.","They used medications to enlarge their blood vessels.","They never liked translucent skin.","They made cuts in their skin."]},{"question":"These marks were a huge craze in the Middle Ages.","category":"history","answer":"Moles","choices":["Pimples","Moles","Warts","Scars"]},{"question":"Medieval people had very weird tastes when it came to eyebrows. Artificial eyebrows made from this material were in fashion.","category":"history","answer":"Mouse skin","choices":["Mouse skin","Horse skin","Feathers","Silk fabric"]},{"question":"For medieval people beauty marks had very special meanings. Which of these statements is true?","category":"history","answer":"All of these","choices":["All of these","Beauty marks above the lip meant coquetry.","Beauty marks around the eyes meant passion.","Beauty marks on the forehead meant grandeur."]},{"question":"When did the Cuban Missile Crisis occur?","category":"history","answer":"October 1962","choices":["April 1963","November 1961","October 1962","August 1964"]},{"question":"The US  became convinced that Soviet nuclear missiles were in Cuba by which of the following?","category":"history","answer":"photos taken by a U-2 spy plane","choices":["photos taken by a U-2 spy plane","a Cuban defectors report and pictures of missiles sites","a CIA spys report","Soviet announcement of the instillation of nuclear missiles in Cuba"]},{"question":"Who were the leaders of the US and the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?","category":"history","answer":"Kennedy, Khrushchev","choices":["Johnson, Brezhnev","Johnson, Khrushchev","Kennedy, Khrushchev","Eisenhower, Stalin"]},{"question":"During the Cold War, in the first week after discovering the nuclear missiles in Cuba, the US did which of the following?","category":"history","answer":"made no public mention of the missiles in Cuba","choices":["debated with the Soviet Union in the United Nation concerning the legality of the nuclear missiles in Cuba","demanded immediate withdrawal of the missiles or the US would invade Cuba","threatened nuclear attack on the Soviet Union if the Soviet nuclear missiles were not removed from Cuba","made no public mention of the missiles in Cuba"]},{"question":"During the Cuban Missile Crisis, the US President and his advisors ultimately decided that their best immediate response to the Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba would be to blockade Cuba. Why did they think this was the best decision?","category":"history","answer":"All of these","choices":["Stronger measures such as bombing the missile sites could later be used if the blockade failed.","All of these","The US had superior naval and military power in the Caribbean area.","A blockade was less likely to risk nuclear war than other options under consideration."]},{"question":"The US gained some legality for their blockade of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis, when they received strong approval and support from this organization.","category":"history","answer":"The Organization of American States","choices":["The United Nations","The Organization of American States","The North Atlantic Treaty Organization","The European Union"]},{"question":"What statement is true about the Soviet response to the US blockade of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis?","category":"history","answer":"The Soviet Union turned back from the blockade their cargo ships that were carrying military materials.","choices":["The Soviet Union attempted to run the blockade but stopped when three Soviet ships were sunk.","The Soviet Union accepted the blockade as legal and made no attempt to have it removed.","The Soviet Union turned back from the blockade their cargo ships that were carrying military materials.","The Soviet Union tried to sink US warships using torpedoes from submarines but failed to sink any US ships."]},{"question":"There was only one death as a result of military action during the Cuban Crisis. When did it occur?","category":"history","answer":"when an American U-2 spy plane was shot down over Cuba","choices":["when a US ship was damaged by a torpedo fired by a Soviet submarine","when an American U-2 spy plane was shot down over Cuba","when a Cuban soldier was killed during a fight between US warplanes and Cuban antiaircraft guns","when the US fired on a Soviet ship at the blockade line"]},{"question":"How did the US show that it was not fabricating a story about Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis?","category":"history","answer":"by showing pictures in the United Nations Security Council of the missiles taken by US aircraft","choices":["by releasing information about the missiles gathered by Cuban opponents of Castro","by showing pictures in the United Nations Security Council of the missiles taken by US aircraft","None of these","by getting testimony of the presence of Soviet nuclear missiles from United Nation observers from neutral nations"]},{"question":"The Cuban Missile Crisis was finally resolved when the following agreement was reached.","category":"history","answer":"All of these","choices":["The US promised (secretly) to remove its nuclear missiles that were near the Soviet Union in Turkey.","The US would promise never to invade Cuba.","All of these","The Soviets would remove their nuclear missiles from Cuba."]},{"question":"What decade was nicknamed the Jazz Age in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom?","category":"history","answer":"1920s","choices":["1960s","1820s","1920s","1940s"]},{"question":"During this decade Soviet leader Joseph Stalin died, the European Common Market was established and the Korean War broke out and ended.","category":"history","answer":"1950s","choices":["1990s","1950s","1980s","1960s"]},{"question":"What decade saw the launch of the Internet for mass usage, the fall of the the Soviet Union and the implementation of the Euro currency?","category":"history","answer":"1990s","choices":["2000s","1980s","1990s","1970s"]},{"question":"During this decade the RMS Titanic sank on its debut voyage, World War I broke out, and Albert Einstein published his theory of general relativity.","category":"history","answer":"1910s","choices":["1910s","1900s","1920s","1940s"]},{"question":"During this decade World War II ended, India gained independence from Great Britain, and Israel was established.","category":"history","answer":"1940s","choices":["1940s","1920s","1950s","1960s"]},{"question":"During this decade, MTV was launched, the Chernobyl accident happened, and NBA star Michael Jordan rose to fame.","category":"history","answer":"1980s","choices":["1990s","1980s","1970s","1960s"]},{"question":"What decade saw the Great Depression, Adolf Hitlers election as Chancellor of Germany, and the outbreak of World War II?","category":"history","answer":"1930s","choices":["1950s","1920s","1940s","1930s"]},{"question":"During this decade there was an oil crisis, the Apollo 13 space mission was carried out, and the first modern computers were invented.","category":"history","answer":"1970s","choices":["1960s","1980s","1970s","1990s"]},{"question":"In this decade the Panama Canal was built, mass production of the automobile began, and the home phonograph became popular.","category":"history","answer":"1900s","choices":["1900s","1930s","1940s","1920s"]},{"question":"Martin Luther King, Jr., John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy were assassinated during this decade.","category":"history","answer":"1960s","choices":["1940s","1950s","1970s","1960s"]},{"question":"More than seventy million people were killed in this war, which made it the deadliest conflict of all time.","category":"history","answer":"World War II","choices":["Vietnam War","Napoleonic Wars","World War I","World War II"]},{"question":"This war, which took place in Europe in the first half of the 17th century, is one of the deadliest conflicts in history.","category":"history","answer":"Thirty Years War","choices":["Franco-Prussian War","Mexican–American War","Napoleonic Wars","Thirty Years War"]},{"question":"The participants in this war never came to the point of a direct military clash, but fought indirectly through espionage, propaganda and competition in various fields.","category":"history","answer":"Cold War","choices":["Chinese Civil War","Korean War","Cold War","Second Sino-Japanese War"]},{"question":"These wars were fought in France between French Catholics and Protestants in the second half of the 16th century.","category":"history","answer":"Huguenot Wars","choices":["Franco-Prussian Wars","Napoleonic Wars","Huguenot Wars","Thirty Years Wars"]},{"question":"This war started on June 25, 1950 as a civil war and grew into a proxy war between the participants in the Cold War.","category":"history","answer":"Korean War","choices":["Secret War","Korean War","First Indochina War","Vietnam War"]},{"question":"The Triple Entente and the Triple Alliance were the belligerent parties in this war which broke out in 1914.","category":"history","answer":"All of these","choices":["World War I","The War to End All Wars","The Great War","All of these"]},{"question":"These wars were fought between 1803 and 1815, and included the famous battles of Austerlitz and Waterloo.","category":"history","answer":"Napoleonic Wars","choices":["French Revolutionary Wars","Napoleonic Wars","Huguenot Wars","Franco-Prussian War"]},{"question":"Which of the Punic wars was fought between 264 and 241 BC in Sicily and Africa?","category":"history","answer":"First Punic War","choices":["Fourth Punic War","Second Punic War","Third Punic War","First Punic War"]},{"question":"These wars for the English throne were fought between 1455 and 1485.","category":"history","answer":"Wars of the Roses","choices":["English Civil War","War of the two brothers","All of these","Wars of the Roses"]},{"question":"This war took place between September 26, 1959 and April 30, 1975 as part of the Cold War conflict.","category":"history","answer":"Vietnam War","choices":["Vietnam War","Korean War","Secret War","American phase"]},{"question":"During WWII rubber was in short supply since the Japanese took over some of the best rubber producing areas. What measures were taken in the US to curtail the use of rubber by civilians?","category":"history","answer":"All of these","choices":["Speed limits on highways were lowered to reduce wear on tires.","Gasoline was rationed to reduce travel and therefore reduce wear on tires.","All of these","Tires were rationed."]},{"question":"Before the attack on Pearl Harbor, WWII had been fought for well over two years in Europe and even longer between Japan and China. Though officially neutral, what did the US do to help friendly nations?","category":"history","answer":"Protected British convoys in the Atlantic","choices":["Sent US Marines to help the Chinese nationalists","Sent part of the US Army Air Force fleet of B17 bombers to help the British","Provided the Soviet Union with raw materials","Protected British convoys in the Atlantic"]},{"question":"What did American children often do during WWII to contribute to the war effort?","category":"history","answer":"Gathered scrap metal, rubber, etc. that could be recycled.","choices":["They took part in basic military training","Gathered scrap metal, rubber, etc. that could be recycled.","They worked part time in munitions factories.","Provided aircraft observers to help their adult counterparts spot enemy airplanes."]},{"question":"Which of the following US cities was hit by shell fire or bombing during WWII?","category":"history","answer":"Honolulu","choices":["Honolulu","All of These","Charleston SC","San Francisco"]},{"question":"President Roosevelt met with other Allied leaders several times at several places during WWII. Which is the only leader he met in the White House in Washington?","category":"history","answer":"Winston Churchill","choices":["Chiang Kai-shek","Winston Churchill","Charles de Gaulle","Joseph Stalin"]},{"question":"What statement is true about the US Presidential election scheduled in the midst of the war for November 1944?","category":"history","answer":"It was carried out without any significant changes.","choices":["It was canceled and Roosevelt allowed to continue as President.","It had five voting days instead of one to give people a better chance to vote.","It was delayed until the Japanese surrender.","It was carried out without any significant changes."]},{"question":"During WWII, famous athletes, movie stars, and other celebrities often made appearances to encourage Americans to do which of the following?","category":"history","answer":"Buy war bonds","choices":["Write letters to servicemen","Buy war bonds","Enlist in the armed forces","Follow the rationing rules"]},{"question":"During WWII, this major weapons development project had facilities in New Mexico, Washington state, and Oak Ridge, Tennessee.","category":"history","answer":"Atomic bomb","choices":["Phosphine gas","Atomic bomb","Jet planes","B-29 bomber"]},{"question":"During WWII, besides money, what else did you need in order to buy a scarce product such as gasoline in the US?","category":"history","answer":"A ration coupon for the product","choices":["A certificate from the national rationing bureau","A ration coupon for the product","A sworn statement that the product was essential to you","A US citizens ID card"]},{"question":"During WWII, the booming defense industries and the shortage of labor opened substantial new job opportunities in the US for this group of people.","category":"history","answer":"Both","choices":["Neither","Both","African Americans","Women"]},{"question":"This Christmas song, first sung by Bing Crosby, became number one on the hit parade and a favorite of troops abroad in the Christmas seasons of 1942 through 1944.","category":"history","answer":"White Christmas","choices":["White Christmas","Jingle Bells","Ill be home for Christmas","Sleigh Ride"]},{"question":"What year did George Washington win his first victory against Hessian Soldiers at Trenton New Jersey?","category":"history","answer":"1776","choices":["1775","1777","1778","1776"]},{"question":"When did the American Civil War break out?","category":"history","answer":"1861","choices":["1863","1862","1861","1860"]},{"question":"What year did “Custers Last Stand (Battle of the Little Bighorn) take place?","category":"history","answer":"1876","choices":["1868","1876","1877","1875"]},{"question":"What year did the Wright Brothers fly at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina?","category":"history","answer":"1903","choices":["1904","1901","1903","1900"]},{"question":"What year marks Halleys Comet first appearance in the 20th century?","category":"history","answer":"1910","choices":["1905","1909","1920","1910"]},{"question":"What year did Franklin D. Roosevelt and Adolph Hitler come to power?","category":"history","answer":"1933","choices":["1933","1932","1938","1930"]},{"question":"The Hindenburg Disaster in Lakehurst, New Jersey took place in the same year that the fabric Nylon was invented. What year was that?","category":"history","answer":"1937","choices":["1940","1935","1936","1937"]},{"question":"When did the Cuban Missile Crisis start?","category":"history","answer":"1962","choices":["1962","1964","1958","1960"]},{"question":"What year was Ronald Reagan elected President of the United States for the first time?","category":"history","answer":"1980","choices":["1988","1980","1984","1976"]},{"question":"What year did Rita Hayworth, Fred Astaire and Liberace die?","category":"history","answer":"1987","choices":["1987","1986","1985","1990"]},{"question":"On October 13th, 1941, former Axis power, Italy, declared war on Germany.","category":"history","answer":"False","choices":["True","False"]},{"question":"October 13th 1582 does not exist in Poland.","category":"history","answer":"True","choices":["False","True"]},{"question":"This Sound of Silence singer was born on October 13th in 1941.","category":"history","answer":"Paul Simon","choices":["Art Garfunkel","Sonny Bono","Paul Simon","Bob Dylan"]},{"question":"On October 13th, 1971, Major League Baseball history was made when the first night game of a World Series was played between the Pittsburgh Pirates and this team.","category":"history","answer":"Baltimore Orioles","choices":["Boston Red Sox","Baltimore Orioles","Texas Rangers","Houston Astros"]},{"question":"Name the French-language daily newspaper in Canada, whose first edition hit the streets of Montreal on October 13th, 1884.","category":"history","answer":"La Presse","choices":["L Aquillon","La Liberte","Nouvelles de TVA","La Presse"]},{"question":"This really really big variety show host died on October 13th in 1974.","category":"history","answer":"Ed Sullivan","choices":["Johnny Carson","Steve Allen","Ed Sullivan","Jack Jones"]},{"question":"Until 1494, wars were protracted and relatively bloodless, the sieges of towns slow and uncertain. However, war erupted in 1494 when the massive use of cannon made sieges last hours. To what event does this refer?","category":"history","answer":"The French invasion of Italy","choices":["The French invasion of Italy","The Ottoman siege of Constantinople","The French invasion of the English held counties of  Normandy  Aquitaine","The Dutch siege of  s Hertogenbosch"]},{"question":"From 1594 onwards, the development of Volley Fire began to have a critical impact. Count William Louis wrote a letter, describing what he had learned from the drill practice used by the Ancient Roman armies, as described by writers such as Aelian. To whom did he send this letter?","category":"history","answer":"Count Maurice","choices":["John Bingham","Gustavus Adolphus","Count Maurice","Louis de Motgomery"]},{"question":"Which country in Europe had the first large permanent military force in Europe?","category":"history","answer":"Spain","choices":["Sweden","Prussia","Spain","France"]},{"question":"Galleys undoubtedly revolutionized the War at Sea, the main reason being the far superior fire power over any other sea-going ship at the time. On October 7th, 1571 for the first time galleys were in the forefront of a major sea battle. Which battle was this?","category":"history","answer":"The Battle of Lepanto","choices":["The Battle of Lepanto","The Battle of Gravelines","The Battle of Svensksund","The Battle of Terheyden"]},{"question":"What is meant by Brandschatzung (translated as Firemoney)?","category":"history","answer":"Demanding supplies under threat of torching or pillaging","choices":["Pillaging occupied territory in order to obtain supplies for the army","Supplying an army under the threat of being accused as heretics","Hiring mercenary armies as protection against pillaging","Demanding supplies under threat of torching or pillaging"]},{"question":"The period between 1500 - 1800 saw wars transform from wars of attrition to wars of extermination.","category":"history","answer":"False","choices":["True","False"]},{"question":"In what battle did the Highlanders have their last successful charge?","category":"history","answer":"Heights of Abraham in 1759","choices":["Bonnie Prince Charlie at  Falkirk in 1745-46 campaign","Heights of Abraham in 1759","Marquis of Motnrose  Alastair MacColla at Kilsyth in 1644-45 campaign","Claverhouse at Killiecrankie in 1689"]},{"question":"King Frederick V of Bohemia is often referred to as the Winter King because of his short reign.","category":"history","answer":"True","choices":["True","False"]},{"question":"To what period does the Terror refer to?","category":"history","answer":"The rule of the Legislative Assembly - 1793 - 1794","choices":["The rule of the Legislative Assembly - 1791 - 1792","The rule of the National Constitutional Assembly - 1789 - 1791","The rule of the Directory - 1795 - 1799","The rule of the Legislative Assembly - 1793 - 1794"]},{"question":"In 1598 the Imjin war in Asia ended with a devestating defeat of the Japanese Navy by the Allied Korean and Chinese Navies, ending the Japanese invasion of Korea. In what battle was the Japanese fleet decisively defeated?","category":"history","answer":"The battle of Noryang","choices":["The battle of Hansan-do","The battle of Noryang","The battle of Sacheon","The battle of Okpo"]},{"question":"What did the name Caligula originally refer to?","category":"history","answer":"little boots","choices":["a type of Roman shield","a type of pasta","little boots","toy sword"]},{"question":"Caligula succeeded this emperor, who died in March of 37 A.D.","category":"history","answer":"Tiberius","choices":["Tiberius","Claudius","Nero","Augustus"]},{"question":"What is the name of the centurion who assassinated Caligula?","category":"history","answer":"Cassius Chaerea","choices":["Cassius Longinus","Septimus Severus","Julius Nerva","Cassius Chaerea"]},{"question":"What was the name of Caligulas pet horse?","category":"history","answer":"Incitatus","choices":["Succubus","Alemmani","Incitatus","Equus"]},{"question":"Caligula almost caused a crisis in the  province of Judea, when he ordered that an image of himself be placed in the Jewish temple in Jerusalem.","category":"history","answer":"True","choices":["False","True"]},{"question":"Who played Caligula in the self-titled movie, released by Penthouse International in 1979?","category":"history","answer":"Malcolm McDowell","choices":["Peter O Toole","Malcolm McDowell","Peter Cushing","John Gielguld"]},{"question":"The French were first to use chemical weapons, during the  World War I.","category":"history","answer":"True","choices":["False","True"]},{"question":"Which submarine was used by the Germans on May 7,1915, during the attack on one of the most impressive luxury ships ever built, the ocean liner RMS Lusitania?","category":"history","answer":"U - 20","choices":["U - 20","U - 21","U - 88","U - 15"]},{"question":"The main use of this air craft was in reconnaissance over the North Sea and the Baltic during World War I.","category":"history","answer":"Zeppelins","choices":["Fighter planes","Strategic bombers","Spy balloons","Zeppelins"]},{"question":"This chemical weapon was first used during World War I in the Second Battle of Ypres, April 22, 1915, when the Germans attacked French, Canadian and Algerian troops.","category":"history","answer":"Chlorine","choices":["Phosgene","Mustard gas","Tear gas","Chlorine"]},{"question":"The first effective depth charge, developed in 1916, was a 300-pound (140 kg) barrel-like casing, containing high explosive.","category":"history","answer":"True","choices":["True","False"]},{"question":"In 1982 the US Patent Office issued a patent  for a face mask that was designed to stop people from eating.","category":"history","answer":"True","choices":["False","True"]},{"question":"In 1976 the US Patent Office issued a patent for an inflatable rug.","category":"history","answer":"True","choices":["False","True"]},{"question":"In 1999 the US Patent Office issued a patent for a bird diaper.","category":"history","answer":"True","choices":["True","False"]},{"question":"The United States Supreme Court declared that this man invented the radio.","category":"history","answer":"N. Tesla","choices":["H. Hertz","N. Tesla","A. G. Bell","G. Marconi"]},{"question":"What do the letters in laser stand for?","category":"history","answer":"Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation","choices":["Long amplitude static electric rays","Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation","Low amplitude synchronous electric rays","Light amplification and synchronic electric radiance"]},{"question":"Who made the first light bulb?","category":"history","answer":"Joseph Swan","choices":["William Coolidge","N. Tesla","Thomas A. Edison","Joseph Swan"]},{"question":"Who is given credit for inventing the neon light?","category":"history","answer":"Georges Claude","choices":["Peter Hewitt","Georges Claude","William Coolidge","Thomas Alva Edison"]},{"question":"A standard, incandescent light bulb emits light when a filament is heated. How does a fluorescent bulb  work?","category":"history","answer":"Light is emitted when mercury vapor is heated.","choices":["Light is emitted when a mercury filament reacts with great pressure inside a glass bulb.","Light is emitted when argon gas reacts with an electrical current.","Light is emitted when solar energy reacts with a silk thread.","Light is emitted when mercury vapor is heated."]},{"question":"Who made the first flashlight?","category":"history","answer":"Joshua Lionel Cowen","choices":["Joshua Lionel Cowen","John Evinrude","Peter Hewitt","Nickola Tesla"]},{"question":"In 1793 Claude Chappe made the first system of communicating over long distances via flags. What word refers to such a system?","category":"history","answer":"Semaphore","choices":["Vexiollogy","Lagoforms","Vexiophone","Semaphore"]},{"question":"Samuel F. B. Morse invented the telegraph key.","category":"history","answer":"False","choices":["False","True"]},{"question":"What did Ivan Getting and Bradford Parkinson develop?","category":"history","answer":"GPS","choices":["The transistor radio","The automatic transmission for automobiles","FM radio","GPS"]},{"question":"Which of the following was introduced by the Western Union Compnay in 1933?","category":"history","answer":"The singing telegam","choices":["Travellers checks","The singing telegam","International telegraphy","Sending money across the country by wire."]},{"question":"Who had the great idea of putting  a bell on the telephone so people would know that someone was calling?","category":"history","answer":"Thomas Watson","choices":["Alexander Graham Bell","N. Tesla","Thomas Watson","Elisha Gray"]},{"question":"Which statement is true about the Regency?","category":"history","answer":"It was the first transistor radio.","choices":["It was the first auto with an automatic transmission.","It was the first cell phone.","It was the first auto with a moon roof.","It was the first transistor radio."]},{"question":"Which of these was an invention of Charles Strite?","category":"history","answer":"The pop-up toaster","choices":["The food  processor","The pop-up toaster","The electric oven","The flush toilet"]},{"question":"The elograph, which was invented  in 1971, was the basis of what device?","category":"history","answer":"Touch screen technology","choices":["The computer  monitor","The polygraph (lie detector)","Touch screen technology","The World-Wide  Web"]},{"question":"What everyday item was invented by Will Mueller in 1935?","category":"history","answer":"Automatic telephone answering machine","choices":["Automatic telephone answering machine","Fax machine","Electric door bell","Automobile automatic transmission"]},{"question":"Which of these games came first?","category":"history","answer":"Frogger","choices":["Madden NFL","Frogger","Super Mario brothers","Tetris"]},{"question":"The acronym ANZAC means Australian New Zealand Army Corps.","category":"history","answer":"True","choices":["False","True"]},{"question":"The term digger, was applied to Australian soldiers because they dug trenches at Gallipoli to escape enemy fire.","category":"history","answer":"True","choices":["False","True"]},{"question":"Before arriving at Gallipoli, the Anzacs trained in what country?","category":"history","answer":"Egypt","choices":["Greece","Egypt","Syria","Libya"]},{"question":"In 1915, the Anzacs were supposed to land at Cape Tepe but they landed two kilometres to the north.","category":"history","answer":"True","choices":["False","True"]},{"question":"Which of these conditions were not present at Gallipoli at the time of World War I?","category":"history","answer":"The trenches were always kept clean by the soldiers to lessen the outbreak of diseases.","choices":["In winter, the weather was freezing with temperatures often falling below zero. Rain and snow made life miserable for the soldiers.","In summer, Gallipoli was very hot and dry with an inadequate supply of water.","The soldiers lived in trenches which they dug themselves while under fire from the enemy.","The trenches were always kept clean by the soldiers to lessen the outbreak of diseases."]},{"question":"This official Australian war historian was responsible for creating the Anzac legend of resourcefulness, mateship and courage.","category":"history","answer":"C.E.W. Bean","choices":["C. W. Denton","C. E. W. Benson","C.E.W. Bean","C. W. Thompson"]},{"question":"When the Anzacs evacuated the Gallipoli Peninsula in December 1915, 25 men were killed as they climbed into the boats that were waiting to take them to the ships offshore.","category":"history","answer":"False","choices":["False","True"]},{"question":"The Battle of Lone Pine was an important battle of the Gallipoli campaign. How many Anzacs died to capture Lone Pine?","category":"history","answer":"Over 2000","choices":["Over 1500","Over 3000","Over 2000","Over 4000"]},{"question":"Private John Simpson Kirkpatrick was a soldier who during WWI rescued wounded men from the battlefield and brought them to the beach on his donkey Duffy to be evacuated. He was killed on 19th May 1915.","category":"history","answer":"True","choices":["False","True"]},{"question":"Which of these triggered World War I in 1914?","category":"history","answer":"The assasination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo","choices":["Delays and misunderstandings in diplomatic communications","Fervent and uncompromising nationalism","The assasination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo","The competition between two or more countries for military supremacy"]},{"question":"Following the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, which army opened the Western Front by invading Belgium and Luxembourg?","category":"history","answer":"German army","choices":["French army","Canadian army","British army","German army"]},{"question":"What was the name of the  decisive conflict between the Russian Empire and the German Reich which opened the Eastern front  on August 1914?","category":"history","answer":"Battle of Tannenberg","choices":["Battle of the Vistula River","Battle of Grunwald","Battle of Tannenberg","Battle of Lemberg"]},{"question":"During World War I, Ottoman Empire joined Germany and Austria-Hungary on 20 May 1882 to form the Triple Alliance.","category":"history","answer":"False","choices":["False","True"]},{"question":"What is the other name of  the Dardanelles Campaign of 1915, which resulted in a major victory of  the Ottoman Empire against combined British and French forces?","category":"history","answer":"Battle of Gallipoli","choices":["Battle of Megiddo","Battle of Sarikamis.","Battle of Gallipoli","Battle of Sari Bair"]},{"question":"Austria was the first country to sign an armistice in 1918 which led to the end of the World  War I .","category":"history","answer":"False","choices":["True","False"]},{"question":"Loss of life was limited during the 1906 San Francisco earthquake as it occurred shortly after 5:00 pm, so many people were not in their homes.","category":"history","answer":"False","choices":["False","True"]},{"question":"This San Francisco native, who was the Mayor of San Francisco at the time of the 1906 earthquake and fire, was also the first Union Labor mayor in US history.","category":"history","answer":"Eugene Schmitz","choices":["Jesse Cook","Dennis Sullivan","George Pardee","Eugene Schmitz"]},{"question":"The devastating Ham and Eggs Fire of 1906 was started when a skillet of ham and eggs was left burning for at least five hours when a family fled a crumbling building. This fire destroyed the City Hall of San Francisco, since there was no water to put it out.","category":"history","answer":"True","choices":["True","False"]},{"question":"What memorial was dedicated on May 30, 1922?","category":"history","answer":"Lincoln Memorial","choices":["Lincoln Memorial","Washington Monument","Marine Corps Memorial","Jefferson Memorial"]},{"question":"What state became the 32nd state of the Union on May 11, 1858?","category":"history","answer":"Minnesota","choices":["California","Kansas","Minnesota","Oregon"]},{"question":"What blockbuster movie opened on May 25, 1977?","category":"history","answer":"Star Wars","choices":["Star Wars","The Godfather","The Godfather Part II","Jaws"]},{"question":"What did Levi Strauss receive a patent for on May 20, 1873?","category":"history","answer":"Denim Pants with Copper Rivets","choices":["Steam Engine with Coal-Fired Pistons","Ballpoint Pen with Replaceable Cartridges","Denim Pants with Copper Rivets","Sewing Machine with Foot Pedals"]},{"question":"On May 23, 1934, bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were gunned down in this state.","category":"history","answer":"Louisiana","choices":["Louisiana","Oklahoma","Texas","Kansas"]},{"question":"On May 14, 1904, the first Olympic Games to be held in the U.S. opened in what city?","category":"history","answer":"St. Louis","choices":["St. Louis","Chicago","Los Angeles","Lake Placid"]},{"question":"This Yankee legends consecutive game streak of 2,130 came to an end on May 2, 1939.","category":"history","answer":"Lou Gehrig","choices":["Joe Dimaggio","Babe Ruth","Lou Gehrig","Mickey Mantle"]},{"question":"England declared war on France on 15 May 1756 starting the Seven Years War which was also known as the French and Indian War in America.","category":"history","answer":"True","choices":["True","False"]},{"question":"Hong Kong ceded to the British and John F. Kennedy was inaugurated on this day.","category":"history","answer":"January 20","choices":["March 14","April 2","November 23","January 20"]},{"question":"Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born in this year, on May 22.","category":"history","answer":"1859","choices":["1859","1861","1863","1865"]},{"question":"The U.S. acquired Spanish Florida on the 22th day of this month in 1819.","category":"history","answer":"February","choices":["June","October","February","April"]},{"question":"Just one of these events took place on October 13.","category":"history","answer":"Italy declared war on Germany.","choices":["Italy declared war on Germany.","John Lennon was born.","Isaac Singer won the Nobel Prize.","Professional revolutionary Che Guevara was executed in Bolivia."]},{"question":"Three of these events took place at the beginning of the year in which they occurred. Which is the odd one?","category":"history","answer":"Cary Grant died (1986)","choices":["Apollo 14 departed for the moon (1971)","King George III died (1820)","First McDonalds opened in Soviet Union (1990)","Cary Grant died (1986)"]},{"question":"Mikhail Gorbachev was picked to succeed Chernenko in this year.","category":"history","answer":"1985","choices":["1983","1985","1987","1981"]},{"question":"Dalai Lama began his exile on March 31, 1950.","category":"history","answer":"False","choices":["False","True"]},{"question":"The first volume of this novel was published on September 30, 1868.","category":"history","answer":"Little Women","choices":["The Pickwick Papers","Little Women","The Hunchback of Notre-Dame","Three Men in a Boat"]},{"question":"One of these four people was not born on April 1.","category":"history","answer":"King George II of Greece","choices":["Otto von Bismarck","King George II of Greece","Abraham Maslow","Method Man"]},{"question":"In this year Cy Young threw the first perfect game in modern baseball history, movie star Cary Grant was born, and Give My Regards to Broadway was initiated in a Broadway theater.","category":"history","answer":"1904","choices":["1908","1904","1906","1900"]},{"question":"In this year sprinter Jesse Owens was born, the Philadelphia Athletics won the World Series, and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde came out as a silent film.","category":"history","answer":"1913","choices":["1915","1913","1912","1919"]},{"question":"In this year George Martin, English producer of The Beatles, was born, Fox Film bought the Movietone system for recording sound onto tape, and Joe Paterno, longtime coach of Pennsylvania State Universitys college football team was born.","category":"history","answer":"1926","choices":["1926","1929","1923","1927"]},{"question":"In this year the Dow Jones Industrial Average reached its lowest level of the Great Depression, bottoming out at 41.22, Tarzan the Ape Man opened,and the Winter Olympics were held in Lake Placid, New York.","category":"history","answer":"1932","choices":["1936","1937","1932","1931"]},{"question":"In this year Casablanca premiered at the Hollywood Theater in New York City, Paul McCartney was born, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the New York Yankees in the World Series.","category":"history","answer":"1942","choices":["1942","1946","1940","1944"]},{"question":"In this year Elvis Presley appeared on the Ed Sullivan show for the third time, the Brooklyn Dodgers moved to L.A., and The Bridge on the River Kwai was released.","category":"history","answer":"1957","choices":["1957","19951","1954","1955"]},{"question":"In this year the New York Jets of the American Football League beat the favored Baltimore Colts of the National Football League 16-7 in Super Bowl III, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid came out, and Stevie Wonder came out with I Dont Know Why.","category":"history","answer":"1969","choices":["1969","1967","1966","1968"]},{"question":"In this year Notre Dame beat UCLA 71-70 in mens college basketball ending the Bruins 88-game winning streak, The Way We Were by Barbra Streisand was the number 1 song, and The Godfather II came out.","category":"history","answer":"1974","choices":["1970","1974","1972","1973"]},{"question":"In this year the U.S.A. upset the Soviet Union in Olympic hockey, Call Me by Blondie was the #1 song, and Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back came out.","category":"history","answer":"1980","choices":["1983","1986","1980","1982"]},{"question":"In this year the Green Bay Packers won the Super Bowl, Foolish Games/You Were Meant for Me by Jewel was the number 2 song, and the movie Titanic came out.","category":"history","answer":"1997","choices":["1992","1999","1995","1997"]},{"question":"In what month are the World Health Day and Buddhas Birthday celebrated?","category":"history","answer":"April","choices":["June","February","September","April"]},{"question":"Patriot Day is celebrated in this month in the USA, in memory of the casualties in the September 11 attacks.","category":"history","answer":"September","choices":["November","August","September","October"]},{"question":"In this month Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is celebrated in the United States and Australia Day is celebrated in Australia.","category":"history","answer":"January","choices":["December","November","February","January"]},{"question":"This is the World Blindness Awareness Month, and Halloween is celebrated on its last day. It is also called Red because of the Russian revolution of 1917.","category":"history","answer":"October","choices":["October","June","November","February"]},{"question":"In this month, Julius Caesar was killed, and International Womens Day and Saint Patricks Day are celebrated.","category":"history","answer":"March","choices":["August","April","June","March"]},{"question":"In this month the USA celebrates its Independence Day.","category":"history","answer":"July","choices":["October","June","April","July"]},{"question":"Napoleon Bonaparte was born in this month, which marks the official end of the Second World War.","category":"history","answer":"August","choices":["February","June","May","August"]},{"question":"Valentines Day is celebrated in this month, which is also Black History Month in Canada and the United States.","category":"history","answer":"February","choices":["February","March","July","May"]},{"question":"In many countries Labor Day is observed in this month, which is also dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary in Roman Catholic tradition.","category":"history","answer":"May","choices":["March","May","April","October"]},{"question":"Thermopylae, the site of the historic Battle of Thermopylae, was what type of area?","category":"history","answer":"It was a narrow pass","choices":["It was a narrow pass","It was heavily forested","It was a hilltop","It was a wide open plain"]},{"question":"Which of these statements is true about the Battle of Artemisium?","category":"history","answer":"It was the naval battle that  took place at Thermopylae","choices":["It was the battle where king Darius was defeated","It was the final naval battle that destroyed the Greek fleet","It was the battle before the sacking of Athens","It was the naval battle that  took place at Thermopylae"]},{"question":"In the historic Battle of Thermopylae, who is Ephialtes?","category":"history","answer":"A greek traitor","choices":["A greek hero","A persian hero","A greek traitor","A persian traitor"]},{"question":"When was this headline breaking news:\nTwo people found murdered outside a condominium on South Bundy Drive in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles.?","category":"history","answer":"June 13, 1994","choices":["June 13, 1994","May 10, 1994","May 13, 1994","June 10, 1994"]},{"question":"Who created the concept of the Dark Ages in the 1330s?","category":"history","answer":"Petrarch","choices":["Johan Huizinga","Dorothy Sayers","Petrarch","Flavio Biondo"]},{"question":"What Renaissance humanist historian coined the term Middle Age?","category":"history","answer":"Flavio Biondo","choices":["Leonardo Bruni","Dante","Flavio Biondo","Petrarch"]},{"question":"When did the West Roman Empire cease to exist?","category":"history","answer":"476 AD","choices":["506 AD","458 AD","413 AD","476 AD"]},{"question":"Which of these was the legal successor to the classical Roman Empire?","category":"history","answer":"The Eastern Roman Empire","choices":["The Western Roman Empire","Greece","The Eastern Roman Empire","Italy"]},{"question":"What was the language of science in the ancient world?","category":"history","answer":"Greek","choices":["Sumerian","Egyptian","Latin","Greek"]},{"question":"What period in the Middle Ages marked a renewed interest in Classical Antiquity?","category":"history","answer":"800 AD","choices":["900 AD","800 AD","1000 AD","700 AD"]},{"question":"When did the Christianisation of Germanic tribes begin?","category":"history","answer":"in the 4th century","choices":["in the 5th century","in the 4th century","in the 7th century","in the 6th century"]},{"question":"When did the great migration of the Slavs begin?","category":"history","answer":"in the 7th century","choices":["in the 7th century","in the 9th century","in the 8th century","in the 10th century"]},{"question":"When did Boniface III, the first Bishop of Rome, begin to bear the title Pope?","category":"history","answer":"607 AD","choices":["599 AD","617 AD","601 AD","607 AD"]},{"question":"When did a pandemic, known as the Plague of Justinian, afflict the Byzantine Empire?","category":"history","answer":"541-542 AD","choices":["548-549 AD","527-528 AD","535-536 AD","541-542 AD"]},{"question":"What does the term “Paleozoic” mean?","category":"history","answer":"Ancient life","choices":["Recent life","Middle life","Ancient life","Age of ancient life"]},{"question":"What term refers to the raise in biodiversity that occurred during the early Paleozoic era?","category":"history","answer":"Cambrian Explosion","choices":["Biodiversity Boom","None of these","Mass radiation of life","Cambrian Explosion"]},{"question":"Which of the following is not a period of the Paleozoic era?","category":"history","answer":"Paleogene","choices":["Silurian","Permian","Cambrian","Paleogene"]},{"question":"The atmospheric oxygen content during the late Paleozoic era was greater than that of today.","category":"history","answer":"True","choices":["True","False"]},{"question":"Which animal is often used as an index fossil for identifying Paleozoic strata?","category":"history","answer":"Trilobite","choices":["Dimetrodon","None of the above","Dinosaur","Trilobite"]},{"question":"The oldest confirmed fossil of a reptile belonged to what animal?","category":"history","answer":"Hylonomus","choices":["Dimetrodon","Westlothiana","Petrolacosaurus","Hylonomus"]},{"question":"The first terrestrial plants evolved during the Silurian period. Which of the following is an example of these primitive floras?","category":"history","answer":"Cooksonia","choices":["None of these","Cooksonia","Archaeopteris","Lepidodendron"]},{"question":"Mammal like reptiles were common by the end of the Paleozoic.","category":"history","answer":"True","choices":["False","True"]},{"question":"What event signaled the end of the Paleozoic?","category":"history","answer":"A large mass extinction at the end of the Permian period","choices":["The evolution of the dinosaurs","None of these","The evolution of humans","A large mass extinction at the end of the Permian period"]},{"question":"In which country did the name Gustav originate?","category":"history","answer":"Sweden","choices":["Norway","Sweden","Finland","Denmark"]},{"question":"Which ancient nation is the name Gustav related to?","category":"history","answer":"Goths","choices":["Huns","Scythians","Goths","Vikings"]},{"question":"Gustav has been a common name for Swedish monarchs since the reign of Gustav Vasa or Gustav I.\nHe became king in 1521, after leading the rebellion against King Christian II of this country who controlled most of the Sweden.","category":"history","answer":"Denmark","choices":["England","Spain","Denmark","Germany"]},{"question":"This Swedish city was founded by Gustav II Adolf, who was known by the Latinized name Gustavus Adolphus and was King of Sweden from 1611 until his death.","category":"history","answer":"Goteborg","choices":["Stockholm","Goteborg","Malmo","Lund"]},{"question":"Charles X Gustav (Karl X Gustaf) was a descendant of the House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken. On July 10, 1655, he left Sweden to engage in the Second  Northern War (1655-1660) which started with the occupation of Dünaburg by the Swedes on July 1, 1655. Eventually his armies occupied most of this European country.","category":"history","answer":"Poland","choices":["Prussia","Lithuania","Russia","Poland"]},{"question":"Gustav III of Sweden, a member of a House of Holstein-Gottorp, was assassinated at a midnight masquerade at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm on March 16, 1792. This became the basis of Eugene Scribes libretto for the opera Un Ballo in Maschera (A Masked Ball). Who composed the opera?","category":"history","answer":"Giuseppe Verdi","choices":["Gioachino Rossini","Giuseppe Verdi","Gaetano Donizetti","Giacomo Puccinis"]},{"question":"Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden voluntarily abdicated in the winter of 1808 when Russia invaded Sweden and Denmark declared war. By early 1809 Sweden lost almost a third of the Swedish realm and a quarter of its population to the Russians. The territory which the Russians occupied is in this modern country.","category":"history","answer":"Finland","choices":["Finland","Latvia","Lithuania","Poland"]},{"question":"Gustaf V of Sweden, the last Swedish king to intervene directly in the politics of the country, was also a devoted sportsman, playing in tournaments under the pseudonym Mr G. In 1980, King Gustaf was elected into the International Hall of Fame of this sport.","category":"history","answer":"Tennis","choices":["Chess","Polo","Golf","Tennis"]},{"question":"Most of the powers of the Swedish monarchy died with Gustaf VI Adolf who had two major interests in life besides his country: archeology and this science.","category":"history","answer":"Botany","choices":["Astronomy","Physics","Music","Botany"]},{"question":"King Carl XVI Gustaf ascended to the throne on September 15, 1973, after the death of his grandfather, King Gustaf VI Adolf. Carl XVI Gustaf, who is probably best known as the presenter of the Nobel Prizes,\npublicly admitted to suffer from this condition.","category":"history","answer":"Dyslexia","choices":["Hemophilia","Dyslexia","Epilepsy","Asthma"]},{"question":"Which of these are not characteristic of Gothic architecture?","category":"history","answer":"dark or brown walls","choices":["dark or brown walls","ribbed vaults","flying buttresses","pointed arches"]},{"question":"In which of the following present-day countries was Gothic language spoken?","category":"history","answer":"Italy","choices":["Germany","France","England","Italy"]},{"question":"Hitler, like several conquerors before him, faced the daunting task of crossing the English Channel and invading Britain. Which of the following was the only conqueror to successfully do this?","category":"history","answer":"William I of Normandy","choices":["William I of Normandy","Louis XIV of France","Napoleon","Philip II and the Spanish Armada"]},{"question":"The final German goal of the Battle of Britain was a successful invasion of Britain, but before that the Germans had to achieve this intermediate goal.","category":"history","answer":"Gaining air superiority over the English channel so that a German invasion fleet could cross the channel protected by the German air force.","choices":["Gaining air superiority over the English channel so that a German invasion fleet could cross the channel protected by the German air force.","Destroying the British arms manufacturing industries","Destroying the French underground guerrilla warfare","Defeating the British surface fleet in a great sea battle"]},{"question":"Never in the field of human conflict has so much been owed by so many to so few.’ In this famous quote by Winston Churchill who were the few he was referring to?","category":"history","answer":"British fighter pilots","choices":["British military leaders","British fighter pilots","British scientists","Anti-German spies in France and Belgium"]},{"question":"Which of these was an advantage the British had in the Battle of Britain?","category":"history","answer":"British pilots forced to parachute from damaged planes often landed on friendly territory and could return to action soon afterward.","choices":["The British Army was a constant threat to make raids on German supply facilities and bases in France.","The British Navy was able to shoot down many German planes as they flew over the English Channel.","The British had a larger number of fighter planes than the Germans.","British pilots forced to parachute from damaged planes often landed on friendly territory and could return to action soon afterward."]},{"question":"Which of these countries fought on the side of Britain during the Battle of Britain?","category":"history","answer":"Canada","choices":["Canada","The Soviet Union","the United States","Belgium"]},{"question":"How was Catherine the Great of Russia related to Petar III?","category":"history","answer":"She was his wife.","choices":["She was his cousin","She was his wife.","She was his daughter","She was his sister"]},{"question":"Franz Joseph I reigned as King of Hungary, King of Bohemia and Emperor of Austria.","category":"history","answer":"True","choices":["True","False"]},{"question":"What King of England had his nephews put into the Tower of London?","category":"history","answer":"Richard III","choices":["Henry VIII","Richard III","William I the Conqueror","Eduard IV"]},{"question":"How were Napoleon Bonaparte and Napoleon III related?","category":"history","answer":"Uncle and nephew","choices":["They were not related.","Grandfather and grandson","Uncle and nephew","Father and son"]},{"question":"This King of the Franks conquered Italy and was crowned Imperator Augustus on 25 December 800.","category":"history","answer":"Charles the Great","choices":["Wilhelm the Great","Charles the Great","Constantine the Great","Peter the Great"]},{"question":"What English Queen was daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn?","category":"history","answer":"Elizabeth I","choices":["Catherine II","Louse Elizabeth","Elizabeth I","Anne"]},{"question":"What monarch transformed the Tsardom of Russia into the Russian Empire?","category":"history","answer":"Peter I the Great","choices":["Alexander I (The Blessed)","Peter I the Great","Paul I","Constantine I"]},{"question":"What dynasty ruled France before the Capetian dynasty?","category":"history","answer":"Carolingian dynasty","choices":["Hapsburg dynasty","Carolingian dynasty","Merovingian dynasty","Bourbon dynasty"]},{"question":"Frederick I Barbarossa, who was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 1155, belonged to what royal dynasty?","category":"history","answer":"Hohenstaufen","choices":["Austrian Habsburgs","Hohenstaufen","Spanish Habsburg","German Habsburgs"]},{"question":"What King of France was popularly known as the Sun King?","category":"history","answer":"Louis XIV","choices":["Louis XVI","Louis X","Louis XV","Louis XIV"]},{"question":"What Civil War battle ended on July 3, 1863 with a Union victory?","category":"history","answer":"Gettysburg","choices":["Gettysburg","Appomattox Courthouse","Antietam","Second Bull Run"]},{"question":"What General was named Commander of the UN forces in Korea on July 8, 1950?","category":"history","answer":"Douglas MacArthur","choices":["Douglas MacArthur","Matthew Ridgway","Omar Bradley","George Patton"]},{"question":"What song hit # 1 on the Billboard Charts on July 9, 1955?","category":"history","answer":"Rock around the Clock","choices":["Rock around the Clock","The Twist","Johnny B Good","Teddy Bear"]},{"question":"Who was sworn in as the 13th President on July 10, 1850 following the death of President Zachary Taylor?","category":"history","answer":"Millard Fillmore","choices":["Franklin Pierce","James Buchanan","Millard Fillmore","James Polk"]},{"question":"On July 11, 1804, V.P. Aaron Burr fatally wounded this famous founding father in a duel.","category":"history","answer":"Alexander Hamilton","choices":["Alexander Hamilton","Thomas Jefferson","John Hancock","James Madison"]},{"question":"What city opened the first Worlds Fair in the United States on July 14, 1853?","category":"history","answer":"New York City","choices":["St. Louis","Chicago","New York City","Boston"]},{"question":"What famous department chain closed it last stores on July 17, 1997?","category":"history","answer":"Woolworths","choices":["Woolworths","Burdines","Montgomery Ward","Eckerds"]},{"question":"Who was shot and killed by federal agents on July 22, 1934?","category":"history","answer":"John Dillinger","choices":["Al Capone","Bonnie Parker","John Dillinger","Bugsy Malone"]},{"question":"What federal institution was founded on July 26, 1908?","category":"history","answer":"FBI","choices":["NSA","CIA","FBI","OSS"]},{"question":"What President signed legislation on July 29, 1958 to create NASA?","category":"history","answer":"Eisenhower","choices":["Truman","Eisenhower","Kennedy","Nixon"]},{"question":"What was the original meaning of the term samurai in Japanese language?","category":"history","answer":"Those who serve in close attendance to nobility","choices":["Those who are sons of the warrior dragon","Those who listen to the wind whispering in the trees","Those who follow the way of the sword","Those who serve in close attendance to nobility"]},{"question":"What does the term seppuku, connected with the culture of Japanese samurai, refer to?","category":"history","answer":"Suicide","choices":["Suicide","A vow","Silence kept before a battle","A weapon"]},{"question":"What is the name of the slightly curved single-edged sword used by Japanese samurai warriors?","category":"history","answer":"Katana","choices":["Yari","Katana","Yumi","Teppo"]},{"question":"What Eastern philosophy has greatly influenced the Japanese samurai culture?","category":"history","answer":"Buddhism","choices":["Jainism","Sufism","Zoroastrianism","Buddhism"]},{"question":"Who would arrange the marriage of the Japanese samurai by tradition?","category":"history","answer":"Someone with the same or higher rank","choices":["His parents","The brides parents","Someone with the same or higher rank","He would do it himself"]},{"question":"What is the term for the person who was usually the master of the Japanese samurai?","category":"history","answer":"Daimyo","choices":["Daisho","Daimyo","Wakizashi","Jigai"]},{"question":"Bushido is the philosophy and code of conduct of the Japanese samurai. What does the word Bushido literally mean?","category":"history","answer":"Way of the warrior","choices":["Way of the heart","Way of the warrior","Way of the sword","Way of honor"]},{"question":"What English sailor is believed to be the first Caucasian to receive the honor of becoming a samurai?","category":"history","answer":"William Adams","choices":["Francis Drake","John Smith","John Franklin","William Adams"]},{"question":"In what century is James Clavells samurai novel Shogun set?","category":"history","answer":"Seventeenth century","choices":["Tenth century","Fifteenth century","Seventeenth century","Twelfth century"]},{"question":"The Japanese samurai warriors were mostly illiterate in the past.","category":"history","answer":"False","choices":["True","False"]},{"question":"When was the Battle of Antietam fought?","category":"history","answer":"September, 1862","choices":["August, 1862","October, 1862","September, 1862","December, 1862"]},{"question":"Who was the Union commander at the Battle of Antietam?","category":"history","answer":"George McClellan","choices":["Phil Kearney","Israel Richardson","George Thomas","George McClellan"]},{"question":"Which Union general, wounded in the foot at Antietam, would, within six months time, be the commander of the Army of the Potomac?","category":"history","answer":"Joe Hooker","choices":["John Sedgwick","Ambrose Burnside","Joe Hooker","Samuel Crawford"]},{"question":"How many soldiers - Union and Confederate - were casualties at Antietam?","category":"history","answer":"23,000","choices":["20,000","25,000","23,000","17,000"]},{"question":"Which of these landmarks would NOT be found on the Antietam battlefield?","category":"history","answer":"Sherfys Peach Orchard","choices":["Sherfys Peach Orchard","West Woods","East Woods","Millers Cornfield"]},{"question":"Who was the Confederate commander at the Battle of Antietam?","category":"history","answer":"Robert E. Lee","choices":["Stonewall Jackson","George B. McClellan","James Longstreet","Robert E. Lee"]},{"question":"How long did the Battle of Antietam last?","category":"history","answer":"1 day","choices":["7 days","5 days","1 day","3 days"]},{"question":"Who served as President of the Confederate States of America at the time of the Battle of Antietam?","category":"history","answer":"Jefferson Davis","choices":["Jefferson Davis","George Davis","Alexander Stephens","George W. Randolph"]},{"question":"Which battle preceded the Battle of Antietam?","category":"history","answer":"The Second Battle of Bull Run","choices":["Battle of Chickamauga","The Second Battle of Bull Run","The Battle of Chancellorsville","The Battle of Gettysburg"]},{"question":"During what century is the King Arthur believed to have lived?","category":"history","answer":"6th century AD","choices":["10th century AD","6th century AD","8th century AD","4th century AD"]},{"question":"The Byzantine period began in this century which also saw the  Valerians massacre of Christians.","category":"history","answer":"3rd century AD","choices":["2nd century BC","6th century AD","3rd century AD","3rd century BC"]},{"question":"Nostradamus, Martin Luther and Elizabeth I of England lived during what century?","category":"history","answer":"16th century AD","choices":["13th century AD","14th century AD","18th century AD","16th century AD"]},{"question":"The first novel ever is believed to have been written in this century by the Japanese Lady Murasaki Shikibu.","category":"history","answer":"11th century AD","choices":["5th century AD","2nd century BC","3rd century AD","11th century AD"]},{"question":"Julius Caesar, Marcus Antonius, and Cleopatra VII of Egypt all lived in this century.","category":"history","answer":"1st century BC","choices":["1st century AD","1st century BC","3rd century AD","3rd century BC"]},{"question":"What century marked the fall of the Western Roman Empire?","category":"history","answer":"5th century AD","choices":["9th century AD","5th century AD","3rd century AD","7th century AD"]},{"question":"During this century, the condom, the land mine and the sandpaper were invented.","category":"history","answer":"13th century AD","choices":["17th century AD","15th century AD","3rd century AD","13th century AD"]},{"question":"In what century were the fountain pen, shaving soap and street lamps invented?","category":"history","answer":"9th century AD","choices":["12th century AD","14th century AD","9th century AD","16th century AD"]},{"question":"In what century did the Black Death kill about one third of the European population?","category":"history","answer":"14th century AD","choices":["4th century AD","14th century AD","8th century AD","10th century AD"]},{"question":"In this century, the decline of the Classical Maya civilization began, and Charlemagne was crowned the first Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Leo III.","category":"history","answer":"8th century AD","choices":["13th century AD","11th century AD","8th century AD","16th century AD"]},{"question":"What does the term Mesozoic mean?","category":"history","answer":"Middle life","choices":["Ancient life","Middle life","Age of ancient reptiles","Recent life"]},{"question":"The base of the Mesozoic is established by what major event in the history of life on Earth?","category":"history","answer":"A mass extinction 251 million years ago","choices":["A mass extinction 251 million years ago","The formation of a super-continent","An increase in biodiversity","None of these"]},{"question":"Oxygen levels during the Mesozoic were lower than todays levels.","category":"history","answer":"True","choices":["True","False"]},{"question":"What super-continent began to rift apart during the Mesozoic era?","category":"history","answer":"Pangaea","choices":["Pangaea","Euramerica","Rodinia","None of these"]},{"question":"What marine reptiles evolved during the Triassic period and thrived during much of the Mesozoic era?","category":"history","answer":"Ichthyosaurs","choices":["Ichthyosaurs","Pliosaurs","Plesiosaurs","Dinosaurs"]},{"question":"Ichthyosaurs, plesiosaurs, pliosaurs, moasaurs, are pterosaurs are dinosaurs.","category":"history","answer":"False","choices":["True","False"]},{"question":"Which of the following describes the climate of the Triassic period?","category":"history","answer":"Arid","choices":["Temperate","Tropical","None of these","Arid"]},{"question":"Which of the following was a large inland sea that covered much of central North America during the Late Cretaceous period?","category":"history","answer":"Western Interior Seaway","choices":["Atlantic Ocean","Iapetus Ocean","Western Interior Seaway","Hudson Seaway"]},{"question":"What event signalled the end of the Mesozoic era?","category":"history","answer":"A large mass extinction at the end of the Cretaceous","choices":["The evolution of humans","The evolution of flowering plants","None of these","A large mass extinction at the end of the Cretaceous"]},{"question":"Dinosaurs first evolved during the middle Triassic period approximately how many years ago?","category":"history","answer":"225 million years ago","choices":["248 million years ago","190 million years ago","225 million years ago","251 million years ago"]},{"question":"Several hundred specimens of this species of dinosaur were discovered at Ghost Ranch.","category":"history","answer":"Coelophysis bauri","choices":["Coelophysis bauri","Triceratops horridus","Eoraptor lunensis","Tyrannosaurus rex"]},{"question":"Dinosaurs once existed on every continent except Antarctica.","category":"history","answer":"False","choices":["False","True"]},{"question":"Name the early reptile creatures that evolved during the late Permian period and eventually gave rise to the dinosaurs and other creatures during the Mesozoic.","category":"history","answer":"Thecodontians","choices":["Thecodontians","Crocodilians","None of these","Dinosauria"]},{"question":"Did all dinosaurs become extinct at the end of the Cretaceous period 65 million years ago?","category":"history","answer":"No","choices":["No","Yes"]},{"question":"An incomplete skeleton of this dinosaur was discovered in 1900.","category":"history","answer":"Tyrannosaurus","choices":["Oviraptor","Tyrannosaurus","Albertosaurus","Dynamosaurus"]},{"question":"Tyrannosaurus is more closely related to smaller predatory dinosaurs such as Velociraptor than to the more massive carnosaurs such as Allosaurus.","category":"history","answer":"True","choices":["True","False"]},{"question":"What genus of dinosaur contains what could be the largest dinosaur ever?","category":"history","answer":"Amphicoelias","choices":["None of these","Apatosaurus","Brachiosaurus","Amphicoelias"]},{"question":"Did dinosaurs become extinct due to a large asteroid impact?","category":"history","answer":"No","choices":["Yes","No"]},{"question":"What does the term Cenozoic mean?","category":"history","answer":"Recent life","choices":["Mammalian life","Ancient life","Recent life","Middle life"]},{"question":"How many epochs is the Cenozoic era divided into?","category":"history","answer":"7","choices":["7","2","None of these","6"]},{"question":"This subcontinent collided with Eurasia 55 million years ago.","category":"history","answer":"Indian subcontinent","choices":["Greenland","Indian subcontinent","None of these","Middle-eastern subcontinent"]},{"question":"Grass did not evolve during the Cenozoic era.","category":"history","answer":"False","choices":["True","False"]},{"question":"Horses evolved in North America during the Cenozoic era but became extinct there 10,000 years ago.","category":"history","answer":"True","choices":["False","True"]},{"question":"The first true Homo sapiens (human) appeared in Africa about how many years ago?","category":"history","answer":"250,000 years ago","choices":["5 million years ago","12,000 years ago","250,000 years ago","1 million years ago"]},{"question":"The Messinian salinity crisis occurred when the Mediterranean sea evaporated completely during the Pliocene epoch.","category":"history","answer":"False","choices":["False","True"]},{"question":"All recorded historical events occurred during this epoch.","category":"history","answer":"Holocene","choices":["Pliocene","Miocene","Holocene","Pleistocene"]},{"question":"What event signalled the end of the Cenozoic?","category":"history","answer":"The Cenozoic has not ended.","choices":["None of these","The evolution of humans","The Cenozoic has not ended.","A large mass extinction"]},{"question":"What does the term Precambrian mean?","category":"history","answer":"Before-Cambrian","choices":["Middle life","Before-Cambrian","Recent life","Ancient life"]},{"question":"When did the earth form?","category":"history","answer":"4.5 billion years ago","choices":["12 billion years ago","3.8 billion years ago","4.5 billion years ago","250 million years ago"]},{"question":"Where do the oldest rocks on Earth come from?","category":"history","answer":"The Nuvvuagittuq greenstone belt","choices":["Narryer Gneiss Terrane","None of these","The Nuvvuagittuq greenstone belt","Acasta Gneiss"]},{"question":"Approximately what age are the oldest known fossils?","category":"history","answer":"3.8 billion years old","choices":["4.5 billion years old","2.5 billion years old","540 million years old","3.8 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mass extinction that occurred 542 million years ago"]},{"question":"What did Benjamin Franklin do in 1752?","category":"history","answer":"Proved lightning is electricity","choices":["Fell and broke his hip","Invented exercise / dance","Stopped publishing Poor Richards Almanac","Proved lightning is electricity"]},{"question":"When did Francis Drake enter San Francisco bay and what country did he claim it for?","category":"history","answer":"1579 - Britain","choices":["1579 - Britain","1536 - France","1603 - Portugal","1610 - Spain"]},{"question":"When did Boston become a settlement and who led it?","category":"history","answer":"1630 - John Winthrop","choices":["1502 - William James","1630 - John Winthrop","1590 - Charles H. Connelly III","1610 - James Kennedy"]},{"question":"Harvard College was founded in what year?","category":"history","answer":"1636","choices":["1790","1802","1636","1785"]},{"question":"Which one happened to the U.S. in 1791?","category":"history","answer":"Bill of Rights goes into effect","choices":["War started with Canada","Bill of Rights goes into effect","1st recorded UFO sighting by an American","Benedict Arnold found guilty of being a traitor"]},{"question":"Which one happened to the U.S. in 1774?","category":"history","answer":"Rhode Island abolished slavery","choices":["Noah Webster publishes his American dictionary","Rhode Island abolished slavery","The Boston Massacre","The Bill of Rights goes into effect"]},{"question":"Which one happened to the U.S. in 1796?","category":"history","answer":"George Washington gives his farewell address","choices":["Nat Turner led slave rebellion in Virginia","Lewis and Clark begin westward survey","George Carlin was born","George Washington gives his farewell address"]},{"question":"The Erie Canal is a canal in New York State, United States, that runs from the Hudson River to Lake Erie, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean.  The entire canal was opened in which year?","category":"history","answer":"1825","choices":["1904","1800","1825","1862"]},{"question":"Was there a Black Hawk War?","category":"history","answer":"Yes","choices":["No","Yes"]},{"question":"When was the first U.S. adhesive postage stamp sold?","category":"history","answer":"1847","choices":["1747","1690","1847","1790"]},{"question":"The lefty, Henry Ford, founded the Ford Motor Company. Finish this quote and find out how he defined quality.\nQuality means doing it right when ___________________________.","category":"history","answer":"...no one is looking.","choices":["...everyone is looking.","...you want to.","...no one is looking.","...you are told to."]},{"question":"On what album released in 1986 would I find the following lyrics:\nWhen I was 17 I did what people told me,\nDid what my father said and let my mother mold me","category":"history","answer":"Control - Janet Jackson","choices":["True Stories - Talking Heads","Control - Janet Jackson","True Colors - Cyndi Lauper","Raising Hell - Run DMC"]},{"question":"This fashionable head accessory was hip from the very beginning of the 80s until their end.","category":"history","answer":"Headband","choices":["Hairpins","Artificial braids","Headband","Artificial comb"]},{"question":"This style dominated both music and fashion in the late 70s and early 80s. 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Who said Is that ...is that hair gel?","category":"history","answer":"Cameron Diaz","choices":["Hilary Swank","Drew Barrymore","Cameron Diaz","Reese Witherspoon"]},{"question":"This world famous haute couture designer moved to Miami when he was selected as the costume designer for Miami Vice. What designer was gunned down outside his house by spree killer Andrew Cunanan?","category":"history","answer":"Versace","choices":["Givenchy","Versace","Ferre","Gucci"]},{"question":"On June 17, 1994 actor and football legend O. J. Simpson, instead of turning himself into the authorities to be charged for the murder of his wife Nicole and her friend Ron Goldman, led the police on a slow speed chase on Interstate 405. O. J. Simpson was a passenger in the white Ford Bronco. Who drove the white Bronco?","category":"history","answer":"Al Cowlings","choices":["Robert Kardashian","Robert Shapiro","John McKay","Al Cowlings"]},{"question":"Always a bridesmaid and never a bride. No more!  What daytime soap actress won an Emmy\nfor her role as Erica Kane on her 19th try?","category":"history","answer":"Susan Lucci","choices":["Melody Thomas Scott","Jeanne Cooper","Eileen Fulton","Susan Lucci"]},{"question":"Many in Hollywood were nervous when this lady was arraigned on charges of pandering and tax evasion on August 9, 1993. Who was known as the Hollywood Madam or Madam to the Stars?","category":"history","answer":"Heidi Fleiss","choices":["Sydney Biddle Barrows","Heidi Fleiss","Polly Adler","Mona Stangley"]},{"question":"Which of these movies won all five of the top categories: Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director and Best Screenplay?","category":"history","answer":"Silence of the Lambs","choices":["The English Patient","Silence of the Lambs","Forrest Gump","Schindlers List"]},{"question":"May 10, 1996 is considered the single deadliest day in the history of Mount Everest. Eight people lost their lives, including famed Everest mountain guides Rob Hall and Scott Fischer. Outside Magazine had contracted a writer to be a part of Rob Halls accent of Mount Everest. What writer turned his experience on Mount Everest into the non-fiction bestseller Into Thin Air?","category":"history","answer":"Jon Krakauer","choices":["Jon Krakauer","Beak Weathers","Anatoli Boukreev","Sebastian Junger"]},{"question":"This invention by Karl Benz in 1886 revolutionized the world of transportation and soon became the main means of transport globally.","category":"history","answer":"Automobile","choices":["Train","Ship","Automobile","Airplane"]},{"question":"This invention was first used in 1969 at UCLA as a means of communication between engineers and scientists associated with academics or government. 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Prior to this the death rate due to water born diseases, such as typhoid fever and cholera, were extremely high.","category":"history","answer":"Jersey City, New Jersey","choices":["Chicago, Illinois","New York City, New York","Boston, Massachusetts","Jersey City, New Jersey"]},{"question":"When did telephone companies first begin establishing trial networks, that use fibre instead of copper cables to carry live telephone traffic?","category":"history","answer":"in 1977","choices":["in 1997","in 1982","in 1972","in 1977"]},{"question":"The invention of the internal combustion engine greatly increased the demand for which natural resource?","category":"history","answer":"Petroleum","choices":["Natural gas","Water","Coal","Petroleum"]},{"question":"In 1955, Borax III became the first nuclear power plant to utilize nuclear fission to supply an entire town with electricity. 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Before his death on 20 October 2003, he often played the villain in westerns and openly said it was because of his lazy eye.","category":"history","answer":"Jack Elam","choices":["Boots Randolph","Jack Elam","Pat Hingle","Dan Haggerty"]},{"question":"Actor Lee Marvin who starred in the Death Wish movies succumbed to cancer in 2003.","category":"history","answer":"False","choices":["True","False"]},{"question":"This sassy matronly housekeeper on Give Me A Break! was 54 when she died in 2003.","category":"history","answer":"Nell Carter","choices":["Bev Carter","Barb Streisand","Bette Midler","Nell Carter"]},{"question":"Tin soldiers and Nixon coming\nWere finally on our own.\nare the beginning lyrics of a Neil Young song about one states national guard firing into a group of student protesters. 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The locals called that day by what name?","category":"history","answer":"Black Christmas","choices":["Bloody Christmas","None of these","Black Christmas","Sad Christmas"]},{"question":"On 18 February 1943, Joseph Goebbels gave a speech, aiming to persuade the Germans not to give up Nazi idealism. 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What was Time Magazines # 1 Buzzword in 2007?","category":"history","answer":"Cougar","choices":["Vixen","Fox","Cougar","Badger"]},{"question":"The movie No Country for Old Men based on the novel by Cormac McCarthy was on many list of 10 Best Films of the Year and won Best Picture from the National Board of Review and the Critics Choice Awards.  Who directed No Country for Old Men?","category":"history","answer":"The Coen Brothers","choices":["The Coen Brothers","Clint Eastwood","Tim Burton","Sean Penn"]},{"question":"Together at last! Late Show with David Letterman won the # 1 spot in The 10 Best TV Ads.\nLong thought to be estranged, what billionaire is Dave cuddling up with to cheer on their respective football teams.","category":"history","answer":"Oprah Winfrey","choices":["Drew Barrymore","Oprah Winfrey","Steve Jobs","Madonna"]},{"question":"In college football, 2007 may well be remembered as the year of the upset. On October 13, November 23, 24 and December 1st both the # 1and # 2 teams in the US suffered upsets and the 2007 regular season ended with Pitts shocking  win over West Virginia. But it was the defeat of Michigan, the fifth ranked team in the nation, by a 1-AA team that has been touted by many as the greatest upset in college football history. What team became the first 1-AA team to beat a ranked 1- A team?","category":"history","answer":"Appalachian State University","choices":["Appalachian State University","Montana State","University of Delaware","The Citadel"]},{"question":"If you cant do the time, dont commit the crime. 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The most complex job of building the Shuttle went to this company in Southern California.  They had to design and assemble the orbiter itself.","category":"history","answer":"Rockwell International","choices":["Space Systems LORAL","Rockwell International","SAIC","Raytheon Systems"]},{"question":"When America grew more entrenched in Vietnam and struggled with racial and economic problems at home, many voters and politicians alike believed the space program should be abandoned altogether.  Some of Richard Nixons closest advisors however, convinced him that the shuttle should be built.  They gave this as an example of how a reusable space vehicle would be used, and Nixon liked it.","category":"history","answer":"The Shuttle would captire Soviet satellites","choices":["The Shuttle would launch nuclear missiles from space","The Shuttle would captire Soviet satellites","The Shuttle would spy on enemies","The Shuttle would help build a space station"]},{"question":"In the morning of September 17, 1976 the Shuttle manufacturer treated the world to a glimpse of the future; a test model of the orbiter, one not intended for space flight, rolled out of their Palmdale, CA plant.  What name had the designers given this model?","category":"history","answer":"Enterprise","choices":["Enterprise","Millennium Falcon","Discovery","Columbia"]},{"question":"Space Shuttles are transported to the launch pad on this slow-moving 6,000,000 pound (approx. 2,725,000 kg) vehicle.  Fully loaded, it moves at a rate of 1 mph.","category":"history","answer":"Shuttle Crawler Transporter","choices":["Big Bertha Transporter","Shuttle Tracked Vehicle","Tracked Shuttle Transporter","Shuttle Crawler Transporter"]},{"question":"It takes this long after liftoff, before the orbiter starts circling Earth at 17,500mph (28,000km/h).","category":"history","answer":"8 minutes","choices":["19 minutes","3 minutes","8 minutes","50 seconds"]},{"question":"This once white and now orange part breaks up, as it falls through the intense heat of the Earths atmosphere.  It is the only expendable part of the Shuttle.","category":"history","answer":"External Fuel Tank","choices":["Top O-ring of the fuel tank","External Rocket Booster","External Fuel Tank","Phase 1 Engine"]},{"question":"NASA selected this astronaut to command the first Columbia flight.  He was a veteran of two Gemini and two Apollo missions and considered to be NASAs most experienced astronaut at the time.","category":"history","answer":"John Young","choices":["John Young","Byron Lichtenberg","John Glenn","Bob Crippen"]},{"question":"Prior to every Space Shuttle flight, a series of events take place at Floridas Kennedy Space Center.  The Shuttle is rolled out of its processing hanger on a 96-wheel transporter and carried to this 525 ft. tall building, originally built to assemble Saturn V rockets.","category":"history","answer":"Vehicle Asembly Building (VAB)","choices":["Modules Integration Facility (MIF)","Final Inspection Room (FIP)","Themal Tile Processing Plant (TTPP)","Vehicle Asembly Building (VAB)"]},{"question":"On Columbias first mission,  the crew noticed something very disturbing after opening the 60 ft. long payload bay doors.","category":"history","answer":"Thermal tiles were missing","choices":["One of the radiators attached to the doors was loose","The doors would not close back","The left door slightly bent","Thermal tiles were missing"]},{"question":"January 16, 2003.  The crew of Americas 113th space shuttle mission exit the crew quarters on the 3rd floor of the operations and checkout building at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.  They take their traditional walk to the transporter van, that will carry them to the launch pad.  How old was shuttle Columbia at that time?","category":"history","answer":"22 years","choices":["21 years","16 years","19 years","22 years"]},{"question":"During takoff on Columbias first mission, did the crew notice debree from the fuel tank flying past their window?","category":"history","answer":"Yes","choices":["Yes","No"]},{"question":"During the days spent in orbit, the astronauts of Columbias last mission conducted dozens of experiments dedicated to improving life on Earth.   Exactly how many days did the astronauts spend in orbit?","category":"history","answer":"16","choices":["10","14","16","20"]},{"question":"On February 1, 2003 at 9:29am flight director Leroy Cain declared a contingency and asked Bill Foster, who was working ground control that day, to lock the doors. Contingency is a NASA term which meant this.","category":"history","answer":"The Shuttle had been lost","choices":["There was a suspected saboteur","Personnel had to work overtime till communication was restored","Interferece was preventing radio communication","The Shuttle had been lost"]},{"question":"What Civil War general is alleged to have sucked on lemons before going into a battle?","category":"history","answer":"Thomas Jackson","choices":["James Longstreet","Robert E. Lee","JEB Stuart","Thomas Jackson"]},{"question":"Who was the first official casualty of the American Civil War?","category":"history","answer":"Pvt. Daniel Hough","choices":["Pvt. Daniel Hough","Pvt. Stephen Lang","Pvt. Peter Hermit","Pvt. Harry Cruble"]},{"question":"What was Ulysses S. Grants first battle, fought against Confederate General Gideon J. Pillow?","category":"history","answer":"Belmont","choices":["Fort Henry","Shiloh","Belmont","Fort Donelson"]},{"question":"Who commanded the Union cavalry corps at the battle of Gettysburg?","category":"history","answer":"Alfred Pleasanton","choices":["Phil Sheridan","Alfred Pleasanton","Judson Kilpatrick","George Armstrong Custer"]},{"question":"At what battle of the American Civil War did Generals U.S. Grant, William T. Sherman, George H. Thomas, and Joseph Hooker all fight at once?","category":"history","answer":"Chattanooga","choices":["Chickamauga","Vicksburg","Chattanooga","Gettysburg"]},{"question":"At what battle of the American Civil War did Native American forces first participate in military action?","category":"history","answer":"Pea Ridge","choices":["Pea Ridge","Poison Spring","Wilsons Creek","Westport"]},{"question":"What Union naval ship sank Confederate raider CSS Alabama during the American Civil War?","category":"history","answer":"USS Kearsarge","choices":["USS Washington","USS New York","USS Monitor","USS Kearsarge"]},{"question":"There were more people killed at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 than there were some 60 years later in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.","category":"history","answer":"False","choices":["True","False"]},{"question":"In April, 2004, then-National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice told the 9/11 Commission: I do not remember any reports to us, a kind of strategic warning, that planes might be used as weapons.  What fact refutes Dr. Rices statement?","category":"history","answer":"Two years before 9/11, in an Air Force training exercise, jet pilots practiced shooting down a hijacked commercial aircraft before it could crash into civilian targets.","choices":["A year before 9/11, the CIA briefed President Bush and the Cabinet about terrorists in flight school.","Rice had drafted her own memo about hijacking dangers before she served in the Bush administration.","A plot like this was depicted in the movie Top Gun.","Two years before 9/11, in an Air Force training exercise, jet pilots practiced shooting down a hijacked commercial aircraft before it could crash into civilian targets."]},{"question":"In 1996, U.S. anti-terrorist investigators learned of an organization called al-Qaeda for the very first time from which one of the following?","category":"history","answer":"Sudanese informer","choices":["Sudanese informer","captured Taliban fighter","Israeli Mossad agent","released American hostage"]},{"question":"Osama bin Laden is the scion of a huge, wealthy, long-established Saudi Arabian clan.","category":"history","answer":"False","choices":["True","False"]},{"question":"Osama bin Laden is a striking figure, well over six feet tall.","category":"history","answer":"False","choices":["False","True"]},{"question":"The first major act of terrorism attributed to bin Ladens al-Qaeda group was in 1998 when it blew up which of these?","category":"history","answer":"U.S. embassies in Tanzania and Kenya","choices":["U.S. embassies in Tanzania and Kenya","USS Cole destroyer in Yemen","Khobar Towers housing complex in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia","a parking garage of the World Trade Center"]},{"question":"How many al-Qaeda terrorists were involved in the near-destruction of the $1billion guided-missile destroyer USS Cole, which was protected by some 70 tons of armor shielding?","category":"history","answer":"2","choices":["1","2","10","5"]},{"question":"How many days before 9/11 did George W. Bush receive a Presidents Daily Brief intelligence report entitled Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S.?","category":"history","answer":"35 days","choices":["365 days","90 days","200 days","35 days"]},{"question":"What country did Osama bin Laden live in and operate al-Qaeda from before he found sanctuary back in Afghanistan?","category":"history","answer":"Sudan","choices":["Sudan","Saudi Arabia","Yemen","Iraq"]},{"question":"Which of the following proved to be the greatest obstacle to saving lives in New York Citys 9/11 rescue efforts at the World Trade Center towers?","category":"history","answer":"outdated fire department radios","choices":["poor building design","lack of disaster training","outdated fire department radios","poor leadership"]},{"question":"What American product from the 50s was advertised with roadside signs reading slogans such as:\nThe place to pass\nOn curves\nYou know\nIs only at\nA beauty show?","category":"history","answer":"Burma Shave","choices":["Burma Shave","Old Spice","Aqua Velva","Colgate Shave Gel"]},{"question":"Which is the most accurate number of casualties (including killed, wounded or lost) of World War II?","category":"history","answer":"16,354,000","choices":["11,147,000","16,354,000","7,457,000","9,127,000"]},{"question":"In 1942 there was a terrible ammonium nitrate explosion that killed 20 people. Where did it occur?","category":"history","answer":"Cleveland, Ohio","choices":["Cleveland, Ohio","Tesserendo, Belgium","in the Atlantic Ocean on a cargo ship","Ludwig ,Germany"]},{"question":"Which statement is true about Pete Gray, who played outfield for the St. Louis Browns during World War II?","category":"history","answer":"Gray had only one arm.","choices":["Gray was legally  blind in one  eye.","Gray had only one arm.","Gray was the only person to lead in home runs while playing for a last place  team.","During this period Gray was the only  player to hit 50 homers in one  year."]},{"question":"What did Walter Morrison invent in 1948?","category":"history","answer":"the Frisbee","choices":["the Frisbee","the microwave","Doppler Radar","the solar battery"]},{"question":"Which of these events did not  occur in 1947?","category":"history","answer":"The United Nations is founded.","choices":["The Dead Sea Scrolls are found.","Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier.","The United Nations is founded.","The Polaroid Camera is invented."]},{"question":"Which of these did not happen in 1941?","category":"history","answer":"The microwave was invented","choices":["The siege of Leningrad began.","Mount Rushmore was finished.","The Jeep was invented.","The microwave was invented"]},{"question":"Which statement is untrue about Jackie Robinson, who broke the color barrier in professional baseball in 1947?","category":"history","answer":"When Walter Alston signed him, both Alston and Robinson received death threats.","choices":["He also integrated the city of Stamford, Connecticut.","His older brother was considered the best athlete in the family but was forced to take a job as a sanitation worker in Los Angeles because of segregation.","He played three sports for UCLA.","When Walter Alston signed him, both Alston and Robinson received death threats."]},{"question":"In the 1940s the USA began  the Manhattan Project to build the first Atomic bomb. The first part of this project  was to split the atom. It was accomplished by a team led by great Enricco Fermi. Where was it done?","category":"history","answer":"Chicago, Illinois.","choices":["Chicago, Illinois.","Roswell, New Mexico.","Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands.","Los Arbeles, Arizona."]},{"question":"The 1945 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine went to three men from Oxford University who played a significant role in the discovery and development of penicillin and its use as an antibiotic. Which of these scientists did not share this prize?","category":"history","answer":"Paul Winchell","choices":["Sir Howard Walter Florey","Ernst Boris Chain","Sir Alexander Fleming","Paul Winchell"]},{"question":"Which famous metaphor did Winston Churchill use in the 1940s to describe what Russia did to Eastern Europe after WWII?","category":"history","answer":"The Iron Curtain","choices":["The Russian Winter of  No Dissent.","The Soviet Bloc","The Soviet Gulags","The Iron Curtain"]},{"question":"There was fighting in the Revolutionary War for more than a year before the United States declared independence from Britain.","category":"history","answer":"True","choices":["False","True"]},{"question":"Where were the first shots of the American Revolutionary War fired?","category":"history","answer":"Lexington, Massachusetts","choices":["Charleston, South Carolina","Lexington, Massachusetts","near the city of New York","Newark, New Jersey"]},{"question":"What term refers to the body of delegates from the colonies who met during the Revolutionary War until a constitutional government was finally formed near the end of the war?","category":"history","answer":"The Continental Congress","choices":["the Council of States","the Executive Committee of the United States","The Continental Congress","the Congress of the United Colonies"]},{"question":"Why is July 4th, 1776 considered the birthday of the United States?","category":"history","answer":"because the signing of the Declaration of Independence began on that day","choices":["because the signing of the Declaration of Independence began on that day","because on that day the British recognized US independence","because on that day all thirteen former colonies finally agreed to a constitution for their new government","because on that day the Americans had their first victory over the British at Boston"]},{"question":"Which of the following is NOT true about the Battle of Saratoga in 1777?","category":"history","answer":"General George Washington was wounded while directing the American troops.","choices":["It was the first major victory for the Americans.","The American victory convinced the French to give the Americans substantial aid.","British General Burgoyne invading from Canada lost his entire army.","General George Washington was wounded while directing the American troops."]},{"question":"The American victory in this battle is often called the turning point of the Revolutionary War in the South.","category":"history","answer":"Battle of Kings Mountain","choices":["Battle of Kings Mountain","Battle of Charleston","Battle of Princeton","Battle of Camden"]},{"question":"How did the French aid the American patriots during the Revolutionary War?","category":"history","answer":"all of these","choices":["by allowing the French fleet to aid the Americans at a critical point of the war","by providing substantial amounts of military supplies","by sending part of the French Army to America","all of these"]},{"question":"What statement is true about John Paul Jones who fought in the American Revolutionary War?","category":"history","answer":"He was successful in naval warfare against the British.","choices":["He used guerrilla warfare against the British.","He was able to get several Indian tribes to fight against the British.","He was successful in naval warfare against the British.","He captured several British forts in Canada."]},{"question":"What statement is true about the Treaty of Paris of 1783?","category":"history","answer":"It recognized US independence.","choices":["It recognized US independence.","It granted territory to the US from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.","All of these","It formed a permanent alliance between France and the US."]},{"question":"Stormd at with shot and shell,\nBoldly they rode and well,\nInto the jaws of Death,\nInto the mouth of Hell\nRode the six hundred.\nThe verse is taken from Alfred, Lord Tennysons The Charge of the Light Brigade. The poem\nalso referenced Some one had blunderd. What commander sent the six hundred  to fight 12,000 Russians?","category":"history","answer":"Lord Cardigan","choices":["Lord Cardigan","Captain Jenyns","Major Richard Ormsby Gore","Lord Harlech"]},{"question":"We may have not known the meaning of\nVoulez vous coucher avec moi ce joir,\nBut we could figure out the meaning of\nGitchi gitchi. Ya, ya.  Da. Da.\nWho was struttin her stuff in New Orleans asking Hey Joe, want to give it a go?","category":"history","answer":"Lady Marmalade","choices":["Brown-eyed Lady","Lady Marmalade","Sexy Sadie","Lady Godiva"]},{"question":"The pros:  this pet needed no watering, feeding, worming or grooming.  You could go on a six month vacation and never have to ask your neighbor to take care of this pet.  The cons:  this pet could only learn how to stay and  was very, very boring.  Thanks to Gary Dahl, what pet sold over 1,000,000 in 1975?","category":"history","answer":"Pet Rock","choices":["Chia Pet","Elmo","Pet Rock","Invisible Dog"]},{"question":"Where would you be if you heard Tattoo yell out,  Ze plane!  Ze plane!","category":"history","answer":"Fantasy Island","choices":["Hawaii Five O","Gilligans Island","Fantasy Island","Love Boat"]},{"question":"Which of the following is NOT a quote from Saturday Night Live?","category":"history","answer":"Nanoo nanoo!","choices":["Nanoo nanoo!","We are two wild and crazy guys!","Im Chevy Chase and youre not.","Jane, you ignorant slut!"]},{"question":"Ever since the Napoleonic wars, conscript troops were blamed for a lack of professionalism and could not be trusted. However, this changed at the 1866 battle at...?","category":"history","answer":"Koniggratz","choices":["Schleswig Holstein","Koniggratz","Palermo","Paris"]},{"question":"This 1899 -1902 war marked the beginning of the decline of the British Empire","category":"history","answer":"The Boer War - South Africa","choices":["Rebellion in India","The War of independence - Ireland","The Boer War - South Africa","The Boxer uprising - China"]},{"question":"In 1905 the Russian fleet engaged the Japanese fleet in front of the Korean coast. In order to reach Korea, the Russian fleet had to cross half of the world from their western ports. Believing they were battling Japanese torpedo boats in the North Sea, the Russian fleet mistakenly attacked British fishing ships.","category":"history","answer":"True","choices":["True","False"]},{"question":"In 1853 the Crimean War began.  Which country was not part of the coalition against Russia?","category":"history","answer":"Austria","choices":["France","United Kingdom","Austria","Kingdom of Piedmont"]},{"question":"This conflict ended in a humiliating defeat for China and forced the opening of 5 ports to international trade; Canton, Shanghai, Foochow, Ningpo, and Amoy. Which conflict was it?","category":"history","answer":"The first Opium War 1839 - 1842","choices":["The 2nd Sin--Japanese War 1937 - 1945","The Korean War 1950 - 1953","The Vietnam invasion - 1979","The first Opium War 1839 - 1842"]},{"question":"This Civil War raged between 1967 - 1970, costing an estimated 1 million people their lives. In the aftermath the Non-Governmental Organization Medicins sans Frontiere was created in 1971. In which country did this civil war take place?","category":"history","answer":"Nigeria","choices":["Cambodia","Congo","Algeria","Nigeria"]},{"question":"This conflict lead to the start of a period which is referred to as The Catastrophe by the defeated. Which conflict is this?","category":"history","answer":"The Arab-Israel War - 1948","choices":["The Soviet Annexation of the Baltic States; Estonia, Lithuania  Latvia - 1940","The Kashmir Conflict - 1947","The Arab-Israel War - 1948","The Armenian uprisal - 1915"]},{"question":"On April 24th 1916 an uprising took place in this country in an attempt to gain independence from the UK.  Where did this uprising take place?","category":"history","answer":"Ireland; The Easter Uprising","choices":["India; The Sepoy Mutiny","Ireland; The Easter Uprising","The Palestine Mandate ; Zionist Uprising","Egypt; The Urabi revolt"]},{"question":"When and where did the Velvet Revolution take place?","category":"history","answer":"1989 ; Prague ; Czechoslovakia","choices":["2000 ; Belgrade ; Yugoslavia","2003 ; Tbilisi ; Georgia","1989 ; Tiananmen Square, Beijing; China","1989 ; Prague ; Czechoslovakia"]},{"question":"The United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan is also known as?","category":"history","answer":"Northern Alliance","choices":["Northern Alliance","Al-Qaeda","Taliban","Amir al-MuMinin"]},{"question":"During his lifetime Montesquieu (1689 -1755) was an outright critic of the French Absolutism. He put this forward in books like Lettres Persanes (Persian Letters - 1721). He also developed his own view on an ideal political system which he described in his Lesprit des Lois (on the Spirit of Laws -1748). What political system was he envisioning?","category":"history","answer":"Constitutional Monarchy","choices":["Autocracy","Constitutional Monarchy","Liberalism","Democracy"]},{"question":"In June 1812, Napoleon Bonaparte and his Grand Armee suddenly invaded Russia at Nemel. After victories at Smolensk and Borodino, Napoleon managed to conquer Moscow without a fight. It was the start of the end of his army. After Russian refusals to come to terms and a big fire in Moscow, Napoleon was forced to retreat. The retreat turned into a complete disaster when crossing the Berezina river in November 1812. At what place did this crossing take place?","category":"history","answer":"Studjanka","choices":["Borodino","Studjanka","Moscow","Smolensk"]},{"question":"On September 27th, 1779 this politician was appointed by American Congress to start negotiating peace with the British.","category":"history","answer":"John Adams","choices":["Ben Franklin","Thomas Jefferson","John Jay","John Adams"]},{"question":"Between 1639 and 1858 Japan was largely isolated from the outside world. The port of Nagasaki was only open to Dutch and Chinese ships. In 1858 Commander Perry forced the Japanese Shogun to stop preventing trade. What was one of the results of this event?","category":"history","answer":"The Meiji Restoration","choices":["A rise to power of the Shogunate","The assassination of  Tokugawa Yoshinobu","The loss of Nagasaki to a foreign power","The Meiji Restoration"]},{"question":"In 1861 Italy was finally (largely) unified with Victor Emmanuel II assuming the title of King of Italy. Who became the first Prime Minister of Italy?","category":"history","answer":"Camillo di Cavour","choices":["Camillo di Cavour","Giuseppe Garibaldi","Bettino Ricasoly","Giuseppe Mazzini"]},{"question":"In 1876 the International Comittee of the Red Cross came into being. Which battle witnessed by one of the founders led to the foundation of the Red Cross?","category":"history","answer":"The battle of Solferino June 24th, 1859","choices":["The battle of Antietam September 27th, 1862","The battle of Sedan September 1st, 1870","The battle of Solferino June 24th, 1859","The battle of Bezzeca July 21st, 1866"]},{"question":"What happened at Prokhorovka on July 12th, 1943?","category":"history","answer":"The biggest Tank batlle of WW II","choices":["The biggest infantry engagement of WW II","The launch of Operation Kutzov","The biggest Tank batlle of WW II","The launch of Operation Citadel"]},{"question":"July 1969 will go into history as the month man first set foot on the Moon. However, in that same month and year another momentous event took place. Which event was that?","category":"history","answer":"The Nixon Doctrine is declared","choices":["The Beatles give their last public performance","The Nixon Doctrine is declared","A coup in Libya brings to power Colonel Khadaffi","The Woodstock Festival"]},{"question":"What is the War of Laws?","category":"history","answer":"The implementation of National legislation laws vs. Soviet Union laws","choices":["The Iraqis democratic government attempt to get an acceptable constitution","ANCs attempt to change the discrimination laws in South Africas Apartheid regime","The EU attempt to override local Member State law","The implementation of National legislation laws vs. Soviet Union laws"]},{"question":"What was the dividing line between North and South Korea after World War Two?","category":"history","answer":"the 38th parallel","choices":["the 17th parallel","the 49th parallel","There was never any dividing line established.","the 38th parallel"]},{"question":"When did the Korean War begin?","category":"history","answer":"in 1950 when communist North Korea suddenly attacked non-communist South Korea","choices":["in 1946, when Korean communist guerrillas began attacking non-communist groups throughout Korea","in 1949, when Chinese communists crossed the border into northern Korea and attempted to take over the entire nation","in 1953 when the US-backed South Korean army invaded communist North Korea","in 1950 when communist North Korea suddenly attacked non-communist South Korea"]},{"question":"Early in the Korean War, communist forces drove deep into South Korea until they were finally stopped at the perimeter surrounding this city near the southern end of Korea.","category":"history","answer":"Pusan","choices":["Pusan","Pyongyang","Osaka","Seoul"]},{"question":"Who was US President during most of the Korean War?","category":"history","answer":"Truman","choices":["Eisenhower","Truman","Kennedy","Roosevelt"]},{"question":"During the Korean War, after stopping the original communist invasion the anti-communist forces, commanded by General MacArthur, steadily drove the North Koreans back deep into North Korea. Then the war had a new development as Communist Chinese forces attacked in force. What is the most probable reason why the Chinese decided to enter the war?","category":"history","answer":"MacArthurs aggressive policies and proclamations made the Chinese fear that they themselves might be attacked by the anti-communist forces.","choices":["MacArthurs air forces bombed communist supply bases in China.","The Chinese saw this as a chance to defeat the Americans and invade Japan.","Anti-communist forces crossed over the North Korean-China border in several places.","MacArthurs aggressive policies and proclamations made the Chinese fear that they themselves might be attacked by the anti-communist forces."]},{"question":"During the Korean War, why was General MacArthur fired as commander of the anti-communist forces in Korea by the President (who is also commander-in-chief of US armed forces)?","category":"history","answer":"MacArthur publicly disagreed with the Presidents policy of limited war in Korea.","choices":["MacArthur refused to attack Chinese bases in China.","MacArthur publicly disagreed with the Presidents policy of limited war in Korea.","The American public demanded a more effective commander.","MacArthur refused to cooperate with NATO forces."]},{"question":"Which statement is true about the Chinese entry into the Korean War?","category":"history","answer":"It pushed the anti-communist forces back rapidly all the way into South Korea.","choices":["It caused the Nationalist forces of Taiwan to enter the war against Communist China.","It led to US bombing of targets in China.","It pushed the anti-communist forces back rapidly all the way into South Korea.","It had little effect on the course of the war."]},{"question":"Which statement regarding the consequences of the Korean War is true?","category":"history","answer":"When the war ended, no nation made any significant gain in territory or economic concessions. The dividing line between North and South was almost the same as when the war began.","choices":["When the war ended, China had gained some territory and special economic concessions from North Korea.","When the war ended, the South had gained a large part of North Korean territory.","When the war ended, the North had gained a large part of South Korean territory.","When the war ended, no nation made any significant gain in territory or economic concessions. The dividing line between North and South was almost the same as when the war began."]},{"question":"After conquering the vast majority of Western Europe, early in  World War II, the German High Command ordered the construction of a string of fortifications known as the Atlantic Wall. Parts of these barrier systems included mines, barbed wire, casemates and imitation stones. What were these imitation stones?","category":"history","answer":"Camouflaged bunkers","choices":["Stone walls suggesting the presence of bunkers","Circular machine gun emplacements","Camouflaged bunkers","Pointed stakes just under water level, to sink landing craft"]},{"question":"During the 1945 siege of Berlin by Russian forces, rumors spread among the German refugees in the Berlin Underground, that Russian T-34 tanks had entered the Underground.","category":"history","answer":"True","choices":["True","False"]},{"question":"In 1944 the Allies launched a very ambitious airborne and ground campaign into the Netherlands, codenamed Operation Market Garden.  Who was in direct charge of the 1st British Airborne Division?","category":"history","answer":"Maj. Gen. Urquhart","choices":["Montgommery took personal control","Gen. Horrocks","Ltn. Gen. Boy Browning","Maj. Gen. Urquhart"]},{"question":"In 1944 the Allies launched Operation Overlord starting the liberation of Europe. When troops entered the beaches and caught their first prisoners, they were surprised to hear this language.","category":"history","answer":"Russian","choices":["Russian","Finnish","Hungarian","Japanese"]},{"question":"What was the objective of Operation Hailstone that was launched in 1944 by the United States Navy?","category":"history","answer":"Attack on Truk Atoll","choices":["Attack on Truk Atoll","Attack on Okinawa","Attack on Iwo Jima","Raid on Tokyo"]},{"question":"During World war II, Singapores defenses were so strong that it was considered to be the Gibraltar of the Pacific. However the city fell to the Japanese relatively easy on February 15th 1942. What was the main reason for this?","category":"history","answer":"The Japanese assaulted Singapore over land.","choices":["The Japanese assaulted Singapore over land.","A night-time Amphibious assault caught the defenders off-guard.","Pro-Japanese resistance groups caused havoc in the city, leaving the defenders confused.","Superior Japanese Naval forces bombarded the defenders into submission."]},{"question":"During World War II V-2 Rockets were never aimed at targets outside the UK.","category":"history","answer":"False","choices":["False","True"]},{"question":"What was the objective of Operation Husky launched in 1943?","category":"history","answer":"The capture of Sicily","choices":["The capture of Sicily","The bombardment of the Monte Casino Cloister","The landings at Anzio","The final defeat of German forces in Africa"]},{"question":"In May 1941 the Germans used airborne divisions to invade the Island of Crete. Who was the commander of these forces?","category":"history","answer":"General Kurt Student","choices":["General  Hans Sponeck","General Albert Kesselring","General Kurt Student","Major Otto Skorzeny"]},{"question":"What was the codename for the amphibious assault on Normandy, France on 6 June 1944?","category":"history","answer":"Neptune","choices":["Husky","Neptune","Torch","Avalanche"]},{"question":"Who assassinated Robert F. Kennedy on June 5, 1968?","category":"history","answer":"Sirhan Sirhan","choices":["Charles Guiteau","Sirhan Sirhan","Gavrilo Princip","James Earl Ray"]},{"question":"What cartoon character made his film debut on June 9, 1934?","category":"history","answer":"Donald Duck","choices":["Daffy Duck","Mickey Mouse","Donald Duck","Pluto"]},{"question":"Who was the first horse to claim the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing on June 11, 1919?","category":"history","answer":"Sir Barton","choices":["Secretariat","Sir Barton","Affirmed","War Admiral"]},{"question":"This corporation, initially known as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company, was incorporated on June 15, 1911.","category":"history","answer":"IBM","choices":["Texas Instruments","Hewlitt Packard","Price Waterhouse","IBM"]},{"question":"What holiday was first celebrated on June 19, 1910?","category":"history","answer":"Fathers Day","choices":["Memorial Day","Mothers Day","Fathers Day","Flag Day"]},{"question":"On June 21, 1788 the US Constitution became the law of the land when ratified by New Hampshire.","category":"history","answer":"True","choices":["True","False"]},{"question":"What president signed legislation providing for an 8-hour work-day applicable to federal employees on June 25, 1868?","category":"history","answer":"Andrew Johnson","choices":["Ulysses S. Grant","Andrew Johnson","Abraham Lincoln","Andrew Jackson"]},{"question":"Who assassinated Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife on June 28, 1914?","category":"history","answer":"Gavrilo Princip","choices":["Charles Guiteau","Leon Czolgosz","Gavrilo Princip","Sirhan Sirhan"]},{"question":"What soap opera moved from radio to television on June 30, 1952?","category":"history","answer":"Guiding Light","choices":["General Hospital","Young and the Restless","Guiding Light","Days of our Lives"]},{"question":"In Greek mythology, Patroclus donned Achilles armor to fight against the Trojans and was killed by Hector.","category":"history","answer":"True","choices":["True","False"]},{"question":"How did the Greeks overtake the city of Troy during the Trojan War?","category":"history","answer":"They used a wooden hollow horse.","choices":["The Trojans surrendered.","They used a wooden hollow horse.","They destroyed the walls of the city.","Achilles killed the Trojan soldiers."]},{"question":"Scythian monk Dennis the Little, who lived in the sixth century invented this.","category":"history","answer":"Numbering years according to the life of Jesus","choices":["Numbering years according to the life of Jesus","The concepts of  Feudalism","The horse-pulled plow","Taking a census every decade"]},{"question":"Which of these was invented by US assistant commissioner Kathy Adams?","category":"history","answer":"The expression Y2K","choices":["Stealth technology for airplanes","Fabric softeners","The reality TV show","The expression Y2K"]},{"question":"It can be difficult to both hold a string instrument and play it. 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He was very famous for his musical comedies.","category":"history","answer":"Danny Kaye","choices":["James Arness","Danny Kaye","Johnny Carson","Marlon Brando"]},{"question":"Which of these people holds a patent for the design of a certain toy figure?","category":"history","answer":"George Lucas","choices":["Paul Winchell","Lawrence Welk","Fred Rogers","George Lucas"]},{"question":"This actor, who was the voice of Roger Rabbit in 1988 and did voice work in Polar Express, got  a patent for a toy adapted for pulling and stretching.","category":"history","answer":"Charles Fleischer","choices":["Patrick Wharton","Fred Watson","Hank Azari","Charles Fleischer"]},{"question":"This person worked in a patent office while in graduate school and is the co-holder of patent # 1781541 for a refrigerator.","category":"history","answer":"Albert Einstein","choices":["Albert Einstein","Franz Kafka","Vince McMahn","Herbert Hoover"]},{"question":"Few people know that this person holds a patent for a type of disposable child’s diaper.","category":"history","answer":"Jamie Lee Curtis","choices":["Jamie Lee Curtis","Gary Burghoff","Elizabeth Taylor","Betty White"]},{"question":"Which one of these people holds several patents for fishing lures?","category":"history","answer":"Gary Burghoff","choices":["Jamie Lee Curtis","Gary Burghoff","Jonathan Winters","Charlton Heston"]},{"question":"Under his real name this person holds patent #140245 for an improved method for scrapbooking.","category":"history","answer":"Mark Twain","choices":["Abraham Lincoln","Harry Houdini","Mark Twain","Charles Dickens"]},{"question":"Which of one these people holds patent #1370316 for a divers suit?","category":"history","answer":"Harry Houdini","choices":["Herbert Hoover","Abraham Lincoln","Harry Houdini","Mark Twain"]},{"question":"Which musician holds a patent for an electronic device that helps a composer, a musician, or a conductor to interactively select parts of a musical score?","category":"history","answer":"Harry Connick, Jr.","choices":["Darryl The Captain Dragon","Harry Connick, Jr.","Henry Mancini","Johnny Mercer"]},{"question":"If you recall well the performances of these men, it won’t be hard to guess which one of them holds a patent for a device that allows a performer to lean forward past his center of gravity.","category":"history","answer":"Michael Jackson","choices":["Axl Rose","Gene Simmons","Chaim Witz","Michael Jackson"]},{"question":"This man holds a patent for a special Jacuzzi-type of spa bath for women that includes a chair, a circulation valve, and a device for eliminating the dirty water.","category":"history","answer":"Penn Jillette","choices":["Joseph Abrahams","Jerry Lewis","Marcel Marceau","Penn Jillette"]},{"question":"Which of these people was issued patent # 6469 for a new method of buoying vessels over shoals?","category":"history","answer":"Abraham Lincoln","choices":["Andrew Jackson","Stephen Decateur","Herbert Hoover","Abraham Lincoln"]},{"question":"In 1974, this lady got a patent for a pantyhose with a shaping band for cheeky derriere relief.","category":"history","answer":"Julie Newmar","choices":["Michelle Pfeiffer","Eartha Kitt","Donna Mills","Julie Newmar"]},{"question":"The Great Pyramid of Giza is believed to have been built as the tomb of this Egyptian pharaoh.","category":"history","answer":"Khufu","choices":["Amenhotep","Ramses","Tut","Khufu"]},{"question":"What was the original height of the Great Pyramid?","category":"history","answer":"481 feet","choices":["481 feet","565 feet","380 feet","600 feet"]},{"question":"The Great Pyramid is one of the pyramids of the Giza pyramid complex. Which monument is NOT a part of that complex?","category":"history","answer":"The Pyramid of Amenemhet I","choices":["The Pyramid of Khafre","The Great Sphinx","The Pyramid of Menkaure","The Pyramid of Amenemhet I"]},{"question":"Where in Egypt are the Pyramids of Giza situated?","category":"history","answer":"On the outskirts of Cairo","choices":["In Abu Simbel, Southern Egypt","Near the Gulf of Aqaba","In the very heart of Egypt","On the outskirts of Cairo"]},{"question":"What is the estimated frame of time in which the Great Pyramid was constructed?","category":"history","answer":"15 - 20 years","choices":["more than 40 years","10 - 15 years","15 - 20 years","30 - 40 years"]},{"question":"Which one of the Pyramids of Giza has visibly retained its polished limestone casing at its apex?","category":"history","answer":"The Pyramid of Khafre","choices":["The Pyramid of Khafre","The Great Pyramid of Giza","The Pyramid of Djedefre","One of the Queens Pyramids"]},{"question":"Which peculiarity of the Great Pyramid interior distinguishes it from the other pyramids?","category":"history","answer":"The ascending passages and upper chambers","choices":["The ascending passages and upper chambers","The larger number of its chambers","The underground chamber","Its wider and longer passages"]},{"question":"What common feature do all of the entrances of the Pyramids in Giza share?","category":"history","answer":"They all face the exact north.","choices":["They all face the exact north.","They all face the exact west.","They all face the Nile River bank.","They are all oriented towards the Sphinx."]},{"question":"Towards the end of the 14th century, vandalized by an angered Sufi Muslim, the Great Sphinx of Giza lost what essential piece.","category":"history","answer":"Its nose","choices":["Its nose","Its wings","Its headdress","Its tail"]},{"question":"What word refers to the hundreds of flat-roofed Egyptian tombs built round the Pyramids of Giza?","category":"history","answer":"Mastabas","choices":["Pyramidions","Mastabas","Ben-bens","Stelas"]},{"question":"When was this headline breaking news:\nTwo people found murdered outside a condominium on South Bundy Drive in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles.?","category":"history","answer":"June 13, 1994","choices":["May 10, 1994","June 10, 1994","June 13, 1994","May 13, 1994"]},{"question":"The Alamo mission was captured on this day in 1836.","category":"history","answer":"March 6","choices":["June 16","March 6","June 1","April 1"]},{"question":"Sam Houston avenged the deaths of those killed at the Alamo in this battle.","category":"history","answer":"Battle of San Jacinto","choices":["Battle of Galiad","Battle of San Antonio","Battle of San Jacinto","Battle of Goliad"]},{"question":"How did General Santa Anna escape during the battle with Sam Houston (only to be caught the next day)?","category":"history","answer":"He was dressed as a peasant.","choices":["He pretended to be dead in the grass.","He jumped in his Buick and headed to the river.","He switched uniforms with someone else.","He was dressed as a peasant."]},{"question":"Who portrayed Davy Crockett in the 1960 movie The Alamo?","category":"history","answer":"John Wayne","choices":["Clark Gable","John Wayne","Jimmy Stewart","Richard Widmark"]},{"question":"What Dukes of Hazzard star played Thumblerig the Gambler in the 1960 movie The Alamo?","category":"history","answer":"Denver Pyle","choices":["Denver Pyle","Andy Griffith","James Best","Boss Hogg"]},{"question":"Dennis Quaid played Sam Houston in the 2004 movie The Alamo.","category":"history","answer":"True","choices":["True","False"]},{"question":"Richard Widmark played Jim Bowie in the 1960 movie The Alamo.","category":"history","answer":"True","choices":["False","True"]},{"question":"Gustav has been a common name for Swedish monarchs since the reign of Gustav Vasa or Gustav I.\nHe became king in 1521, after leading the rebellion against King Christian II of this country who controlled most of the Sweden.","category":"history","answer":"Denmark","choices":["Germany","Spain","England","Denmark"]},{"question":"King Carl XVI Gustaf ascended to the throne on September 15, 1973, after the death of his grandfather, King Gustaf VI Adolf. Carl XVI Gustaf, who is probably best known as the presenter of the Nobel Prizes,\npublicly admitted to suffer from this condition.","category":"history","answer":"Dyslexia","choices":["Epilepsy","Dyslexia","Hemophilia","Asthma"]},{"question":"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few. These words uttered by Winston Churchill refer to the bravery of the men serving in the British Royal Air Force. What is the name given to the air warfare that was carried out by the powerful Luftwaffe against the RAF\nduring the summer of 1940?","category":"history","answer":"Battle of Britain","choices":["Battle of Midway","Battle of Normandy","Battle of Brittany","Battle of Britain"]},{"question":"The Crusaders lost the Battle of Hattin because of the stupidity of King Guy of Jerusalem who insisted on marching the Crusaders in heavy armor through arid, waterless land and demanding the enemy come out and fight like good Christian soldiers. What Muslin leader was able to lead his quick, mobile cavalry to victory over the Knights Templar and the army of the Crusaders?","category":"history","answer":"Saladin","choices":["Emir Abd-ar-Rahman","Ali Pasha","Hannibal","Saladin"]},{"question":"It was on September 18,1862 that General Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Army of Northern Virgina battled General George McClellan on a cornfield near Sharpsburg, Maryland. What is the name of the battle that is often called the bloodiest single day of warfare in American history?","category":"history","answer":"Antietam","choices":["Second Bull Run","Fredericksburg","Shiloh","Antietam"]},{"question":"What brilliant Carthaginian general defeated the Romans in the Second Punic War at the Battle of Cannae in 216 B.C.?","category":"history","answer":"Hannibal","choices":["Paullus","Alexander","Hannibal","Xerxes"]},{"question":"Duke Kazimir of Stettin, a member of the Teutonic Knights, insulted King Wladislaw II of Poland when he demanded the King come out and fight like a man. King Wladislaw answered when, by 7:00 p.m. July 15, 1410, 18,000 of the Order of Teutonic Knights were dead or dying and 14,000 of the Order were taken prisoner. 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In what decisive battle did the Japanese lose the carriers Kaga, Soryu, Akagi and the Hiryu?","category":"history","answer":"Battle of Midway","choices":["Battle of Midway","Doolittle Raid","Battle of Wake Island","Battle of the Coral Sea"]},{"question":"The Tet Offensive was the first major defeat for the US/ARVN military forces in the Vietnam War.","category":"history","answer":"False","choices":["False","True"]},{"question":"During this century Constantine I ruled, and Kama Sutra was created.","category":"history","answer":"4th century AD","choices":["6th century AD","1st century BC","4th century AD","2nd century BC"]},{"question":"During this century the French Revolution began, and the United States Declaration of Independence was signedd.","category":"history","answer":"18th century AD","choices":["16th century AD","17th century AD","19th century AD","18th century AD"]},{"question":"In this century paper was first produced by Chinese people, and the Silk Road between Europe and Asia was created.","category":"history","answer":"2nd century BC","choices":["4th century BC","3rd century AD","2nd century BC","2nd century AD"]},{"question":"In this century, the Muslim conquests began, and the population on the planet was reduced to approximately 208 million people.","category":"history","answer":"7th century AD","choices":["4th century AD","10th century AD","13th century AD","7th century AD"]},{"question":"During what century did Ramesses III, Pharaoh of Egypt, live, rule and die?","category":"history","answer":"12th century BC","choices":["12th century BC","7th century BC","2nd century BC","5th century BC"]},{"question":"This century saw the discovery of the Americas and of a sea route along Cape of Good Hope to India.","category":"history","answer":"15th century AD","choices":["9th century AD","17th century AD","13th century AD","15th century AD"]},{"question":"In this century gunpowder was first used in a battle, and lions become extinct in Europe.","category":"history","answer":"10th century AD","choices":["5th century AD","10th century AD","2nd century AD","14th century AD"]},{"question":"Roman Emperors Caligula, Augustus, Claudius and Nero lived in this century.","category":"history","answer":"1st century AD","choices":["2nd century BC","2nd century AD","1st century AD","1st century BC"]},{"question":"The Great Fire of London and the Great Plague of London occurred in this century.","category":"history","answer":"17th century AD","choices":["17th century AD","9th century AD","15th century AD","7th century AD"]},{"question":"What century witnessed the reign of the so-called Five Good Emperors of Rome?","category":"history","answer":"2nd century AD","choices":["3rd century AD","2nd century AD","3rd century BC","4th century AD"]},{"question":"What movie won the Academy Award for Best Picture at the 61st Academy Awards ceremony held on March 27, 1989?","category":"history","answer":"Rain Man","choices":["My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown","Working Girl","Rain Man","Driving Miss Daisy"]},{"question":"What British actor was born on 23 July, 1989 in London, United Kingdom?","category":"history","answer":"Daniel Radcliffe","choices":["Daniel Radcliffe","Jamie Waylett","Nicholas Hoult","Hugh Mitchell"]},{"question":"American actress Bette Davis, who passed away on October 6, 1989, was the the first woman to be presented with this award by the American Film Institute.","category":"history","answer":"Lifetime Achievement Award","choices":["Best Actress Award","Free Spirit Award","Lifetime Achievement Award","All of these"]},{"question":"Who was awarded the 1989 Nobel Prize for Peace?","category":"history","answer":"The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso","choices":["The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso","Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev","Nelson Mandela","Yasser Arafat"]},{"question":"What notable event happened in New York City on November 7, 1989?","category":"history","answer":"The first African American mayor of the city was elected.","choices":["The city was visited by the Pope.","A grizzly bear on the loose fell asleep on Times Square.","An earthquake struck the city.","The first African American mayor of the city was elected."]},{"question":"What American Idol winner was born on December 22, 1989 in Phoenix, Arizona?","category":"history","answer":"Jordin Sparks","choices":["Jordin Sparks","Carrie Underwood","Kelly Clarkson","Kris Allen"]},{"question":"What popular artist passed away on January 23, 1989?","category":"history","answer":"Salvador Dali","choices":["Man Ray","Max Ernst","Pablo Picasso","Salvador Dali"]},{"question":"What name is commonly used to refer to the political events that took place in 1989 and are also known as Revolutions of 1989?","category":"history","answer":"Autumn of Nations","choices":["Autumn of Nations","The Red Veil","The Liberty Wave","All of these"]},{"question":"What American rapper was born on October 4, 1989 in New York City?","category":"history","answer":"Lil Mama","choices":["Lil Mama","Chris Brown","Soulja Boy","Bow Wow"]},{"question":"The first full-length episode of this popular TV sitcom premiered on Fox on December 17, 1989.","category":"history","answer":"The Simpsons","choices":["Full House","Step By Step","ALF","The Simpsons"]},{"question":"Who named the Cambrian period?","category":"history","answer":"Adam Sedgwick","choices":["Charles D. Walcott","Adam Sedgwick","None of these","Charles Lyell"]},{"question":"The Cambrian period lasted from 490 million years ago to 443 million years ago.","category":"history","answer":"False","choices":["True","False"]},{"question":"What term refers to the raise of biodiversity that occurred during the Cambrian period?","category":"history","answer":"Cambrian Explosion","choices":["Biodiversity Boom","None of these","Mass radiation of life","Cambrian Explosion"]},{"question":"This animal, which lived during the early Cambrian period, is possibly one of the first fish to evolve.","category":"history","answer":"Haikouichthys","choices":["Haikouichthys","Coccosteus","Kimberella","Cephalaspis"]},{"question":"During the Cambrian little or nothing lived on land.","category":"history","answer":"True","choices":["False","True"]},{"question":"Anomalocaris was a predatory arthropod of the Cambrian period which could reach a length of 100 cm or more.","category":"history","answer":"False","choices":["True","False"]},{"question":"What ocean separated Laurentia from Baltica and Siberia during the Cambrian.","category":"history","answer":"Iapetus ocean","choices":["Paleo-Tethys ocean","Iapetus ocean","Panthalassic ocean","Rheic ocean"]},{"question":"What caused the Cambrian-Ordovician mass extinction?","category":"history","answer":"Glaciation","choices":["A drop in oxygen levels during the late Cambrian","Glaciation","None of these","Global warming"]}]