Best Questions: History
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1
What are the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution called?
There is no specific name
The Bill of Rights
The First Laws
The Rights of the People
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2
Imagine like it's the eighteenth century, and your sailor sweetheart has just given you what is called a 'busk valentine'. What did he give you?
A kiss
A piece of decorated whale-bone
A song
A trinket from a far-off place
3
Which forensics technique found wide application in criminal law during the 1990s?
DNA profiling
Bloodstain pattern analysis
Verbal autopsy
Gain analysis
4
What year did the Spanish flu pandemic take place?
1905
1920
1900
1918
5
Which Roman Emperor is notorious for his unbelievable cruelty?
Julius Caesar
Caligula
Tiberius
Augustus
6
Name the most popular American baseball player of the 1920s.
George Herman Ruth Jr.
Joe Engel
Ben Egan
Bill Carrigan
7
When did Christopher Columbus discover the Americas?
1492
1511
1618
1754
8
Apple Computer Company was officially founded . . . in Los Altos, in 1977.
In a cellar
In a garage
In a library
In a hurry
9
What was the main activity in ancient Rome's Circus Maximus?
Running
Horse Racing
Gladiators’ fights
Hammer-throwing
10
Which of the following events led to the beginning of World War I in 1914?
Assassination of Martin Luther King
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Creation of the Soviet Union
None of the above
11
When did the French Revolution take place?
1655 – 1688
1789 – 1799
1815 – 1821
1956 – 1968
12
In July 1923 which freak weather conditions killed 23 people in Rostov, USSR?
Storm
Hail
Blizzard
Frost
13
What was the highest-grossing film of the 1960s?
Psycho
The Sound of Music
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Bonnie and Clyde
14
Who became the President-elect of the United States in 2016?
Donald Trump
Mike Pence
Hillary Clinton
Tim Kaine
15
Which device quickly gained and lost popularity within the 1990s?
Pager
CD burner drive
MP3 player
Flash memory card
16
Which famous musician was assassinated on December 8, 1980?
John Lennon
Bob Marley
Tim Hardin
Marvin Gaye
17
Who was the first president of Russia?
Putin
Medvedev
Yeltsin
Nemtsov
18
Who commanded the US Third Army during WWII?
George Patton
Omar Bradly
Bernard Montgomery
Mark Clark
19
The United States one-cent coin is commonly known as...
A dime
A penny
A nickel
A quarter
20
Who exclaimed 'Eureka' ('I've found it!') when noticing that his body displaced the water in his bath?
Archimedes
Pythagoras
Socrates
Herodotus
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