History
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Who was President Ronald Reagan quoting when he said “I forgot to duck” after he was shot by John W. Hinckley Jr. in 1981?
What were the names of Abe Lincoln’s four sons?
In which US city was Al Capone crime king during the Prohibition?
Which arm and which eye did Nelson lose in service?
Who was Oliver North’s immediate boss who admitted authorizing funding the Contra rebels in Nicaragua?
Which US state gave its name to a musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein?
What is the minimum age set in the Constitution for the president of the United States.
What city was the first to mint its own gold coins?
What engraved gift did President Lyndon Johnson give to friends and acquaintances to make sure they thought of him “first thing in the morning and the last at night”?
Which politician stated, “Read my lips: no new taxes?”
Who did former communist Aleksander Kwasniewski defeat in a 1995 Eastern European presidential election?
Which red Indian tribe featured in “Dances With Wolves?
On which day of the week does the Queen distribute Maundy Money?
To which royal house does the royal family of Monaco belong?
What was the source of billionaire recluse Howard Hughes’ original fortune?
Alfred Packer in the USA was convicted of what strange crime?
Socrates was trained into what profession?
Who said, “I married beneath me. ‘all women do?”
Who was buried in Milan under the name of Maria Maggi to discourage grave robbers?
What twentieth-century American general had a grandfather who was a confederate brigadier general in the Civil War, and a great -great-great-grandfather who was a general in the Revolutionary War?
Mount Vesuvius, the volcano that killed 3,360 people in 1631, is in what country?
Who was Herbert Hoover’s Vice President?
How Many Children did Queen Victoria have?
Woodhenge and Stonehenge are 3000 years old. True or False?
What year is infamous with Jack the Ripper?
What American billionaire tried to airlift 28 tons of medicine and Christmas gifts to American POWs in North Vietnam in 1969?
Who was the leader of ZAPU?
Which hospital was Ronald Reagan taken to after the 1981 attempt on his life?
Michel Aoun led which then unsettled Middle “Eastern country form 1988-1990?
What got a new balcony, front portico and two extra chimneys on the back of $20 bills, in 1948?
Where was Lee Harvey Oswald shot dead?
What offence was former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega tried for in the USA?
Robert Menzies was Prime Minister of which country?
Genghis Khan was the most famous leader of what people?
In 1868 impeachment proceedings were initiated against President Andrew Johnson for his opposition to black rights and Congress’ Reconstruction efforts. By what margin did he escape conviction?
Who shared the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize?
Which African explorer translated the Arabian Nights?
Which airship exploded in New Jersey in 1937?
Which Anglican archbishop of Cape Town was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984?
What was the first country to recognize Mexico’s independence, in 1836?
What ‘J’ was Napoleon’s wife for thirteen years?
In which country did the widespread use of ISDN begin in 1988?
Florence Nightingale was a nurse during which war?
What famous philosopher said, “Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers”?
Who was the only U.S. president not to use the word “I” in his inaugural address?
In Medieval England what name was given to the area presided over by a Lord?
What was John Adams the 2nd of?
Haile Selassie ruled in which country?
Who was Henry VIII last wife?
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