Category: History Trivia

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The war of 1812 was eneded with the signing of what peace treaty?

Tutankhamun’s tomb was found in which Egyptian valley?

American hunter and showman William Frederick Cody was better known by what name?

Launched on board Sputnik 2 in 1957, what kind of animal became the first to orbit the Earth?

Best known for his six marriages, who was the was King of England from 1509 until his death in 1547?

Founded in 1636, which university claims to be the oldest institution of higher education in the United States?

Who was the Egyptian god of the underworld?

What concert venue was built by a philanthropist in Midtown Manhattan in 1891?

In 2003 Arnold Schwarzenegger became the governor of which U.S. state?

World War I formally ended on November 11th of what year?

The constitution of the United States was signed in what year?

What is the name of the retired British ocean liner that currently serves as a hotel in Long Beach, California?

In what year did Apple introduce the Macintosh with a television commercial during the Super Bowl?

After just 33 days in office, which Pope died in 1978?

Released in November 1940, what Disney film was the first commercial movie to be exhibited with stereophonic sound?

Cambodian revolutionary and politician Pol Pot was the leader of what political party?

The signing of the Treaty of Versailles ended which war?

The offshore drilling rig, Deepwater Horizon, was located in which body of water?

German architect Walter Gropius founded what art school in 1919 in the city of Weimar?

In 1804, which American statesman lost his life in a duel with Aaron Burr?