History Trivia Questions XVI

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In 1610, what explorer was marooned by his crew in a bay that now bears his name?

       a. Martin Frobisher
       b. Henry Hudson
       c. Bobby Joe Biscayne
       d. Vitus Bering


Once best known for protesting tea prices, what Founding Father had a beer brewery that folded in 1764?

       a. Patrick Henry
       b. Sam Adams
       c. Paul Revere
       d. Adolph Coors


Although Hammurabi founded Babylonia, he is best known for something he supposedly received in the 18th century BC from the sun-god Shamash. What is it?

       a. A code of laws
       b. Pandora's Box
       c. The secret of fire
       d. The Ten Commandments


In the capital of Ashgabat, a 12-meter statue of Saparmurat Niyazov, aka Turmenbashi, was built to rotate to constantly face the sun. What country was this?

       a. Turkmenistan
       b. Lithuania
       c. Latvia
       d. Estonia


In Laramie, there is a sculpture of Louisa Swain, the first woman to vote in the first state to give women the vote. What state was this?

       a. Wyoming
       b. Montana
       c. Idaho
       d. Iowa


Deposed for good in 1955, Bao Dai was which country's last emperor?

       a. Vietnam
       b. Japan
       c. China
       d. Thailand


Katharine Gun, an English-Mandarin translator for British intelligence, blew the whistle on an illegal US plan to do something. What?

       a. Bug the UN offices of six swing-vote nations on the UN Security Council
       b. Falsify records of WMD production in Iraq
       c. Plant false stories about Iraq in the world media
       d. Jam the frequencies used by Al-Jazeera


In 1986, nuclear technician Mordechai Vanunu converted to Christianity and told the world about which country's secret nuclear program?

       a. Israel
       b. India
       c. Pakistan
       d. Iraq


The Philippines was named for Philip, who was king of what country in the 1500s?

       a. Naples
       b. Spain
       c. France
       d. Persia


Gregor Strasser was a socialist rather than a nationalist. Who arranged for Strasser to be killed in 1934, as part of the Night of the Long Knives?

       a. Adolf Hitler
       b. Josef Stalin
       c. Francisco Franco
       d. Harry Potter


In 1942, several of my companies were seized by federal government under the Trading with the Enemy Act. Even though I had dealings with Nazis, my grandson still became president. Who am I?

       a. Prescott Bush
       b. Joe Kennedy
       c. Walker Bush
       d. John Kennedy, Sr.


On October 21, 1805, Horatio Nelson destroyed a French fleet off Cape Trafalgar. Where is this cape?

       a. Wales
       b. France
       c. Spain
       d. Italy


This future president played center at the University of Michigan, where he was named MVP. After graduating in 1935, he turned down the Detroit Lions and the Green Bay Packers to study law at Yale. Who?

       a. Dwight Eisenhower
       b. Gerald Ford
       c. George HW Bush
       d. John F Kennedy


Named for the Fianna, a band of Irish warriors of the 2nd and 3rd centuries, the Fenians were trying to free what country in the 19th century?

       a. California
       b. Ireland
       c. Texas
       d. Scotland


Which country's 1701 Act of Settlement restricts the monarchy to the "Protestant heirs" of the Electress Sophia of Hanover?

       a. Great Britain
       b. Sweden
       c. Netherlands
       d. Belgium


In 1822, Sir Walter Scott organized this monarch's visit to Scotland, the first such visit since 1650, and in the process rekindled interest in tartan kilts. Who was the monarch?

       a. George IV
       b. Edward VII
       c. Victoria
       d. William IV


After Pius VII had me excommunicated in 1809, I had him arrested. Who am I?

       a. Machiavelli
       b. Napoleon
       c. Augustus
       d. Mussolini


Fred Grandy was elected to Congress in 1986 as an Iowa Republican. What did he do from 1977 to 1986?

       a. Played Gopher on "The Love Boat"
       b. Was governor of Wisconsin
       c. Served time in Folsom Prison
       d. Ran a shrimp farm


After an April 19, 1861 riot in this state's largest city, the Union declared martial law and arrested the state's pro-Confederacy governor and legislature. What state is this?

       a. Tennessee
       b. Maryland
       c. Kentucky
       d. Missouri


Napoleon I, Tsar Alexander I of Russia and Emperor Francis II of the Holy Roman Empire personally led troops in the Battle of the Three Emperors at Austerlitz, now called Slavkov in what present-day European country?

       a. Czech Republic
       b. Poland
       c. Slovakia
       d. Austria


On September 2, 1945, this man declared his country's independence, while standing beside US spies and while flying an American flag. Who was he?

       a. Ho Chi Minh
       b. Ferdinand Marcos
       c. Shah of Iran
       d. PW Botha




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