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history	The father of all Norse or Viking gods was Thor the God of Thunder.	[ "False", "True" ]	False
history	WWII began on September 1, 1939, when Germany invaded this country.	[ "France", "Austria", "Russia", "Poland" ]	Poland
history	The first underground metro in North America, the Boston subway, was opened on September 1 of this year.	[ "1911", "1906", "1916", "1897" ]	1897
history	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.	[ "True", "False" ]	False
history	On September 1, 1979, Pioneer 11 became the first spacecraft to visit Mercury.	[ "False", "True" ]	False
history	On September 1, 1957, this Grammy Award - winning singer was born. She began her career as lead singer for the Miami Sound Machine.	[ "Mary J. Blige", "Gloria Estefan", "Aaliyah", "Toni Basil" ]	Gloria Estefan
history	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. The last passenger pigeon died on September 1, 1914 in this zoo.	[ "The Giza Zoo", "The Kabul Zoo", "The Philadelphia Zoo", "The Cincinnati Zoo" ]	The Cincinnati Zoo
history	On September 1, 1985, at a depth of 2 miles (3,8 km), south-east of Newfoundland, the wreck of the Titanic was discovered. Jean-Louis Michel was one of the two people who led the expedition. He was the other one.	[ "Evan Forde", "Dr. Robert Ballard", "Jacques-Yves Cousteau", "Charles David Keeling" ]	Dr. Robert Ballard
history	Moammar Qaddafi and a group of officers staged a coup detat against King Idris on 1st of September 1969 (this is true). The coup was unsuccessful and Qaddafi was sent to prison.	[ "True", "False" ]	False
history	On September 1, 2004, in a small Russian town, armed terrorists took hundreds of schoolchildren and adults hostage. What was the name of the town?	[ "Chita", "Beslan", "Rostov", "Kirishi" ]	Beslan
history	The first Crusade was initiated by Emperor Alexius I, when he appealed to Pope Urban II for help in defending against the Muslims. Alexius I was the ruler of this great empire.	[ "The Holy Roman Empire", "The Byzantine Empire", "The Chinese Empire", "The Western Roman Empire" ]	The Byzantine Empire
history	The Kingdom of Jerusalem was established after the first Crusade. Godfrey of Bouillon was chosen to be King, but he refused the title and took this one instead.	[ "Slayer of the Muslims", "Defender of the Holy City", "Defender of the Holy Land", "Defender of the Holy Sepulchre" ]	Defender of the Holy Sepulchre
history	The second Crusade, launched in 1145, was the most successful of all Crusades.	[ "True", "False" ]	False
history	The Fourth Crusade (1202â1204) was called upon by Pope Innocent II and was originally intended to retake Jerusalem by conquering this country.	[ "Bulgaria", "Turkey", "Egypt", "The Byzantine Empire" ]	Egypt
history	One of the most brutal crusades was the Albigensian Crusade (this is true). The aim of this crusade was to eliminate the religion of the Cathars.	[ "True", "False" ]	True
history	Jews saw the Crusades as great help and welcomed knights as heroes.	[ "False", "True" ]	False
history	The crusaders considered themselves sort of pilgrims and so, before joining a Crusade, they swore a vow to do this.	[ "Not to steal any gold", "To successfully reach Jerusalem", "To preach Christianity to Muslim prisoners", "To kill at least ten Muslims" ]	To successfully reach Jerusalem
history	The military power of the Teutonic Order was broken after the Battle of Grunwald, after a defeat by these two countries.	[ "Poland and Estonia", "Poland and Lithuania", "Poland and Switzerland", "Poland and Turkey" ]	Poland and Lithuania
history	This largest Christian military order was established in the aftermath of the First Crusade and is widely known as this.	[ "The Knights of St. John", "The Knights Templar", "The Order of Aviz", "Ordo Draconis" ]	The Knights Templar
history	All of the Crusades were called upon by Popes.	[ "True", "False" ]	False
history	NASA was established in this year, on July 29.	[ "1952", "1949", "1958", "1962" ]	1958
history	The four events in this question took place on February 4. However, one of the pairs (event - the year in which it happened) is wrong.	[ "First U.S. helicopter was shot down in Vietnam - 1962", "Bank of the U.S. Shut Down - 1841", "Patty Hearst was kidnapped - 1976", "The Yalta Conference commenced - 1945" ]	Patty Hearst was kidnapped - 1976
history	One of these events did not take place on March 19.	[ "Nevada legalized gambling", "Americas first recorded bank robbery took place", "General Fromm was executed for plot against Hitler", "Indira Gandhi led India" ]	Indira Gandhi led India
history	The mass suicide in Jonestown took place on this day in 1978.	[ "November 18", "October 13", "November 13", "October 18" ]	November 18
history	One of these events did not take place during December.	[ "Napoleon died in exile", "Bush ordered US troops to Somalia", "Irish free state was declared", "The Prohibition in the US ended" ]	Napoleon died in exile
history	One of these events did not take place on a summer day.	[ "Admiral Nelson was buried at St. Pauls Cathedral", "President Adams settled in a new capital", "Donald Duck debuted", "The 1936 Summer Olympics" ]	Admiral Nelson was buried at St. Pauls Cathedral
history	1783 Treaty of Paris was signed on this day.	[ "November 5", "December 6", "October 4", "September 3" ]	September 3
history	The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was signed on March 3, 1918.	[ "True", "False" ]	True
history	Magellan set out on his voyage around the world on this day.	[ "March 3, 1522", "October 12, 1512", "January 21, 1532", "September 20, 1519" ]	September 20, 1519
history	In 1799, Napoleon began his campaign to conquer the Ottoman Empire, but was eventually defeated at this city.	[ "Alexandria", "Acco", "Bagdhad", "Istanbul" ]	Acco
history	The English Navigation Acts were a series of laws which restricted foreign shipping. Resentment against the Navigation Acts was a cause for which war?	[ "The English Civil War", "The Anglo-Dutch Wars", "The Boer War", "The Anglo-Berber War" ]	The Anglo-Dutch Wars
history	What precipitated the 1969 six-day war between El Salvador and Honduras?	[ "Import tariffs on Honduran goods exported into El Salvador", "Import tariffs on Salvadoran goods exported into Honduras", "A soccer game", "Control over the oil reserves in the Gulf of Fonseca" ]	A soccer game
history	In the Battle of Gaugamela, 331 B.C. , Alexander the Great of Macedonia defeated which king?	[ "Cyrus the Great", "Leonidas of Sparta", "Marcellus Germanicus", "Darius III" ]	Darius III
history	F. D. Toussaint Louverture, a freed self-educated slave, was one of the leaders of which uprising?	[ "Sandanista Uprising", "Rebellion of Martinique", "Haitian Revolt", "Revolution of Devils Island" ]	Haitian Revolt
history	What conflict was initiated by a self-proclaimed mystic, named Hong Xiuquan, who claimed that he was the new Messiah?	[ "Taiping Rebellion", "Turko-Russian War", "Opium Wars", "Boxer Revolution" ]	Taiping Rebellion
history	In this 751 A.D. military conflict between Islamic forces and Chinese forces, the Chinese were completely defeated.	[ "Talas War", "Sino-Turkish War", "Opium War", "Boxer Revolution" ]	Talas War
history	This conflict, which lasted from 1839 to 1842, is regarded as a trade-inspired war between Great Britain and the Qing Empire in China.	[ "The War of the Roses", "The First Opium War", "The Shanghai Revolution", "Boxer Rebellion" ]	The First Opium War
history	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. The coalition attacked Sweden in what year?	[ "1942", "1700", "1917", "1864" ]	1700
history	The Battle of CrÃ©cy, which took place on 26 August 1346, was one of the most important battles of a war conflict between which two countries?	[ "France and England", "France and Flanders", "France and Spain", "France and Prussia" ]	France and England
history	In this film, the Vietnam War veteran, played by Roy Scheider experienced a war flashback, involving the execution of an enemy soldier.	[ "Blue Thunder", "Blackhawk Down", "Jaws II", "A Bridge Too Far" ]	Blue Thunder
history	What was the name of the 1989 film, directed by Brian De Palma, in which a Vietnamese girl is kidnapped, raped and murdered by US troops?	[ "Platoon", "The Village", "Apocalypse Now", "Casualties of War" ]	Casualties of War
history	In this movie the main character experiences a flashback in which he is tied in a crucifying position and being slowly slashed with a large knife.	[ "First Blood", "Uncommon Valor", "Iron Eagle", "Rambo III" ]	First Blood
history	Which country occupied Vietnam from the end of WW II to 1954, setting the scene for a civil war between North and South Vietnam?	[ "India", "Holland", "China", "France" ]	France
history	The Henry House can be found on which Civil war battlefield?	[ "South Mountain", "Petersburg", "Cedar Creek", "Bull Run" ]	Bull Run
history	Elkhorn Tavern is located on which battlefield?	[ "Pea Ridge", "Chickamauga", "Franklin", "Wilsons Creek" ]	Pea Ridge
history	Hornets Nest is associated with which battlefield?	[ "Shiloh", "Corinth", "Chattanooga", "Iuka" ]	Shiloh
history	The Burnside Bridge is related to which Civil War battlefield?	[ "Glorietta Pass", "Chantilly", "Cheat Mountain", "Antietam" ]	Antietam
history	The Maryes Heights are a landmark, found on which battlefield?	[ "Cold Harbor", "Chancellorsville", "Fair Oaks", "Fredericksburg" ]	Fredericksburg
history	On which battlefield was Lookout Mountain a dominant feature?	[ "Chattanooga", "Peachtree Creek", "Mechanicsville", "Seven Pines" ]	Chattanooga
history	Farmland, owned by the McPherson family, the Cordori family, the Spangler family, the Culp family, and the Rose family is part of which battlefield?	[ "Cedar Mountain", "Gettysburg", "Franklin", "Bull Run" ]	Gettysburg
history	Where was the Mule Shoe located?	[ "The WIlderness", "Murfreesboro", "Spotsylvania", "Appomattox" ]	Spotsylvania
history	The Crater is a famous landmark, located on which battlefield?	[ "Fair Oaks", "Petersburg", "Seven Pines", "Red River" ]	Petersburg
history	Where is the Field of Lost Shoes located?	[ "Lynchburg", "McDowell", "Kernstown", "New Market" ]	New Market
history	On what date did the Mayflower leave port?	[ "September 13", "September 20", "September 16", "September 6" ]	September 6
history	Before its trans-Atlantic voyage the Mayflower was a merchant ship travelling between England and other European countries. What was its primary cargo?	[ "rum", "wine", "livestock", "guns" ]	wine
history	It is estimated that the crew of the Mayflower consisted of how many people?	[ "25-30", "10-20", "30-50", "5-10" ]	25-30
history	What is the Mayflowers estimated length?	[ "80-100 feet", "90-110 feet", "115-130 feet", "100-125 feet" ]	90-110 feet
history	How wide was the Mayflower estimated to be?	[ "40 feet", "25 feet", "20 feet", "35 feet" ]	25 feet
history	How many days did it take the Mayflower to make the crossing from England to America?	[ "66 days", "80 days", "77 days", "70 days" ]	66 days
history	How many passengers were aboard the Mayflower when it crossed the Atlantic?	[ "93", "100", "102", "90" ]	102
history	Where did the pilgrims aboard the Mayflower intend to settle?	[ "in Virginia", "in Pennsylvania", "in Ohio", "in New York" ]	in Virginia
history	The Mayflower returned to England in 1621.	[ "True", "False" ]	True
history	In the 1982 film Airplane 2: The Sequel the space shuttle was called the Mayflower 1.	[ "True", "False" ]	True
history	After the Romans left in 412-413 AD present-day Netherlands was populated by the Franks, Saxons and what other tribe?	[ "Jutes", "Goths", "Angles", "Frisians" ]	Frisians
history	According to a legend, what preacher was killed by pagans at the northern city of Dokkum in 754?	[ "Clovis", "Patrick (Patricius)", "Radboud", "Bonifatius" ]	Bonifatius
history	In 1596, navigator Cornelis de Houtman set foot on the shore of what future colonial possession?	[ "Dutch East Indies (Indonesia)", "New Netherlands (North America)", "Ceylon (Shri Lanka)", "Surinam (Dutch Guyana)" ]	Dutch East Indies (Indonesia)
history	What Dutch city was repeatedly plundered by the Vikings?	[ "Dorestad", "Roodeschool", "Elburg", "Goes" ]	Dorestad
history	Dutch independence from Spain (1648) was recognized in this Treaty.	[ "Treaty of Soissons", "Treaty of Antwerp", "Treaty of Beijing", "Treaty of Munster" ]	Treaty of Munster
history	The first Dutch railway opened in this year -- the same year Belgian independence was recognized by the Dutch.	[ "1839", "1870", "1802", "1895" ]	1839
history	What Liberal statesman was Prime Minister of the Netherlands in the mid 19th century? He drafted constitutional changes following the Paris Revolution of 1848.	[ "Anton Adriaan Mussert", "Johan Rudolf Thorbecke", "Henri Gerard Winkelman", "Pieter Jelles Troelstra" ]	Johan Rudolf Thorbecke
history	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.	[ "Emma", "Constance", "Valerie", "Odette" ]	Emma
history	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?	[ "The Conqueror", "The Wealthy", "The Bold", "The Silent" ]	The Silent
history	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?	[ "Sputnik One", "Vostok One", "Luna One", "Spusk One" ]	Sputnik One
history	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.	[ "Voyager", "Gemini", "Atlas", "Mercury" ]	Gemini
history	Luna 1 was the first spacecraft to land on the Moon.	[ "False", "True" ]	False
history	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. Which one of these rockets was used to launch the Apollo spacecraft?	[ "Titan", "Atlas", "Saturn", "Ariane" ]	Saturn
history	The project of the Soviet Union, that aimed at the Moon, was the Luna programme. Although all of the Luna missions were unmanned, they were pioneers in many space explorations. Which one of these missions was the first to take pictures of the far side of the Moon?	[ "Luna 9", "Luna 2", "Luna 3", "Luna 12" ]	Luna 3
history	Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin and Bill Anders were the three astronauts on Apollo 11.	[ "True", "False" ]	False
history	On October 24, 1960 a rocket exploded on a launchpad at Baikonur Cosmodrome and caused the death of over 100 military personnel, engineers, and technicians. 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?	[ "R-16 conspiracy", "Korolev disaster", "Yangel incident", "Nedelin catastrophe" ]	Nedelin catastrophe
history	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.	[ "Problem with the main engine", "Meteoroid impact", "Explosion of one of the oxygen tanks", "Problem with the auxiliary thrusters" ]	Explosion of one of the oxygen tanks
history	The mission of Luna 24 was to collect soil samples from the Moon.	[ "True", "False" ]	True
history	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.	[ "Apollo-Soyuz", "Apollo-Luna", "Mercury-Salyut", "Gemini-Voskhod" ]	Apollo-Soyuz
history	Napoleon started his military career in the cavalry.	[ "False", "True" ]	False
history	This was Napoleons perfect battle.	[ "Friedland", "Jena", "Waterloo", "Austerlitz" ]	Austerlitz
history	Napoleon Bonaparte usually wore a uniform of the following rank.	[ "King", "Colonel", "General", "Marshal" ]	Colonel
history	Napoleon Bonaparte had no children to succeed him.	[ "True", "False" ]	False
history	Napoleon Bonapartes body still lies in Saint Helena, where he was buried.	[ "True", "False" ]	False
history	This Mameluke was Napoleons constant attendant.	[ "Roustam", "Tommy", "Karageorgio", "Maltesta" ]	Roustam
history	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?	[ "Herculaneum", "Napoli", "Misenum", "Stabiae" ]	Herculaneum
history	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.	[ "The Lisbon Earthquake", "The Black Plague", "The fall of Constantinople", "Famine due to poor harvests" ]	The Lisbon Earthquake
history	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?	[ "The Explosion of Krakatau", "Earth/Sea Quake", "Extreme tides", "Nucleair testing" ]	The Explosion of Krakatau
history	The famous rhyme I had a little bird. Its name was Enza. I opened the window. And In-flew-Enza refers to what disaster?	[ "The Sleeping Disease", "Ebola", "The Spanish Flu", "The Bird flu" ]	The Spanish Flu
history	In the year 1770, the worst ever famine in history struck this region, considered to be one of the most densely populated areas on Earth.	[ "Indonesia", "Bengal", "China", "India" ]	Bengal
history	In 1931 a big flood hit this country/area causing the deaths of approximately 850.000 - 4.000.000 people.	[ "The flooding of the Volga - Russia", "Tsunami - Indonesia", "The flooding of the Nile - Egypt", "The Yellow River flooding - China" ]	The Yellow River flooding - China
history	In 1991, a cyclone, unofficially known as Cyclone Gorky, struck this country leaving at least 138.000 people dead.	[ "China", "Bangladesh", "Srilanka", "Indonesia" ]	Bangladesh
history	What caused the Queen of the Sea train disaster which killed 1700 passengers?	[ "Two trains collided on the Tokaido Main Line in Yokohama, Japan.", "After the 2004 Earthquake and subsequent Tsunami this train was washed away from a Srilankan coastal track.", "The brakes on an overfilled troop train returning from the front in 1917could not take the weight of the many wagons.", "A cyclone hit the train in Bihar, India, while it was crossing a bridge. It derailed and plunged into the river below." ]	After the 2004 Earthquake and subsequent Tsunami this train was washed away from a Srilankan coastal track.
history	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?	[ "Pangfen", "Pingfen", "Pingfan", "Pangfan" ]	Pingfan
history	General Dwight Eisenhower headed an operation whose aim was to gain control of Morocco and Algiers. What was the name of the operation?	[ "Operation Torchlight", "Operation Torch", "Operation Lantern", "Operation Cresset" ]	Operation Torch
history	Hitler promoted General Friedrich Paulus in February 1943, in an attempt to lift his spirits. What was his promotion?	[ "Senior Marshal", "Senior Field Marshal", "Field Marshal", "Marshal" ]	Field Marshal
history	General Erwin Rommel led German forces during World War II. Which of the following countries was his battlefield?	[ "Libya", "All of these countries", "France", "Poland" ]	All of these countries

history

The father of all Norse or Viking gods was Thor the God of Thunder.

[ "False", "True" ]

False

history

WWII began on September 1, 1939, when Germany invaded this country.

[ "France", "Austria", "Russia", "Poland" ]

Poland

history

The first underground metro in North America, the Boston subway, was opened on September 1 of this year.

[ "1911", "1906", "1916", "1897" ]

1897

history

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.

[ "True", "False" ]

False

history

On September 1, 1979, Pioneer 11 became the first spacecraft to visit Mercury.

[ "False", "True" ]

False

history

On September 1, 1957, this Grammy Award - winning singer was born. She began her career as lead singer for the Miami Sound Machine.

[ "Mary J. Blige", "Gloria Estefan", "Aaliyah", "Toni Basil" ]

Gloria Estefan

history

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. The last passenger pigeon died on September 1, 1914 in this zoo.

[ "The Giza Zoo", "The Kabul Zoo", "The Philadelphia Zoo", "The Cincinnati Zoo" ]

The Cincinnati Zoo

history

On September 1, 1985, at a depth of 2 miles (3,8 km), south-east of Newfoundland, the wreck of the Titanic was discovered. Jean-Louis Michel was one of the two people who led the expedition. He was the other one.

[ "Evan Forde", "Dr. Robert Ballard", "Jacques-Yves Cousteau", "Charles David Keeling" ]

Dr. Robert Ballard

history

Moammar Qaddafi and a group of officers staged a coup detat against King Idris on 1st of September 1969 (this is true). The coup was unsuccessful and Qaddafi was sent to prison.

[ "True", "False" ]

False

history

On September 1, 2004, in a small Russian town, armed terrorists took hundreds of schoolchildren and adults hostage. What was the name of the town?

[ "Chita", "Beslan", "Rostov", "Kirishi" ]

Beslan

history

The first Crusade was initiated by Emperor Alexius I, when he appealed to Pope Urban II for help in defending against the Muslims. Alexius I was the ruler of this great empire.

[ "The Holy Roman Empire", "The Byzantine Empire", "The Chinese Empire", "The Western Roman Empire" ]

The Byzantine Empire

history

The Kingdom of Jerusalem was established after the first Crusade. Godfrey of Bouillon was chosen to be King, but he refused the title and took this one instead.

[ "Slayer of the Muslims", "Defender of the Holy City", "Defender of the Holy Land", "Defender of the Holy Sepulchre" ]

Defender of the Holy Sepulchre

history

The second Crusade, launched in 1145, was the most successful of all Crusades.

[ "True", "False" ]

False

history

The Fourth Crusade (1202â1204) was called upon by Pope Innocent II and was originally intended to retake Jerusalem by conquering this country.

[ "Bulgaria", "Turkey", "Egypt", "The Byzantine Empire" ]

Egypt

history

One of the most brutal crusades was the Albigensian Crusade (this is true). The aim of this crusade was to eliminate the religion of the Cathars.

[ "True", "False" ]

True

history

Jews saw the Crusades as great help and welcomed knights as heroes.

[ "False", "True" ]

False

history

The crusaders considered themselves sort of pilgrims and so, before joining a Crusade, they swore a vow to do this.

[ "Not to steal any gold", "To successfully reach Jerusalem", "To preach Christianity to Muslim prisoners", "To kill at least ten Muslims" ]

To successfully reach Jerusalem

history

The military power of the Teutonic Order was broken after the Battle of Grunwald, after a defeat by these two countries.

[ "Poland and Estonia", "Poland and Lithuania", "Poland and Switzerland", "Poland and Turkey" ]

Poland and Lithuania

history

This largest Christian military order was established in the aftermath of the First Crusade and is widely known as this.

[ "The Knights of St. John", "The Knights Templar", "The Order of Aviz", "Ordo Draconis" ]

The Knights Templar

history

All of the Crusades were called upon by Popes.

[ "True", "False" ]

False

history

NASA was established in this year, on July 29.

[ "1952", "1949", "1958", "1962" ]

1958

history

The four events in this question took place on February 4. However, one of the pairs (event - the year in which it happened) is wrong.

[ "First U.S. helicopter was shot down in Vietnam - 1962", "Bank of the U.S. Shut Down - 1841", "Patty Hearst was kidnapped - 1976", "The Yalta Conference commenced - 1945" ]

Patty Hearst was kidnapped - 1976

history

One of these events did not take place on March 19.

[ "Nevada legalized gambling", "Americas first recorded bank robbery took place", "General Fromm was executed for plot against Hitler", "Indira Gandhi led India" ]

Indira Gandhi led India

history

The mass suicide in Jonestown took place on this day in 1978.

[ "November 18", "October 13", "November 13", "October 18" ]

November 18

history

One of these events did not take place during December.

[ "Napoleon died in exile", "Bush ordered US troops to Somalia", "Irish free state was declared", "The Prohibition in the US ended" ]

Napoleon died in exile

history

One of these events did not take place on a summer day.

[ "Admiral Nelson was buried at St. Pauls Cathedral", "President Adams settled in a new capital", "Donald Duck debuted", "The 1936 Summer Olympics" ]

Admiral Nelson was buried at St. Pauls Cathedral

history

1783 Treaty of Paris was signed on this day.

[ "November 5", "December 6", "October 4", "September 3" ]

September 3

history

The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was signed on March 3, 1918.

[ "True", "False" ]

True

history

Magellan set out on his voyage around the world on this day.

[ "March 3, 1522", "October 12, 1512", "January 21, 1532", "September 20, 1519" ]

September 20, 1519

history

In 1799, Napoleon began his campaign to conquer the Ottoman Empire, but was eventually defeated at this city.

[ "Alexandria", "Acco", "Bagdhad", "Istanbul" ]

Acco

history

The English Navigation Acts were a series of laws which restricted foreign shipping. Resentment against the Navigation Acts was a cause for which war?

[ "The English Civil War", "The Anglo-Dutch Wars", "The Boer War", "The Anglo-Berber War" ]

The Anglo-Dutch Wars

history

What precipitated the 1969 six-day war between El Salvador and Honduras?

[ "Import tariffs on Honduran goods exported into El Salvador", "Import tariffs on Salvadoran goods exported into Honduras", "A soccer game", "Control over the oil reserves in the Gulf of Fonseca" ]

A soccer game

history

In the Battle of Gaugamela, 331 B.C. , Alexander the Great of Macedonia defeated which king?

[ "Cyrus the Great", "Leonidas of Sparta", "Marcellus Germanicus", "Darius III" ]

Darius III

history

F. D. Toussaint Louverture, a freed self-educated slave, was one of the leaders of which uprising?

[ "Sandanista Uprising", "Rebellion of Martinique", "Haitian Revolt", "Revolution of Devils Island" ]

Haitian Revolt

history

What conflict was initiated by a self-proclaimed mystic, named Hong Xiuquan, who claimed that he was the new Messiah?

[ "Taiping Rebellion", "Turko-Russian War", "Opium Wars", "Boxer Revolution" ]

Taiping Rebellion

history

In this 751 A.D. military conflict between Islamic forces and Chinese forces, the Chinese were completely defeated.

[ "Talas War", "Sino-Turkish War", "Opium War", "Boxer Revolution" ]

Talas War

history

This conflict, which lasted from 1839 to 1842, is regarded as a trade-inspired war between Great Britain and the Qing Empire in China.

[ "The War of the Roses", "The First Opium War", "The Shanghai Revolution", "Boxer Rebellion" ]

The First Opium War

history

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. The coalition attacked Sweden in what year?

[ "1942", "1700", "1917", "1864" ]

1700

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The Battle of CrÃ©cy, which took place on 26 August 1346, was one of the most important battles of a war conflict between which two countries?

[ "France and England", "France and Flanders", "France and Spain", "France and Prussia" ]

France and England

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In this film, the Vietnam War veteran, played by Roy Scheider experienced a war flashback, involving the execution of an enemy soldier.

[ "Blue Thunder", "Blackhawk Down", "Jaws II", "A Bridge Too Far" ]

Blue Thunder

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What was the name of the 1989 film, directed by Brian De Palma, in which a Vietnamese girl is kidnapped, raped and murdered by US troops?

[ "Platoon", "The Village", "Apocalypse Now", "Casualties of War" ]

Casualties of War

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In this movie the main character experiences a flashback in which he is tied in a crucifying position and being slowly slashed with a large knife.

[ "First Blood", "Uncommon Valor", "Iron Eagle", "Rambo III" ]

First Blood

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Which country occupied Vietnam from the end of WW II to 1954, setting the scene for a civil war between North and South Vietnam?

[ "India", "Holland", "China", "France" ]

France

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The Henry House can be found on which Civil war battlefield?

[ "South Mountain", "Petersburg", "Cedar Creek", "Bull Run" ]

Bull Run

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Elkhorn Tavern is located on which battlefield?

[ "Pea Ridge", "Chickamauga", "Franklin", "Wilsons Creek" ]

Pea Ridge

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Hornets Nest is associated with which battlefield?

[ "Shiloh", "Corinth", "Chattanooga", "Iuka" ]

Shiloh

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The Burnside Bridge is related to which Civil War battlefield?

[ "Glorietta Pass", "Chantilly", "Cheat Mountain", "Antietam" ]

Antietam

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The Maryes Heights are a landmark, found on which battlefield?

[ "Cold Harbor", "Chancellorsville", "Fair Oaks", "Fredericksburg" ]

Fredericksburg

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On which battlefield was Lookout Mountain a dominant feature?

[ "Chattanooga", "Peachtree Creek", "Mechanicsville", "Seven Pines" ]

Chattanooga

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Farmland, owned by the McPherson family, the Cordori family, the Spangler family, the Culp family, and the Rose family is part of which battlefield?

[ "Cedar Mountain", "Gettysburg", "Franklin", "Bull Run" ]

Gettysburg

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Where was the Mule Shoe located?

[ "The WIlderness", "Murfreesboro", "Spotsylvania", "Appomattox" ]

Spotsylvania

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The Crater is a famous landmark, located on which battlefield?

[ "Fair Oaks", "Petersburg", "Seven Pines", "Red River" ]

Petersburg

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Where is the Field of Lost Shoes located?

[ "Lynchburg", "McDowell", "Kernstown", "New Market" ]

New Market

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On what date did the Mayflower leave port?

[ "September 13", "September 20", "September 16", "September 6" ]

September 6

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Before its trans-Atlantic voyage the Mayflower was a merchant ship travelling between England and other European countries. What was its primary cargo?

[ "rum", "wine", "livestock", "guns" ]

wine

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It is estimated that the crew of the Mayflower consisted of how many people?

[ "25-30", "10-20", "30-50", "5-10" ]

25-30

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What is the Mayflowers estimated length?

[ "80-100 feet", "90-110 feet", "115-130 feet", "100-125 feet" ]

90-110 feet

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How wide was the Mayflower estimated to be?

[ "40 feet", "25 feet", "20 feet", "35 feet" ]

25 feet

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How many days did it take the Mayflower to make the crossing from England to America?

[ "66 days", "80 days", "77 days", "70 days" ]

66 days

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How many passengers were aboard the Mayflower when it crossed the Atlantic?

[ "93", "100", "102", "90" ]

102

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Where did the pilgrims aboard the Mayflower intend to settle?

[ "in Virginia", "in Pennsylvania", "in Ohio", "in New York" ]

in Virginia

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The Mayflower returned to England in 1621.

[ "True", "False" ]

True

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In the 1982 film Airplane 2: The Sequel the space shuttle was called the Mayflower 1.

[ "True", "False" ]

True

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After the Romans left in 412-413 AD present-day Netherlands was populated by the Franks, Saxons and what other tribe?

[ "Jutes", "Goths", "Angles", "Frisians" ]

Frisians

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According to a legend, what preacher was killed by pagans at the northern city of Dokkum in 754?

[ "Clovis", "Patrick (Patricius)", "Radboud", "Bonifatius" ]

Bonifatius

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In 1596, navigator Cornelis de Houtman set foot on the shore of what future colonial possession?

[ "Dutch East Indies (Indonesia)", "New Netherlands (North America)", "Ceylon (Shri Lanka)", "Surinam (Dutch Guyana)" ]

Dutch East Indies (Indonesia)

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What Dutch city was repeatedly plundered by the Vikings?

[ "Dorestad", "Roodeschool", "Elburg", "Goes" ]

Dorestad

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Dutch independence from Spain (1648) was recognized in this Treaty.

[ "Treaty of Soissons", "Treaty of Antwerp", "Treaty of Beijing", "Treaty of Munster" ]

Treaty of Munster

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The first Dutch railway opened in this year -- the same year Belgian independence was recognized by the Dutch.

[ "1839", "1870", "1802", "1895" ]

1839

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What Liberal statesman was Prime Minister of the Netherlands in the mid 19th century? He drafted constitutional changes following the Paris Revolution of 1848.

[ "Anton Adriaan Mussert", "Johan Rudolf Thorbecke", "Henri Gerard Winkelman", "Pieter Jelles Troelstra" ]

Johan Rudolf Thorbecke

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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.

[ "Emma", "Constance", "Valerie", "Odette" ]

Emma

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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?

[ "The Conqueror", "The Wealthy", "The Bold", "The Silent" ]

The Silent

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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?

[ "Sputnik One", "Vostok One", "Luna One", "Spusk One" ]

Sputnik One

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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.

[ "Voyager", "Gemini", "Atlas", "Mercury" ]

Gemini

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Luna 1 was the first spacecraft to land on the Moon.

[ "False", "True" ]

False

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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. Which one of these rockets was used to launch the Apollo spacecraft?

[ "Titan", "Atlas", "Saturn", "Ariane" ]

Saturn

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The project of the Soviet Union, that aimed at the Moon, was the Luna programme. Although all of the Luna missions were unmanned, they were pioneers in many space explorations. Which one of these missions was the first to take pictures of the far side of the Moon?

[ "Luna 9", "Luna 2", "Luna 3", "Luna 12" ]

Luna 3

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Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin and Bill Anders were the three astronauts on Apollo 11.

[ "True", "False" ]

False

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On October 24, 1960 a rocket exploded on a launchpad at Baikonur Cosmodrome and caused the death of over 100 military personnel, engineers, and technicians. 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?

[ "R-16 conspiracy", "Korolev disaster", "Yangel incident", "Nedelin catastrophe" ]

Nedelin catastrophe

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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.

[ "Problem with the main engine", "Meteoroid impact", "Explosion of one of the oxygen tanks", "Problem with the auxiliary thrusters" ]

Explosion of one of the oxygen tanks

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The mission of Luna 24 was to collect soil samples from the Moon.

[ "True", "False" ]

True

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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.

[ "Apollo-Soyuz", "Apollo-Luna", "Mercury-Salyut", "Gemini-Voskhod" ]

Apollo-Soyuz

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Napoleon started his military career in the cavalry.

[ "False", "True" ]

False

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This was Napoleons perfect battle.

[ "Friedland", "Jena", "Waterloo", "Austerlitz" ]

Austerlitz

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Napoleon Bonaparte usually wore a uniform of the following rank.

[ "King", "Colonel", "General", "Marshal" ]

Colonel

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Napoleon Bonaparte had no children to succeed him.

[ "True", "False" ]

False

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Napoleon Bonapartes body still lies in Saint Helena, where he was buried.

[ "True", "False" ]

False

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This Mameluke was Napoleons constant attendant.

[ "Roustam", "Tommy", "Karageorgio", "Maltesta" ]

Roustam

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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?

[ "Herculaneum", "Napoli", "Misenum", "Stabiae" ]

Herculaneum

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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.

[ "The Lisbon Earthquake", "The Black Plague", "The fall of Constantinople", "Famine due to poor harvests" ]

The Lisbon Earthquake

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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?

[ "The Explosion of Krakatau", "Earth/Sea Quake", "Extreme tides", "Nucleair testing" ]

The Explosion of Krakatau

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The famous rhyme I had a little bird. Its name was Enza. I opened the window. And In-flew-Enza refers to what disaster?

[ "The Sleeping Disease", "Ebola", "The Spanish Flu", "The Bird flu" ]

The Spanish Flu

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In the year 1770, the worst ever famine in history struck this region, considered to be one of the most densely populated areas on Earth.

[ "Indonesia", "Bengal", "China", "India" ]

Bengal

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In 1931 a big flood hit this country/area causing the deaths of approximately 850.000 - 4.000.000 people.

[ "The flooding of the Volga - Russia", "Tsunami - Indonesia", "The flooding of the Nile - Egypt", "The Yellow River flooding - China" ]

The Yellow River flooding - China

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In 1991, a cyclone, unofficially known as Cyclone Gorky, struck this country leaving at least 138.000 people dead.

[ "China", "Bangladesh", "Srilanka", "Indonesia" ]

Bangladesh

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What caused the Queen of the Sea train disaster which killed 1700 passengers?

[ "Two trains collided on the Tokaido Main Line in Yokohama, Japan.", "After the 2004 Earthquake and subsequent Tsunami this train was washed away from a Srilankan coastal track.", "The brakes on an overfilled troop train returning from the front in 1917could not take the weight of the many wagons.", "A cyclone hit the train in Bihar, India, while it was crossing a bridge. It derailed and plunged into the river below." ]

After the 2004 Earthquake and subsequent Tsunami this train was washed away from a Srilankan coastal track.

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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?

[ "Pangfen", "Pingfen", "Pingfan", "Pangfan" ]

Pingfan

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General Dwight Eisenhower headed an operation whose aim was to gain control of Morocco and Algiers. What was the name of the operation?

[ "Operation Torchlight", "Operation Torch", "Operation Lantern", "Operation Cresset" ]

Operation Torch

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Hitler promoted General Friedrich Paulus in February 1943, in an attempt to lift his spirits. What was his promotion?

[ "Senior Marshal", "Senior Field Marshal", "Field Marshal", "Marshal" ]

Field Marshal

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General Erwin Rommel led German forces during World War II. Which of the following countries was his battlefield?

[ "Libya", "All of these countries", "France", "Poland" ]

All of these countries