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history	What was U.S. Grant doing at the outbreak of the Civil War?	[ "None of these", "Working in the family business", "Had a command out West", "Going to West Point" ]	Working in the family business
history	What was the last state to secede from the Union?	[ "Tennessee", "Louisiana", "Arkansas", "Texas" ]	Tennessee
history	How many Union soldiers were killed during the bombardment of Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor?	[ "1", "4", "2", "None" ]	None
history	In 1962 President Kennedy of the US and Chairman Khrushchev of the Soviet Union were able to peacefully end a confrontation which might have led to a nuclear war. Where was this crisis centered?	[ "Israel", "Korea", "Berlin", "Cuba" ]	Cuba
history	Early in his administration this US President survived being shot by an assassin and even showed a sense of humor when he told his wife, Honey, I forgot to duck.	[ "Nixon", "Carter", "Ford", "Reagan" ]	Reagan
history	Children, and many adults too, were happy when the first Disneyland opened in California in this year.	[ "1949", "1955", "1967", "1962" ]	1955
history	In 1954 Roger Bannister became the first person in history to do which of the following?	[ "win Noble Prizes in three different categories", "orbit the earth", "None of these", "run a mile in under four minutes" ]	run a mile in under four minutes
history	In the 1960s, Humans finally achieved an age-old dream of landing on the Moon. Who was the first person to set foot on the Moon and in what year did this happen?	[ "Michael Collins, 1968", "Neil Armstrong, 1969", "Buzz Aldrin, 1966", "Buzz Aldrin, 1967" ]	Neil Armstrong, 1969
history	The Zodiak killer is a suspect in the murders of Lindsay Cutshall and Jason S. Allen who were murdered in their sleeping bags on Fish Head Beach in Jenner, California in August 2004?	[ "True", "False" ]	True
history	When did the Allies capture Tobruk during World War II?	[ "1943", "1939", "1941", "1942" ]	1942
history	During WWII, upon leaving the Philippines, American general Douglass Mcarthur said I will never return.	[ "True", "False" ]	False
history	What nickname did Erwin Rommel get during World War II?	[ "Desert Fox", "Stealth", "The Mole", "The African Liberator" ]	Desert Fox
history	In what month in 1945 did Japan surrender to the US?	[ "October", "September", "January", "December" ]	September
history	What day in 1944 is referred to as D-Day?	[ "June 6", "August 2", "June 10", "May 9" ]	June 6
history	Did Warsaw surrender to German troops in 1940?	[ "Yes", "No" ]	No
history	Was the Soviet Union part of the Axis Powers during World War II?	[ "Yes", "No" ]	No
history	During World War II, Japan was one of the Axis powers.	[ "False", "True" ]	True
history	Where did the D-Day invasion occur?	[ "Normandy", "Cherbourg", "Minsk", "Warsaw" ]	Normandy
history	When did the Germans invade Yugoslavia and Greece during World War II?	[ "1939", "1943", "1941", "1999" ]	1941
history	In what month of 1941 did Nazi Germanys invasion of the Soviet Union start?	[ "August", "March", "July", "June" ]	June
history	The grave of Jesse James was exhumed in 1995 and it was found out that the person buried there was actually Jesse James.	[ "False", "True" ]	True
history	Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, who in 1961 became the first human to enter outer space, died in 1968. What was the cause of his death?	[ "He developed AIDS and was not treated.", "He was killed in an car accident.", "He was killed in a plane crash.", "A plane he was piloting was shot down by Chechen rebels." ]	He was killed in a plane crash.
history	American astronaut John Glenn piloted the first American manned orbital mission, aboard Friendship 7 on February 20, 1962. What actor performed a song, dedicated to him?	[ "Charleton Heston", "Walter Brennan", "Nat King Cole", "Perry Como" ]	Walter Brennan
history	On October 24, 1960, over 100 people died in the Soviet Union, in a rocket explosion that was not reported until the 1990s.	[ "True", "False" ]	True
history	This Russian cosmonaut was likely to have been the third or fourth person in space, but was dismissed from the cosmonaut corps in 1963, because of drunkenness and disorderly behavior at Chkalovskiy station.	[ "Vladimir Komarov", "Aleksei Leonov", "Grigori Nelyubov", "Alexi Petronov" ]	Grigori Nelyubov
history	The first person who lost his life in a space flight was the Soviet cosmonaut, Vladimir M. Komarov. How did he die?	[ "The capsule of his Soyuz 1 spacecraft burned upon re-entry, due to damage to the heat shields.", "His Soyuz 1 capsule landed on hard ground rather than making a soft, water landing.", "His Soyuz 1 capsule burnt up in space because the heat shields were inadequate.", "The parachutes on his Soyuz 1 capsule did not deploy and the hard entry caused his death." ]	The parachutes on his Soyuz 1 capsule did not deploy and the hard entry caused his death.
history	What astronaut almost drowned in 1961, when his Liberty Bell 7 capsule sank upon splashdown in the Pacific Ocean?	[ "Jim Lovell", "Ed White", "Roger Chaffee", "Gus Grissom" ]	Gus Grissom
history	On September 23, 1999, the Mars Climate Orbiter, whose mission was to study the Martian weather, climate, and water, crashed on the Martian surface, instead of starting to orbit around the planet. What was the reason for this accident?	[ "The atmospheric stresses and friction were greater than expected.", "A mechanical fault in the protective shield", "Confusion in the system of units in the navigation of the spacecraft", "Mars gravitation forces were greater than expected." ]	Confusion in the system of units in the navigation of the spacecraft
history	This year was fatal for Russian space exploration, because after a normal re-entry of the capsule of the Soyuz 11 mission, the ground team opened the capsule to find the crew dead.	[ "1984", "1971", "1982", "1989" ]	1971
history	Which of these statements about the state of the human body during space flights has been proven?	[ "Astronauts tend to have memory problems during longer flights.", "Astronauts tend to have elevated testosterone levels in space.", "Astronauts tend to have a reduced amount of testosterone in space.", "Astronauts tend to have a decreased capacity for exercise and brain activity when in outer space." ]	Astronauts tend to have a reduced amount of testosterone in space.
history	On February 1, 2003, during the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, the entire seven-member crew died. However, something on the shuttle survived the crash. What was it?	[ "Some rod-shaped bacteria", "A mouse", "An android", "Some worms" ]	Some worms
history	Name the first state to secede from the Union.	[ "Georgia", "Virginia", "Tennessee", "South Carolina" ]	South Carolina
history	Who was the first person in space?	[ "Alexey Ivanovich", "Alan Shepard", "John Glen", "Yuri Gagarin" ]	Yuri Gagarin
history	Who is the first president of the U. S. in the 21st century?	[ "Bill Clinton", "Al Gore", "Barrack Obama", "George W. Bush" ]	Bill Clinton
history	The battle that is generally considered the turning point of the Pacific War was fought on and near this island.	[ "Palau", "Midway", "Iwo Jima", "Kiska" ]	Midway
history	The Doolittle raid was the first time the US bombed Japan in the Pacific War. The bombers were launched from an aircraft carrier but the Japanese did not know where the bombers came from. What place did President Roosevelt facetiously name as the place where the bombers had come from?	[ "an underground air base in China", "Utopia", "Shangri-La", "The North Pole" ]	Shangri-La
history	Where did the Japanese and Americans fight for about six months in 1942 before the Japanese were finally defeated and their advance in the Solomon Islands stopped?	[ "Kiska", "Guadalcanal", "New Britain", "Tarawa" ]	Guadalcanal
history	In what sea were the combined naval forces of the US, Britain, Netherlands and Australia decisively defeated by the Japanese Navy as they advanced in Southeast Asia in 1942?	[ "Java Sea", "Arafura Sea", "South China Sea", "Timor Sea" ]	Java Sea
history	The kamikaze, Japanese suicide planes that crashed into Allied ships, first made a systematic appearance in 1944 during the fighting near this location.	[ "Makin Atol", "Tarawa", "the Philippines", "Palau" ]	the Philippines
history	This island, captured by US forces in 1944, was close enough for B29 bombers to fly round trip to Japan. A major air base was built there from which many B29 bombing attacks were launched and the planes carrying the atomic bombs took off.	[ "Mindanao", "Palau", "Tinian", "Guam" ]	Tinian
history	What was the only major city in the Pacific theater of operations in which there was major urban warfare between US and Japanese forces?	[ "Beijing", "Port Moresby", "Manila", "Taipei" ]	Manila
history	This Japanese city had a large section burned out in a fire storm started by a large B29 air raid in March 1945. Although statistics are inadequate to judge conclusively, the raid may have killed as many people in one night as were killed by the atomic bomb at Hiroshima.	[ "Sapporo", "Tokyo", "Osaka", "Kyoto" ]	Tokyo
history	The British and their allies were shocked in 1942 when the Japanese captured a British colonial city that was supposed to be so well fortified as to be immune to attack. What was that city?	[ "Mandalay", "Hong Kong", "Singapore", "Darwin" ]	Singapore
history	The last major battle of World War Two was also the one that caused the most casualties to the US and their allies (mostly British) in the Pacific War. Where was this battle fought?	[ "Philippines", "Guam", "Okinawa", "Iwo Jima" ]	Okinawa
history	During World War Two, General MacArthurs US forces, with help from Australian forces, methodically and skillfully drove the Japanese from the second largest island in the world. What is that island?	[ "New Guinea", "Luzon", "Sumatra", "Australia" ]	New Guinea
history	In 1944 the US Navy air arm effectively destroyed the Japanese naval air power by sinking three Japanese aircraft carriers and shooting down about 600 Japanese planes in a battle the Americans nicknamed the turkey shoot. In what sea, which gives the battle its name, did this happen?	[ "Sea of Japan", "Philippine Sea", "East China Sea", "Celebes Sea" ]	Philippine Sea
history	In what body of water was a naval battle fought in 1942 in which, for the first time in history, the ships of both sides never saw each other?	[ "Leyte Gulf", "Sulu Sea", "Gulf of Papua", "Coral Sea" ]	Coral Sea
history	How long did Hitlers Third Reich last?	[ "14 years", "12 years", "6 years", "4 years" ]	12 years
history	During WWII Joseph Stalin was leader of the Soviet Union. His name, Stalin, means Man of Power.	[ "False", "True" ]	False
history	Adolf Hitlers father, Alois, changed his last name to Hitler. What was his original last name?	[ "Von Poppen", "Schicklgruber", "Hindenburg", "Van Poppen" ]	Schicklgruber
history	What was the code name for the invasion of Japan during WWII, which was never undertaken due to the end of the war?	[ "Cupcake", "Downwind", "Triton", "Downfall" ]	Downfall
history	The Soviet Union declared war on Japan on August 1, 1945.	[ "True", "False" ]	True
history	The title of Hitlers book Mein Kampf means My Story.	[ "False", "True" ]	False
history	Which of these countries was not neutral during WWII?	[ "Portugal", "Greece", "Spain", "Switzerland" ]	Greece
history	Who was Geli Raubel?	[ "One of Hitlers nieces", "One of Hitlers secretaries", "One of Hitlers secret agents", "One of Hitlers sisters" ]	One of Hitlers nieces
history	What was the name of the airplane that dropped the a-bomb over Nagasaki on August 9, 1945?	[ "Little Boy", "Angela Heart", "Bocks Car", "Enola Gay" ]	Bocks Car
history	During WWII, the SS formed a unit called the Werewolves to resist allied occupation forces.	[ "False", "True" ]	True
history	Who led the Vichy regime in France during WWII?	[ "Marshall Petain", "General Jean Martine Dubois", "General Lemoines", "Henri Desqueres" ]	Marshall Petain
history	During the Nuremberg trails, 30% of the defendants claimed the Holocaust never occurred, the remainder claimed they were just following orders.	[ "False", "True" ]	False
history	What is the name of the last Inca Emperor, who defeated his older half-brother in a civil war and took the throne?	[ "Tupac Hualpa", "Atahualpa", "Huayna Capac", "Huascar" ]	Atahualpa
history	What was the language of the Inca Empire, used by the Catholic Church to preach to Indians in the Andes area?	[ "Sepik-Ramu", "Mairasi", "Quechua", "Amto-Musan" ]	Quechua
history	This American explorer, a former member of the US Senate, rediscovered the Inca settlement of Machu Picchu.	[ "Hiram Bingham", "Richard Basset", "Dean Barkley", "Judah Benjamin" ]	Hiram Bingham
history	This Spanish conquistador, the founder of the City of Lima, conquered the Inca Empire.	[ "Gonzalo Pizarro", "Hernan Cortes", "Francisco Pizarro", "Alonso de Ojeda" ]	Francisco Pizarro
history	This kingdom, the largest in the Late Intermediate period of the cultural history of Peru, was eventually conquered by the Inca Empire in 1493.	[ "Chimor", "Chan Chan", "Wanka", "Moche" ]	Chimor
history	The Battle of Cajamarca, in which the last Inca emperor was captured, took place in which year?	[ "1530", "1532", "1555", "1560" ]	1532
history	Who was the god of mountains in the Inca mythology?	[ "Kon (Kan)", "Chasca", "Apo (Apu)", "Paricia" ]	Apo (Apu)
history	What did the Inca officials wear in order to indicate their status?	[ "sword", "hat", "tunic", "belt" ]	tunic
history	How many provincial regions did the Inca Empire have?	[ "2", "5", "3", "4" ]	4
history	This title, which in English means the only one, was used by the ruler of the Inca Empire.	[ "Manco Inca", "Sapa Inca", "Tupac Inca", "Titu Inca" ]	Sapa Inca
history	What was the scene of the last major battle of the Peloponnesian War?	[ "Actium", "Epirus", "Aegospotami", "Salamis" ]	Aegospotami
history	Agamemnon, one of the most notable heroes of Greek mythology, was a ruler of Mycenae.	[ "False", "True" ]	True
history	This town, after which an Olympic event was named, was the site of a battle where the Athenian army defeated the Persians in 490 BC.	[ "Decathlos", "Pentathos", "Marathon", "Javelinos River" ]	Marathon
history	In early 6th century BC, the city states of Akragas, Gela, and Syracuse sent ships to the city of Himera in west Sicily, where they defeated an invading force coming from where?	[ "Egypt", "Crete", "Carthage", "Rome" ]	Carthage
history	Ancient Greece was the birthplace of the chariot.	[ "False", "True" ]	False
history	What was the result of the Athenian invasion of Syracuse during the Peloponnesian War?	[ "The Athenians were defeated.", "Syracuse was destroyed and Sparta later surrendered.", "The Romans defeated both sides and took over Sicily.", "Carthage invaded and controlled western Sicily." ]	The Athenians were defeated.
history	Alexander the Great commanded the Macedonian army and defeated Athens, Thebes and their allies at the Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC).	[ "True", "False" ]	False
history	A story says that a Spartan wife gave this advice to her husband, upon his departure for the battlefield.	[ "None of these", "May Zeus strengthen you and return you home safely.", "May the blood of your enemies be as red as your cloak.", "Come home with your shield or upon it." ]	Come home with your shield or upon it.
history	Which of the following city states was not on the territory of present-day Greece?	[ "Sparta", "Troy", "Athens", "Argos" ]	Troy
history	To what dynasty did Cleopatra, the last Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt, belong?	[ "Julio-Claudian", "Vespasian", "Flavian", "Ptolemaic" ]	Ptolemaic
history	How did Cleopatra present herself to Julius Caesar when he seized the Egyptian capital in 48 BC ?	[ "rolled into a Persian carpet", "riding a camel", "dressed as the goddess Aphrodite", "with a snake around her neck" ]	rolled into a Persian carpet
history	During Cleopatras reign it was believed that she was the re-incarnation and embodiment of this goddess of wisdom.	[ "Athena", "Artemis", "Anuket", "Isis" ]	Isis
history	Cleopatras son by Julius Caesar, who reigned, as a child, jointly with his mother, was nicknamed Caesarion. What does Caesarion mean?	[ "Future Caesar", "Little Caesar", "Second Caesar", "Son of Caesar" ]	Little Caesar
history	What future emperor of the Roman Empire had Cleopatra and Julius Caesars son, Caesarion, executed?	[ "Mark Antony", "Octavian", "Marcus Aurelius", "Theodosius I" ]	Octavian
history	Cleopatra formed an alliance with Mark Anthony, one of the triumvirs who ruled Rome following Caesars death. How many children did Mark Anthony and Cleopatra have?	[ "2", "none", "3", "1" ]	3
history	Who wrote the tragedy Antony and Cleopatra, which centers on Cleopatra and Mark Antonys relationship from the time of the Parthian War until Cleopatras suicide?	[ "William Shakespeare", "Christopher Marlowe", "Ben Jonson", "George Bernard Shaw" ]	William Shakespeare
history	Who defeated Mark Antony and Cleopatra at the Battle of Actium, the last engagement in the Final War of the Roman Republic?	[ "Ptolemy XIII", "Julius Caesar", "Titus Andronicus", "Octavian" ]	Octavian
history	After Cleopatra and Anthonys death, who became guardian of their children?	[ "Octavia Minor, Anthonys fourth wife", "Octavian", "Cleopatras oldest son, Caesarion", "The children were executed." ]	Octavia Minor, Anthonys fourth wife
history	How did Cleopatra commit suicide according to ancient sources?	[ "by stabbing herself with a sword", "by stabbing herself with a poisoned arrow", "by inducing an asp to bite her", "by swallowing poison" ]	by inducing an asp to bite her
history	The word Calendar comes form Latin kalendae. What does this word mean?	[ "The day of spring equinox", "The day of summer solstice", "Last day of the year", "First days of each month" ]	First days of each month
history	The internationally accepted civil calendar is called Gregorian. After who was it named?	[ "Pope Gregory XIII", "Historian Gregory of Tours", "Scientist Gregor Mendel", "Pope Gregory the Great" ]	Pope Gregory XIII
history	How many months in the Gregorian calendar have 31 days?	[ "5", "7", "6", "4" ]	7
history	The Gregorian Calendar was introduced in 1582. Which one of these countries was among the first to adopt it?	[ "Russia", "England", "France", "Poland-Lithuania" ]	Poland-Lithuania
history	Why is the 9th month of the Gregorian calendar called September?	[ "After Septimus Severus - a Roman Emperor", "September was the 7th month in Roman calendar", "After Septimus Weasley", "Septimus in Latin means ninth" ]	September was the 7th month in Roman calendar
history	The Gregorian calendar replaced the Julian over 400 year ago. Which religion is still using the Julian calendar?	[ "Islam", "Hinduism", "Orthodox Christianity", "Judaism" ]	Orthodox Christianity
history	From what is the English word Friday derived?	[ "Free, as Friday used to be the day of rest", "Anglo-Saxon the fifth day", "Friesland, a region in the Netherlands", "Old English day of Frige" ]	Old English day of Frige
history	What is the etymology of the month August?	[ "Augustus means 6th in Latin and the month was 6th in the Roman calendar", "Augustus means horrific in Latin. August was the month when Rome burnt", "It was named to honor Roman Emperor Octavian August", "Auguste was a ship that sank in August 1761" ]	It was named to honor Roman Emperor Octavian August
history	Which statement about year 2009 is not true?	[ "It is year 1430 in Islamic calendar", "It is the year of the ox in Chinese calendar", "Hebrew year 5770 starts on 18 September 2009", "It is a leap year" ]	It is a leap year
history	A week denotes 7 days. Where/when weeks were 10 days long?	[ "For ancient Balts", "During French Revolution", "During the October Revolution in Russia", "In Mayan Empire" ]	During French Revolution
history	When did the Battle of Trenton take place?	[ "December 24, 1776", "December 25, 1776", "December 24, 1775", "December 26, 1776" ]	December 26, 1776
history	During the Battle of Trenton, Americans managed to surprise the Hessian Garrison because Hessian soldiers were hungover and tired from the Christmas celebration.	[ "True", "False" ]	False

history

What was U.S. Grant doing at the outbreak of the Civil War?

[ "None of these", "Working in the family business", "Had a command out West", "Going to West Point" ]

Working in the family business

history

What was the last state to secede from the Union?

[ "Tennessee", "Louisiana", "Arkansas", "Texas" ]

Tennessee

history

How many Union soldiers were killed during the bombardment of Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor?

[ "1", "4", "2", "None" ]

None

history

In 1962 President Kennedy of the US and Chairman Khrushchev of the Soviet Union were able to peacefully end a confrontation which might have led to a nuclear war. Where was this crisis centered?

[ "Israel", "Korea", "Berlin", "Cuba" ]

Cuba

history

Early in his administration this US President survived being shot by an assassin and even showed a sense of humor when he told his wife, Honey, I forgot to duck.

[ "Nixon", "Carter", "Ford", "Reagan" ]

Reagan

history

Children, and many adults too, were happy when the first Disneyland opened in California in this year.

[ "1949", "1955", "1967", "1962" ]

1955

history

In 1954 Roger Bannister became the first person in history to do which of the following?

[ "win Noble Prizes in three different categories", "orbit the earth", "None of these", "run a mile in under four minutes" ]

run a mile in under four minutes

history

In the 1960s, Humans finally achieved an age-old dream of landing on the Moon. Who was the first person to set foot on the Moon and in what year did this happen?

[ "Michael Collins, 1968", "Neil Armstrong, 1969", "Buzz Aldrin, 1966", "Buzz Aldrin, 1967" ]

Neil Armstrong, 1969

history

The Zodiak killer is a suspect in the murders of Lindsay Cutshall and Jason S. Allen who were murdered in their sleeping bags on Fish Head Beach in Jenner, California in August 2004?

[ "True", "False" ]

True

history

When did the Allies capture Tobruk during World War II?

[ "1943", "1939", "1941", "1942" ]

1942

history

During WWII, upon leaving the Philippines, American general Douglass Mcarthur said I will never return.

[ "True", "False" ]

False

history

What nickname did Erwin Rommel get during World War II?

[ "Desert Fox", "Stealth", "The Mole", "The African Liberator" ]

Desert Fox

history

In what month in 1945 did Japan surrender to the US?

[ "October", "September", "January", "December" ]

September

history

What day in 1944 is referred to as D-Day?

[ "June 6", "August 2", "June 10", "May 9" ]

June 6

history

Did Warsaw surrender to German troops in 1940?

[ "Yes", "No" ]

No

history

Was the Soviet Union part of the Axis Powers during World War II?

[ "Yes", "No" ]

No

history

During World War II, Japan was one of the Axis powers.

[ "False", "True" ]

True

history

Where did the D-Day invasion occur?

[ "Normandy", "Cherbourg", "Minsk", "Warsaw" ]

Normandy

history

When did the Germans invade Yugoslavia and Greece during World War II?

[ "1939", "1943", "1941", "1999" ]

1941

history

In what month of 1941 did Nazi Germanys invasion of the Soviet Union start?

[ "August", "March", "July", "June" ]

June

history

The grave of Jesse James was exhumed in 1995 and it was found out that the person buried there was actually Jesse James.

[ "False", "True" ]

True

history

Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, who in 1961 became the first human to enter outer space, died in 1968. What was the cause of his death?

[ "He developed AIDS and was not treated.", "He was killed in an car accident.", "He was killed in a plane crash.", "A plane he was piloting was shot down by Chechen rebels." ]

He was killed in a plane crash.

history

American astronaut John Glenn piloted the first American manned orbital mission, aboard Friendship 7 on February 20, 1962. What actor performed a song, dedicated to him?

[ "Charleton Heston", "Walter Brennan", "Nat King Cole", "Perry Como" ]

Walter Brennan

history

On October 24, 1960, over 100 people died in the Soviet Union, in a rocket explosion that was not reported until the 1990s.

[ "True", "False" ]

True

history

This Russian cosmonaut was likely to have been the third or fourth person in space, but was dismissed from the cosmonaut corps in 1963, because of drunkenness and disorderly behavior at Chkalovskiy station.

[ "Vladimir Komarov", "Aleksei Leonov", "Grigori Nelyubov", "Alexi Petronov" ]

Grigori Nelyubov

history

The first person who lost his life in a space flight was the Soviet cosmonaut, Vladimir M. Komarov. How did he die?

[ "The capsule of his Soyuz 1 spacecraft burned upon re-entry, due to damage to the heat shields.", "His Soyuz 1 capsule landed on hard ground rather than making a soft, water landing.", "His Soyuz 1 capsule burnt up in space because the heat shields were inadequate.", "The parachutes on his Soyuz 1 capsule did not deploy and the hard entry caused his death." ]

The parachutes on his Soyuz 1 capsule did not deploy and the hard entry caused his death.

history

What astronaut almost drowned in 1961, when his Liberty Bell 7 capsule sank upon splashdown in the Pacific Ocean?

[ "Jim Lovell", "Ed White", "Roger Chaffee", "Gus Grissom" ]

Gus Grissom

history

On September 23, 1999, the Mars Climate Orbiter, whose mission was to study the Martian weather, climate, and water, crashed on the Martian surface, instead of starting to orbit around the planet. What was the reason for this accident?

[ "The atmospheric stresses and friction were greater than expected.", "A mechanical fault in the protective shield", "Confusion in the system of units in the navigation of the spacecraft", "Mars gravitation forces were greater than expected." ]

Confusion in the system of units in the navigation of the spacecraft

history

This year was fatal for Russian space exploration, because after a normal re-entry of the capsule of the Soyuz 11 mission, the ground team opened the capsule to find the crew dead.

[ "1984", "1971", "1982", "1989" ]

1971

history

Which of these statements about the state of the human body during space flights has been proven?

[ "Astronauts tend to have memory problems during longer flights.", "Astronauts tend to have elevated testosterone levels in space.", "Astronauts tend to have a reduced amount of testosterone in space.", "Astronauts tend to have a decreased capacity for exercise and brain activity when in outer space." ]

Astronauts tend to have a reduced amount of testosterone in space.

history

On February 1, 2003, during the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, the entire seven-member crew died. However, something on the shuttle survived the crash. What was it?

[ "Some rod-shaped bacteria", "A mouse", "An android", "Some worms" ]

Some worms

history

Name the first state to secede from the Union.

[ "Georgia", "Virginia", "Tennessee", "South Carolina" ]

South Carolina

history

Who was the first person in space?

[ "Alexey Ivanovich", "Alan Shepard", "John Glen", "Yuri Gagarin" ]

Yuri Gagarin

history

Who is the first president of the U. S. in the 21st century?

[ "Bill Clinton", "Al Gore", "Barrack Obama", "George W. Bush" ]

Bill Clinton

history

The battle that is generally considered the turning point of the Pacific War was fought on and near this island.

[ "Palau", "Midway", "Iwo Jima", "Kiska" ]

Midway

history

The Doolittle raid was the first time the US bombed Japan in the Pacific War. The bombers were launched from an aircraft carrier but the Japanese did not know where the bombers came from. What place did President Roosevelt facetiously name as the place where the bombers had come from?

[ "an underground air base in China", "Utopia", "Shangri-La", "The North Pole" ]

Shangri-La

history

Where did the Japanese and Americans fight for about six months in 1942 before the Japanese were finally defeated and their advance in the Solomon Islands stopped?

[ "Kiska", "Guadalcanal", "New Britain", "Tarawa" ]

Guadalcanal

history

In what sea were the combined naval forces of the US, Britain, Netherlands and Australia decisively defeated by the Japanese Navy as they advanced in Southeast Asia in 1942?

[ "Java Sea", "Arafura Sea", "South China Sea", "Timor Sea" ]

Java Sea

history

The kamikaze, Japanese suicide planes that crashed into Allied ships, first made a systematic appearance in 1944 during the fighting near this location.

[ "Makin Atol", "Tarawa", "the Philippines", "Palau" ]

the Philippines

history

This island, captured by US forces in 1944, was close enough for B29 bombers to fly round trip to Japan. A major air base was built there from which many B29 bombing attacks were launched and the planes carrying the atomic bombs took off.

[ "Mindanao", "Palau", "Tinian", "Guam" ]

Tinian

history

What was the only major city in the Pacific theater of operations in which there was major urban warfare between US and Japanese forces?

[ "Beijing", "Port Moresby", "Manila", "Taipei" ]

Manila

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This Japanese city had a large section burned out in a fire storm started by a large B29 air raid in March 1945. Although statistics are inadequate to judge conclusively, the raid may have killed as many people in one night as were killed by the atomic bomb at Hiroshima.

[ "Sapporo", "Tokyo", "Osaka", "Kyoto" ]

Tokyo

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The British and their allies were shocked in 1942 when the Japanese captured a British colonial city that was supposed to be so well fortified as to be immune to attack. What was that city?

[ "Mandalay", "Hong Kong", "Singapore", "Darwin" ]

Singapore

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The last major battle of World War Two was also the one that caused the most casualties to the US and their allies (mostly British) in the Pacific War. Where was this battle fought?

[ "Philippines", "Guam", "Okinawa", "Iwo Jima" ]

Okinawa

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During World War Two, General MacArthurs US forces, with help from Australian forces, methodically and skillfully drove the Japanese from the second largest island in the world. What is that island?

[ "New Guinea", "Luzon", "Sumatra", "Australia" ]

New Guinea

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In 1944 the US Navy air arm effectively destroyed the Japanese naval air power by sinking three Japanese aircraft carriers and shooting down about 600 Japanese planes in a battle the Americans nicknamed the turkey shoot. In what sea, which gives the battle its name, did this happen?

[ "Sea of Japan", "Philippine Sea", "East China Sea", "Celebes Sea" ]

Philippine Sea

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In what body of water was a naval battle fought in 1942 in which, for the first time in history, the ships of both sides never saw each other?

[ "Leyte Gulf", "Sulu Sea", "Gulf of Papua", "Coral Sea" ]

Coral Sea

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How long did Hitlers Third Reich last?

[ "14 years", "12 years", "6 years", "4 years" ]

12 years

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During WWII Joseph Stalin was leader of the Soviet Union. His name, Stalin, means Man of Power.

[ "False", "True" ]

False

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Adolf Hitlers father, Alois, changed his last name to Hitler. What was his original last name?

[ "Von Poppen", "Schicklgruber", "Hindenburg", "Van Poppen" ]

Schicklgruber

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What was the code name for the invasion of Japan during WWII, which was never undertaken due to the end of the war?

[ "Cupcake", "Downwind", "Triton", "Downfall" ]

Downfall

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The Soviet Union declared war on Japan on August 1, 1945.

[ "True", "False" ]

True

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The title of Hitlers book Mein Kampf means My Story.

[ "False", "True" ]

False

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Which of these countries was not neutral during WWII?

[ "Portugal", "Greece", "Spain", "Switzerland" ]

Greece

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Who was Geli Raubel?

[ "One of Hitlers nieces", "One of Hitlers secretaries", "One of Hitlers secret agents", "One of Hitlers sisters" ]

One of Hitlers nieces

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What was the name of the airplane that dropped the a-bomb over Nagasaki on August 9, 1945?

[ "Little Boy", "Angela Heart", "Bocks Car", "Enola Gay" ]

Bocks Car

history

During WWII, the SS formed a unit called the Werewolves to resist allied occupation forces.

[ "False", "True" ]

True

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Who led the Vichy regime in France during WWII?

[ "Marshall Petain", "General Jean Martine Dubois", "General Lemoines", "Henri Desqueres" ]

Marshall Petain

history

During the Nuremberg trails, 30% of the defendants claimed the Holocaust never occurred, the remainder claimed they were just following orders.

[ "False", "True" ]

False

history

What is the name of the last Inca Emperor, who defeated his older half-brother in a civil war and took the throne?

[ "Tupac Hualpa", "Atahualpa", "Huayna Capac", "Huascar" ]

Atahualpa

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What was the language of the Inca Empire, used by the Catholic Church to preach to Indians in the Andes area?

[ "Sepik-Ramu", "Mairasi", "Quechua", "Amto-Musan" ]

Quechua

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This American explorer, a former member of the US Senate, rediscovered the Inca settlement of Machu Picchu.

[ "Hiram Bingham", "Richard Basset", "Dean Barkley", "Judah Benjamin" ]

Hiram Bingham

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This Spanish conquistador, the founder of the City of Lima, conquered the Inca Empire.

[ "Gonzalo Pizarro", "Hernan Cortes", "Francisco Pizarro", "Alonso de Ojeda" ]

Francisco Pizarro

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This kingdom, the largest in the Late Intermediate period of the cultural history of Peru, was eventually conquered by the Inca Empire in 1493.

[ "Chimor", "Chan Chan", "Wanka", "Moche" ]

Chimor

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The Battle of Cajamarca, in which the last Inca emperor was captured, took place in which year?

[ "1530", "1532", "1555", "1560" ]

1532

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Who was the god of mountains in the Inca mythology?

[ "Kon (Kan)", "Chasca", "Apo (Apu)", "Paricia" ]

Apo (Apu)

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What did the Inca officials wear in order to indicate their status?

[ "sword", "hat", "tunic", "belt" ]

tunic

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How many provincial regions did the Inca Empire have?

[ "2", "5", "3", "4" ]

4

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This title, which in English means the only one, was used by the ruler of the Inca Empire.

[ "Manco Inca", "Sapa Inca", "Tupac Inca", "Titu Inca" ]

Sapa Inca

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What was the scene of the last major battle of the Peloponnesian War?

[ "Actium", "Epirus", "Aegospotami", "Salamis" ]

Aegospotami

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Agamemnon, one of the most notable heroes of Greek mythology, was a ruler of Mycenae.

[ "False", "True" ]

True

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This town, after which an Olympic event was named, was the site of a battle where the Athenian army defeated the Persians in 490 BC.

[ "Decathlos", "Pentathos", "Marathon", "Javelinos River" ]

Marathon

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In early 6th century BC, the city states of Akragas, Gela, and Syracuse sent ships to the city of Himera in west Sicily, where they defeated an invading force coming from where?

[ "Egypt", "Crete", "Carthage", "Rome" ]

Carthage

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Ancient Greece was the birthplace of the chariot.

[ "False", "True" ]

False

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What was the result of the Athenian invasion of Syracuse during the Peloponnesian War?

[ "The Athenians were defeated.", "Syracuse was destroyed and Sparta later surrendered.", "The Romans defeated both sides and took over Sicily.", "Carthage invaded and controlled western Sicily." ]

The Athenians were defeated.

history

Alexander the Great commanded the Macedonian army and defeated Athens, Thebes and their allies at the Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC).

[ "True", "False" ]

False

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A story says that a Spartan wife gave this advice to her husband, upon his departure for the battlefield.

[ "None of these", "May Zeus strengthen you and return you home safely.", "May the blood of your enemies be as red as your cloak.", "Come home with your shield or upon it." ]

Come home with your shield or upon it.

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Which of the following city states was not on the territory of present-day Greece?

[ "Sparta", "Troy", "Athens", "Argos" ]

Troy

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To what dynasty did Cleopatra, the last Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt, belong?

[ "Julio-Claudian", "Vespasian", "Flavian", "Ptolemaic" ]

Ptolemaic

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How did Cleopatra present herself to Julius Caesar when he seized the Egyptian capital in 48 BC ?

[ "rolled into a Persian carpet", "riding a camel", "dressed as the goddess Aphrodite", "with a snake around her neck" ]

rolled into a Persian carpet

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During Cleopatras reign it was believed that she was the re-incarnation and embodiment of this goddess of wisdom.

[ "Athena", "Artemis", "Anuket", "Isis" ]

Isis

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Cleopatras son by Julius Caesar, who reigned, as a child, jointly with his mother, was nicknamed Caesarion. What does Caesarion mean?

[ "Future Caesar", "Little Caesar", "Second Caesar", "Son of Caesar" ]

Little Caesar

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What future emperor of the Roman Empire had Cleopatra and Julius Caesars son, Caesarion, executed?

[ "Mark Antony", "Octavian", "Marcus Aurelius", "Theodosius I" ]

Octavian

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Cleopatra formed an alliance with Mark Anthony, one of the triumvirs who ruled Rome following Caesars death. How many children did Mark Anthony and Cleopatra have?

[ "2", "none", "3", "1" ]

3

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Who wrote the tragedy Antony and Cleopatra, which centers on Cleopatra and Mark Antonys relationship from the time of the Parthian War until Cleopatras suicide?

[ "William Shakespeare", "Christopher Marlowe", "Ben Jonson", "George Bernard Shaw" ]

William Shakespeare

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Who defeated Mark Antony and Cleopatra at the Battle of Actium, the last engagement in the Final War of the Roman Republic?

[ "Ptolemy XIII", "Julius Caesar", "Titus Andronicus", "Octavian" ]

Octavian

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After Cleopatra and Anthonys death, who became guardian of their children?

[ "Octavia Minor, Anthonys fourth wife", "Octavian", "Cleopatras oldest son, Caesarion", "The children were executed." ]

Octavia Minor, Anthonys fourth wife

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How did Cleopatra commit suicide according to ancient sources?

[ "by stabbing herself with a sword", "by stabbing herself with a poisoned arrow", "by inducing an asp to bite her", "by swallowing poison" ]

by inducing an asp to bite her

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The word Calendar comes form Latin kalendae. What does this word mean?

[ "The day of spring equinox", "The day of summer solstice", "Last day of the year", "First days of each month" ]

First days of each month

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The internationally accepted civil calendar is called Gregorian. After who was it named?

[ "Pope Gregory XIII", "Historian Gregory of Tours", "Scientist Gregor Mendel", "Pope Gregory the Great" ]

Pope Gregory XIII

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How many months in the Gregorian calendar have 31 days?

[ "5", "7", "6", "4" ]

7

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The Gregorian Calendar was introduced in 1582. Which one of these countries was among the first to adopt it?

[ "Russia", "England", "France", "Poland-Lithuania" ]

Poland-Lithuania

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Why is the 9th month of the Gregorian calendar called September?

[ "After Septimus Severus - a Roman Emperor", "September was the 7th month in Roman calendar", "After Septimus Weasley", "Septimus in Latin means ninth" ]

September was the 7th month in Roman calendar

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The Gregorian calendar replaced the Julian over 400 year ago. Which religion is still using the Julian calendar?

[ "Islam", "Hinduism", "Orthodox Christianity", "Judaism" ]

Orthodox Christianity

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From what is the English word Friday derived?

[ "Free, as Friday used to be the day of rest", "Anglo-Saxon the fifth day", "Friesland, a region in the Netherlands", "Old English day of Frige" ]

Old English day of Frige

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What is the etymology of the month August?

[ "Augustus means 6th in Latin and the month was 6th in the Roman calendar", "Augustus means horrific in Latin. August was the month when Rome burnt", "It was named to honor Roman Emperor Octavian August", "Auguste was a ship that sank in August 1761" ]

It was named to honor Roman Emperor Octavian August

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Which statement about year 2009 is not true?

[ "It is year 1430 in Islamic calendar", "It is the year of the ox in Chinese calendar", "Hebrew year 5770 starts on 18 September 2009", "It is a leap year" ]

It is a leap year

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A week denotes 7 days. Where/when weeks were 10 days long?

[ "For ancient Balts", "During French Revolution", "During the October Revolution in Russia", "In Mayan Empire" ]

During French Revolution

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When did the Battle of Trenton take place?

[ "December 24, 1776", "December 25, 1776", "December 24, 1775", "December 26, 1776" ]

December 26, 1776

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During the Battle of Trenton, Americans managed to surprise the Hessian Garrison because Hessian soldiers were hungover and tired from the Christmas celebration.

[ "True", "False" ]

False