Historic Events Trivia Questions
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Which Roman Emperor blamed the Christians to divert suspicion from himself for starting the Great Fire of 64?
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nero
Which historic 'transport' is depicted in the outdoor play 'Pathway To Freedom' presented near Burlington, N.C.?
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underground railroad
Which ship rounded Cape Cod on November 21, 1620?
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mayflower
Where was a public open house held on January 21, 1989 for the first time since the Taft administration?
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white house
In 1870, Isabella II of which country abdicated in favor of her son?
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spain
Which Greek capital did Gothic ruler Alaric spare when he sacked Rome among cradles of civilization?
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athens
What significant event, according to legend, began in a stable at Jefferson & DeKoven Streets in Chicago on October 8, 1871?
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great chicago fire
What group of Norsemen conducted their first recorded raid in 793 on the island of Lindisfarne, off England?
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vikings
Which country did Pope John Paul II visit in June of 1979, marking the first visit of a pope to a Communist country?
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poland
On July 28, 1945, a plane crashed into which building, lodging in the 79th floor?
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empire state building
On which ship was Wm. Bradford's first wife drowned while it was anchored before the colonists went ashore?
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mayflower
In May 1986, Dr. Robert Gale of UCLA led the bone marrow transport unit to which disaster site?
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chernobyl
What is the name of the battle site from which Pheidippides ran 25 miles to Athens in 490 B.C. to deliver news of victory over the Persians?
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marathon
Which state experienced North America's most intense recorded earthquake, an 8.4 magnitude, on March 27, 1964?
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alaska
In which country did Maximillian and Carlotta arrive on May 28, 1864?
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mexico
What event first occurred on January 15, 1967, and had its XXXIIIrd occurrence on January 31, 1999?
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super bowl sunday
Which country was formally taken possession of by Pedro Cabral in 1500 and named Vera Cruz?
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brazil
What was the name of the ship sunk by Germany on May 7, 1915, which they justified by claiming it carried munitions?
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lusitania
In which state did the Spindletop gusher occur in 1901, leading to the creation of the Gulf Oil Company as a competitor to Standard Oil?
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texas
In which year was the Liberty Bell moved to its current site near Independence Hall?
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1976
Which city fell to the Turks on May 29, 1453, ending the thousand-year Byzantine Empire?
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constantinople
In 1869, a ceremony in which future state marked the completion of the transcontinental railroad?
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utah
In 1873, solid silver bricks were laid in a pavement in Central City, Colorado, to welcome which visiting president?
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ulysses s. grant
In 376, which second-longest European river did the Goths cross while being harassed by the Huns?
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danube
Which Cambodian city was captured by rebels, leading to the fall of the Pol Pot regime in January 1979?
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phnom penh
In which U.S. state is Mount Desert Island, where a fire destroyed most of Bar Harbor in 1947?
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maine
What event resulted in the death of Crispus Attucks and four others on March 5, 1770?
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boston massacre
Who was the only woman among the four people hanged in connection with the Lincoln assassination?
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mary surratt
Which Greenwich Village bar was the site of the June 27, 1969 police raid that sparked a gay and lesbian revolution?
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stonewall inn
Which German-speaking country halted Prussia's aims to unite Germany in the 1850 Punctuation of Olmutz?
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austria
Which city, rebuilt 9 years after a massive fire, hosted the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Expo?
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san francisco
On which ship did Japan sign its surrender to end World War II?
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missouri
In what year did Ford send the Edsel to dealers, Eisenhower send troops to Little Rock, and Russia send Sputnik to space?
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1957
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