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How many former US presidents survived assassination attempts?
Screenshot: The Wall Street Journal (youtube.com)
None
One
Two
Four
How old is the oldest-known piece of narrative art in the world?
Screenshot: BBC News (youtube.com)
20,400 years old
35,300 years old
51,200 years old
60 million years old
What is in this image?
Screenshot: henryaldridge.com
A commemorative coin from Titanic's launch.
The official emblem of Titanic's White Star Line.
A medallion recovered from the Titanic's wreckage.
A gold pocket watch found on Titanic.
At what age did influential and controversial diplomat Henry Kissinger die?
Photo: The White House from Washington, DC, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
90 years old.
95 years old.
100 years old.
Still kicking at 110.
Where did Napoleon Bonaparte meet his end?
Screenshot: Napoleon / Sony Pictures Entertainment
On Normandy's beaches.
In Paris.
On the island of Saint Helena.
In a Hollywood studio.
Whose iconic hat sold for a record-breaking €1.932 million in a high-profile auction?
Screenshot: AFP - YouTube
Napoleon Bonaparte
Abraham Lincoln
Indiana Jones
Sherlock Holmes
Who shattered glass ceilings as the first woman to serve as San Francisco Mayor?
Photo: Office of Senator Dianne Feinstein, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Sarah Winchester.
Dianne Feinstein.
Lady Bird Johnson.
Nancy Sinatra.
Former US President Jimmy Carter was born in the year of which another significant event?
Photo: NPS, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
The League of Nations Assembly adopted the Geneva Protocol.
The Eiffel Tower was inaugurated in Paris.
The first man landed on the moon.
Jimmy's pet T-Rex named "Peanut" was born.
Who was the Catholic Church's head during World War II?
Photo: Michael Pitcairn, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Pope John Paul II
Pope Pius XII
Pope Benedict XVI
Pope Yoda I
Which of these blazing events took the flaming crown for the deadliest US wildfire in history?
Screenshot: CBS Evening News - YouTube
The 2023 Maui Inferno.
The 2000 Y2K Computer Overheats.
The 1918 Minnesota Roast.
Benjamin Franklin's 1776 Kite Experiment.
What famous figure met his doom in Rome's Largo Argentina square?
Screenshot: Inside Edition - YouTube
Mark Antony, the Roman general who was bitten by a snake after losing a battle to Octavian.
Spartacus, the gladiator who led a slave revolt against the Roman Republic.
Don Corleone, the fictional character murdered by the CIA.
Julius Caesar, the Roman dictator who was stabbed by his frenemies on Mar. 15, 44 BC.
Why was Ted Kaczynski called the Unabomber?
Screenshot: FBI
Because he was a lone wolf (“uno”) detonating bombs.
Because he liked the card game Uno and used it as a code.
Because he targeted universities and airlines with explosives.
Because he was born on June 1, also known as Uno Day.
Which former US president made history by being the first to face federal charges?
Screenshot: FOX 5 Atlanta - YouTube
Barack Obama.
Donald Trump.
George W. Bush.
Abraham Lincoln.
Before Prince Harry's June 2023 court testimony, who was the previous British royal to face such an ordeal?
Screenshot: Sky News
Prince George, who was caught stealing candy and had to face his nanny's wrath.
Prince Charles, who was sued by his ex-wife Diana for divorce and alimony.
Prince Edward, who was a witness on Jeffrey Epstein’s trial.
Prince Albert Edward, who was a witness in a slander case involving a card game.
When was the 14th Dalai Lama born?
Screenshot: Sky News Australia - YouTube
The year the first spacewalk took place.
The year Disneyland opened.
The year World War II ended.
The year the world’s first parking meter was installed.
Which US president was the first to be arrested and face criminal charges?
Screenshot: Reuters - YouTube
Abraham Lincoln.
Donald Trump.
Bill Clinton.
Richard Nixon.
Who was known as King Alfred I?
Photo: ETH Library, Public domain, colored.
The German chocolatier who invented Toblerone.
The first monarch of the Swiss Confederation.
A German prince who founded UBS.
A Swiss magnate who helped build the country's railways.
Who built the main building of Gaziantep Castle in Turkey?
Photo: Mxcil, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The Roman Empire.
The Byzantine emperor Justinian I.
The Ottoman Empire.
The United Nations.
What was the Boeing 747 known as?
Screenshot: Atlas Air - YouTube
The king of the skies.
The queen of the skies.
The crown jewel of the sky.
The majestic monarch of the skies.
Before 2022, when was the last time China recorded a population decline?
Screenshot: CNN - YouTube
During the Great Leap Forward.
During the first COVID-19 outbreak.
During the one-child policy.
Never before.
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI was the first pope in 600 years to do what?
Photo: Mark Bray, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
To resign.
To live outside the papal apartments.
To be from the Americas.
To be from outside Europe.
Where was Reuss a kingdom?
Screenshot: DW News - YouTube
Russia.
France.
Austria.
Germany.
How long has this crown been used in England to crown monarchs?
Photo: The Royal Family
King Charles III is the first to wear it.
Less than 100 years.
Around 250 years.
More than 350 years.
Who was Anna May Wong?
Image: Anna May Wong Quarter (usmint.gov)
The first Chinese American CEO.
The first Chinese American spy.
The first Chinese American Olympic champion.
The first Chinese American movie star.
When was the BBC founded?
1822.
1872.
1922.
1972.
Who is Sirhan Sirhan?
Photo: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
A Pakistani politician.
The Bengal tiger in Jungle Book.
John F. Kennedy’s assassin.
Robert F. Kennedy’s assassin.
Where is Queen Elizabeth's final resting place?
Screenshot: BBC - YouTube
Windsor Castle.
Westminster Hall.
Buckingham Palace.
London Tower.
Who was King Charles I?
Image: Library of Congress, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, colorized.
The "merry monarch."
The only British monarch beheaded in a revolution.
"Bloody" Charles.
The "Emperor-King."
When did Brazil declare its independence from Portugal?
1922.
1872.
1822.
1772.
Who was Cincinnatus?
Image: Juan Antonio de Ribera, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
The first Roman leader to seize power through force.
A Roman leader who resigned to his farm to live in peace.
The legendary first king of Rome.
A Roman leader who gave his horse a Senate seat.
Which world leader was known for glasnost and perestroika?
Photo: RIA Novosti archive / Vladimir Vyatkin, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Mikhail Gorbachev.
Boris Yeltsin.
Nikita Khrushchev.
Joseph Stalin.
What is the world's oldest surviving book printed with movable metal type?
Photo: Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
The Codex Sinaiticus.
The Dead Sea scrolls.
The Gutenberg Bible.
The Jikji collection of Confucian teachings.
The original Hungarians were a mixture of which tribes?
Viktor Orban. Screenshot: Hír TV on YouTube
Huns, Finno-Ugric, and Caucasian.
Mongols, Finno-Ugric, and Russ.
Vikings, Saxons, and Caucasians.
Chinese, Celtics, and Russ.
Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture was written as a commemoration of what?
Photo: The United States Army Band, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Russia’s defeat of Napoleon’s army.
The Argentine War of Independence.
The Spanish War of Independence.
The 1812 war between the US and the British Empire.
What was the first American fast-food restaurant to open in the Soviet Union?
Photo: Zac Allan, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
McDonald’s.
Burger King.
KFC.
Pizza Hut.
Which bloc was Sweden a part of during the cold war?
Photo: Fredrik Rubensson from Stockholm, Sweden, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The Eastern Bloc.
The Western Bloc.
The European Union.
They kept neutral.
When was the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC built?
Photo: Carlos Delgado, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
1809.
1865.
1885.
1922.
2 million.
6 million.
11 million.
27 million.
What was the Russian cruiser Moskva?
Image: Boris Groh, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
A six-passenger monoplane.
A type of tank.
A long-distance sailing yacht.
A guided-missile cruiser.
Where did Russian novelist Mikhail Bulgakov and his family spend their summers?
Photo: Mikhail Bulgakov Museum, Moscow.
Bucha, Ukraine.
Crimea, Ukraine.
Moscow Region, Russia.
Ryazan Region, Russia.
When was the Notre-Dame cathedral initially built?
Photo: Dietmar Rabich / Wikimedia Commons / “Paris, Notre Dame -- 2014 -- 1435” / CC BY-SA 4.0
The 12th century.
The 14th century.
The 16th century.
The 18th century.
What was The Emancipator?
A newspaper founded in 1970 in San Francisco, to “advocate LGBTQ rights.”
A newspaper founded in 1920 in North Carolina, to “advocate civil rights.”
A newspaper founded in 1870 in Texas, to “advocate women’s right to vote.”
A newspaper founded in 1820 in Tennessee, to “advocate the abolition of slavery.”
What triggered the Soviet attack on Finland in 1939’s Winter War?
Photo: Military Museum of Finland, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
A false report of a Finnish attack on Russian civilians.
The assassination of the Finnish prince.
Refugees fleeing east from the Finnish border.
A dispute concerning a gas pipe.
The United States "temporarily relocated" its diplomatic personnel in Ukraine to Lviv in Feb. 2022. Which empire ruled Lviv until WWI?
Photo: Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
German.
Russian.
Ottoman.
Austro-Hungarian.
Which British monarch reigned the longest?
Photo: Rabax63, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Queen Victoria.
King George III.
Queen Elizabeth II.
King Edward VIII.
Who was Bill Clinton running against in the 1996 US Presidential elections?
Photo: White House Photograph Office (Clinton Administration), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Bob Dole.
Dan Quayle.
Newt Gingrich.
Al Gore.
Where did Catherine the Great rule?
Photo: Dmitry Levitzky, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
The Roman Empire.
France.
The British Empire.
Russia.
Which country did the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos rule?
Photo: SSGT Marvin D. Lynchard, USAF, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Nepal.
Philippines.
Malaysia.
Argentina.
Who was South Africa's last white president?
Photo: U.S. Department of State, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
F.W. de Klerk.
P.W. Botha.
Hendrik Verwoerd.
Nelson Mandela.
Mikheil Saakashvili led the Rose Revolution in 2003 in which country?
Photo: European People's Party, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Ukraine.
Belarus.
Georgia.
Hungary.
Who was Andrei Sakharov?
Photo: Re2000, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Former Premier of the Soviet Union.
A Soviet nuclear physicist.
A Russian novelist.
A Russian Marxist revolutionary.
What were the Geneva summits of 1955 and 1985?
Photo: White House Photographic Collection, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
They were an effort to ease the cold war.
They were an effort to end World Wars I & II.
It was a coalition of 25 human rights NGOs.
They were the meetings of the seven country leaders with the largest advanced economies.
What was The Cell (AKA Kamera) back in Joseph Stalin's days?
Photo: Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
A secret poison lab.
A secret torture chamber.
A secret panic room.
A secret antigovernmental movement.
What are the Dead Sea Scrolls?
Photo: Dieter Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
A series of fictional ancient writings about the Jews.
A series of ancient historiographical works by a Jewish historian.
Fragments of biblical texts dating back 2,000 years.
The only living creatures in the Dead Sea.
The word inauguration stems from the Latin augur. What did that mean originally?
Screenshot: NBC News on YouTube.
Examining patterns in wine.
Interpreting the will of the gods.
Precognition of the future.
Pouring aromatic oil over a person's head or entire body.
What is the origin of the name Phineas?
Photo: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Dutch
French
Hebrew
English
Where did the word Amazon originate?
Photo: Wonder Woman 1984, Warner Bros.
It derived from the Greek word for woman.
It derived from the Latin word for enemy.
It derived from the Persian word for warrior.
It derived from the Spanish word for fierce.
What’s the original meaning of the word 'Capitol'?
Photo: Tyler Merbler, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
One of the seven hills of Rome.
The Hellenic Parliament.
The most important city or town of a country or region.
Big.
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