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DDG Trivia History 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was the first country to recognize Mexico's independence, in 1836? | The U.S. |
| What encyclopedia's first edition, in 1771, described California as "a large country of the West Indies"? | Encyclopedia Britannica's. |
| Who was the only American to become vice president and president after resignations? | Gerald Ford. |
| What year did the Dow Jones Industrial Average break both the 4000 and 5000 marks? | 1995. |
| Who saw his crew dine on wormy biscuits and rats on his fourth voyage to the New World? | Christopher Columbus. |
| What disgraced vice president's high school yearbook quote read; "An ounce of wit is worth a pound of sorrow"? | Spiro Agnew. |
| Who was the youngest man to chair the Joint Chiefs of Staff? | Colin Powell. |
| Which of Henry VIII's wives gave birth to Elizabeth I? | Anne Boleyn. |
| What 19th-century president erroneously noted: "The ballot is stronger than the bullet"? | Abraham Lincoln. |
| What country led all Arab nations in the number of troops participating in Operation Desert Storm? | Saudi Arabia. |
| Who did George Bush accuse of being "a card-carrying member" of the American Civil Liberties Union, in 1988? | Michael Dukakis. |
| What presidential election year saw Republicans dub Democrats the party of "Communism, Corruption and Korea"? | 1952. |
| What position was Eileen Collins the first female to hold on a space shuttle mission? | Captain. |
| What were the Viet Minh called when they crossed into South Vietnam? | The Viet Cong. |
| What Russian cleric was poisoned, shot and finally drowned on December 30, 1916? | Rasputin. |
| Who led the Million Man March on Washington? | Louis Farrakhan. |
| What country suffered the worst two earthquakes in history, killing 830,000 in 1556 and 750,000 in 1976? | China. |
| What Eastern European city was the last city to be liberated in World War II? | Prague. |
| What country used the deadly nerve gas Sarin against its Kurdish minority in the 1990s? | Iraq. |
| What general did GI's nickname "Top Gun" in the Persian Gulf War? | Colin Powell. |
| What trade union was finally legalized in Poland in 1989? | Solidarity. |
| What symbol was first linked to the Democratic party in an 1870 cartoon by Thomas Nast? | A donkey. |
| What Harry Callahan line did Ronald Reagan invoke to "tax increasers"? | "Go ahead, make my day". |
| What explorer of North Carolina never got to finish his "History of the World" while banished to the Tower of London? | Sir Walter Raleigh. |
| Who was president of the U.S. when Uncle Sam first got a beard? | Abraham Lincoln. |
| Who did Adolf Hitler dictate Mein Kampf to while in prison? | Rudolf Hess. |
| What structure was 26.5 miles long until 1989? | The Berlin Wall. |
| What sport sparked a war between El Salvador and Honduras, after an unpopular referee's call in 1969? | Soccer. |
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