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DDG Trivia Hist 10
Question | Answer |
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How many swings of the ax did Sir Walter Raleigh's executioner require? | Three. |
What Soviet made the cover of Time 14 times between 1985 and 1991? | Mikhail Gorbachev. |
What outfit has troops known as Blue Helmets? | The United Nations. |
What Reign of Terror innovation was hyped: "My victim will feel nothing but a slight sense of refreshing coolness in the neck"? | The guillotine. |
What European leader caused a row in 1967 when he veiled before a French Canadian crowd: "Vive le Quebec libre"? | Charles de Gaulle. |
What U.S. president advised: "If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen"? | Harry S. Truman. |
What U.S. president did African-American editor Monroe Trotter claim to be a direct descendent of? | Thomas Jefferson. |
What Bruce Springsteen song was quoted by both Ronald Reagan and Walter Mondale in the 1984 presidential campaign? | Born in the USA. |
Who became leader of the opposition after the 1990 Nicaraguan elections? | Daniel Ortega. |
Who was the first democratically -elected president of Russia? | Boris Yeltsin. |
What explorer introduced Italians to spaghetti in the 14th century? | Marco Polo. |
What president had to read a news ticker to discover that his daughter Luci was engaged? | Lynbdon B. Johnson. |
What did JFK refer to in noting: "This is a new ocean, and I believe the U.S. should sail it"? | Space. |
What British royal was dubbed "Fish Face" by his wife?: | Prince Charles. |
Who, after anchoring off Hawaii in 1779, was mistaken for the god Lono? | Captain James Cook. |
What physicist's last words were not understood because his nurse did not speak German? | Albert Einstein's. |
What nation was miffed when Hubert Humphrey declined its secret offer to help finance his 1968 presidential campaign? | The Soviet Union. |
What Irish political movement is named after a phrase meaning "we ourselves"? | Sinn Fein. |
What organization elects the 15 judges of the World Court? | The United Nations. |
What was the first war in which one jet plane shot down another? | The Korean War. |
What song was the Navy band playing at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked? | The Star-Spangled Banner. |
What two continents have never been the site of a major military conflict? | Antarctica and Australia. |
What country maintained an official state of emergency from 1933 to 1945? | Germany. |
What group of Pacific islands did Japan attack the day after Pearl Harbor? | The Philippines. |
What English king introduced death by boiling and legalized the killing of gypsies? | Henry VIII. |
What was the B-17 long-range bomber nicknamed in World War II? | The Flying Fortress. |