History Trivia Quiz
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Question 1 of 10
Which American singer was born in 1979?
Question 2 of 10
These famous brothers both had F as a middle initial, standing for Fitzgerald or Francis, respectively. Who?
Question 3 of 10
What was the name of the scientist who first discovered penicillin?
Question 4 of 10
Where did Britain restore parliamentary powers after Sinn Fein agreed to disarm?
Question 5 of 10
It is one of the century's great love stories, a king who would sooner surrender his throne than give up the woman he loved. The woman was American divorcee Wallis Simpson. Who was the king?
Question 6 of 10
Who shot Lee Harvey Oswald?
Question 7 of 10
In 1868, the Sioux were forced into this desolate bit of South Dakota. But in 1874, whites found gold there, and then wanted that land, too. What hills are these?
Question 8 of 10
Which nation was officially assigned blame for the First World War?
Question 9 of 10
No, William Stewart did not say, "We can close the books on infectious diseases." But what position did he hold from 1965-69, when he supposedly said it?
Question 10 of 10
At the Battle of Pelusium in 525 BCE, Cambyses II had his Persians put images of cats on their shields and released a horde of cats on to the battlefield, so that what enemy would refuse to fire on them?

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