History Trivia 8
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1 - What Woodward and Bernstein book topped the bestseller list five weeks before Nixon Quit in 1974?
All the President's Men
2 - What dictator is affectionately dubbed El Maximo by fans?
Fidel Castro
3 - What US president installed solar panels on the White House roof?
Jimmy Carter
4 - Who pledged in 1964: "We're not going to send American boys to do what Asian boys ought to be doing for themselves"?
Lyndon B Johnson
5 - What word has appeared on every coin struck in the US since 1792?
Liberty
6 - What condiment did the Agriculture Department allow to count as "one of the two vegetables required" in school lunch programs in 1981?
Ketchup
7 - Where was JFK when he said the US "never had to put up a wall to keep our people in"?
West Berlin
8 - What was Titanic survivor Molly Brown nicknamed?
Unsinkable
9 - Who was accused of being drunk when sworn in as Abraham Lincoln's vice president?
Andrew Johnson
10 - What two-word phrase to describe an ambitious social program was coined by LBJ on April 23, 1964?
Great Society
11 - Who was US president when the first edition of the Farmer's Almanac was published?
George Washington
12 - What assassin put his wedding ring in a demitasse cup before leaving home for the last time?
Lee Harvey Oswald
13 - Who once agreed to head up Chrysler for an annual salary of one dollar?
Lee Iacocca
14 - What city did Napoleon occupy in 1798, sending Pope Pius VI to the south of France?
Rome
15 - Who was the longest-serving president in the Americas, through 1995?
Fidel Castro
16 - What color shirts did Nazi SS troops wear?
Black
17 - What R-word described a person refused an exit visa by the Soviet Union?
Refusenik
18 - What network did US troops in the Gulf War dub "Scud-a-vision"?
CNN
19 - Who got out of jail in time to become head of Czechoslovakia in 1989?
Vaclav Havel
20 - Who thanked Henry VIII for allowing her to be decapitated bya sword instead of an ax?
Anne Boleyn
21 - What European city lost 4,000 people to a "killer fog" of carbon dioxide in 1952?
London
22 - What New England state was originally claimed by both New Hampshire and New York?
Vermont
23 - Who did Iranian militants want returned in exchange for US hostages in 1979?
The Shah of Iran
24 - What two World War I enemies suffered one million casualties in the Battle of Verdun?
France and Germany
25 - What old soldier died in Washington, DC, on April 5, 1964?
Douglas MacArthur
26 - What Pink Floyd song was banned by the South African government after it became an anthem for black schoolchildren?
Another Brick in the Wall
27 - What were Stanley's first words to David Livingstone?
"Dr Livingstone, I presume"
28 - What Wild West legend was fired as sheriff of Wichita for pocketing fines he'd collected?
Wyatt Earp
29 - What country enacted the War Powers Act to quell a separatist rebellion in 1970?
Canada
30 - Who made his first known visit to Israel in 1995, to visit Yitzhak Rabin's widow?
Yasir Arafat
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History Trivia 8
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1 - What Woodward and Bernstein book topped the bestseller list five weeks before Nixon Quit in 1974?
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2 - What dictator is affectionately dubbed El Maximo by fans?
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3 - What US president installed solar panels on the White House roof?
_______________________________________________________________________________
4 - Who pledged in 1964: "We're not going to send American boys to do what Asian boys ought to be doing for themselves"?
_______________________________________________________________________________
5 - What word has appeared on every coin struck in the US since 1792?
_______________________________________________________________________________
6 - What condiment did the Agriculture Department allow to count as "one of the two vegetables required" in school lunch programs in 1981?
_______________________________________________________________________________
7 - Where was JFK when he said the US "never had to put up a wall to keep our people in"?
_______________________________________________________________________________
8 - What was Titanic survivor Molly Brown nicknamed?
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9 - Who was accused of being drunk when sworn in as Abraham Lincoln's vice president?
_______________________________________________________________________________
10 - What two-word phrase to describe an ambitious social program was coined by LBJ on April 23, 1964?
_______________________________________________________________________________
11 - Who was US president when the first edition of the Farmer's Almanac was published?
_______________________________________________________________________________
12 - What assassin put his wedding ring in a demitasse cup before leaving home for the last time?
_______________________________________________________________________________
13 - Who once agreed to head up Chrysler for an annual salary of one dollar?
_______________________________________________________________________________
14 - What city did Napoleon occupy in 1798, sending Pope Pius VI to the south of France?
_______________________________________________________________________________
15 - Who was the longest-serving president in the Americas, through 1995?
_______________________________________________________________________________
16 - What color shirts did Nazi SS troops wear?
_______________________________________________________________________________
17 - What R-word described a person refused an exit visa by the Soviet Union?
_______________________________________________________________________________
18 - What network did US troops in the Gulf War dub "Scud-a-vision"?
_______________________________________________________________________________
19 - Who got out of jail in time to become head of Czechoslovakia in 1989?
_______________________________________________________________________________
20 - Who thanked Henry VIII for allowing her to be decapitated bya sword instead of an ax?
_______________________________________________________________________________
21 - What European city lost 4,000 people to a "killer fog" of carbon dioxide in 1952?
_______________________________________________________________________________
22 - What New England state was originally claimed by both New Hampshire and New York?
_______________________________________________________________________________
23 - Who did Iranian militants want returned in exchange for US hostages in 1979?
_______________________________________________________________________________
24 - What two World War I enemies suffered one million casualties in the Battle of Verdun?
_______________________________________________________________________________
25 - What old soldier died in Washington, DC, on April 5, 1964?
_______________________________________________________________________________
26 - What Pink Floyd song was banned by the South African government after it became an anthem for black schoolchildren?
_______________________________________________________________________________
27 - What were Stanley's first words to David Livingstone?
_______________________________________________________________________________
28 - What Wild West legend was fired as sheriff of Wichita for pocketing fines he'd collected?
_______________________________________________________________________________
29 - What country enacted the War Powers Act to quell a separatist rebellion in 1970?
_______________________________________________________________________________
30 - Who made his first known visit to Israel in 1995, to visit Yitzhak Rabin's widow?
_______________________________________________________________________________
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