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Introduction:
"This is a very general quiz about everything from world leaders to the Constitution. Good luck and enjoy it!"


1. What 20th century British Prime Minister coined the phrase 'Iron Curtain'?
    Tony Blair
    Harold Wilson
    Margaret Thatcher
    Winston Churchill


2. What group won victories during the American Revolution at Bennington and Fort Ticonderoga under the leadership of Ethan Allen?
    Green Mountain Boys
    Scalawags
    Hessians
    French traders


3. What man was the Mayor of New York City from 1933 until 1945?
    John Vliet Lindsay
    Rudolph Guiliani
    Fiorello La Guardia
    Anthony M. Masiello


4. In what year did the Glorious Revolution in which William and Mary were put on the throne of England occur?
    1608
    1688
    1655
    1680


5. What amendment to the U.S. Constitution permits the Federal Income Tax?
    19th
    15th
    16th
    17th


6. Who was the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?
    John Jay
    Sandra Day O'Conner
    John Marshall
    Thurgood Marshall


7. What former Louisiana Governor and Senator was nicknamed 'Kingfish'?
    M.J 'Mike' Foster
    Richard P. Leyoub
    Kathleen B. Blanco
    Huey Long


8. Who served as Dwight Eisenhower's Vice-President?
    Warren G. Harding
    Calvin Coolidge
    Richard Nixon
    Herbert Hoover


9. Who was the leader of the Mexicans during the 1836 invasion of the Alamo?
    Moctezuma
    Emiliano Zapata
    Santa Anna
    Gen. Winfield Scott


10. In what southern State was Former-President Jimmy Carter born?
    Texas
    FLorida
    Georgia
    Alabama


11. What U.S. President was nick-named 'Old Rough and Ready'?
    Grover Cleveland
    Zachary Taylor
    Theodore Roosevelt
    George Washington


12. Who founded the colony of Rhode Island?
    Roger Williams
    Anne Hutchinson
    William Penn
    Peter Minuit


13. What President removed General Douglas MacArthur from command in the Korean War?
    Harry S. Truman
    Lyndon B. Johnson
    Herbert Hoover
    John F. Kennedy


14. Who shot New York Senator Robert Kennedy in 1968?
    Juan Raul Garza
    Jack Ruby
    Sirhan Sirhan
    Andrew Cunanan


15. What 1648 treaty ended the Thirty Years War?
    Peace of Northphalia
    Peace of Westphalia
    Peace of Southphalia
    Peace of Eastphalia


16. What French King was overthrown in the July Revolution of 1830?
    Charles X
    Louis XIV
    Charles V
    Louis V


17. What war was initiated by the publication of the Ems Dispatch?
    American Civil War
    Spanish-American War
    Franco-Prussian War
    French-Indian War


18. What German military leader was nicknamed 'Desert Fox'?
    Erwin Rommel
    Douglas MacArthur
    Bernard Montgomery
    Joseph Stalin


19. What President was in office during the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798?
    James Madison
    George Washington
    John Adams
    Thomas Jefferson


20. 'These are the times that try men's souls' is a quote from what Thomas Paine pamphlet?
    'The Crisis'
    'Age of Reason'
    'Common Sense'
    'The Rights of Man'


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