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Historical Facts Trivia Quiz

These are historical facts. These are facts that I have collected from books I have. Good luck!

A multiple-choice quiz by finlady. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
finlady

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
57,342

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Very Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

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3980

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Question 1 of 10

1. Who was the youngest U.S. president in the nineteenth century? Hint

Millard Fillmore

John F. Kennedy

James Polk

Theodore Roosevelt

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who was memorialized by the first mourning stamps on record to be issued outside the country of birth of the deceased? Hint

Princess Diana

Grace Kelly

Franklin Roosevelt

Winston Churchill

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which day of the year will always be associated with three of the leading figures of WWII? Hint

January 30

May 1

July 4

December 7

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Question 4 of 10

4. What twentieth century leader made the following statement about another world leader: 'I got the impression that here was a man who could be relied upon when he had given his word'? Hint

Franklin Roosevelt

Neville Chamberlain

Bill Clinton

Ronald Reagan

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which world famous woman helped the Allied War effort by identifying Nazi sympathizers in her native country? Hint

Greta Garbo

Sonja Heini

Marlene Dietrich

Ingrid Bergman

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Question 6 of 10

6. One capital outside the U.S. was named after an American citizen, who was he? Hint

Thomas Jefferson

James Monroe

Theodore Roosevelt

John Adams

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who instituted the practice of paying jurors a nominal fee for their services? Hint

Julius Caesar

Ramses II

Pericles

somewhere in the Old Testament

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Question 8 of 10

8. When does the Japanese dynasty claim to have been founded? Hint

12 BC

34 AD

660 BC

494 AD

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Question 9 of 10

9. What do the following people have in common: Charles Russell, George Fox, Ann Lee, Margaret and Kate Fox, William Miller, and Thomas Campbell? Hint

Silent screen actors

Started their own religious movement

Heroes in WWI

Inventors

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Question 10 of 10

10. Why did God choose the apple as the Forbidden Fruit on the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, warning Adam and Eve not to eat the fruit? Hint

The apple was more tempting than a date would be

How else could a man have an Adam's Apple?

Because the Bible says it was an apple

God did not choose the apple

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who was the youngest U.S. president in the nineteenth century?

Answer: James Polk

James Polk served for one term. He died three months after serving as president.

2. Who was memorialized by the first mourning stamps on record to be issued outside the country of birth of the deceased?

Answer: Franklin Roosevelt

In 1945 the first mourning stamp appeared in memory of FDR. These stamps were issued in Haiti, Hungary, Greece, Honduras and Nicaragua, shortly after the president's death.

3. Which day of the year will always be associated with three of the leading figures of WWII?

Answer: January 30

President Roosevelt was born January 30, 1882, Hitler became Chancellor of Germany January 30, 1933, and Winston Churchill's funeral was January 30, 1965.

4. What twentieth century leader made the following statement about another world leader: 'I got the impression that here was a man who could be relied upon when he had given his word'?

Answer: Neville Chamberlain

The statement was made by Chamberlain in 1938 when he met Adolf Hitler.

5. Which world famous woman helped the Allied War effort by identifying Nazi sympathizers in her native country?

Answer: Greta Garbo

According to William Stephenson's book 'A Man Called Intrepid', Greta Garbo also carried messages for Britain.

6. One capital outside the U.S. was named after an American citizen, who was he?

Answer: James Monroe

The capital is Monrovia, Liberia.

7. Who instituted the practice of paying jurors a nominal fee for their services?

Answer: Pericles

Pericles (c. 490-429 B.C.)began the practice of paying jurors on a regular basis in 451 B.C.

8. When does the Japanese dynasty claim to have been founded?

Answer: 660 BC

This date is a myth, for which there is no historical evidence. Since the end of WWII historians have been allowed to say this in Japan without fear of being accused of l�se-majest�.

9. What do the following people have in common: Charles Russell, George Fox, Ann Lee, Margaret and Kate Fox, William Miller, and Thomas Campbell?

Answer: Started their own religious movement

Russell founded the Jehovah's Witnesses; Fox, the Society of Friends (Quakers); Lee, the Shakers; Margaret and Kate Fox, the Spiritualist Movement; Miller, the Adventists; and Campbell, the Disciples of Christ.

10. Why did God choose the apple as the Forbidden Fruit on the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, warning Adam and Eve not to eat the fruit?

Answer: God did not choose the apple

Nowhere in Genesis does it mention an apple. Certain Hebrew traditions have associated the Forbidden Fruit with a fig or a grape. Michelangelo actually shows the fruit to be a fig in his Sistine Chapel ceiling.

Source: Author finlady

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