History trivia questions

1731 multiple-choice History trivia questions with four options and the answer.

Which well-known author changed his name as a result of the Salem Witch Trials?
Who was the first man to be accused of witchcraft?
Li Ka Shing, a Hong Kong businessman and one of the worlds richest men, paid an extremely large ransom for the safe return of his son, Victor Li Tzar. How much did he pay?
The son of this famous singer was kidnapped on December 8, 1963 at Harrahs Lake Tahoe.
On May 2 1982, the British nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror fired two torpedoes at the Argentine warship. 323 men of the 1,093 crew were killed on impact.
On July 30, 1865 along the beaches of California, off Crescent City, a summer storm developed and this ship came across a submerged pinnacle known as The Dragons Teeth.
Two years after Titanics tragic sinking - In the summer of 1914 - this ship started a journey from Quebec harbor to England. A heavy fog hid the horizon and she was hit by the Storstad, a Norwegian collier. Only 465 of the 1500 people onboard survived.
This vessel sunk in lake Michigan in 1919, after a fire on board got out of control.
In a shipwreck known as this, a Chinese merchant ship carrying porcelain sank near an island in South Male Atoll In the 16th century.
On May 7th, 1915 this famous ship was hit by a torpedo near the shore of Queenstown, Ireland. It sank in 15 minutes.
During a hot night in August 1658, this ship was wrecked on Maamakunudhoo Atoll, while en route to Bengal. There was a small treasure onboard this ship: eight chests of silver and gold from West Africa.
Said unsinkable, this ship started her maiden voyage with 2,220 passengers aboard in 1912. Unfortunately this was her first and her last voyage - she hit an iceberg and sank.
On July 19, 1545 King Henry VIII prepared to watch the new pride of his fleet sail out to engage the French. However, he ended up watching a disaster as this heavy ship heeled over and rapidly capsized when water poured into the lower gun ports.
The First Triumvirate is the name historians give to the unofficial political alliance between what three man?
Which temperature scale came first, Fahrenheit or Celsius?
In what year was slavery banned in the British colonies?
Although it had been around for a long time, it was not until this person used chloroform, that it became a popular anesthetic.
The first photograph is considered to be an image produced by the French inventor Nicéphore Niépce, in what year?
When was the first internal combustion engine to run on a mixture of explosive gas and air designed?
The first Balfour Declaration, UKs committment to the establishment of a Jewish national home was issued in what year?
Having been forgotten on the Treaty of Versailles and remaining legally at war, this country signed an official treaty with Germany, thus officially ending WW I .
What product was registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office on October 27 in 1970, by the Van Brode Milling Company?
This engineer, architect and industrialist invented the rotary lathe, used in plywood manufacturing.
This tool was originally made in Germany, but in 1896, after 5 years of hard work, Karl Elsener doubled its features.
This engineer, sometimes called The Father of Cool, invented the modern air conditioning system, soon after he graduated from Cornell University in 1901.
What object, often regarded as a symbol of American consumerism, was designed in 1957 by Don Featherstone, who was later awarded the Ig Nobel Prize, a parody of the Nobel Prize?
Peter Lymburner Robertson received a patent in 1909 for the invention of what tool?
What device was invented in 1879 by James Ritty, the owner of a tavern in Dayton, Ohio?
She was the first African American woman to get a patent. It was issued on July 14, 1885, for a cabinet bed.
This American woman, who worked as a physical therapist, invented a device that could be used by veteran soldiers, who had lost their arms. It was an electrical apparatus that could deliver food through a tube.