History trivia questions
1731 multiple-choice History trivia questions with four options and the answer.
- What Merovingian became king in the fifth century A.D.?
- Archaic French is still spoken in the area of this once French colony, lost to the British in 1763.
- In what year did the French Revolution begin?
- In what year was Napoleon Bonaparte crowned emperor of France?
- In what year did the French pull out of Indochina?
- What statesman became the first President, under the Fifth Republic of France, in 1959?
- In what year was Francois Mitterrand elected President of France?
- What French monarch was known as the Sun King?
- Although he spent 32 years as a criminal, this Wild West rogue killed only a single person. He was mainly engaged in robbing banks and became the first criminal to use an automobile for his escape.
- This man killed his first victim at the age of 12. By the time he was 15 he had become an expert shot. As he was almost 6 feet tall, strong and quick in shooting, people were afraid of him. However, the $1,300 reward made some ordinary citizens work out an elaborate plan to capture him.
- This famous outlaw was very friendly and most of his shooting was done in self defense. He became an outlaw after someone murdered his employer, Tunstall, whom he loved as a father. At Tunstalls funeral, this outlaw swore that he would kill every man who had been involved in the Tunstalls murder.
- While in charge of the guardhouse at San Carlos, this outlaw left his post to chase a man whom he considered responsible for his fathers death. When he came back, he argued with his superior and shot him in the leg. Arizona territorial legislature offered a $5,000 cash reward, but he was never captured.
- His first crime was breaking into a store and taking a pair of pants, leaving a message that he would pay later. He went on to steal cattle from farmers, and later robbed the San Miguel Valley Bank robbery in Telluride, escaping with $20,000.
- Although this criminal, who acted with his brother, would rob banks and trains, he was a favourite of the press of his day. In various journalistic materials he was often presented as the contemporary Robin Hood. It was a fact that he preferred to rob rich people, but it was simply because they had more money.
- After his father was killed, this man sought revenge. He joined Quantrills fighting force. It was reported that he often frothed at his mouth in his almost psychopathic rage in battles. Some sources say he had a silk string with knots for every shot Yankee.
- This man was known as the Mexican Robin Hood. He set up a band of 5 members, all with the same first name. His band is credited with stealing more than $100,000 in gold and over 100 horses.
- This criminal was active during the Gold Rush. He was famous for leaving poems in the place of the gold that he had stolen. He never robbed valuables from the passengers of the stagecoaches, he preferred treasure boxes.
- This man was nicknamed the King of the Cowboys after he took part in the gun fight at the OK Corral in Tombstone, Arizona. When in 1879 he went West in Arizona, he achieved still more infamy, as the main antagonist of Wyatt Earp.
- In August of 2005, a Category 4 hurricane devastated the Gulf coast of the U.S., leaving much of the city of New Orleans flooded and without power. Name the hurricane responsible for this widespread swath of destruction.
- On May 22, 1987, a multiple vortex tornado devastated this small Texas town.
- The towns of Dana, Enfield, Greenwich, and Prescott, Massachusetts were all disincorporated on April 28, 1938, because of the following.
- Jonestown, Guyana, home to the Peoples Temple religious cult, was virtually wiped off the map in November of 1978, when the cult leader induced 900 of his followers to drink cyanide laced Kool - Aid. What was this cult leaders name?
- Muscogee, Florida was once a thriving village located 20 miles NW of Pensacola, Florida. It was founded in 1857, yet by 1928 it was all but abandoned. What was the cause of this towns demise?
- New Burlington, Ohio was once a community located in NW Clinton County, Ohio. It was flooded when the U.S. Government flooded Caesar Creek in order to construct a reservoir. When did this take place?
- Achilles, Kansas was a thriving town whose heyday ran from the 1870s to approximately 1915. By the year 1930, it was all but defunct. What was responsible for this towns demise?
- In 1988, this talk show host once brought out 67 pound of animal fat to show how much weight they lost.
- This musician sang about an Uptown Girl in 1983.
- This group is known for their 1984 song Were Not Gonna Take It.
- What term did hippies use to refer to the institutions and structures they rejected?
- The term Summer of Love, associated with the hippie counterculture movement, refers to the summer of what year?