History Trivia Questions and Answers

History trivia questions and answers.

Lots of history trivia questions and answers.

How many swings of the ax did Sir Walter Raleigh's executioner require?
A: Three.

What Soviet made the cover of Time 14 times between 1985 and 1991?
A: Mikhail Gorbachev.

What outfit has troops known as Blue Helmets?
A: The United Nations.

What Reign of Terror innovation was hyped: "My victim will feel nothing but a slight sense of refreshing coolness in the neck"?
A: The guillotine.

What European leader caused a row in 1967 when he veiled before a French Canadian crowd: "Vive le Quebec libre"?
A: Charles de Gaulle.

What U.S. president advised: "If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen"?
A: Harry S. Truman.

What U.S. president did African-American editor Monroe Trotter claim to be a direct descendent of?
A: Thomas Jefferson.

What Bruce Springsteen song was quoted by both Ronald Reagan and Walter Mondale in the 1984 presidential campaign?
A: Born in the USA.

Who became leader of the opposition after the 1990 Nicaraguan elections?
A: Daniel Ortega.

Who was the first democratically -elected president of Russia?
A: Boris Yeltsin.

What explorer introduced Italians to spaghetti in the 14th century?
A: Marco Polo.

What president had to read a news ticker to discover that his daughter Luci was engaged?
A: Lynbdon B. Johnson.

What did JFK refer to in noting: "This is a new ocean, and I believe the U.S. should sail it"?
A: Space.

Lots of history trivia questions and answers.

What British royal was dubbed "Fish Face" by his wife?
S: Prince Charles.

Who, after anchoring off Hawaii in 1779, was mistaken for the god Lono?
A: Captain James Cook.

What physicist's last words were not understood because his nurse did not speak German?
A: Albert Einstein's.

What nation was miffed when Hubert Humphrey declined its secret offer to help finance his 1968 presidential campaign?
A: The Soviet Union.

What Irish political movement is named after a phrase meaning "we ourselves"?
A: Sinn Fein.

What organization elects the 15 judges of the World Court?
A: The United Nations.

What was the first war in which one jet plane shot down another?
A: The Korean War.

What song was the Navy band playing at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked?
A: The Star-Spangled Banner.

What two continents have never been the site of a major military conflict?
A: Antarctica and Australia.

What country maintained an official state of emergency from 1933 to 1945?
A: Germany.

What group of Pacific islands did Japan attack the day after Pearl Harbor?
A: The Philippines.

What English king introduced death by boiling and legalized the killing of gypsies?
A: Henry VIII.

What was the B-17 long-range bomber nicknamed in World War II?
A: The Flying Fortress.

Lots of history trivia questions and answers.