US famous quotes and history
Who is credited with the phrase "A single death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic"?
Josef Stalin
In the early 20th century, Coca-Cola missed many chances to buy what now rival company?
Pepsi
On May 29, 1953 at 11:30 am, Edmund Hillary stood atop Mt Everest in Nepal, becoming the first man to scale the highest mountain on the planet. Who else was standing there with him?
Tenzing Norgay
Squelching through a muddy field gives me a flashback to when I was a soldier in the trenches in the battle of Ypres. Which war was I fighting in?
World War I
Two Vietnamese sisters grew tired of their country being ruled by the Chinese, so they raised an army of 80,000 and chased them out. What was their name?
Tru'ng
Born in Ireland, a woman named Cormac immigrated to America with her parents. Life did not go well and she eventually fell in with pirates, becoming one herself. By what name do we know her?
Anne Bonny
"12th April, 1961 is a date that will go down in history! Proof that Mother Russia rules the skies." Which Twitter using figure from History wrote this?
Yuri Gagarin
From 2030 to 1980 BC, which ancient city was the largest in the world until the Elamites arrived to usurp power?
Ur
Who am I? I introduced the practice of inoculating well children with a diluted strain of smallpox to bestow immunity from the more potent strains of the sickness.
Mary Wortley Montague
Though he has achieved a kind of folk hero status, which Australian outlaw was charged with stealing, cattle and horse rustling, assault, and murder, and was hanged at Melbourne gaol on 11 November, 1880?
Ned Kelly
England: November 5, 1605: Guy Fawkes was arrested guarding gunpowder placed under the Houses of Parliament, in order to blow it up and kill the King of England. What was the King's name?
James I
I am taking this evening off and making a trip to the theatre. I do so enjoy a farce and 'Our American Cousin' has had such good reviews." Which Twitter using figure from History wrote this?
Abraham Lincoln
What a large charge! Digging through Davy Jones' locker, I found a newspaper article from 1966, which told of the election of the third Prime Minister of India. Do you know which famous female politician was elected?
Indira Gandhi
"Stuck on rock for the second time, conquering nations was my crime. I'm bored, I'm miffed, there's nothing to do, I wish I had won at Waterloo."
Napoleon Bonaparte
On 22 June 1941 Hitler invaded Russia. That was Operation Barbarossa. How many tanks and other motor vehicles were deployed by the Nazis in that offensive?
600,000
The greater and more audacious the lie, the greater likelihood of the gullible masses believing it". To whom do we owe this infamous quote?
Adolf Hitler
Which Indian emperor killed hundreds of thousands of people in wars before converting to Buddhism?
Ashoka
Which famous composer was given Wolfgang as a middle name at his baptism in 1756?
Mozart
Who was the second man to get moondust on his boots?
Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin
The remains of a supposed early human turned out to be a hoax but it took forty years to be exposed. What name was given the alleged human ancestor?
Piltdown Man
One of the greatest con artists to ever live on the North American continent was a man of such notoriety that a form of swindling was named after him. Who was he?
Charles Ponzi
Which city on the Mersey was built on vast profits made from the slave trade?
Liverpool
This little boy was so truthful that he couldn't lie to his father. Maybe he just wanted a piece of cherry pie.
George Washington
Which despot died from a nosebleed on his wedding night?
Attila the Hun
In 1851 Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote a book. But not just any book. Her book depicting the life of African Americans in slavery, led to many people joining the call to abolish slavery. What is the name of the book?
Uncle Tom's Cabin