U.S. history trivia
Who was the first American to win a Noble Peace Prize?
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
Who was the first person in the world to land on the moon and which country were they from?
Which fabric was invented in Ancient China?
What is Silk?
Which two royal family members were divorced in 1996?
Who were Prince Charles and Princess Diana?
What’s the call sign of the president’s helicopter?
What is Marine One?
What was the name of the landmark Supreme Court case that ruled the racial segregation of schools unconstitutional?
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
In what year is the Bubonic Plague believed to have started in Europe and Asia?
What is 1346?
The Colosseum started to be built under while which Roman emperor was in power?
Who is Vespasian?
Who became the youngest person to win a Nobel Peace Prize at age 17 in 2014?
Who is Malala Yousafzai?
What was the first United States national monument?
What is Devil’s Tower in Wyoming.
The “shot heard ’round the world” describes the beginning of which battles in the American Revolution?
What were The Battles of Lexington and Concord?
Who was the first ruler of the Mongol Empire?
Who is Genghis Khan?
Queen Nefertiti ruled alongside which pharaoh?
Who is Pharaoh Akhenaten?
The U.S. rover Curiosity landed on which planet in August 2012?
What is Mars?
How do historians refer to the time period in the 1730s and 1740s when colonists began embracing secular rationalism over religion?
What is The Great Awakening.
When was the Battle of Gettysburg fought during the Civil War?
What is July 1 through July 3, 1863?
When did the Mexican Revolution start?
What is November 20, 1910?
Which famous battle is widely considered a turning point in the wars between Persia and Greece?
What is The Battle of Marathon in 490 BC?
Which country hosted the 2016 Olympics?
What is Brazil?
When did Christopher Columbus land in what would later become the United States?
What is he didn’t? Most historians agree he landed in parts of Central and South America, as well as some Caribbean islands.
Finish the line President Franklin D. Roosevelt said during his speech addressing the attack on Pearl Harbor: “Yesterday, December 7, 1941…”
What is “A date which will live in infamy”?
What was the code name for the German invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II?
What is Operation Barbarossa?
Where is the Pyramid of the Sun located?
What is Teotihuacán, Mexico?
What was the acronym commonly used for the 2000 software problem that many thought would cause computers to become inoperable?
What is Y2K?
How long ago do historians estimate the first settlers arrived on what is now American soil?
What is more than 12,000 years ago?