In the Trenches (WWI)
What assassination helped trigger WWI?
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
What Japanese attack brought the United States into WWII?
Pearl Harbor
Who delivered the Gettysburg Address?
Abraham Lincoln
Which president's alleged affair with Marilyn Monroe remains one of the most famous presidential rumors in American history?
JFK
What ancient civilization used crocodile dung as a supposed contraceptive?
Ancient Egyptians
What treaty officially ended WWI?
Treaty of Versailles
What was Hitler's secret police called?
Gestapo
What was the Confederate capital?
Montgomery, Alabama
What scandal ultimately led to Richard Nixon's resignation?
Watergate
During WWII, what unusual weapon did the U.S. develop that involved bats?
Bat Bombs
What famous event in the first eight weeks of WWI called the British and German soldiers to temporarily stop fighting?
The Christmas Truce
Which WWII battle is often considered the largest tank battle in history?
Battle of Kursk
Which battle is generally considered the deadliest single day in American military history?
The Battle of Antietam
Which French queen was falsely implicated in a scandal involving an extremely expensive diamond necklace?
Marie Antoinette
During WWII, the U.S. military seriously experimented with using what animal to help guide bombs toward enemy targets?
Pigeons
Which country switched from the Central Powers to the Allies during WWI?
Italy
What was the code name for the atomic bomb project?
Manhattan Project
What was the name of the Confederate ironclad that fought the USS Monitor?
CSS Virginia
What famous group of British spies secretly passed information to the Soviet Union while working in elite British institutions?
The Cambridge Five
What did soldiers sometimes use to protect themselves from poisonous gas before proper gas masks were widely available?
Urine-soaked cloths
What was the nickname for the German military strategy of quickly defeating France before turning toward Russia?
The Schlieffen Plan
What was the term used to describe Germany's rapid military strategy?
Blitzkrieg
What was the name of the Union's strategy to blockade the Confederacy and control the Mississippi River?
Anaconda Plan
Which Roman emperor reportedly married his male courtier Sporus after having him castrated?
Nero
What was the name of the pigeon that the British used as a messenger during WWI and became famous for surviving being shot? (and still delivering the critical message)
Cher Ami