1950s
In what year was Dwight D. Eisenhower first elected US president?
1952
Student for a _______ Society was the major left-wing student organization of the 1960s
Democratic
In what place did the Jamestown Massacre take place?
Guyana
What year did the Berlin Wall come tumbling down?
1989
What did the ancient Egyptians make papyrus out of?
River Reeds
Who was the leader of China during the Korean war?
Mao Zedong
Vietnam was part of what French colony
Indochina
What happened to President Nixion once the Watergate scandal went public?
He was impeached by the House of Representatives and then resigned from the office in 1974.
The passenger jet the Soviets shot down in 1983 was from what company?
Korean airlines
In which country was pottery invented?
China
How many Americans lost their lives in The Battle of Chosin Reservoir?
1029
Construction on the berlin wall in what year?
1961
Who was the US Congressman that was assassinated by members of Jim Jones's Peoples Temple in 1978?
Leo Ryan
How many points did the Dow Jones Industrial index lose on black Friday
508
On which religion are the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama based?
Buddhism
Who succeeded Joseph Stalin as the leader of the Soviet Union?
Nikita Khrushchev
What type of airplane took pictures of The Soviets installing nuclear missile silos in Cuba?
U-2
What did Americans celebrate in 1976?
The bicentennial of the country.
What caused the "Challenger" disaster?
O-ring fracture
In the Middle Ages, women would give thyme to warriors for what?
Courage
In what country was Joseph Stalin born?
Georgia
John F. Kennedy's presidency was sometimes compared to what legendary/mythical royal court?
Camelot
Where were the 1972 summer Olympics held?
Munich, West Germany
Muamar Gaddafi was the dictator of what Middle eastern country?
Which philosopher was Aristotle a student of?
Plato