(In)famous Tricks
The Greeks used this deceptive wooden structure to infiltrate and sack Troy.
Trojan Horse
What triggered the Great Depression?
Stock Market Crash of 1929
“Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent…” (Give the speaker and name of speech)
Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address
In 1962, the world came closest to nuclear war when Soviet missiles in this country were discovered by U.S. reconnaissance planes.
Cuba
Which 1919 treaty officially ended World War I between Germany and the Allied Powers.
Treaty of Versailles
This 1938 radio broadcast by Orson Welles caused panic among some listeners who thought aliens were invading New Jersey.
The War of the Worlds
In 2008, the collapse of this investment bank led to a global financial crisis.
Lehman Brothers
“I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed…” (Give the speaker and name of event)
Martin Luther King Jr., March on Washington
In 1605, a group of English Catholics attempted to blow up the House of Lords during the State Opening of Parliament. What is the name of this event?
Gunpowder Plot
This 1215 document limited the power of the English monarch?
Magna Carta
This 20th-century forgery claimed to be a 15th-century map showing Norse exploration of North America pre-Columbus.
Vinland Map
“Black Wednesday” in 1992 forced this country to withdraw from the European Exchange Rate Mechanism.
United Kingdom
“Give me liberty or give me death!” (name of speaker, name of event)
Patrick Henry, Second Virginia Convention
In 1983, a Soviet early-warning system falsely detected incoming U.S. missiles, but the actions of this officer prevented nuclear war.
Stanislav Petrov
This 1215 document limited the power of the English monarch?
Magna Carta
In 1869, two men “discovered” this ten-foot petrified man on a farm in New York, though it was later revealed to be a hoax.
Cardiff Giant
In 1994-95, this country’s monetary crisis triggered a U.S.-led bailout and became known as the “Tequila Crisis.”
Mexico
“I am prepared to die.” (Give the name of the speaker, and what trial he spoke at)
Nelson Mandela, Rivonia Trial
In 1979, a training exercise at what organization triggered false alerts suggesting incoming nuclear missiles.
NORAD
This 1648 treaty ended the Thirty Years’ War in Europe?
Peace of Westphalia
Which medieval document was said to grant the pope vast temporal authority but was proven to be a forgery?
Donation of Constantine
This 18th-century British financial bubble centered on a trading company with a monopoly in South America and collapsed in 1720.
South Sea Bubble
Delivered in 1095, this speech called Christians to take up arms and reclaim the Holy Land, launching the First Crusade. Who delivered it, and at what council?
Pope Urban II, Council of Clermont
Name the 1961 incident where a U.S. Air Force bomber jet accidentally released 2 nuclear weapons onto North Carolina—a catastrophe prevented only by the bombs’ safety mechanisms.
1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash
Which 1494 treaty between Spain and Portugal divided newly discovered lands outside Europe along a meridian, shaping colonial empires?
Treaty of Tordesailles