Oh you’re not Jeffrey
German born Anna Anderson is the most famous of many imposters of this assassinated Russian royal?
Grand Duchess Anastasia Romanov
This famous naval battle between the British Royal navy and combined forces from the French and Spanish navies ensured that Napoleon would never be able to invade England
Trafalgar
What was the premise of the contest in which Paris won Helen, setting off the Trojan War?
Beauty contest, Apple of Discord, etc.
Born Norma Jeane Mortenson, this actress would become a staple of American culture beauty and for works such as ‘Gentlemen prefer blondes,’ and ‘Asphalt Jungle.’ Near the end of her life, she sang happy birthday in honor of the then president John F. Kennedy, of which recordings still exist.
Marilyn Monroe
Described as a black, wall-eyed horse originating from Persia, this horse was Alexander the great’s most famous mount.
Bucephalus
Victor Lustig twice pretended to be the deputy director of the French Ministry of Posts and Telegraphs to sell what?
The Eiffel Tower
Referred to as the whaling capital of the world, this small town once hosted a fleet of dozens of ships bound for whaling grounds in the south pacific.
Nantucket
Which president is blamed for the Great Depression?
Herbert Hoover
This Austrian born film actress would dominate the silver screen throughout the mid-twentieth century with such films as ‘Samson and Delilah’, ‘H.M Pulham Esquire,’ and ‘Algiers’. Renowned during her lifetime for her acting and beauty, she has become increasingly famous for her work in the sciences. Along with George Antheil she created a radio signal that could hop frequencies to avoid being jammed.
Hedy Lamarr
Comanche the horse was the sole survivor of General Custer’s forces at which battle?
Battle of Little Bighorn
This son of Ivan the Terrible had three pretenders, one of which would become the actual Tsar for a year. What is his name?
Dmitry Ivanovich
James Cook was killed on this day by the native Hawaiians in 1779.
( Hint: it's a holiday)
February 14 (valentines day)
What was the name of the man who killed Franz Ferdy and basically started WWI?
Gavrilo Princep
Although his only marital child Ada Lovelace is arguably far more historically significant, this English lord would dazzle European audiences with a lifetime of affairs, poetry, and drama. His notietrity would extend to the far corners of the Balkans where he would die fighting as a volunteer in the Greek war of independence against the Ottoman Empire, being immortalized as a Greek folk hero.
Lord Byron
Commemorated in a movie of the same name and nicknamed ‘Big Red’ this horse, this horse won the triple crown in 1973, winning all three races with speed records that still stand today
A. Secretariat
B. Sea Biscuit
C. Man O’ War
D. California Chrome
A. Secretariat
French born George Psalmanazar claimed to be the first person from what Asian island to arrive in Europe, becoming famous for several years before being found out?
Taiwan
The first functional submarine was made in 1620 by Cornelis Drebbel under the employment of this English king.
King James I
Which Pope started the Crusades?
A. Pope Urban II
B. Pope Gregory VIII
C. Pope Innocent III
D. Pope Callixtus III
A: Pope Urban II
Son of the Norman King Robert Guiscard of Sicily, this prince fought in the first crusade and captured far more than territory. The Byzantine Princess and prolific writer Anna Komnene provides a detailed account of the first crusade which detours significantly to fawn over his good looks. Who was THIS fair Frankish prince of Antioch?
A. Godfrey
B. Bohemond I
C. Baldwin I
D. Tancred
B. Bohemond I
Seargent Reckless, an American pack horse, attained the rank of sergeant for her acts of bravery in which war?
A. Korean War
B. Vietnam War
C. WWI
D. WWII
A. Korean War
Perkin Warbeck claimed the English throne pretending to be who?
Richard Duke of York, one of the Princes in the Tower
This Chinese woman has been called the most successful pirate in history, taking over an enormous flee of over 1800 ships after her husbands death, she was successful against a number of major world powers in the early 1800’s
Ching Shih.
Martin Luther’s document which kicked off the Reformation was called The Ninety Five Theses Or…
A. Disputation on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences
B. Discourse on Indulgences and Other Abuses of the Clergy
C. On the False Certainty of Indulgences
D. F— You Catholic Church
A: Disputation on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences
Eclipsed by his more famous brother Vlad Dracula, the other son of Vlad II Dracul was allegedly quite the looker-even earning the epithet 'The Handsome'. He would actually rule for a collective five more years than his brother as an Ottoman vassal.
Radu ‘the handsome’
Trigger the palomino horse was a beloved staple in westerns throughout the 30's, 40's and 50's. He belonged to this American cowboy actor, musician and TV host?
Roy Rogers