The Recent Past
Shortly after 9/11, media outlets and politicians began receiving envelopes that contained spores from which disease?
What is Anthrax
Donald Trump
Lin-Manuel Miranda's smash Broadway hit is based on which Ron Chernow Biography?
- James Madison
-Alexander Hamilton
-Benjamin Franklin
Alexander Hamilton
Fighting officially ended in July 1953, but no peace treaty was ever signed by all parties involved in the conflict.
Korean War
Edward was the first known king of England.
False: it was Egbert
Which of these civil wars did not end during the first decade of 2000's?
-Angolan Civil War
-Sri Lankan Civil War
- Sierra Leone Civil War
- Somali Civil War
"Change We Can Believe In"
Barack Obama
Which Andre Lloyd Webber musical chronicles the life of Argentinian leader Eva Peron?
-Love Never Dies
-Evita
-The Woman in White
Evita
This is the most studied and most written about war in the history of the United States.
American Civil War
Most of the world's existing monarchies retain absolute power.
False: most have limited constitutional power.
In 2006, which South American Country elected Michelle Bachelet as its first female President?
What is Chile
"I Like Ike"
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Jason Robert Brown's Tony-winning musical depicts the trial and lynching of Leo Frank, a man convicted of killing a fellow employee at his pencil factory. What is the show called?
-Parade
- The Last Five Years
-Wearing Someone Else's Clothes
Parade
Detractors called this conflict "Mr. Madison's War"
War of 1812
In 2019, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, having been on the throne for 47 years, was the living leader who had reigned the longest.
False; in 2019 Queen Elizabeth II of England had been reigning for 67 years.
In 2006, May 18 became Democracy Day in which former Monarch state?
-Bangladesh
- Bhutan
-Nepal
- Myanmar
What is Nepal
"Happy Days Are Here Again"
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Based on the 1975 E.L Doctorow novel, this musical, set in the early 20th century, tells the story of African Americans, upper class suburbanites, and Easter European immigrants.
-Cabaret
-Ragtime
- Hamilton
Ragtime
The Longest Battle of this war was the Battle of Atlantic.
World War II
There are more than 40 extant Monarchies in the World.
True
Which renowned European landmark caught fire in April 2019?
The Notre-Dane Cathedral
"It's Morning Again in America"
Ronald Reagan
Who is the hero of the classic French Revolution musical, Le Miserables?
-Javert
-Jean Prouvaire
-Jean Valjean
Jean Valjean
Through Pope John Paul II advised against the Invasion that began this war, the U.S president who proceeded anyway declared: " God told me to end the tyranny."
Iraq War
Switzerland is the only country to maintain a dikedom.
False; its Luxembourg