Almost Daily Trivia Quiz #140 - Famous Historical People and Places

Historical trivia questions -  Scroll Down for Answers

A collection of trivia questions about famous people, places, and
things for you to have fun with.

1. How many swings of the ax did Sir Walter Raleigh's executioner
   require?
    
2. What Soviet made the cover of Time 14 times between 1985 and
   1991?
    
3. What outfit has troops known as Blue Helmets?
    
4. What Reign of Terror innovation was hyped: "My victim will feel
   nothing but a slight sense of refreshing coolness in the neck"?
    
5. What European leader caused a row in 1967 when he veiled before a
   French Canadian crowd: "Vive le Quebec libre"?
    
6. What U.S. president advised: "If you can't stand the heat, get
   out of the kitchen"?
    
7. What U.S. president did African-American editor Monroe Trotter
   claim to be a direct descendent of?
    
8. What Bruce Springsteen song was quoted by both Ronald Reagan and
   Walter Mondale in the 1984 presidential campaign?
    
9. Who became leader of the opposition after the 1990 Nicaraguan
   elections?
    
10. Who was the first democratically -elected president of Russia?
     
11. What explorer introduced Italians to spaghetti in the 14th
    century?
     
12. What president had to read a news ticker to discover that his
    daughter Luci was engaged?
     
13. What did JFK refer to in noting: "This is a new ocean, and I
    believe the U.S. should sail it"?
     
14. What British royal was dubbed "Fish Face" by his wife?
     
15. Who, after anchoring off Hawaii in 1779, was mistaken for the god
    Lono?
     
16. What physicist's last words were not understood because his nurse
    did not speak German?
     
17. What nation was miffed when Hubert Humphrey declined its secret
    offer to help finance his 1968 presidential campaign?
     
18. What Irish political movement is named after a phrase meaning "we
    ourselves"?
     
19. What organization elects the 15 judges of the World Court?
     
20. What was the first war in which one jet plane shot down another?
     
21. What song was the Navy band playing at Pearl Harbor when the
    Japanese attacked?
     
22. What two continents have never been the site of a major military
    conflict?
     
23. What country maintained an official state of emergency from 1933
    to 1945?
     
24. What group of Pacific islands did Japan attack the day after
    Pearl Harbor?
     
25. What English king introduced death by boiling and legalized the
    killing of gypsies?
     
26. What was the B-17 long-range bomber nicknamed in World War II?

Answers to Daily Trivia Quizzes   # 140 - Historical People, Places, and Things

1. Three.
2. Mikhail Gorbachev.
3. The United Nations.
4. The guillotine.
5. Charles de Gaulle.
6. Harry S. Truman.
7. Thomas Jefferson.
8. Born in the USA.
9. Daniel Ortega.
10. Boris Yeltsin.
11. Marco Polo.
12. Lyndon B. Johnson.
13. Space.
14. Prince Charles.
15. Captain James Cook.
16. Albert Einstein's.
17. The Soviet Union.
18. Sinn Fein.
19. The United Nations.
20. The Korean War.
21. The Star-Spangled Banner.
22. Antarctica and Australia.
23. Germany.
24. The Philippines.
25. Henry VIII.
26. The Flying Fortress.