FunTrivia History Mix: Vol 9 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Israel and Egypt

Begin and Sadat signed the two agreements after twelve days of negotiations chaired by then US President, Jimmy Carter. Their efforts were rewarded not only with peace between the two nations, formalised in a treaty a year later, but also by the award of the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1978 to both leaders.

Question by player Snowman

Answer: World War I

Both the Allied and German guns on the Western Front in France fell silent by prior agreement at this exact time on 11th November 1918. Given the worldwide nature of the war, fighting continued after this time for a short period in other parts of the world, especially in German East Africa (modern Tanzania).

Question by player Dutch2001

Answer: World War 2 (1939-1945)

The final phase of World War 2, the atomic bombings of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima (August 6, 1945) and Nagasaki (August 9, 1945) ushered in the nuclear age. The Cold War intensified in 1949, when the USSR exploded its first nuclear bomb.

Question by player matthewpokemon

Answer: security reform laws

On November 8, 1974, the pop singer, Connie Francis ("Who's Sorry, Now?"), was sexually assaulted and nearly killed while staying at the NY Jericho Turnpike Howard Johnson's. This courageous lady sued and won a landmark victory making hotel security reform a law all across the US.

She additionally won $2.5 million dollars as part of this historic settlement. Her rapist has yet to be caught.

Question by player mikeu

Answer: William the Bastard

He was known as William The Bastard. This was not a disparaging comment on his character. It signified that his father Duke Robert I of Normandy was not married to William's mother, his mistress, Herleva, so William was illegitimate.

Question by player Mixamatosis

Answer: Boeing B-29 Superfortress

The B-29 was an advanced four engine, propeller-driven bomber which remained in service well after the end of WWII. The Me 262 was a German built jet fighter. The Mosquito was a British built fighter-bomber and the Zero was a Japanese built prop-driven fighter.

Question by player h_munster

Answer: Tobacco

They were called cash crops because they were grown to be sold to others, and tobacco was at the top of the list. The tobacco crops saved the first settlement from England, Jamestown, from being extinct. The economic success of its growth required a lot of land and a lot of labor which help speed up the growth of Jamestown and brought in a good cash flow to ensure that the colony would continue its growth. Eventually, tobacco became the biggest crop for the entire colony of Virginia. And by early 1600s tobacco became the biggest export from the New World to England.

Question by player GLitsmyt

Answer: A blizzard

The Great Blizzard of '88, as it was called, was one of the greatest natural disasters in American history. Lasting from March 11 through March 14, 1888, the storm dumped from between 20 to 60 inches of snow along the eastern seaboard, with winds gusting up to 80mph blowing the snow into drifts up to 50 feet high.

In addition, the storm brought with it very cold temperatures. New York City was particularly hard hit; up to 200 people died. It was reported that three-story houses were completely covered by snow. Trains and trolley cars could not run for a week, and the Fire Department was unable to respond to alarms. People froze because coal deliveries were impossible; funerals had to be postponed. Altogether, the storm is said to have killed over 400 people, and to have grounded or destroyed over 200 ships. To add insult to injury, just as the area was recovering from the blizzard, the melting snow resulted in widespread flooding.

Question by player daver852

Answer: The Vietnam War

The Vietnam War became known as "the living room war" because for the first time a majority of the people - sitting at home in their living rooms - could actually see a war as it was being fought on foreign soil. Not only were television sets more prevalent among American families, the capabilities of all forms of media, entertainment and record storage allowed access to scenes of the Vietnam War. Since then the phrase has become descriptive for similar events not just the Vietnam War, specifically.

Question by player cowboybluedog

Answer: Maryland

Maryland is a state located in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States and it's also considered to be one of the first American colonies that allowed religious freedom.

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