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20 Questions: General History Multiple Choice Quiz | History

This is a very general quiz about everything from world leaders to the Constitution. Good luck and enjoy it!

A multiple-choice quiz by evelina0606. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
evelina0606

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
33,416

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
20

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
12 / 20

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4597

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Question 1 of 20

1. Which British politician made the famous 'Iron Curtain' speech on 5th March 1946? Hint

Clement Attlee

Harold Wilson

Margaret Thatcher

Winston Churchill

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Question 2 of 20

2. What group won victories during the American Revolution at Bennington and Fort Ticonderoga under the leadership of Ethan Allen? Hint

Hessians

Green Mountain Boys

Scalawags

French traders

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Question 3 of 20

3. What man was the Mayor of New York City from 1933 until 1945? Hint

Rudolph Guiliani

John Vliet Lindsay

Anthony M. Masiello

Fiorello La Guardia

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Question 4 of 20

4. In what year did the Glorious Revolution in which William and Mary were put on the throne of England occur? Hint

1680

1608

1688

1655

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Question 5 of 20

5. What amendment to the U.S. Constitution permits the Federal Income Tax? Hint

15th

16th

17th

19th

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Question 6 of 20

6. Who was the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court? Hint

John Marshall

Thurgood Marshall

Sandra Day O'Conner

John Jay

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Question 7 of 20

7. What former Louisiana Governor and Senator was nicknamed 'Kingfish'? Hint

M.J 'Mike' Foster

Richard P. Leyoub

Kathleen B. Blanco

Huey Long

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Question 8 of 20

8. Who served as Dwight Eisenhower's Vice-President? Hint

Calvin Coolidge

Warren G. Harding

Herbert Hoover

Richard Nixon

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Question 9 of 20

9. Who was the leader of the Mexicans during the 1836 invasion of the Alamo? Hint

Emiliano Zapata

Moctezuma

Gen. Winfield Scott

Santa Anna

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Question 10 of 20

10. In what southern State was Former-President Jimmy Carter born? Hint

Texas

Florida

Georgia

Alabama

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Question 11 of 20

11. What U.S. President was nick-named 'Old Rough and Ready'? Hint

George Washington

Grover Cleveland

Zachary Taylor

Theodore Roosevelt

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Question 12 of 20

12. Who founded the colony of Rhode Island? Hint

William Penn

Roger Williams

Anne Hutchinson

Peter Minuit

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Question 13 of 20

13. What President removed General Douglas MacArthur from command in the Korean War? Hint

Harry S. Truman

Lyndon B. Johnson

Herbert Hoover

John F. Kennedy

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Question 14 of 20

14. Who shot New York Senator Robert Kennedy in 1968? Hint

Jack Ruby

Juan Raul Garza

Andrew Cunanan

Sirhan Sirhan

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Question 15 of 20

15. What 1648 treaty ended the Thirty Years' War? Hint

Peace of Eastphalia

Peace of Northphalia

Peace of Westphalia

Peace of Southphalia

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Question 16 of 20

16. What French King was overthrown in the July Revolution of 1830? Hint

Louis V

Charles V

Charles X

Louis XIV

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Question 17 of 20

17. What war was initiated by the publication of the Ems Dispatch? Hint

Spanish-American War

American Civil War

French-Indian War

Franco-Prussian War

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Question 18 of 20

18. What German military leader was nicknamed 'Desert Fox'? Hint

Joseph Stalin

Bernard Montgomery

Erwin Rommel

Douglas MacArthur

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Question 19 of 20

19. What President was in office during the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798? Hint

George Washington

James Madison

Thomas Jefferson

John Adams

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Question 20 of 20

20. 'These are the times that try men's souls' is a quote from what Thomas Paine pamphlet? Hint

'Common Sense'

'The Rights of Man'

'Age of Reason'

'The Crisis'

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which British politician made the famous 'Iron Curtain' speech on 5th March 1946?

Answer: Winston Churchill

Nine months after Sir Winston Churchill failed to be re-elected as Britain's Prime Minister, he traveled by train with President Harry Truman to make a speech. On 5th March 1946, at the request of Westminster College in the small Missouri town of Fulton (population of 7,000), Churchill gave his now famous 'Iron Curtain' speech to a crowd of 40,000.

In addition to accepting an honorary degree from the college, Churchill made one of his most famous post-war speeches.

2. What group won victories during the American Revolution at Bennington and Fort Ticonderoga under the leadership of Ethan Allen?

Answer: Green Mountain Boys

3. What man was the Mayor of New York City from 1933 until 1945?

Answer: Fiorello La Guardia

Fiorello LaGuardia, or the 'Little Flower,' is widely regarded as one of the best Mayors in New York City history, whose tenure redefined the office. LaGuardia International Airport was named after him.

4. In what year did the Glorious Revolution in which William and Mary were put on the throne of England occur?

Answer: 1688

5. What amendment to the U.S. Constitution permits the Federal Income Tax?

Answer: 16th

The 15th is the right to vote for freed male slaves, the 17th is the election of Senators by the public, and the 19th is the right to vote for women, or female suffrage.

6. Who was the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?

Answer: John Jay

7. What former Louisiana Governor and Senator was nicknamed 'Kingfish'?

Answer: Huey Long

Huey Long was Governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932 and was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1930. He gave himself the nickname 'Kingfish' because, he said, 'I'm a small fish here in Washington. But I'm the Kingfish to the folks down in Louisiana.' He was assassinated either by Karl Weiss or his own security guards.

8. Who served as Dwight Eisenhower's Vice-President?

Answer: Richard Nixon

9. Who was the leader of the Mexicans during the 1836 invasion of the Alamo?

Answer: Santa Anna

Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, the leading 'villain' of Texas history, was born in Mexico on February 21, 1794. As a young military officer, he supported Emperor Agustin de Iturbide, and at one time courted the emperor's sister.

10. In what southern State was Former-President Jimmy Carter born?

Answer: Georgia

Carter, who has rarely used his full name--James Earl Carter, Jr.--was born October 1, 1924, in Plains, Georgia. Jimmy Carter has championed human rights throughout the world, before during and after his Presidency.

11. What U.S. President was nick-named 'Old Rough and Ready'?

Answer: Zachary Taylor

Born in Virginia in 1784, he was taken as an infant to Kentucky and raised on a plantation. He was a career officer in the Army and was a Mexican War hero, but he talked most often about cotton raising. His home was in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and he owned a plantation in Mississippi.

12. Who founded the colony of Rhode Island?

Answer: Roger Williams

Roger Williams founded the colony of Rhode Island in 1636 for religious freedom.

13. What President removed General Douglas MacArthur from command in the Korean War?

Answer: Harry S. Truman

In June 1950, when the Communist government of North Korea attacked South Korea, Truman conferred promptly with his military advisers. A long, discouraging struggle ensued as U.N. forces held a line above the old boundary of South Korea. Truman kept the The U.S. involvement in the war a limited one, rather than risk a major conflict with China and perhaps Russia.

14. Who shot New York Senator Robert Kennedy in 1968?

Answer: Sirhan Sirhan

15. What 1648 treaty ended the Thirty Years' War?

Answer: Peace of Westphalia

The Peace of Westphalia, signed October 24, 1648, closed the Thirty Years War and readjusted the religious and political affairs of Europe.

16. What French King was overthrown in the July Revolution of 1830?

Answer: Charles X

17. What war was initiated by the publication of the Ems Dispatch?

Answer: Franco-Prussian War

The Franco-Prussian War, war in 1870-1871, was lost by France to the German states under the leadership of Prussia. The underlying causes of the conflict were the determination of the Prussian statesman Otto von Bismarck to unify Germany under Prussian control and, as a step toward this goal, to eliminate French influence over Germany.

18. What German military leader was nicknamed 'Desert Fox'?

Answer: Erwin Rommel

19. What President was in office during the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798?

Answer: John Adams

20. 'These are the times that try men's souls' is a quote from what Thomas Paine pamphlet?

Answer: 'The Crisis'

Source: Author evelina0606

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