History Around the World 5 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Herbert Hoover

I didn't offer George W Bush as a possibility, since that may turn out to be the correct answer.
Herbert Clark Hoover became the Republican nominee for the 1928 election when Calvin Coolidge decided against running for a second term. He won a landslide victory over Democrat Alfred E Smith, gaining 58% of the popular vote. His First Lady, Lou Henry Hoover had graduated with a degree in biology from Stanford. Hoover took office on March 4, 1929 and the Great Depression that would blight his entire Presidency began less than a year later. When Hoover campaigned against Roosevelt in the 1932 election, it was in front of crowds more hostile than those faced by any previous sitting President.
After his Presidency, Hoover spent much of his time writing and fishing. A year before his death in 1964, he published "Fishing for Fun -- And to Wash Your Soul", his 16th published book.

Answer: Henri

The 45 year old Henri Albert Gabriel Félix Marie Guillaume became Grand Duke Henri on October 7, 2000 following the abdication of his father, Grand Duke Jean. He is the grandson on his mother's side of King Leopold III and Queen Astrid of Belgium.
Henri's father, Jean, who had ruled Luxembourg since 1964, abdicated shortly before his 80th birthday.
Jean was preceded by his mother, Grand Duchess Charlotte, who came to power at the age of just 22, in 1919 following the forced abdication of her elder sister. She ruled for 45 years before abdicating in favor of her son. She died in 1985 at the age of 89.
William IV became Grand Duke of Luxembourg on the death of his uncle, Adolphe, in 1905. He ruled until his death seven years later at the age of 60. He was succeeded by his oldest daughter, Marie-Adélaïde.

Answer: Marie

Marie Grosholtz was born in Strasbourg, France in 1761. She made her first wax models at the age of just 16, creating likenesses of prominent figures of the time such as Voltaire, Rousseau and Benjamin Franklin. At the time of the French Revolution she became well known for her models of well-known victims of the guillotine. Apparently, she collected the decapitated heads, which she then used as models.

Answer: The London Underground

The Act of Parliament approving the building of the first London Underground line, between Paddington via King's Cross to Farringdon Street, was passed in 1854. The Metropolitan Line, as it was called, carried its first passengers on January 10, 1863. Of the alternatives, the Blackpool Tramway, one of the oldest electric tram systems in the world, opened in 1885.

The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad was one of the first railroads in the US and the first to offer a combined passenger and goods service. The first official Hackney Carriage taxi service in London began in 1621.

The first hackney licenses were issued in 1662 (for horse-drawn carriages). Hansom cabs were introduced in 1834.

Answer: Jupiter

The 'Galilean Moons' are the four largest of Jupiter's many moons. They were named Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto after lovers of Zeus from Greek mythology (Zeus being the Greek equivalent of the Roman god Jupiter).
These four moons are amongst the largest bodies in the Solar system. The largest is Ganymede, closely followed by Titan, both of which are just over 40% of the the size of Earth. Both are a little larger than Mercury. Callisto is slightly smaller than Mercury. Io, the smallest of the four, is about three-quarters the size of Callisto. These are the only four satellites in the Solar System that are larger than our own Moon.

Answer: The Peloponnesian War

The Peloponnesian War significantly altered the balance of power in the Ancient Greek world. Athens, the region's strongest city-state at the outset, was almost totally decimated and was never to regain its position of superiority, while Sparta emerged as Greece's leading power. Of the alternatives, the Greco-Persian War was a series of conflicts between the Persian Empire and various Greek city-states between 499 and 448 BC.

The Corinthian War (395-387 BC) also featured Sparta on one side, opposing the combined forces of Athens, Thebes, Argos and Corinth.

The Samian War also featured Athens, this time fighting Samos between 440-439 BC.

Answer: Chester Arthur

Chester Alan Arthur became the third American President in 1881 when he took over after the assassination of James Garfield. Even though he was a relatively young man when his term ended in March 1885, he did not survive long as a former President. He died less than two years later, at the age of 57 in November 1886. Only James Polk, who died just 104 days after leaving office, has survived for a shorter period.
William Henry Harrison is the answer to numerous trivia questions. The 9th President held the record as the oldest elected to the post until Reagan reset that bar. He was also the first President to die in office and President for the shortest time -- just 30 days. The 12th President, Zachary Taylor, lasted 15 months after his inauguration in March 1849, while Warren Harding held office for almost two and a half years before his death in August 1923.
The fourth President to die of natural causes whilst in office was FDR, early in his fourth term. Roosevelt, the seventh President not to complete a term, was the first Democrat not to do so.

Answer: Edward VI

Although King Edward VI became ill in January 1553 and died in July still more than three month shy of his 16th birthday, he had already reigned for almost six and a half years. He became King of England and Ireland in January 1547, shortly after his ninth birthday, and was crowned less than a month later. Despite the relatively short period of his reign, Edward VI's legacy was significant in two areas. The first was the Reformation and the establishment of the Church of England, which progressed to the extend that his Catholic sister, Mary I, who effectively followed him on the throne, could not undo what had been done in his name. The second was in the field of education, with numerous King Edward VI Schools still leading their field in England in the 21st century.
Of the alternatives, Edward VIII abdicated the throne in 1936 before his coronation. Lady Jane Grey, who ascended to the throne for nine days following Edward VI's death, was executed. Edward V survived slightly longer -- about ten weeks before his presumed murder. Edward V was one of the two 'Princes in the Tower' who were never seen again after being sent to the Tower of London 'for their protection' by the future King Richard III in June 1483.
It rather makes you wonder if any future British monarch will be brave enough to take the name 'Edward' again, doesn't it?

Answer: Bhutan

. He became king upon the abdication of his father, who had reigned since ascending to the throne at the age of 17 on the sudden death of his father in 1972. At the time, he too was the world's youngest monarch.
Of the alternatives, King Mswati III of Swaziland was also once the world's youngest reigning monarch -- he ascended the throne in 1986 at the age of 18 years and 6 days. King Letsie III of Lesotho become king in 1990 although he was forced in exile for almost a year in the mid-1990s. King George Tupou V of Tonga was appointed as Crown Prince on his 18th birthday in 1966, but he had to wait more than 40 more years before ascending to the top job in September 2006.

Answer: Tiberius

The first five Roman Emperors comprise what is known as the Julio-Claudian dynasty, which lasted almost a century from 27 BC until 68 AD. They were, in order, Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius and Nero.
Born Tiberius Claudius Nero on November 16, 42 BC and lauded as one of Rome's greatest generals, he came to power as Tiberius I at the age of 55 upon the death of his step-father in August, 14 AD. He reigned for more than two decades until his own death at the age of 78.
Although he is mentioned by name only once in the Bible, in Luke, the Gospels imply that it was during his reign that Pontius Pilate ordered the execution of Jesus of Nazareth.