History Trivia Questions XIV

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When Joseph Jenkins Roberts of Virginia declared this country's independence in 1847, it became what is now Africa's oldest republic. What is it?

       a. Ethiopia
       b. Liberia
       c. South Africa
       d. Ghana


Joseph had been King of Naples and King of Spain, but ended up in exile in Bordentown, New Jersey. What was his last name?

       a. Habsburg
       b. Bonaparte
       c. Bourbon
       d. Mussolini


Raila Odinga, who claimed to be Barack Obama's cousin, was also a presidential aspirant in what country?

       a. Kenya
       b. Indonesia
       c. Morocco
       d. Jamaica


Stanley finally found Livingstone near Ujiji in what present-day country?

       a. Tanzania
       b. Nigeria
       c. Zambia
       d. Central African Republic


Herostratic fame is named for Herostratus, who decided that the best way to be remembered forever was to burn down a Wonder of the World. Which one?

       a. Mausoleum of Halicarnassus
       b. Temple of Artemis
       c. Hanging Gardens of Babylon
       d. Pharos of Alexandria


You know about Italy's Black Shirts and Germany's Brown Shirts, but which country provided fascist Blue Shirts to Franco?

       a. France
       b. Ireland
       c. Russia
       d. United States


The US and USSR were the first two countries with an A-bomb. What was #3?

       a. France
       b. China
       c. Great Britain
       d. Israel


In 1966, I rented the top two high-roller floors of the Desert Inn, refused to leave and eventually bought the place so I could be left in peace. Who am I?

       a. Elvis Presley
       b. Bugsy Siegel
       c. Howard Hughes
       d. Steve Wynn


In 1977, what notorious criminal escaped for three days from Brushy Mountain State Prison?

       a. Gary Gilmore
       b. James Earl Ray
       c. Jack Ruby
       d. John Gotti


They stopped making the $500 bill in 1969, and the person on it stopped existing in 1901. Who was he?

       a. Ulysses Grant
       b. Salmon P Chase
       c. William McKinley
       d. Grover Cleveland


In 1986, this was the largest airline in the US. Nevertheless, in 1989, under Frank Lorenzo, it declared bankruptcy and in 1991, it closed its hatches for good. What is it?

       a. Pan Am
       b. Eastern
       c. United
       d. Continental


Alberto Korda won a settlement from Smirnoff, after the vodka brand usurped Korda's image of what left-wing icon?

       a. John Kennedy
       b. Malcolm X
       c. Che Guevara
       d. Mao Zedong


Born in Spain, who said, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it"?

       a. Voltaire
       b. George Santayana
       c. Winston Churchill
       d. HL Mencken


Bouncy, bouncy, bouncy! In 2004, Walt Disney World employee Michael Chartrand was acquitted of molesting a 13-year-old girl while dressed as what character?

       a. Bugs Bunny
       b. Tigger
       c. Goofy
       d. Daffy Duck


In 1795, what country adopted a "metric" time system that had 10-day weeks, 10-hour days, 100-minute hours and 100-second minutes?

       a. France
       b. United States
       c. Sweden
       d. Russia




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