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Philadelphia - As of 2003, the bell has been housed at the Liberty Bell Center in Philadelphia.An iconic symbol of American independence, in which city is the Liberty Bell located?

a. New York City
b. Philadelphia
c. Washington, D.C.
d. Boston


John Wilkes Booth - Booth was tracked down and killed by Sergeant Boston Corbett on April 26.What well-known actor from Maryland assassinated Abraham Lincoln on April 14 1865?

a. Jefferson Davis
b. Lewis Powell
c. John Wilkes Booth
d. Lee Harvey Oswald


Macbeth - Macbeth is probably best known as the subject of William Shakespeare's Macbeth.Nicknamed the "Red King," who was "King of the Scots" from 1040 until his death in 1057?

a. Duncan I
b. Donald III
c. Macbeth
d. Malcolm III


Nancy Astor - Nancy was in office from the 28th of November 1919 to the 5th July 1945.Who was the first woman to sit as a Member of Parliament (MP) in the English House of Commons?

a. Margaret Bondfield
b. Nancy Astor
c. Bessie Braddock
d. Emmeline Pankhurst


Little Big Horn - The U.S. casualty count, including Custer, was 268 dead and 55 injured.Located in eastern Montana, where did "Custer's Last Stand" occur in 1876?

a. Little Snake River
b. Little Big Horn
c. Little Blood Creek
d. Little Crow Foot


Montezuma II - The details of Montezuma's death are not known.What is the name of the Aztec leader who was killed when Hernan Cortes and his men fought to escape the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan?

a. Ahuitzotl
b. Atahualpa
c. Montezuma II
d. Montezuma I


The Guillotine - The French Revolution occurred from 1789 to 1799.Which execution method was used to kill aristocrats during the French Revolution?

a. The Guillotine
b. Burning at the Stake
c. The Brazen Bull
d. Hanging, Drawing and Quartering


Austria - Duke Leopold kept Richard prisoner at Durnstein Castle.Where was Richard the Lionheart held prisoner when he returned to Europe after the Third Crusade?

a. Austria
b. Germany
c. England
d. France


China - The war against China saw four million Chinese casualties.After claiming that they were fired on at the Marco Polo Bridge, what country did the Japanese invade in 1937?

a. United States
b. China
c. India
d. Philippines


1979 - In April of 2013, Thatcher died from a stroke while in London at the age of 87.In what year was Margaret Thatcher elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?

a. 1979
b. 1983
c. 1974
d. 1969


Elizabeth Taylor - For her 1963 role in Cleopatra. Who was the first actress to earn a million dollars for their role in a single film?

a. Bette Davis
b. Marilyn Monroe
c. Elizabeth Taylor
d. Audrey Hepburn


Lee Harvey Oswald - While being transported to a county jail, Oswald was shot and killed by Jack Ruby.Who of the following was shot dead in Dallas on the 24th of November 1963?

a. Jack Ruby
b. Guy Banister
c. Lee Harvey Oswald
d. John F. Kennedy


1965 - His space walk lasted 12 minutes.In what year did Soviet Cosmonaut Alexey Leonov make the first spacewalk?

a. 1975
b. 1965
c. 1970
d. 1960


Korean War - The war started when North Korean forces invaded South Korea on the 25th of June 1950.What war was ended with the signing of an armistice on July 27th 1953?

a. World War II
b. Korean War
c. Soviet war in Afghanistan
d. Vietnam War


Winston Churchill - His return to Prime Minister lasted from 1951 to 1955.Which British Prime Minister, who served during World War II (1940 to 1945), returned to power in 1951?

a. Winston Churchill
b. Clement Attlee
c. Neville Chamberlain
d. Anthony Eden




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