History multiple choice

Can you name these history/geography multiple choice questions?
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1. This battle is considered the deadliest in the Civil War
Chancellorsville
Shiloh
Gettysburg
Manassas
2. This notorious gangster led a prominent Chicago gang during Prohibition from 1925-31
El Chapo
Al Capone
the Mafia
Whitey Bulger
3. This brave young woman led the French uprising against the British during the French Revolution
Isabella of Aragon
Joan of Arc
Elanor of Aquitaine
Marie Antoinette
4. This NY battle was considered a turning point for the Revolutionary War
Lexington/Concord
Ticonderoga
Princeton
Trenton
5. This notorious German pilot caused havoc in WW1, credited with over 80 hits
The Green Bolt
Churchill
Eisenhower
The Red Baron
6. What is the highest elevation capital in the world?
La Paz
Tokyo
London
Washington DC
7. Who said "this day will live in infamy" after the bombing of Pearl Harbor?
George Washington
Franklin D Roosevelt
William Taft
Harry Truman
8. This president notoriously resigned from office after the Watergate tapes scandal
Jimmy Carter
Richard Nixon
Abraham Lincoln
Gerald Ford
9. The "Frozen Chosin" was fought on a Korean....?
bay
lake
reservoir
ocean
10. An _______________ is a chain/group of islands in lakes or oceans
penninsula
isthmus
inlet
archipelago
11. The "capital" of the Scottish highlands
Aberdeen
Edinburgh
Inverness
Glasgow
12. This notorious island was a major WW2 battle, where American soldiers raised the flag high above Mt Suribachi
Midway
Tokyo
Okinowa
Iwo Jima
13. The famous _______ ________ was painted by Michaelangelo during the Reniassance in Vatican City
Sistine Chapel
St Basils
Collesseum
Notre Dame
14. Former name of Istanbul after a famous Roman emperor
Ankara
Istanbul
Constantinople
Izmir
15. The worlds largest island,____________ is part of the kingdom of __________
Greenland, Denmark
Madagascar, Mozambique
US, Hawaii
Greenland, Iceland
16. The capital of the US Virgin islands
San Juan
Washington DC
Charlotte Amalie
Honolulu
17. This treacherous route around South America involved heavy seas and high winds due to proximity to Antarctica
Cancun
Cape Horn
Cape Bretton
Cape of Good Hope
18. This famous canal was constructed in the early 1900s as a vital shipping route between the Atlantic and Pacific
Chesapeake Canal
Panama Canal
Erie Canal
Florida canal
19. 3 capitals of South Africa
Johannesburg, Durban, Pretoria
Cape town, Pretoria, Blomenfotein
Johannesburg, Cape town, Durban
Cape town, East London, Durban
20. This Austrio-Hungary heir was assassinated in Sarajevo by a Serbian nationalist, effectively beginning WW1
Julius Ceasar
Winston Churchill
Louis XVI
Archduke Ferdiand
21. Famous Macedonian-Greek descent Ptolemaic age female ruler of Egypt
Anastasia
Joan of Arc
Cleopatra
Isabella of Aragon
22. Robert E Lee led the Army of
North Carolina
Northern Virginia
Southern Virginia
Tennessee
23. the Caribbean island of Aruba is a _________ possession
Dutch
German
French
United Kingdom
24. The southernmost capital in the world is:
Cape Town
Buenos Aires
Canberra
Wellington
25. The 5 Norman beaches stormed on D-Day were:
Omaha, Juno, Sword, Utah, Gold
Juno, Gold, Alabama, Maine, California
Norman, Juno, Sword, Shield, Dunkirk
Colorado, Utah, Texas, France, Brittany
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Level 68
Oct 21, 2024
A couple of corrections:

The capital of the US Virgin Islands is Charlotte Amelie.

Aruba is a Dutch territory.

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Level 77
Jul 1, 2025
A couple of corrections:

The capital of the US Virgin Islands is Charlotte Amelie.

Aruba is a Dutch territory.