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