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