World History Mega General Knowledge

Where Napoleon faced his final defeat

Pearl Harbor: A day that will live in ______

Legislation that King John signed in 1215

Year that World War II ended

Person credited with being first to circumnavigate Earth

City where the first Olympics were held

Country, led by King Leopold II, that colonized the Congo

The last tsar of Russia

US general that upheld his promise to return to the Philippines

Most notable element discovered by Marie and Pierre Curie

City where Muhammad died in 632 AD

Country that claimed responsibility for the Lockerbie bombing of Pan-Am flight 103

Originally, Australia was established as this type of colony

Conquistador that toppled the Inca Empire

This notable person was killed on November 22, 1963

City that was founded by Romulus and Remus

Modern day country where a meteor struck that killed off the dinosaurs 66 million years ago

Of Henry VIII's wives, there were 3 Catherines, 2 Annes and 1 ____

Notable city wiped out by Mount Vesuvius' eruption in 79 AD

The first European to reach Hawaii, where he would be killed a year later

Operation Desert Storm was part of this war

Country known as the graveyard of empires

Native American that helped navigate Lewis and Clark on their westward expedition

Form of racial segregation in South Africa that was repealed in 1994

This last Muslim state in Spain finally fell in 1492 due to the efforts of the Reconquista

The 37th parallel is used to divide this peninsula

Family represented by the Red Rose during the War of the Roses

Toussaint Louverture led a successful revolution for this country

The only US president to serve non-consecutive terms

Name for Japanese pilots that would commit suicide dives onto their enemy's locations during WWII

Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first people to summit...

Country where Joseph Stalin was born

Rome's foe during the Punic Wars

The first person to reach outerspace

British PM before Churchill that was responsible for appeasement to Hitler in hopes to avoid any conflicts (it did not go as he had hoped)

Drug introduced to China by the British that led to two wars in the 19th century

The Orange Revolution took place in this country as a result of alleged voter fraud stemming from a run-off for the presidential vote

Four Great Chinese Inventions: Paper, Printing, Compass, and ___________

Famed mariner Edward Teach was better known as....

What Woodrow Wilson said the US would not get involved in but ended up doing so just a few years later

City where the RMS Titanic was built

Former mayor of New York City that is the namesake of a large airport there

Philosopher who was the tutor to a teenaged Alexander the Great

In April of 1960, this now world capital was finally built and inaugurated

The smallest state of Australia is named after this Dutch explorer

This man built the first European settlement on what is now Greenland

The Parthenon was dedicated to this Greek goddess

Year that the Berlin Wall fell, reuniting the city

In 1996, this sheep became the first mammal to be successfully cloned

This modern-day country is regarded as the center of the Maya Empire

Roman emperor, known to be crazed, attempted to make his horse a Roman consul

French peasant girl that became a military leader and ultimately a martyr for her faith

"Just say no" was the slogan of this former US first lady speaking on the war against drugs

The first country to officially legalize gay marriage, done so in 2001

Before it became independent, Bangladesh was known as...

Prime Minister of Japan during most of WWII, later hanged after being indicted on war crimes

This virtual currency was created in 1999 and became physical currency in 2002

Although it is disputed, scholars believe that he was killed between 30-33 AD

The US purchased this in 1867 for $7.2 million, a pretty good price by today's standard

Billionaire media tycoon that served as Italian Prime Minister first in 1994

Spying scandal that led to the resignation of Richard Nixon

Country that built and gifted the Statue of Liberty to the US

Number of years the Third Reich of Germany was supposed to last

The dodo bird was last seen on this island country before being declared extinct

He flew the Spirit of St. Louis in 1927 in what would be the first ever transatlantic flight

Russian mystic and holy man that became friendly and influential with the last Tsar

Economic and social campaign led by Mao Zedong that led to the deaths of an estimated 45 million people due to starvation and overworking

Country in the Americas that Nazis fled to in attempt to avoid prosecution of war crimes as a result of WWII

Island that Napoleon was exiled to in 1814 until he escaped not even 10 months later

Route taken by Marco Polo on his journey to China

First woman to be Prime Minister of India

His assassination was the last straw leading to the start of World War I

You should always remember where Davey Crockett and his men were executed by enemy soldiers

His most famous works include the sculpture of David and painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

Route that Harriet Tubman used to smuggle slaves into free states

He was forced to flee Tibet in 1959 as Chinese forces moved in to take over control

Upon her marriage in 1956, American actress Grace Kelly became a princess in this European country

The motto for the monarch of the United Kingdom is written in this language

This country is the site of the WWII Battle of Guadalcanal, known for how much blood was shed for such a small island

Norwegian explorer known to be the first man to reach the South Pole

A long time ago, all of the seven continents used to be connected into one large land mass that is known as...

Upon his ultimate creation he said "Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds"

Prior to becoming what is known today as France, it was called this by the Romans

Under British colonization, this country was referred to as South Rhodesia

Island chain that was the subject of a war between the UK and Argentina

This facility found in southern Poland was the largest of the concentration and death camps used by the Nazis during WWII

A peace agreement was struck on this holiday in 1998 to end the violence in Northern Ireland known as "The Troubles"

This real estate mogul shocked the world with his major political election victory in 2016

When one refers to redcoats, they are speaking about British troops fighting in this war

Although allotted to Italy as a colonial territory, this African country fought back before the Italians could take control and successfully defended their independence in 1896

British military campaign in Turkey during WWI that was a resounding failure that resulted in many deaths of Allied troops with no gain of any land

This was issued by Abraham Lincoln on January 1st, 1863 to free all slaves in the Confederate States of America

Fundamentalist military organization that has been the de facto governing authority in the Gaza Strip since 2007

In 2002, this traditionally neutral country finally decided to join the United Nations

This music virtuoso died in 1791 at the early age of 35 most likely due to illness

Eli Whitney was notable for this invention that greatly sped up the ability to harvest a significant cash crop

D-Day was a massive attack by joint allied forces that targeted this coastal region of France

Massacre of Chinese civilians and unarmed soldiers by Imperial Japanese forces starting in late 1937 with the death toll estimated to be over 300,000 in just 2 months

Number of justices that sit on the US Supreme Court

This country recently made their national golf course open to the public for the first time. It is notable because the definitely legitimate course record is 38 under par (with 11 holes-in-one!), set by the then leader in his first ever round of golf