History Trivia Questions and Answers - TriviaQA

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From 1905-7, Austria & Serbia fought an economic “war” over tariffs, such as over this porcine animal

Answer: a pig

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The western jury system is thought to have been brought to England by these peoples in 1066

Answer: the Normans

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Century known as the “high Renaissance”

Answer: the 16th

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World power whose emperor gave up claims to divinity before it adopted a new constitution in 1947

Answer: Japan

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1957 U.S. policy allowing the president to use armed force in the Middle East

Answer: the Eisenhower Doctrine

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In July 1099, crusaders stormed this holy city, killing its Muslim & Jewish inhabitants

Answer: Jerusalem

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Legend says an Etruscan family, the Tarquins, ruled this “Eternal City” from 616 to 510 B.C.

Answer: Rome

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Because of his Albanian descent, some said this king, deposed in 1952, was not a true Egyptian

Answer: Farouk

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In 1570, Pius V issued a papal bull which excommunicated & tried to depose this English queen

Answer: Elizabeth I

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Circa 950, under Harald Bluetooth, this was 1st Scandinavian country unified under just 1 king

Answer: Denmark

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The last married man to hold this job was Adrian II in the 9th century

Answer: Pope

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It’s said he angered Sioux by letting cavalry trample sacred cannabis field on way to Little Big Horn

Answer: General Custer

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In 1763 he battled the English for Detroit — where his name still builds excitement

Answer: Pontiac

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When Dr. Pauling won his 2nd Nobel Prize in ’62, he was 1st 2-time winner since this woman 51 years earlier

Answer: Marie Curie

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This country reported in 1923 that U.S. famine relief efforts there had saved 10 million lives in 2 years

Answer: Soviet Union