History

Question 1

Which south-east Asian capital city was the site of the Santa Cruz Massacre in 1991? The massacre arguably lead to the independence of its country in 1999

Answer 1

Dili

Question 2

Which English word ultimately derives from an Italian phrase that refers to a 14th century Venetian shipping policy of barring certain ships from entering the port for a period of 40 days.

Answer 2

Quarantine

Question 3

This Soviet rocket engineer was known for most of his later career only as the “chief designer” to protect him from any assassination atempts. He died unexpectedly in 1966, before he could implement plans for a Soviet moon landing.

Answer 3

Sergei Korolev

Question 4

This island was the center of resistance movements led by men like Prince Dipanegara and Mohammad Hatta. The Majapahit was also based on this island.

Answer 4

Java

Question 5

Born in 1515, which queen is famous for being both the King’s wife and his “beloved sister”?

Answer 5

Anne of Cleves

Question 6

The first woman to be Secretary of State in the US.

Answer 6

Madeleine Albright

Question 7

Which island was converted into a federal penitentiary in 1939? Only three inmates have successfully escaped from this prison.

Answer 7

Alcatraz

Question 8

In 1960, this island country in the eastern Mediterranean gains its independence from the UK

Answer 8

Cyprus

Question 9

In 1943, the first Quebec Conference in Canada began and the chief representatives are Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and this Canadian prime minister.

Answer 9

William Lyon Mackenzie King

Question 10

Which prominent Louisiana senator, assassinated in 1935, was famous for his proposed “Share Our Wealth” movement, which would have capped individual wealth at $50 million?

Answer 10

Huey Long

Question 11

What territory was sold in 1803 for a price of fewer than three cents per acre?

Answer 11

Louisiana

Question 12

Honiara, on the island Guadalcanal, is the capital and largest city of what Pacific nation?

Answer 12

Solomon Islands

Question 13

Give the unofficial name for the European Recovery Program, which was signed into law by Pres. Harry S. Truman in April 1949. It granted $13 billion of foreign aid to Western European countries after WW2

Answer 13

Marshall Plan

Question 14

The extraction of a tumor from Monica Besra was the first recognized miracle of this figure, who needs a second to be canonized. Originally a novice with the Sisters of Loreto, she cared for sufferers of leprosy and founded the Missionaries of Charity. For 10 points, name this Albanian-born nun, much beloved in Calcutta for helping the destitute.

Answer 14

Mother Teresa

Question 15

During a conflict in this country, swordsmen called Juramentados carried out suicide attacks against occupying forces. This country’s Muslim minority was massacred by occupying troops during the Moro Rebellion. Galleons named for this country’s capital made bi-annual trading voyages to New Spain. Frederick Funston captured this country’s first president, Emilio Aguinaldo.

Answer 15

Philippines

Question 16

As depicted in a series of paintings by Edouard Manet, which Austrian archduke and Emperor of Mexico was executed by the fired squad in June 1867.

Answer 16

Maximilian I

Question 17

Which term describes films made in Italy rather than the US in the 1960s because it was cheaper?

Answer 17

Spaghetti Western

Question 18

A martyred saint, arguably history’s 1st gay icon, whose wounds are best described as ‘stupid Cupid’s weapon of choice’? He appears in a painting by Mantegna housed in the Louvre.

Answer 18

Sebastian

Question 19

A martyred saint, arguably history’s 1st gay icon, whose wounds are best described as ‘stupid Cupid’s weapon of choice? He appears in a painting by Mantegna housed in the Louvre.

Answer 19

Sebastian

Question 19

A martyred saint, arguably history’s 1st gay icon, whose wounds are best described as ‘stupid Cupid’s weapon of choice? He appears in a painting by Mantegna housed in the Louvre.

Answer 19

Sebastian

Question 20

Who was the only bachelor President of the US?

Answer 20

James Buchanan

Question 21

In which country was Greenpeace founded in 1971?

Answer 21

Canada

Question 22

French physicist, anti-fascist, and lover of Marie Curie four years after her husband’s death.

Answer 22

Paul Langevin

Question 23

Sirimavo Bandaranaike became the world’s 1st female PM in this country where she served three terms starting in 1960 and ending in 2000.

Answer 23

Sri Lanka

Question 24

The Carnation Revolution of 1974 successfully overthrew an authoritarian regime in which country? The day of the revolution, the 25th of April is the national holiday in the country, known as Freedom Day.”

Answer 24

Portugal

Question 25

Which West African empire reached its greatest extent under Askia Muhammad I, and had its capital at Gao? The empire collapsed after its invasion by Morocco in the last 16th century.

Answer 25

Songhai

Question 26

In Charleston, South Carolina, Union batteries and ships bombard this Confederate-held fort.

Answer 26

Fort Sumter

Question 27

In which museum does Night at the Museum take place?

Question 28

Name this author of Capitalism and Slavery, a historian and politician who served for almost two decades as the first Prime Minister of an independent Trinidad and Tobago.

Answer 28

Eustace Williams