Trivia, trivia. trivia....

As a history buff I enjoy the small details –the trivia. So I thought today it’d be fun to pass along a little History Triva Quizz.

Check it out and see how you do.

(I promise, no tricks are hard questions ...trust me, hehehe)

 

Question: In1973, the first section of the BART system opened; a shuttle service between San Francisco and which other city? Answer: DALY CITY

Question: Which Kennedy was assassinated just 5 years after JFK?

Answer: Robert Francis Kennedy

Question: It has been called the greatest real estate bargain in history. One million square miles of French-claimed land were purchased at 4 cents an acre, more than doubling the size of the United States. What was this bargain called and who is responsible for it

Answer: LOUISIANA PURCHASE / THOMAS JEFFERSON

 

Question: Fidel Castro comes to power in Cuba in what year? margin of error 1 year

Answer: 1959

 

Question: The Treaty of Versailles officially ended World War I. Which French Premier, British Prime Minister, and American President signed that treaty?   Answer: PREMIER GEORGES CLEMENCEAU of France, PRIME MINISTER DAVID LLOYD GEORGE of BRITAIN, and President WOODROW WILSON of the United States.

 

Question: Around 2,000 years ago, Rome was considered the center of the world, but the city began to decline after this Roman Emperor transferred his capital to Byzantium in 330 A.D. Who was he?

Answer: CONSTANTINE

 

Question: Did Benjamin Franklin sign the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, both, or neither?

Answer: BOTH

 

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