83042 Easy Trivia Questions
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Which revolver, introduced by Colt in 1873, became known as the “Peacemaker”?
Answer
Colt Single Action Army
Which U.S. national park was established in 1872 after a major expedition explored its wonders?
Answer
Yellowstone National Park
Which U.S. Army officer commanded the 7th Cavalry at the Battle of the Little Bighorn?
Answer
George Armstrong Custer
Who killed Billy the Kid at Fort Sumner, New Mexico, in 1881?
Answer
Pat Garrett
What was Calamity Jane’s real name in the American Old West?
Answer
Martha Jane Canary
What was the name of the 1877 railroad strike that began in Martinsburg, West Virginia?
Answer
Great Railroad Strike of 1877
Which NASA mission was the last crewed mission to land on the Moon?
Answer
Apollo 17
Which NASA mission carried John Glenn on the first American orbital spaceflight in 1962?
Answer
Mercury-Atlas 6
Which NASA mission became the first to visit all four giant planets?
Answer
Voyager 2
On what date did Apollo 15 land near the Hadley–Apennine region of the Moon?
Answer
July 30, 1971
What launch vehicle carried Apollo 11 toward the Moon?
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Saturn V
What was the first crewed mission of NASA's Apollo program?
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Apollo 7
Where did Apollo 14 land on the Moon?
Answer
Fra Mauro highlands
On what date did Apollo 12 launch toward the Moon?
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14 November 1969
Where did Apollo 11 make the first crewed lunar landing?
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Sea of Tranquility
On what date did Apollo 11 launch from Florida for its historic Moon mission?
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July 16, 1969
Which author wrote the Holocaust memoir Night, first published in 1956?
Answer
Elie Wiesel
On what date did British forces liberate the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp?
Answer
15 April 1945
Which French town was the site of the 1944 massacre in which German troops killed 642 civilians?
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Oradour-sur-Glane
Which two siblings became leading members of the White Rose resistance group in Nazi Germany?
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Hans and Sophie Scholl
On what date did Adolf Hitler become Chancellor of Germany, beginning the Nazi dictatorship?
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30 January 1933
Which U.S. president signed the Civil Rights Act of 1957 into law?
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Which 1967 Supreme Court case struck down state laws banning interracial marriage in the United States?
Answer
Loving v. Virginia
What was the name of the church destroyed in the 1963 Birmingham bombing that killed four girls?
Answer
16th Street Baptist Church
Which organization did Martin Luther King Jr. lead during the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott?
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Montgomery Improvement Association
Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished poll taxes in federal elections in 1964?
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Twenty-fourth Amendment
Which civil rights leader won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 for his nonviolent campaign against racial segregation?
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Martin Luther King Jr.
Who was the first Black student to enroll at the University of Mississippi in 1962?
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James Meredith
Which U.S. president sent federal troops to protect the Little Rock Nine at Central High School in 1957?
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Which Viking king gave his name to Bluetooth wireless technology?
Answer
Harald Bluetooth
What was the name of the large Viking battle fought near York on 25 September 1066?
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Battle of Stamford Bridge