Trivia

Trivia Question: What time on the Doomsday Clock symbolizes that nuclear annihilation is imminent? Answer: Midnight The Doomsday Clock was formulated as a way to protest nuclear weapons. Experts work the clock by shifting its hands closer and further away from midnight. Should the hands strike midnight, it means that a nuclear war is taking … Read more

Trivia Question: What profession did John Wilkes Booth work before he became an assassin? Answer: He was an actor Booth’s experience as an actor ended up helping him sneak through Ford’s Theater and claim Abraham Lincoln’s life. Indeed, the assassin also alluded to his theatrical nature when he shouted, “Sic semper tyranus,” following Lincoln’s death. … Read more

Trivia Question: What grandfather of Queen Elizabeth II was euthanized at the end of his life? Answer: King George V George V objected to his euthanasia the entire time it was administered. So, many people have called the act murder. One of the explanations that the royal family gave as to why they euthanized George … Read more

Trivia Question: True or false: Al Capone is the only man to ever escape Alcatraz. Answer: False Capone never escaped Alcatraz. He passed away between the prison’s stony walls. Click Here To Take Today’s History Quiz   Yesterday’s “Trivia Question of the Day”

Trivia Question: What Louisiana governor and senator famously opposed Franklin Delano Roosevelt until an assassin’s bullet ended his life? Answer: Huey Long Long was a populist Dixiecrat who made wild accusations about F.D.R. Yet, Long sowed the seeds of his demise when he helped remove a certain judge from office. That judge’s son took Long’s … Read more