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What is the name of the infamous Chicago mobster who made an illicit fortune during Prohibition and ordered the Valentine's Day Massacre?
John Dillinger
Al Capone
Thomas Weiss
Joe "The Barber"
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What American cultural icon completed the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis?
John Majors
Audie Murphy
Charles Lindbergh
Alfred West
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The Watergate Scandal that shook American politics in the 20th Century centered on the spying of what president on his political opponents?
Dwight Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Gerald Ford
Richard Nixon
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What infamous senator led a series of hearings amid the Red Scare where he alleged communists were infiltrating all American institutions?
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard Eisner
Joe McCarthy
Spiro Agnew
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What famous American astronaut is known for piloting the Eagle Lunar Module that completed the Apollo 11 Mission?
James Tolbert
Alan Shepard
Buzz Aldrin
John Glenn
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What American general known as "Old Blood and Guts" was known for his command of the Seventh and Third United States Armies during World War Two?
James Doolittle
Augustus Redcliffe
George Patton
Douglas MacArthur
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What American entrepreneur made automobiles an accessible commodity with the development of his Model T?
Steve Jobs
Larry Page
John Rockefeller
Henry Ford
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What woman is credited with beginning the second wave of feminism with her book The Feminine Mystique?
Betty Friedan
Susan B. Anthony
Margaret Sellers
Regina del Monte
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What American President who succeeded F.D.R. led the country through the end of World War Two and made the controversial decision to deploy the two atomic bombs against Japan?
Ronald Reagan
Harry Truman
George H. W. Bush
Jimmy Carter
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What Civil Rights Movement leader is known for his nonviolent protests including his sit-ins, bus boycotts, and his famous "I Have a Dream" speech that he made in front of the Lincoln Memorial?
Malcolm X
Booker T. Washington
W. E. B. DuBois
Martin Luther King Jr.
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What American President led the nation's Progressive Era and became known for his "Big Stick" diplomatic philosophy?
Theodore Roosevelt
Calvin Coolidge
Woodrow Wilson
Andrew Johnson
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What American naval commander is known for his work in the Pacific Theater of World War Two and then his controversial handling of the Korean War?
Audie Murphy
Robert Redmill
Douglas MacArthur
Dwight Eisenhower
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What is the full name of the famous baseball player known as Babe Ruth?
Alexander Wade Ruth
George Herman Ruth
Lucas Roth Ruth
Nolan Barbara Ruth
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Jonas Salk was a genius virologist who created the first successful vaccine that protected against what disease that has since been considered eradicated?
Polio
Rabes
Influenza
Smallpox
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Walt Disney is known for founding one of the world's most successful entertainment corporations. What is the name of the mascot character that Walt Disney created and who became the primary mascot of Disney's studio?
Garfield
Charlie Brown
Mickey Mouse
Popeye
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What 40th American President ushered in the rise of Neoconservatism marked especially by its dedication laissez-faire economics?
George W. Bush
Dwight Eisenhower
Ronald Reagan
Bill Clinton
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What American musical sensation dominated the airwaves with hits like "Love Me Tender," "Heartbreak Hotel," and "Jailhouse Rock"?
Mick Jones
Mike Love
John Lennon
Elvis Presley
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What American lawyer successfully argued Brown v. Board of Education before the Supreme Court to begin the process of ending segregation and later became the first Black man to serve on the Supreme Court in recognition of his work?
Thurgood Marshall
Clarence Thomas
Marvin Galliday
Winston Noble
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What is the name of the pilot who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic and who founded the Ninety-Nines aerial organization?
Jane Turpin
Louise Gumble
Amelia Earhart
Rita Rey
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What dangerous cult leader founded the Manson Family which attempted to bring about doomsday by murdering figures like actress Sharon Tate?
Emannuel Manson
Charles Manson
Geoffrey Manson
Albert Manson
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What man was the first Director of the F.B.I. and used his authority in controversial ways across the mid 1900s?
Harry Truman
J. Edgar Hoover
Robin Roosevelt
Robert Kennedy
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What physicist is called "The Father of the Atomic Bomb" because of his foundational work in the Manhattan Project?
Robert Goddard
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Charles Babbage
Alan Turing
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What pair of brothers flew the first working modern airplane at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina?
The Lloyd Brothers
The Wright Brothers
The O'Hara Brothers
The Jocelyn Brothers
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What Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe during World War Two also became the 34th President of the United States who balanced liberal and conservative voices in politics for a time?
Bill Clinton
Jimmy Carter
Dwight Eisenhower
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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What author behind A Farewell to Arms and For Whom the Bell Tolls helped define the tenets of Modernist literature int he 20th Century?
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Henry David Thoreau
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Ernest Hemingway
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Larry Page and Sergey Brin made technology history when they founded what search engine company in 1998?
Google Inc.
Meta
Facebook and Co.
Bing Lineup
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What American activist was the founder of the N.A.A.C.P. and also the author of the famous essay collection The Souls of Black Folk?
W. E. B. DuBois
Booker T. Washington
Alexander Trace-Fitz
James Baldwin
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What American astronaut became the first man on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission?
Bruce van Horn
Alan Shepard
John Glenn
Neil Armstrong
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What American President oversaw the nation through the Great Depression and the beginning of World War Two?
Lyndon B. Johnson
Jimmy Carter
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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What was the name of the First Lady of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt who was known for her many charity works helping people negatively impacted by the Great Depression?
Beatrice Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt
Magnolia Roosevelt
Lucinda Roosevelt
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Andrew Nicholas is a passionate reader and writer on the subjects of history and mankind. He is a published author, critic, and poet who grew up in the friendly scenery of rural Ohio. He is a graduate of Wright State University and a regular student of historical curiosities.