Below are the correct answers to the Quiz – History Brain Busters:
Question #1: How many original colonies were there in the U.S.?
Correct Answer: 13
Question #2: Although the Statue of Liberty is one of the most recognized icons of the United States in the world, it was constructed in another country and was a gift to the United States. Who gifted the Statue of Liberty to the United States?
Correct Answer: France
Question #3: Below is a picture of Abraham Lincoln during his second Inaugural Address. Who is the man that is also present in the photo that is circled in red?
Correct Answer: John Wilkes Booth
Question #4: Albert Einstein was offered the position of President of which country?
Correct Answer: Isreal
Question #5: Which of the following was surprisingly a correspondent to the New York Daily Tribune?
Correct Answer: Karl Marx
Question #6: Which of the following presidents served as a lifeguard in high school?
Correct Answer: Ronald Reagan
Question #7: In 1912, a Paris orphanage raffle off what in order to raise money?
Correct Answer: Babies
Question #8: A New Orleans man hired a pirate to bust what man out of prison?
Correct Answer: Napoleon Bonaparte
Question #9: General Ulysses S. Grant had which of the following distinctions about him?
Correct Answer: He was a slave owner
Question #10: Which King of England was actually a German?
Correct Answer: George I
Question #11: Contrary to his legend, Daniel Boone’s cap was truly made of what material?
Correct Answer: Felt
Question #12: At the beginning of World War I, how many pilots did the U.S. Air Force have?
Correct Answer: 0
Question #13: The very first bomb dropped by Allied bombers in Berlin had what result?
Correct Answer: Killing the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo
Question #14: Arabic Numerals (The numbers used in English) were invented in what country?
Correct Answer: India
Question #15: The Anglo-Zanzibar War is the shortest on record, lasting how long?
Correct Answer: 38 minutes
Question #16: J.F.K, Anthony Burgess, and C.S. Lewis share what commonality?
Correct Answer: All three died on the same day
Question #17: Billy the Kid was one of the most notorious outlaws in the Wild West. The legendary outlaw was known as “Billy the Kid”, but that was not always the case. What was “Billy the Kid’s” name given to him at birth?
Correct Answer: Henry McCarty
Question #18: This country has the oldest Parliament that is still acting to this day? (It was founded in the year 930 A.D.)
Correct Answer: Iceland
Question #19: The Great Fire of London in 1666 destroyed an estimated 13,200 homes, which left 70,000 homeless out of the total population of 80,000 at the time. How many confirmed deaths were there in this great tragedy?
Correct Answer: 6
Question #20: Which Sultan of the Ottoman Empire ordered his 280 concubines drowned after finding out one of them had slept with another man?
Correct Answer: Ibrahim I
Question #21: It is estimated about how many people were put to death for being witches throughout the Middle Ages?
Correct Answer: 600,000
Question #22: The Leaning Tower of Pisa was never straight due to the fact that its foundation settled unevenly during the beginning of construction. The construction of the tower occurred in three stages over 199 years. When did construction of the Tower begin?
Correct Answer: 1173 A.D.
Question #23: Pablo Escobar, the “King of Cocaine”, at one time was estimated to make $420 million per week and have a net worth north of $30 billion. In 1989, he was listed in Forbes as the seventh-richest man in the world. How many years in a row did Escobar appear on Forbes’ list of international billionaires?
Correct Answer: 7
Question #24: Below is a photo of Gertrude Ederle. She is the first female swimmer to successfully cross what body of water?
Correct Answer: English Channel
Question #25: The Hindenburg disaster is one of the most recognizable images of all time. The airship was filled with what gas when it exploded?
Correct Answer: Hydrogen
Question #26: Before the mid-19th century, dentures were commonly made of actual teeth. Where did the supply of these teeth to be made into dentures come from?
Correct Answer: Human corpes
Question #27: Pope Gregory IX caused what animal to be exterminated in droves because he associated them with devil worship?
Correct Answer: Cats
Question #28: In 1788 A.D., which country’s army attacked itself on accident, killing over 10,000 soldiers in the process?
Correct Answer: Austria
Question #29: In what ancient civilization was it common for rulers to be entombed along with still living servants and pets?
Correct Answer: Ancient Egypt
Question #30: How long was the longest war in history? (Hint: It was between the Isles of Scilly and The Netherlands)
Correct Answer: 335 years
Question #31: The Romans used what peculiar substance as mouthwash?
Correct Answer: Urine
Question #32: How many casualties were taken in the longest war in history?
Correct Answer: 0
Question #33: While Andrew Jackson served as president of the United States he had a pet parrot, named Poll, that he kept at the White House. This Parrot was even present at Jackson’s funeral, but then had to be taken out of the room for what reason?
Correct Answer: It was shouting profanity
Question #34: The picture below is actually of a family portrait that was left on the moon by which United States astronaut?
Correct Answer: Charles Duke