OCSS Trivia Night 4/7/2020

Who was the first emperor of Rome?

• Julius Caesar

• Nero

• Augustus

• Marcus Aurelius

What president of South Vietnam was assassinated in a military coup in 1963?

• Ngo Dinh Diem

• Ho Chi Minh

• Mao Tse Tung

• Le Duc Tho

What British general surrendered to American and French forces at Yorktown, effectively ending fighting in the American Revolution?

• Thomas Gage

• Henry Clinton

• William Howe

• Charles Cornwallis

What ancient king enacted humanity's oldest surviving written code of laws?

• Hammurabi

• Ur-Nammu

• Eshnunna

• Gilgamesh

Who was the commander of Confederate forces during the American Civil War?

• Stonewall Jackson

• Robert E. Lee

• Nathan Bedford Forrest

• J.E.B. Stuart

What Greek philosopher founded the Academy in Athens, where many other thinkers studied?

• Socrates

• Aristotle

• Plato

• Diogenes

What emperor oversaw the period of time in which Japan transitioned from an isolated feudal state into a globalized industrial one?

• Meiji

• Showa

• Akihito

• Taisho

Who unsuccessfully attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan in 1981?

• Lee Harvey Oswald

• Sirhan Sirhan

• James Earl Ray

• John Hinckley Jr.

What Gallic king is known for leading a revolt against Julius Caesar's invading Roman forces?

• Alaric

• Vercingetorix

• Clovis

• Arminius

What Nazi German military leader was nicknamed "The Desert Fox"?

• Heinrich Himmler

• Rudol von Stroheim

• Erwin Rommel

• Hermann Goring