GRAND QUIZ 2

Who was known as the "Iron Chancellor"?

• Winston Churchill

• Otto von Bismarck

• Benjamin Disraeli

• Napoleon Bonaparte

What is the primary difference between a comet and an asteroid?

• Comets are made of ice and rock; asteroids are made of metal.

• Comets are smaller; asteroids are larger.

• Comets orbit the Sun closer than asteroids.

• Asteroids are made of ice and rock; comets are made of metal.

The famous line "Give me liberty, or give me death!" was spoken by whom?

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• Patrick Henry

• Benjamin Franklin

The Louisiana Purchase was made during the presidency of which U.S. leader?

• George Washington

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Madison

Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• Vladimir Lenin

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Joseph Stalin

• Leonid Brezhnev

The famous "Trail of Tears" involved the forced relocation of which Native American tribe?

• Sioux

• Cherokee

• Navajo

• Apache

The Great Schism of 1054 led to the division of Christianity into which two branches?

• Catholicism and Protestantism

• Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox

• Eastern Orthodox and Anglicanism

• Protestantism and Anglicanism

The Magna Carta, signed in 1215, limited the power of which English monarch?

• King John

• King Richard

• King Henry VIII

• King Charles I

Who was the famous English playwright who wrote "Romeo and Juliet"?

• Geoffrey Chaucer

• William Shakespeare

• John Milton

• Charles Dickens

Which historical figure is famous for his conquests of much of Europe and his leadership of the Mongol Empire?

• Genghis Khan

• Alexander the Great

• Julius Caesar

• Napoleon Bonaparte