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Randall History Bee

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which Asian country was once led by Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping?

a)

China

b)

Japan

c)

India

d)

Singapore

2.

The Battle of Yorktown occurred during which conflict?

a)

American Civil War

b)

World War I

c)

World War II

d)

American Revolutionary War

3.

Who gave the Gettysburg Address in 1863?

a)

Bill Clinton

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

George Washington

4.

What position was held by both George W. Bush and Barack Obama?

a)

President of the United States

b)

Ambassador to the United Nations

c)

Prime Minister of Canada

d)

Speaker of the House

5.

The Battle of Midway occurred during which conflict?

a)

World War II

b)

French and Indian War

c)

Spanish American War

d)

World War I

6.

Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru were leaders of which Asian country?

a)

India

b)

Pakistan

c)

Malaysia

d)

Brunei

7.

Which Prime Minister led Britain through most of World War II before being replaced by Clement Attlee?

a)

Anthony Eden

b)

Winston Churchill

c)

William Pitt

d)

Neville Chamberlain

8.

Which of the following was not a leader of the Soviet Union?

a)

Pol Pot

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Leonid Brezhnev

d)

Konstantin Chernenko

9.

Which capital of Britain was a major target of the Blitz?

a)

Salisbury

b)

York

c)

Southampton

d)

London

10.

Kaiser Wilhelm II and the Hohenzollern dynasty ruled which European Country?

a)

Germany

b)

Britain

c)

France

d)

Russia

11.

Marie Antoinette was killed via guillotine during a revolution in which European country once ruled by the Bourbons?

a)

Poland

b)

France

c)

Switzerland

d)

Austria

12.

Emperor Qin Shi huang Di unified which country and created the Terracotta warrior army for his tomb?

a)

Mongolia

b)

Japan

c)

Korea

d)

China

13.

Nelson Mandela was the first black president of which country?

a)

South Africa

b)

USA

c)

Egypt

d)

Tanzania

14.

Who gave the “I Have a Dream” speech at the Lincoln Memorial?

a)

Malcolm X

b)

Martin Luther King

c)

Rosa Parks

d)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

15.

Aung San Suu Kyi has been a controversial leader of which Asian country?

a)

Myanmar

b)

Vietnam

c)

Laos

d)

Bangladesh

16.

Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il were leaders of which Asian country?

a)

Japan

b)

North Korea

c)

Vietnam

d)

China

17.

Which nation in the Middle East once led by David Ben Gurion defeated its Arab neighbors in the Six Days War and Yom Kippur War?

a)

Israel

b)

Iraq

c)

Iran

d)

Egypt

18.

Which of these four First Ladies of the USA lived in the White House most recently?

a)

Barbara Bush

b)

Betty Ford

c)

Jacqueline Kennedy

d)

Martha Washington

19.

Which mythical founder of Rome was a twin brother of Remus?

a)

Caesar

b)

Romulus

c)

Herodotus

d)

Alexander the Great

20.

Which country was a member of the Central Powers in World War I?

a)

Austria-Hungary

b)

France

c)

United Kingdom

d)

Switzerland

21.

In which war did American soldiers fight against the Tet Offensive?

a)

Vietnam War

b)

Korean War

c)

World War I

d)

World War II

22.

Which famous Secretary of the Treasury was killed by Aaron Burr in a duel and now names a popular musical?

a)

George Washington

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

John Adams

d)

Alexander Hamilton

23.

Who led the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and was defeated at the Battle of Gettysburg?

a)

Ulysses S. Grant

b)

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

c)

Robert E. Lee

d)

P.G.T. Beauregard

24.

Sandra Day O’Connor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Elena Kagan are notable for their service on which organization?

a)

United Nations

b)

U.S. Senate

c)

Supreme Court

d)

House of Representatives

25.

Darius III of Persia was decisively defeated by which Hellenistic conqueror at the Battles of Issus and Gaugamela?

a)

Ptolemy

b)

Alexander the Great

c)

Pericles

d)

Mithridates

26.

Chandragupta Maurya and Raja Raja Chola ruled empires in which modern day country?

a)

India

b)

Indonesia

c)

Singapore

d)

Iraq

27.

Which ethnic group was the victim of internments during World War II and the subject of Korematsu v. United States?

a)

Chinese-Americans

b)

Japanese-Americans

c)

German-Americans

d)

Italian-Americans

28.

Which historic Native American Confederacy was also known as the Six Nations?

a)

Iroquois

b)

Cherokee

c)

Shawnee

d)

Pequot

29.

Montezuma was a leader of which empire ruled from Tenochtitlan?

a)

Olmec

b)

Zapotec

c)

Aztec

d)

Mayan

30.

Which South American nation once ruled by Dom Pedro II ended slavery with the Golden Law in 1888?

a)

Argentina

b)

Brazil

c)

Honduras

d)

Guatemala

31.

Operation Overlord was the codename of which Allied offensive to liberate Western Europe in 1944?

a)

Battle of the Bulge

b)

Invasion of Normandy

c)

Battle of Britain

d)

Battle of Bunker Hill

32.

Which terrorist was responsible for the 9/11 attacks and was later killed by US Navy SEALs in Operation Neptune Spear in Pakistan

a)

Osama Bin Laden

b)

Muammar Gaddafi

c)

Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi

d)

Shoko Asahara

33.

The cult of Aum Shinyoko carried out an infamous sarin gas attack in which city’s subway?

a)

Kyoto

b)

Bangkok

c)

Tokyo

d)

Shimonoseki

34.

Which famous former slave and abolitionist was renowned for her work on the Underground Railroad?

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Martin Luther King

c)

Booker T. Washington

d)

Rosa Parks

35.

The Siege of Vicksburg occurred during which conflict?

a)

American Revolution

b)

American Civil War

c)

Spanish-American War

d)

French and Indian War

36.

The Battle of the Alamo occurred during a conflict between which future US state and Mexico?

a)

New Mexico

b)

California

c)

Texas

d)

Arizona

37.

Which US President famously said “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself” and claimed that the Pearl Harbor attack on December 7, 1941 would be a date which would live in infamy?

a)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

b)

Theodore Roosevelt

c)

Woodrow Wilson

d)

Harry S. Truman

38.

Which man assassinated Abraham Lincoln?

a)

Charles Guiteau

b)

John Wilkes Booth

c)

Leon Czolgosz

d)

Lee Harvey Oswald

39.

Atahualpa defeated his brother Huascar to become emperor of which empire later conquered by Pizarro?

a)

Inca

b)

Zapotec

c)

Tikal

d)

Olmec

40.

Hillary Clinton served in what government position later occupied by Rex Tillerson?

a)

Secretary of Defense

b)

Secretary of State

c)

Secretary of Agriculture

d)

Secretary of the Treasury

41.

The Tuskegee airmen famously served during which conflict?

a)

Invasion of Grenada

b)

Gulf Wars

c)

Vietnam War

d)

World War II

42.

The Cultural Revolution began in the aftermath of which failed economic development initiative in China?

a)

Virgin Land

b)

Hundred Flowers Bloom

c)

Great Leap Forward

d)

Gai Ge Kai Fang

43.

Which American Indian woman helped guide Lewis and Clark through the Pacific Northwest?

a)

Pocahontas

b)

Winona LaDuke

c)

Margaret Mead

d)

Sacagawea

44.

Grace Hopper was a leading pioneer of which field in which she worked on the Harvard Mark I and helped to develop COBOL?

a)

Computer programming

b)

Photography

c)

Chemical Engineering

d)

Nuclear Research

45.

Which small Principality bordering France has been ruled by the House of Grimaldi and was where a famous casino was built at Monte Carlo?

a)

Monaco

b)

Netherlands

c)

Andorra

d)

Belgium

46.

Florence Nightingale was a famous nurse during which conflict?

a)

World War I

b)

Crimean War

c)

English Civil War

d)

American Civil War

47.

Which American President led the Rough Riders and famously said, “Speak softly and carry a big stick?”

a)

Calvin Coolidge

b)

Bill Clinton

c)

Warren Harding

d)

Theodore Roosevelt

48.

Which Inca citadel in southern Peru was rediscovered by Hiram Bingham?

a)

Chichen Itza

b)

Vilcabamba

c)

Machu Picchu

d)

Tenochtitlan

49.

Which of the following countries was not once colonized by the British?

a)

Canada

b)

Australia

c)

Thailand

d)

Malaysia

50.

The “Trail of Tears” begun during the leadership of which US President who passed the Indian Removal Act?

a)

Andrew Jackson

b)

Martin Van Buren

c)

Zachary Taylor

d)

James R. Polk