WorksheetsRandall History Bee
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
Which Asian country was once led by Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping?
China
Japan
India
Singapore
The Battle of Yorktown occurred during which conflict?
American Civil War
World War I
World War II
American Revolutionary War
Who gave the Gettysburg Address in 1863?
Bill Clinton
Abraham Lincoln
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
What position was held by both George W. Bush and Barack Obama?
President of the United States
Ambassador to the United Nations
Prime Minister of Canada
Speaker of the House
The Battle of Midway occurred during which conflict?
World War II
French and Indian War
Spanish American War
World War I
Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru were leaders of which Asian country?
India
Pakistan
Malaysia
Brunei
Which Prime Minister led Britain through most of World War II before being replaced by Clement Attlee?
Anthony Eden
Winston Churchill
William Pitt
Neville Chamberlain
Which of the following was not a leader of the Soviet Union?
Pol Pot
Joseph Stalin
Leonid Brezhnev
Konstantin Chernenko
Which capital of Britain was a major target of the Blitz?
Salisbury
York
Southampton
London
Kaiser Wilhelm II and the Hohenzollern dynasty ruled which European Country?
Germany
Britain
France
Russia
Marie Antoinette was killed via guillotine during a revolution in which European country once ruled by the Bourbons?
Poland
France
Switzerland
Austria
Emperor Qin Shi huang Di unified which country and created the Terracotta warrior army for his tomb?
Mongolia
Japan
Korea
China
Nelson Mandela was the first black president of which country?
South Africa
USA
Egypt
Tanzania
Who gave the “I Have a Dream” speech at the Lincoln Memorial?
Malcolm X
Martin Luther King
Rosa Parks
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Aung San Suu Kyi has been a controversial leader of which Asian country?
Myanmar
Vietnam
Laos
Bangladesh
Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il were leaders of which Asian country?
Japan
North Korea
Vietnam
China
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?
Israel
Iraq
Iran
Egypt
Which of these four First Ladies of the USA lived in the White House most recently?
Barbara Bush
Betty Ford
Jacqueline Kennedy
Martha Washington
Which mythical founder of Rome was a twin brother of Remus?
Caesar
Romulus
Herodotus
Alexander the Great
Which country was a member of the Central Powers in World War I?
Austria-Hungary
France
United Kingdom
Switzerland
In which war did American soldiers fight against the Tet Offensive?
Vietnam War
Korean War
World War I
World War II
Which famous Secretary of the Treasury was killed by Aaron Burr in a duel and now names a popular musical?
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Alexander Hamilton
Who led the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and was defeated at the Battle of Gettysburg?
Ulysses S. Grant
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
Robert E. Lee
P.G.T. Beauregard
Sandra Day O’Connor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Elena Kagan are notable for their service on which organization?
United Nations
U.S. Senate
Supreme Court
House of Representatives
Darius III of Persia was decisively defeated by which Hellenistic conqueror at the Battles of Issus and Gaugamela?
Ptolemy
Alexander the Great
Pericles
Mithridates
Chandragupta Maurya and Raja Raja Chola ruled empires in which modern day country?
India
Indonesia
Singapore
Iraq
Which ethnic group was the victim of internments during World War II and the subject of Korematsu v. United States?
Chinese-Americans
Japanese-Americans
German-Americans
Italian-Americans
Which historic Native American Confederacy was also known as the Six Nations?
Iroquois
Cherokee
Shawnee
Pequot
Montezuma was a leader of which empire ruled from Tenochtitlan?
Olmec
Zapotec
Aztec
Mayan
Which South American nation once ruled by Dom Pedro II ended slavery with the Golden Law in 1888?
Argentina
Brazil
Honduras
Guatemala
Operation Overlord was the codename of which Allied offensive to liberate Western Europe in 1944?
Battle of the Bulge
Invasion of Normandy
Battle of Britain
Battle of Bunker Hill
Which terrorist was responsible for the 9/11 attacks and was later killed by US Navy SEALs in Operation Neptune Spear in Pakistan
Osama Bin Laden
Muammar Gaddafi
Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi
Shoko Asahara
The cult of Aum Shinyoko carried out an infamous sarin gas attack in which city’s subway?
Kyoto
Bangkok
Tokyo
Shimonoseki
Which famous former slave and abolitionist was renowned for her work on the Underground Railroad?
Harriet Tubman
Martin Luther King
Booker T. Washington
Rosa Parks
The Siege of Vicksburg occurred during which conflict?
American Revolution
American Civil War
Spanish-American War
French and Indian War
The Battle of the Alamo occurred during a conflict between which future US state and Mexico?
New Mexico
California
Texas
Arizona
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?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Harry S. Truman
Which man assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
Charles Guiteau
John Wilkes Booth
Leon Czolgosz
Lee Harvey Oswald
Atahualpa defeated his brother Huascar to become emperor of which empire later conquered by Pizarro?
Inca
Zapotec
Tikal
Olmec
Hillary Clinton served in what government position later occupied by Rex Tillerson?
Secretary of Defense
Secretary of State
Secretary of Agriculture
Secretary of the Treasury
The Tuskegee airmen famously served during which conflict?
Invasion of Grenada
Gulf Wars
Vietnam War
World War II
The Cultural Revolution began in the aftermath of which failed economic development initiative in China?
Virgin Land
Hundred Flowers Bloom
Great Leap Forward
Gai Ge Kai Fang
Which American Indian woman helped guide Lewis and Clark through the Pacific Northwest?
Pocahontas
Winona LaDuke
Margaret Mead
Sacagawea
Grace Hopper was a leading pioneer of which field in which she worked on the Harvard Mark I and helped to develop COBOL?
Computer programming
Photography
Chemical Engineering
Nuclear Research
Which small Principality bordering France has been ruled by the House of Grimaldi and was where a famous casino was built at Monte Carlo?
Monaco
Netherlands
Andorra
Belgium
Florence Nightingale was a famous nurse during which conflict?
World War I
Crimean War
English Civil War
American Civil War
Which American President led the Rough Riders and famously said, “Speak softly and carry a big stick?”
Calvin Coolidge
Bill Clinton
Warren Harding
Theodore Roosevelt
Which Inca citadel in southern Peru was rediscovered by Hiram Bingham?
Chichen Itza
Vilcabamba
Machu Picchu
Tenochtitlan
Which of the following countries was not once colonized by the British?
Canada
Australia
Thailand
Malaysia
The “Trail of Tears” begun during the leadership of which US President who passed the Indian Removal Act?
Andrew Jackson
Martin Van Buren
Zachary Taylor
James R. Polk
