WorksheetsToday in History quiz 2/1-5 practice
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which Space Shuttle disaster occurred when the shuttle reentered the Earth's atmosphere?
Challenger
Columbia
Luna 9
Apollo 1
Which War was taking place when the image of the Police chief was captured executing the military officer with a pistol?
WW1
WW2
Korean
Vietnam
Itola Khomeini returned to which country and set up an Islamic Fundamentalist gov't, overthrowing the Shah?
Iran
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
Uganda
In the Battle of Stalingrad which countries forces lost over a million soldiers?
Soviet Union
Germany
France
USA
Idi Amin was a violent dictator that took over which country in a military coup?
Iran
Iraq
Uganda
Soviet Union
Sid Vicious was a part of which important Punk band before he overdosed and died in 1979?
Sex Pistols
Ramones
Green Day
Weezer
Which artists did not die "The day the music died"?
Buddy Holly
Big Bopper
Richie Valens
Waylon Jennings
Which man made object was the first to land on the moon?
Luna 9
Apollo 9
Saturn 3
Columbia
Norman Rockwell's paintings are famous for their look at what term?
Americana
Communism
Socialism
Political Unrest
Which Composer created the "wedding march"
Mendelssohn
Mozart
Beethoven
Bach
Which of the following was not an Allied leader that met at the Yalta conference in 1945?
Churchill
Hitler
FDR
Stalin
Which court case was OJ Simpson found guilty and ordered to pay over 30 Million dollars the the Goldman and Brown families?
Criminal
Small claims
Civil
Traffic
Patty Hearst was kidnapped by the Siambonese Liberation Army, what was her families"business" that they made a fortune in
Radio
Newspapers
Magazines
bed sheets
Which state's Supreme Court was the first to legalize same-sex marriage in 2004?
Massachusetts
PA
New York
California
Charles Lindberg was the first man to fly non-stop solo across what?
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Arctic Ocean
Lake Erie
Which President suggested "court packing" to add Supreme Court Justices to help him get his "New Deal" policies passed?
Reagan
WIlson
Lincoln
FDR
De La Beckwith was convicted in the death of which Civil Rights leader 30 years after the murder?
Malcolm X
MLK Jr
Medger Evers
JFK
Hank Aaron was the MLB HR leader until who passed him?
Barry Bonds
Alex Rodriguez
Joe Dimaggio
Babe Ruth
What is the name of the song that Don McLean wrote about the death of the 3 musicians?
American Pie
The day the music died
Tragedy
Once upon a time
What was a key piece of evidence in the acquittal in the criminal case of OJ Simpson?
gloves
shoe prints
blood sample
eye witness testimony
