Hisdates•ComHistorical Facts
Sunday, 17 August 2025
Q: Who said, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall?"
A: President Ronald Reagan
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Q: In what year did the Vietnam War end?
A: 1975
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Q: Which two languages were featured on the Rosetta Stone?
A: Egyptian and Greek
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Q: Which nations made up the Axis Powers during World War II?
A: Germany, Italy, and Japan
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Q: Which Mesoamerican civilization built Chichén Itzá?
A: Chichén Itzá
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Q: The Congress of Vienna assembled after which wars?
A: The Napoleonic Wars
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Q: Who is the only US president to have been a former prisoner of war?
A: President Andrew Jackson
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Q: The slogan "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too" was used by which political party in 1840?
A: The Whig Party
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Q: Who drew the famous illustration known as "Vitruvian Man"?
A: Leonardo da Vinci
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Q: Which war did Operation: Desert Storm kick off in January 1991?
A: The Persian Gulf War
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Q: Which lesser-known painting by Michelangelo appears on the wall of the Sistine Chapel, below the ceiling he painted?
A: The Last Judgement
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Q: Which Filipino leader who lobbied for the country's independence was the president in office when the Philippines became a commonwealth?
A: Manuel Quezon
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Q: At which battle did Admiral Horatio Nelson lose his life, but defeat the French?
A: The Battle of Trafalgar
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Q: Who wrote The Republic?
A: Plato
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Q: Which African country did the French try to block from gaining independence under their secret force, the O.A.S.?
A: Algeria
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Q: Which Hun leader received 2,100 pounds of gold from the Romans each year as part of a treaty?
A: Attila the Hun
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Q: Which English king was beheaded during the English Civil War?
A: Charles I
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Q: How many sacraments are in the Catholic Church?
A: Seven Sacraments
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Q: When did WWI officially end?
A: November 11, 1918
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