Hisdates•ComHistorical Facts
Sunday, 17 August 2025
Q: Which continents were involved in the Triangular Trade?
A: North and South America, Europe, and Africa
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Q: How many months were in the Roman calendar?
A: 10
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Q: When did the seven day week start?
A: In 321 EC, as decreed by Roman Emperor Constantine
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Q: Who founded the Sons of Liberty?
A: Samuel Adams and John Hancock
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Q: Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize of any kind?
A: Marie Curie
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Q: What were the first names of the Wright brothers?
A: Orville and Wilbur
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Q: What was the name of the family that ruled Russia until they were overthrown and killed in 1917?
A: The Romanovs
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Q: What was the document that President Abraham Lincoln issued in 1863 to abolish slavery in the Confederate states?
A: The Emancipation Proclamation
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Q: How many years after the Emancipation Proclamation were the last enslaved people freed?
A: Just under two and a half years later, on June 19, 1965
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Q: Which world leader is famous for his "Little Red Book"?
A: Mao Zedong
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Q: Who was Helen Keller's teacher and lifelong companion?
A: Anne Sullivan
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Q: Who was the first woman in space?
A: Valentina Tereshkova
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Q: Which US Supreme Court case ruled on the constitutionality of Virginia's anti-miscegenation law (a law that prohibits interracial marriage)?
A: Loving v. Virginia
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Q: What was the significance of the scarab beetle in Ancient Egypt?
A: It was associated with the sun god Khepri and symbolized the cycle of life, death, and resurrection.
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Q: What do John Wilkes Booth, Lee Harvey Oswald, and James Earl Ray have in common?
A: They all assassinated influential political figures (Abraham Lincoln, JFK, and Martin Luther King, Jr., respectively).
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Q: Which mountaineer and his Sherpa guide became the first men to climb to the top of Mount Everest?
A: Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay
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Q: What event led to the United States entering World War II?
A: The bombing of Pearl Harbor
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Q: The Han Dynasty lasted around 426 years in which country?
A: China
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Q: Which US President gave the order to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II?
A: Harry S. Truman
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