History Trivia

History Trivia

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Question 1 of 10

By 1905, what narcotic, derived from poppy latex, had addicted millions in China due in part to British imperial trade?

Question 2 of 10

Which disaster began in 1666 in a bakery on London’s Pudding Lane?

Question 3 of 10

What was the name of the fast mail service that employed young couriers like Buffalo Bill Cody?

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Which horseback-riding people of the Russian steppes elected leaders called atamans?

Question 5 of 10

During the Tokugawa period, Osaka was Japan's merchant center and Edo housed the shogun. Which country was this?

Question 6 of 10

Ray Nagin was mayor of which U.S. city during a devastating hurricane?

Question 7 of 10

What river did Abraham Lincoln refer to when he said it “again goes unvexed to the sea” after the fall of Vicksburg?

Question 8 of 10

Why did Kent State University make headlines in May 1970?

Question 9 of 10

What was the main cause the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union opposed in the U.S.?

Question 10 of 10

In 1993, which religious group engaged in a 51-day standoff with federal agents near Waco, Texas?

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