!!!HISTORY TRIVIA!!!
1. What was the first country to recognize Mexico's independence, in 1836?
2. What encyclopedia's first edition, in 1771, described California as "a large country of the West Indies"?
3. Who was the only American to become vice president and president after resignations?
4. There is one slot machine in Las Vegas for every how many inhabitants.
5. What year did the Dow Jones Industrial Average break both the 4000 and 5000 marks?
6. Who saw his crew dine on wormy biscuits and rats on his fourth voyage to the New World?
7. What disgraced vice president's high school yearbook quote read; "An ounce of wit is worth a pound of sorrow"?
8. Who was the youngest man to chair the Joint Chiefs of Staff?
9. Which of Henry VIII's wives gave birth to Elizabeth I?
10. What 19th-century president erroneously noted: "The ballot is stronger than the bullet"?
11. What country led all Arab nations in the number of troops participating in Operation Desert Storm?
12. Who did George Bush accuse of being "a card-carrying member" of the American Civil Liberties Union, in 1988?
13. What presidential election year saw Republicans dub Democrats the party of "Communism, Corruption and Korea"?
14. What position was Eileen Collins the first female to hold on a space shuttle mission?
15. What were the Viet Minh called when they crossed into South Vietnam?
2. What encyclopedia's first edition, in 1771, described California as "a large country of the West Indies"?
3. Who was the only American to become vice president and president after resignations?
4. There is one slot machine in Las Vegas for every how many inhabitants.
5. What year did the Dow Jones Industrial Average break both the 4000 and 5000 marks?
6. Who saw his crew dine on wormy biscuits and rats on his fourth voyage to the New World?
7. What disgraced vice president's high school yearbook quote read; "An ounce of wit is worth a pound of sorrow"?
8. Who was the youngest man to chair the Joint Chiefs of Staff?
9. Which of Henry VIII's wives gave birth to Elizabeth I?
10. What 19th-century president erroneously noted: "The ballot is stronger than the bullet"?
11. What country led all Arab nations in the number of troops participating in Operation Desert Storm?
12. Who did George Bush accuse of being "a card-carrying member" of the American Civil Liberties Union, in 1988?
13. What presidential election year saw Republicans dub Democrats the party of "Communism, Corruption and Korea"?
14. What position was Eileen Collins the first female to hold on a space shuttle mission?
15. What were the Viet Minh called when they crossed into South Vietnam?