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I'll start with a question.What year was the Nineteenth Amendment (giving woman the right to vote) passed?
1920 (I may or may not have had to google that… 😂)What year was the first telephone invented?
1980 I think...... I know I learned this in our co/op, uuugh! OK, I was wrong. I just looked it up, 1949.When was the printing press first invented?
1440?When was Julius Caesar assassinated?
For some reason, I can't remember the year, but I do know that it was the Ides of March lol. Who created the democratic-republican party?
For some reason my brain is saying JFK but I don’t think that’s right. Lol Oh yeah.. just checked. Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. A little further back than JFK. Lol
Q: What year did WW1 end?
1918 (Yeah just a little further back lol. And, for anyone who was unsure, they become the Democrats)
What was the first state to secede prior to the American Civil War?
I believe South Carolina?What year was the Eiffel tower finished being built?
Late 1800s? Idk 🤷🏻♀️ Just checked it was 1889.
Who gave the USA the Statue of Liberty?
FranceWhat three men wrote The Federalist Papers?
Oh man. I have the book. Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and I'm not sure who the other guy is. Who discovered radium?
Marie Curie.Who was the eight president of the United States?
Elisabeth (Bets) wrote: "Oh man. I have the book. Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and I'm not sure who the other guy is. John Jay
Martin Van Buren. He was born in a town not that far from where I live.Who first developed the period table of elements?
Dmitri Mendeleev.Who re-discovered the Titanic?
(@Jeremiah, you got it right! It's been like a month or so since anyone has answered so good job on getting that right! I'll let someone else answer your question since I was the last comment before you.)
(I read about him not long ago in science🙂)
Robert BallardWho were the two youngest signers of the Declaration of Independence?
Edward Rutledge (the youngest by 3 months+) and Thomas Lynch, Jr. What was the exact date (m/d/y) the original US Constitution was signed?
For the sake of the game, I looked it up 😁 Google is my dear friend.June 21, 1788
When did Martin Luther write the 95 Theses (bonus: what was one of the topics mentioned)?
The anniversary was a few days ago.
Bonus: Good question! I will have to go find an answer….
Oops the anniversary is coming up. October 31, 1517.
When our Lord and Master Jesus Christ said,“Repent” [Matthew 4:17], he willed the entire
life of believers to be one of repentance.
When did Rome fall?
For the sake of the game, I consulted Google. 476 AD- I'm not great at remembering dates XDWho sacked Rome?
The Vandals!Who discovered the New World BEFORE Christopher Columbus?
Eric the red?
Who created latitude and longitude lines?
Super close! It was his son, Leif Eriksson.Eratosthenes and/or a clockmaker named John Harrison (according to Google sry 🫠)
Who led the ill-fated Confederate charge at Gettysburg?
No, Stonewall had died before Gettysburg. It was General George Pickett. I am a nerd who likes odd questions, sorry 😅I think you get to post a question next @Chloe. 😉
If you can answer the questions without google that is preferred. ;)
Also if you can't come up with a trivia question to ask I'm sure you can find tons of ideas for historical trivia questions on Google.