1. Which U.S. president was the first to appear on television?

2. Which state seceded from Virginia in 1863?

3. Which war interrupted construction of the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C.?

4. The first American president to live in the White House was:

5. What American president is associated with the Teddy Bear?

6. Who was named president after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated?

7. How many presidents were born before the United States became a nation?

8. How many lifeboats did the Titanic have?

9. After the Titanic broke in two, how long did it take for the bow to reach the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean?

10. When was the wreck of the Titanic discovered?

11. Who commanded the Confederate army in the American Civil War?

12. Which American Civil War general later became president of the United States?

13. Which of these ships fought in the first battle between ironclads?

14. Which of these was not a Civil War battle?

15. Which era immediately followed the American Civil War?

16. Which famous monument did Shah Jahān build to immortalize his wife?

17. The term “D-Day” refers to the Allied invasion of Japan during World War II.

18. During World War II, the Germans had a great victory at Stalingrad.

19. Naples, Italy, suffered extensive damage during World War II.

20. No World War II battles were fought in North America.

21. Japan won the Battle of Midway during World War II

22. How long did it take to build the Titanic?

23. Which treaty ended the War of 1812?

24. Who restored democratic rule to the Philippines after the long dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos?

25. When did the Great Irish Famine begin?

26. What was the name of Franz Ferdinand’s assassin?

27. Who was the architect who rebuilt London after the Great Fire of 1666?

28. When did Switzerland officially gain its independence?

29. Who was Emiliano Zapata?

30. Which peasant girl led the French army at Orléans during the Hundred Years’ War?

31. Which Siberian peasant and mystic had a curious ability to heal the son of Emperor Nicholas II, which made him an influential favourite at the court?

32. Who was the wartime nurse known as the “Lady with the Lamp"?

33. In what country did the Battle of Waterloo take place?

34. Which of these was not a battle fought in World War II?

35. Which leader was overthrown by the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003?

36. Which type of aircraft was used to bomb Hiroshima, Japan, in World War II?

37. Which two Asian countries are divided by the 38th parallel?

38. Who is known as the "Father of Medicine"?

39. In what modern-day country was Karl Marx, the communist philosopher, born?

40. What was American abolitionist Harriet Tubman’s original name?

41. What war correspondent reported on the Battle of Omdurman?