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Very hard History Quiz
Question 1 of 10
I once said, "Not only is cremation good from the point of view of hygiene, but it also saves farmland." Yet, even though I had wanted to be cremated, my mummified corpse was put on display in a Hanoi mausoleum. Who am I?
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Question 2 of 10
On November 19, 1863, he gave a famous speech that was so short that the official photographer only managed to snap a shot of his butt as he was retaking his seat. Who?
Question 3 of 10
In which decade did the Spanish Civil War occur?
Question 4 of 10
Supposedly, the Germans missed a chance to kill FDR when he went to North Africa, because translators literally thought he was at the "White House." Where was he?
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Question 5 of 10
Ba'ath means "Resistance." What two countries have been strongholds for the Ba'ath Party?
Question 6 of 10
In which present-day country did Mobuto Sese Soko seize power in the 1960s?
Question 7 of 10
Of the first five presidents, only one was not from Virginia. And he was from the same hometown as the sixth. Who was he?
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Question 8 of 10
The Orlov is said to be an Indian diamond known as the Great Mogul, but was set in a scepter by which ruler?
Question 9 of 10
After the Battle of Lexington, minutemen blocked the British at the North Bridge in what Massachusetts community?
Question 10 of 10
What corrupt New Yorker was dogged by Thomas Nast's cartoons of him, and was captured by people who recognized him from a cartoon?

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