'Unexpected Demise Trivia Challenge'

Question 1 of 15

The United Nations approved a series of sanctions against which country in 2013?

Question 2 of 15

In the canonical version of the Trojan War, the Greeks created a giant wooden what?

Question 3 of 15

What are soldiers who fight on horseback?

Question 4 of 15

In which century was former US President Dwight Eisenhower born?

Question 5 of 15

Thanks to secret U2 flights, what 1950s president knew that there wasn't really a "missile gap" between the US and USSR?

Question 6 of 15

Which American President first took office in 1989?

Question 7 of 15

What famous magician died from a ruptured appendix on Halloween in 1926?

Question 8 of 15

The Berlin Walls destruction was completed in 1990. For how many years did it stay?

Question 9 of 15

What city did Peter I have built to be the capital of his empire?

Question 10 of 15

Ceylon adopted what new name in 1972, which means Resplendent Land?

Question 11 of 15

Otto von Bismarck once said that "a special providence," meaning God, protects three things. Which of these is not one of them?

Question 12 of 15

What nationality was controversial futurist painter Marcel Duchamp, who died in 1968?

Question 13 of 15

Who said: 'The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.'?

Question 14 of 15

Famous for its red pottery, Ban Chiang is a major archaeological site in what country?

Question 15 of 15

What media mogul billionaire made the first transatlantic hot air balloon crossing in 1987?

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