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Quiz created by: Bill Graves
1. Who wrote 'The Importance of Being Earnest'?
(#) Joseph Conrad
(#) Ernest Hemingway
(#) James Joyce
(#) Oscar Wilde
2. The Treaty of Shimonoseki ended the war between which 2 nations?
(#) Thailand & Vietnam
(#) China & Japan
(#) Luxembourg & Liechtenstein
(#) Cambodia & Laos
3. Where was John Wesley Hardin killed?
(#) Houston
(#) El Paso
(#) Plano
(#) Dallas
4. In which state was the first professional American football game played?
(#) New York
(#) Ohio
(#) Pennsylvania
(#) Illinois
5. Who received the first U.S patent for the automobile?
(#) Edsel Ford
(#) George Selden
(#) Karl Benz
(#) Henry Ford
6. Where was the National Trust founded?
(#) Britain
(#) Canada
(#) United States
(#) Australia
7. In which city did Alfred Nobel sign his last will & testament, establishing Nobel Prize?
(#) Rome
(#) Stockholm
(#) Paris
(#) London
8. The game of Mintonette eventually came to be known as what?
(#) Croquet
(#) Tetherball
(#) Volleyball
(#) Badminton
9. A union was formed by Nicaragua, Honduras, and which 3rd nation?
(#) El Salvador
(#) Mexico
(#) Costa Rica
(#) Chile
10. Which troops killed 3,000 Armenians?
(#) German
(#) Russian
(#) Ottoman
(#) French
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