What does "Magna Carta" mean?

History Trivia / January 21, 2024

Great Charter. Magna Carta is a charter agreed by King John which means Great Charter or The Great Charter of the Liberties of England.

What illness did Grover Cleveland secretly suffer from?

History Trivia / January 20, 2024

Cancer. Though not known to the public, Cleveland had his cancerous upper jaw removed.

Golda Meir was Prime Minister of which Middle Eastern country?

History Trivia / January 20, 2024

Israel. Golda Meir lived both in Kiev and in the U.S. as a youth.

A slave revolt known as "The Nat Turner Rebellion" took place in 1831 in what state?

History Trivia / January 19, 2024

Virginia. Nat Turner was 31 when he was captured and hanged in Virginia.

Who did John F. Kennedy, Jr. marry in 1996?

History Trivia / January 19, 2024

Carolyn Bessette. Bessette-Kennedy died along with her husband in a plane crash in July 1999.

What is the term for a relaxation of tension between countries?

History Trivia / January 18, 2024

Detente. USA and the USSR worked on Detente in the 70's & 80's.