history-easy Trivia Quiz # 1

Alternative cartoons may never have come about without the influence of Robert Crumb, the acknowledged "father" of underground comics.

The Warsaw Pact, formed in 1955, consisted of the Eastern European satellite countries.

The Boston Celtics won a series of 11 championships from 1956-1969. During this time span, Wilt Chamberlain was a popular player.

The Alamo was a mission (or church) in the middle of nowhere. The Mexican army was determined to defeat the Americans who had taken refuge there or who had come there to help defend this place. The Mexican army eventually attacked the Alamo, broke down the front gate, climbed the walls, and killed every American defender inside. This battle led to the battle cry, "Remember the Alamo" and later at the Battle of the San Jancito River the Mexicans were driven from Texas.

This story was not widely known until after the book and movie 'Schindler's List' revealed the truth.

On August 8, 1974, after serving 2,026 days as President, the 37th President of the United States, Richard Nixon, became the only President to resign from office. On June 17, 1972, the Democratic Party's National Committee offices, located in the Watergate, were discovered, by a security guard, Frank Wills, to have been broken into. This break-in, allegedly ordered by the President's staff, lead to President Nixon's resignation. Woodstock took place in Bethel, New York, on August 15,16,17, 1969. Apollo 11 landed on the moon on July 20 (American time), 1969. And, on December 8, 1980, Mark David Chapman killed John Lennon in New York City.

The first shot was fired on April 12, 1861 at Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, so starting the war. Fort Dusquesne was the French name for Pittsburgh when it was under French rule - till 1763.

His first name was Jeff Davis then Greenbrie, but when Gen. Lee rose to fame his famous gray horse was known as Traveller.

This famous quotation was in reference to the Battle of Britain.