Who was the mayor of New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina struck?

History Trivia / August 05, 2025

Ray Nagin. Nagin was elected mayor in May of 2002.

Who made up the Second Triumvirate in the Roman republic in addition to Octavian and Mark Antony?

History Trivia / August 05, 2025

Marcus Lepidus. After Julius Caesar's assassination, Marcus Lepidus, Mark Antony and Octavian made up the Second Triumvirate.

What event in 1969 started the Gay Rights Movement?

History Trivia / August 04, 2025

Stonewall Rebellion. The Stonewall Rebellion started with a police raid of the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City's Greenwich Village.

Saddam Hussein was the President of which country?

History Trivia / August 04, 2025

Iraq. Saddam Hussein was the president of Iraq from 1979 until toppled in 2003, during the U.S. invasion of Iraq.

W.E.B. Du Bois was the leader of which civil rights group, founded in 1909?

History Trivia / August 03, 2025

NAACP. W.E.B. Du Bois was on the staff of Atlanta University when he founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in 1909.

In what year did the Battle of Hastings occur?

History Trivia / August 03, 2025

1066 Ad. Duke William of Normandy led the Battle of Hastings with 600 ships.