20 Trivia Questions (History) No. 3

[@denisoliver6720]

The Confederate States Of America ceased to exist at the conclusion of the U.S. Civil War in 1865. It did not purchase ships from Britain in 1871.

[@TheTriviaChannel]

Yes you are right. I checked it up and noted "Britain paid the U.S. $15 million in 1871" for the damage they had done (Jones, 2002; p. 225). Sorry for the mistake.

[@jeffreyrobinson3555]

And the British remained neutral during the war, sent arms to The United States and made it possible to transport in to the south. Since the south supported slavery the U.K. never recognized it. Ships built for the south were built under the table.

[@danceswithcritters]

@@TheTriviaChannel First time I heard of Britain supporting the Confederacy ?

[@smooth_sundaes5172]

@@danceswithcritters Actually they did, the South used British ports for their commerce raiders and blockade runners. I have Confederate money aquired from visiting ships and passed down through the family. What ever Britains "official" position was, no doubt a lot of money was being made supplying arms. Indeed, many (if not most) Bowie knives were made in Sheffield England. It has to be said that my mother country has often had its feet several camps and at the height of the Victorian Empire was as Machiavellian as any other.

[@lindaguthrie7500]

Thank You

[@hannecatton2179]

The ´invasion´ of Fort Sumter ! You mean the bombardment of Fort Sumter.

[@hobbitassassin1]

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland remained officially neutral throughout the American Civil War (1861-1865). It legally recognised the belligerent status of the Confederate States of America (CSA) but never recognised it as a nation and neither signed a treaty with it nor ever exchanged ambassadors

[@cowboyofscience7611]

Sorry, no cigar!

[@CharmsDad]

There was never an “invasion of Fort Sumter”. The Fort was bombarded by the Confederates as they first action of the war and the Union General surrendered. The Union made a weak and completely unsuccessful attempt to attack the fort with a small band of men much later in the war, with most of the attackers captured. The fort was abandoned by the Confederates when Charleston was evacuated as Sherman approached. Nothing even remotely resembling an “invasion” ever occurred.

[@ElCid48]

The "invasion" of Fort Sumter??? LOL!

[@vernonwillis4546]

I'd like to take a little exception to the one about "which side did Great Britain side with in the American Civil War?" It's true that the British government (or at least their Prime Minister and Foreign Minister) and its aristocratic classes were enthusiastically pro-Confederate. But the poor and working classes, which made up the overwhelming majority of the population hated slavery and were just as strongly pro-Union. They didn't have much influence on the government because they didn't have the ballot. But they had the brick.

[@skippy3860]

In question no. 8, the Thatcher question, "woman" is spelled "women" twice. Can't believe how many people make that mistake.

[@potdog1000]

I thought it was Iceland who elected the first woman PM

[@potdog1000]

@Craig Carmichael first geographically we are part of Europe but if you mean the EU then when Thatcher was elected we were part of the EU

[@potdog1000]

@Craig Carmichael i like your thinking, i think lol

[@auldfouter8661]

@Craig Carmichael Churchill supported European unity , but didn't think it should include the UK !

[@barryfoster460]

Thanks for reminding me I know very little.

[@elizabethreed5178]

20 out of 20! Love history!

[@y33t23]

"Trivia questions about history" *Asks detailed questions about American history*

[@CharmsDad]

So you think the battle of Waterloo was fought in the US and Margaret Thatcher, Idi Amin, Attila the Hun, Ngo Dinh Diem, Jomo Kenyatta, and Yasser Arafat part of American history?

[@balazstoth4831]

@@CharmsDad Basically half of the questions are related to the history of the USA.

[@brontewcat]

@@CharmsDad More than half the questions were history involving Americans. It was not world history. A proper world history quiz would have no more than 2 or 3 questions involving American history.

[@tarmacbenson9579]

Nice quiz some tricky questions

[@nextworld9176]

OT: Somebody please 'splain to me why southerners call it the "War of Northern Aggression" when it was a southern attack that started it.

[@freddillard6775]

15 of 20. Thanks for posting.

[@willremy5142]

Although the British wanted cotton from the Confederacy, they never outright supported them or recognized them. This question's answer should be neither. The Confederacy was attempting to score a big victory by attacking Pennsylvania in 1863, which led to their ultimate defeat after losing at Gettysburg. The Confederacy hoped by winning on that campaign that it would lead to Britain recognizing them as an independent nation.

[@michaeld.3779]

One additional comment. After the American Civil War, the Union used Englad and got reparations for England’s sale of ships to the Confederacy. The C.S.A. Alabama was one such ship. So, it seems that England leaned heavily enough on the Confederat side to warrant a suit against their government.

[@roberthughes9856]

United Kingdom not England. Americans sue everybody for everything, the reparations were for damage caused by the warships although built by private companies. As the US traded with UK throughout the war, including buying. weapons, one can only assume if the CSA had won they would have sued, as well, for damage done by those weapons. The US was neutral for over two years in WWII but still sold arms to the British perhaps Berlin might sue for damages.

[@D_Hawk-e5x]

@@roberthughes9856 Same crap different color.

[@macharper8214]

The British maintained an official position of NEUTRALITY during the Civil War. It was trading with both sides.

[@kenbray5682]

That's what I said !

[@68DBURT]

Actually Britian did support the South but maintained the illusion of neutrality

[@leonardngala1586]

Mac Harper by

[@dalecox5928]

There were English military "advisors" with Southern troops the same way there were American military "advisors" with the South Viet Nam Army a 100 years later.

[@lindaguthrie7500]

I’m a southern and I do believe that the British did not back the southern states

[@dinnie58]

Fort Sumter was bombarded, but not invaded.

[@romeowhiskey1146]

How about if we SPELL Delaware correctly?

[@n8drus769]

Thank you for your work and quiz,19/20,guessed #9-correctly, I appreciate the info.

[@patricklamshear1806]

16/20.👍👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@michaeld.3779]

I only missed the Marilyn Monroe question. It happened in the past, to be sure, but I doubt they teach that in the history books. Most of the other questions were pretty good, except for a few obvious typos. But ... the game was still there.

[@ElCid48]

Really. Who gives a rat's rear end about MM and her poodle?

[@D_Hawk-e5x]

I remember it being mentioned on TV at some point. Nothing to do with history anyway.

[@Redplanetlover]

18/20 missed Marilyn's dog and Yasser's gun.

[@reneeblair7593]

17/20 I enjoy these, you learn things in them as well. Thank you

[@jaymartin4166]

19 of 20 but had wide range.

[@goodbigboy9112]

I'm going to bed half way. Falling asleep, goodnight 😪😪😪

[@monisamontoya401]

Marilyn Monroe's dog? that was just put in so no one could get all 20 correct?

[@justmepercy720]

The Titanic SANK. "Sunk" is a past participle. Just as well that this isn't a grammar quiz.

[@elaineburch5397]

Who cares Do you ever make mistakes?

[@lashah7495]

The wording "the invasion of fort sumter" seems somewhat strange. The attack or the firing upon fort sumter seems more in keeping.

[@Brian1949]

I'd like to point out that Fort Sumter was not invaded, only blockaded by preventing supplies from reaching the garrison. The ship bringing food & ammunition was fired upon by shore batteries and forced to withdraw. A few days later the Union garrison had to evacuate. As far as the British support for the Confederacy, as already pointed out below, the year of conversion of the famous "Laird hulls" was 1862 and 1863, by 1871 the war was long over. Regards, Brian

[@julieblackstock8650]

16 out of 20

[@jerousmail608]

All correct.

[@mikecorpus1267]

The Mason-Dixon Line separated slave states from free states before the Civil War but was not the border between the Confederacy and the Union. Maryland, just south of the line, was a slave state but did not secede. Napoleon was also defeated in Russia. The question should have asked what was the final defeat.

[@brontewcat]

Good points.

[@johannbrandstatter7419]

It's mostly a US of North America trivia quiz. Some of the events are certainly not trivial at all. Knowing who gave Marylyn Monroe a poodle is just ridiculous...

[@dionisiosona722]

enjoy and like the quiz. thank you.

[@eddieblackford4919]

20/20. The Confederacy didn't exist in 1871 because the war ended in 1865

[@TheTriviaChannel]

Eddie Blackford Sorry I made this mistake in the answer explanation. I pinned it at the top of the comments because of the error. Thanks for your feedback :).

[@kenbray5682]

Eddie Blackford do you know the number of people that died in the civil war ? Well it was 750,000 people !!! That more than Second World War Korean War and Vietnam combined, that is crazy Americans killing Americans.... So sad !

[@lindaguthrie7500]

Thank You again what’s wrong with you don’t know your history

[@alexhayden2303]

Damn it! If it ain't Porcupines, it' Dawgs!

[@jeffreyrobinson3555]

19/20, but Uk was neutral officially and while some in the UK supported the south they also sold supplies to the north. Since they never allied with the south they had to pay repetitions to the north for damages done by uk built ships.

[@derlinclaire1778]

16 out of 20,correct.

[@baronratfish3865]

Same. Had to guess about the poodle but I'm still counting it.

[@ingopriebe]

Waterloo belongs to Belgium, as POTUS. says „Belgium is a nice city“ LOL

[@barryfowles-zl5ib]

At the time of the battle, Waterloo was in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, later Belgium, you ain't any brighter than your POTUS by the look of things.

[@barryfowles-zl5ib]

@Ingo Priebe At the time of the battle Waterloo was part of the Kingdon of the Netherlands it became part of Belgium later, you don't seem any smarter than your POTUS.

[@ingopriebe]

Ok, this fact is right, instead of Potus, I am willing to learn.

[@barryfowles-zl5ib]

@@ingopriebe So glad you are able to occur.

[@dionisiosona722]

like it. thank you.

[@Thx1138sober]

#19 couple of things wrong with this question. The British government never officially supported the Confederacy. There were some ships purchased from private British companies through 3 parties and that happened between 1861 and 1865, there was no longer any Confederacy in 1871.

[@davidshepherd397]

Thatcher wasn’t appointed, she was elected

[@13tuyuti]

Technically she was indeed appointed. Her party got elected in parliamentary elections and based on that the queen appointed her, as is custom. Custom, not law.

[@davidshepherd397]

13tuyuti I stand corrected, thank you. I do prefer to know the facts.

[@lindaguthrie7500]

Ok I have many questions on this history test for who wrote and published it the person or persons really should consider returning to school and I also feel bad for the ones who said that they got 19/20 questions correct this is impossible to do cause the answers to the questions are wrong. Thank You

[@kenbray5682]

15 of 20 need to do more research lol...

[@jayarajramya9157]

Valuable knowledge

[@markgwynn887]

8th grade level at best. 10/10 very easy!

[@user-pg4ex7cz1w]

11/20..not bad for a non-American

[@johnscotto2434]

usually im pretty savvy on this stuff, but only got 16

[@aloisemason3044]

Got nine right..but..enjoyed

[@thevisionary2007]

The grammar is atrocious.

[@pstanleykobzik6405]

thevisionary2007 fluckin yew.

[@Harldin]

Referring to the Normandy Invasion as D-Day in the singular is actually incorrect. The US referred the start date of any major attack during WW2 as D-Day, ther was in fact about 106 D Days. Normandy was just the most famous.

[@daveharbour5418]

England did not support the confederacy nor did it support the union but had observers in both camps.

[@sblau2450]

the mason dixon line is the border beween maryland and pennsylvania, not delaware.

[@peterrobinson7803]

Between Pennsylvania and Maryland and Delaware!!

[@sblau2450]

Peter Robinson i thought delaware was a slave state like maryland and the mason dixon line separated free (pa) and slave (md and de) states.

[@kenbray5682]

s bLau the Mason Dixon Line runs under the Pennsylvania State Linefrom West Virginia to New Jersey, and it's an imaginary line that divides the North and the South...... I'm a Yankee being that I'm from Philadelphia, where are you from ? A Jank or Rebel...

[@lindaguthrie7500]

Hello who’s writing this

[@dalecox5928]

I've to meet a Jank.

[@markgwynn887]

20/20 8th grade test but a good one for that age . i was going down the list,i was puzzled by how many people missed questions on a basic 8th grade test.

[@dennistravers8392]

In #14, Delaware is misspelled.

[@craigkdillon]

I think the British government supported neither side in our Civil War. Economically, they may have sympathized with the South. But, after the Emancipation Proclamation, Britain could not even entertain the idea of supporting the South. True, there were some financial dealings. BUT, Britain NEVER formally supported either side.

[@jamesreynolds6719]

I love trivia, but I am also wind, yet helped if there’s questions at audio…

[@muide7]

Nice quiz, I enjoyed it. Two stupid questions no one could know, Oh, well, Good show!

[@christiancollodi1192]

15 of 20

[@dtracy831]

18/20 not bad.

[@bryanglass6701]

Maybe we could have a video on why people that aren't too smart or well informed, make videos that have misinformation in them.

[@mmariemmm]

This game is rediculous you don't get a score in the end

[@stephengibson4823]

It's not interactive. Be honest and keep your own score and post on here if you feel the need.

[@christinaorriz7971]

Got one wrong. Damn that poodle!!!! 👊🏼

[@Ceorolus]

8:17 It's Delaware not Deleware.

[@danasizemore5947]

Delawhere ?

[@mariaCUTE1525]

Its delaware

[@josephyodiceyodice5990]

17/20 Britain leaned towards the Confederacy because it need- ed it's cotton but it waited to see if they stood any chance of winning the Civil War before they would commit to ally themselves with the South ... which they never, actually, did.

[@alamudesky1959]

It was civil war surpluss

[@SteveWhiteDallas]

Margaret Thatcher was a woman, not a women. "Women" is plural (that means more than one.)

[@kenbray5682]

Steve White thanks for that grammar lesson lol who's the moron the didn't know that ?lol....

[@michealgonos6237]

Bill burr yuja Wang yuja 7 concertoppp 0

[@bosschono5610]

Technically she was 2 female midgets in a trench coat so it's not wrong.

[@lasharshar5127]

Thank god for that. Can you imagine? More than one Maggie thatcher? Armegedon

[@lasharshar5127]

@@bosschono5610 oh you pervert, you was looking

[@johnjohnon8767]

A few questions I guessed at right, 1, I had no k knowledge of. The rest were easy.

[@jeffreyrobinson3555]

18/20, I see your point so I answered civil war, but Mason Dixon line was important during ARW also

[@mmiller4569]

The MD line separated the free from the slave states i.e.. PA from MD, DE. MD and DE did not secede so it had little to do with the War Between The States.

[@jeffreyrobinson3555]

@@mmiller4569 had a lot. Maryland contributed a lot of troops to the south, and was an important theater of the war. Most of 1862 in the east was concerning preventing Maryland from joining the south. When the MD line was drawn New York, New Jersey, Connecticut were still slave holding states

[@chrismoody1342]

18/20.

[@susannicholson9493]

I got 20 out of 20

[@tommymcallister9585]

I got 4 wrong on that particular quiz

[@loud7070]

15 for 20

[@queenjosannedouglas3038]

(1) A (2) A (3) B (4) C (5) A (6) B (7) C (8)B (9) A (10) A (11) C (12) C (13) A (14) B (15) B (16) B (17) B (18) A (19) A (20) C

[@patricknewlun7928]

Number 14 was wrong the Mason Dixon line was drawn in colonial times to settle disputes over the borders of Maryland, Pennsylvania and Delaware. There were union states south of it and it didn't extend far enough west to cover all states in existence. Never could understand why that line is always associated with the civil war.

[@musicman5678]

19/20

[@tb1534]

How could the confederacy convert British ships to warships in 1871? IT ceased to exist in 1865. I am going to give the benefit of the doubt and assume this is a typo and you mean 1861.

[@who9387]

Napoleon was also defeated at Moscow in 1812

[@derlinclaire1778]

Got 15 out of 20 correct.

[@jesspeters1213]

Go them all..could have done most without multiple choice

[@greenapple4280]

16/20

[@ChrisP.Bacon008]

What was Genghis Kan’s original name and what religious tolerance did he allow under his rule?

[@68DBURT]

who cares what poodle was given to Marylin I don't and I agree, Ft Sumter was never invaded, who writes these questions?

[@lindaguthrie7500]

I don’t know but I believe that he or she should go to night school and relearn their history please do this

[@Lomaxient]

That was harder than the last one 14/20 for me... Should've known the answer to Q8.. It seemed too obvious.

[@lindaguthrie7500]

Sorry most of the questions that were posted the answers to them were wrong answers

[@marlenaforbes-reidy9876]

9/20

[@fergusmallon1337]

Didn't know that Marylin had a dog

[@suzycreamcheesez4371]

the first women lol!

[@TheTriviaChannel]

I know, pretty bad. I actually don't recall learning the difference between woman and women in school, but I sure have from the feedback on the channel :). Thanks suzycreamcheesez.

[@suzycreamcheesez4371]

no le hace Aloha!

[@deaustin4018]

I'm aghast to say I didn't know anything about such earth shaking history as the white poodle (I thought the white poodle might have been secret service code for something Kennedy gave to Marilyn Monroe.)

[@paul-we2gf]

The UK officially did not support either side during this conflict The sales you were done in violation of UK law. Very like what some people could say about lend lesser prior to Dec 7 1941

[@kerrywoodlock6646]

16 disagree with support of Confederacy

[@goodsolonius7305]

Yes Britain supported the continuation of being able to buy cheap cotton from the southern states, but they did not provide any military aid. The confederates purchased ships from Britain that weren’t even warships to begin with. So the Union did not purchase anything from Britain between 1861-1865?

[@jsetbacken]

dopey test. unprofessionally assembled. where does participant see their score?.

[@ashokvedi1111]

18 cleared missed 2

[@janeadams8355]

95%

[@alfredocuomo1546]

Nice quiz but there were a few errors in the explanation of the ansers but I see a few people pointed them out. LMFIAO Most older people will get them all but gen Z would be lost.

[@petevandervort590]

19/20!!!😜

[@rosebud3971]

17 CORRECT

[@ursularhoward3626]

I missed two out of 20 and that question was number 5 and number 12 question

[@larryshaw6517]

16

[@paulbrown2681]

Maggie T. was not an European ruler

[@elainethomas2602]

I missed 6.