1. Watergate scandal
   The Lewinsky affair
2. Iran-Contra scandal
   Chappaquiddick incident

Certainly the greatest scandal in US politics, the Watergate scandal forced Richard Nixon to resign before he was impeached. Recordings showed that Nixon was involved in the scandal, but while many of his underlings served jail time for their part, Nixon was pardoned by President Jimmy Carter.

1. "Mein Kampf"
   "What is to be Done?"
2. "The State and the Revolution"
   "War and Peace"

After his failed attempt to overthrow the German government in the 1920s, Adolf Hitler was jailed. It was during this time that he wrote "Mein Kampf," which laid out his future vision for Germany.

1. 1865
   1899
2. 1861
   1823

The American Civil War started in 1861 and saw the southern U.S. states battle the northern U.S. states over differences in how slavery should be handled. The war broke out when the southern forces attacked Fort Sumter shortly after Abraham Lincoln started his presidency.

1. A code name for the U.S. president during World War II
   A code name for Adolf Hitler during World War II
2. The term given to Japan during World War II
   The atom bomb dropped on Nagasaki on August 9, 1945

"Fat Man" was the name of the second atomic bomb dropped on Japan in August 1945. It destroyed the city of Nagasaki on August 9, killing a total 80,000 people, 45,000 of them outright.

1. Buzz Aldrin
   John Glenn
2. Jim Lovell
   Robert Crippen

Neil Armstrong, the commander of the Apollo 11 mission, was the first man to set foot on the moon in 1969. He was followed by the missions pilot, Buzz Aldrin. The two astronauts spent just over 2 hours on the moon's surface.

1. Georgia
   Poland
2. Moldova
   Kazakhstan

There are 15 current nations that made up the former Soviet Union, but Poland was not one of them. It was, however, a significant ally of the U.S.S.R. and formed part of the Communist Bloc.

1. England
   France
2. Germany
   Wales

Germany controlled the colony of South West Africa from 1884 to 1919. Only around 2,600 Germans lived here, but the colony was invaded by the Western Allies in 1915 during World War I and quickly was overrun.

1. Prince Henry the Navigator
   Juan Ponce de León
2. Vasco da Gama
   Ferdinand Magellan

History tells us that Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León was the first European explorer to set foot on the continent of North America. He did so in 1513 near what is now the city of Miami, Florida.

1. 1810
   1966
2. 1789
   1710

The French revolution started in 1789 and ran for a period of 10 years. Ultimately, it saw the end of the French monarchy and established a democratic state that soon fell under the control of Napoleon Bonaparte.

1. "Roxanne" by The Police
   "9 to 5" by Dolly Parton
2. "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles
   "Endless Love" by Lionel Richie

MTV started broadcasting at 12:01 am on August 1, 1981. And their first video was a song by The Buggles, "Video Killed the Radio Star." Other artists to be aired included Pat Benatar and Cliff Richard.

1. George Stephenson
   Karl Daimler
2. Henry Ford
   Thomas Edison

Known as the "Father of the Railways," George Stephenson is credited with inventing the first working steam engine. One of his most famous machines was called "Rocket."

1. Saginaw Bay
   Chesapeake Bay
2. Boston Harbor
   New York Harbor

American colonists were pretty angry that they were being taxed by the queen but didn't have any type of representation in England. For this reason, they tossed over 300 boxes of tea into Boston Harbor in what became known as the Boston Tea Party.

1. $1 million
   $500,000
2. $3 million
   $15 million

Before 1803, France held the territory of Louisiana, which stretched from the mouth of the Mississippi River near New Orleans and included much of the western United States toward Canada. The US decided to buy the territory from the French, who were willing to sell. The area bought, which cost $15 million, was around 530 million acres in size.

1. True
2. False

We all know the British love a cup of tea. To allow their tankers to enjoy the beverage, since 1945, all British tanks include the ability to brew some tea for the crew without them having to leave their tank!

1. Tora! Tora! Tora!
   Blitz
2. Rising Sun
   None of the above

The Japanese launched two waves of attacks on Pearl Harbor on the morning of December 7, 1941. Hoping to destroy the United States' Pacific fleet, the Japanese did cause damage, but not to any aircraft carriers, as they were out of port. The attack was codenamed Tora! Tora! Tora! which incidentally means "tiger" in Japanese.

1. Tony Blair
   John Major
2. Harold McMillan
   Winston Churchhill

John Major, a member of the Conservative Party, served as the British Prime Minister from 1990 to 1997, succeeding the first female Prime Minister of the country, Margaret Thatcher. He retired from politics in 2001.

1. Pravada
   Rusty
2. Laika
   Sevchenko

Laika, a stray dog from the streets of Moscow, was the first animal in space as well as the first to orbit the Earth. She did so aboard Sputnik 2 in 1957. Sadly, she died in space.

1. Mikhail Gorbachev
   Vladimir Putin
2. Joseph Stalin
   Yuri Andropov

The eighth and final leader of the Soviet Union, it was the actions of Mikhail Gorbachev in the late 1980s that led to the dissolution of the Eastern Bloc, the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of communism.

1. Bob Malone
   Mike Cruise
2. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger
   Perry Talor

Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger was nothing short of a hero. After multiple bird strikes caused the engines to fail on his airplane after take-off, he performed an emergency landing in the Hudson River, saving the lives of everyone onboard.

1. April 1, 1944
   June 6, 1954
2. July 7, 1943
   June 6, 1944

The Allies' push to defeat Hitler started with the invasion of France on June 6, 1944. On what was often called "The Longest Day," troops from Britain, Canada and the U.S.A. made amphibious assaults at beaches on the French coast at Normandy.

1. Thomas Jefferson
   John Adams
2. Benjamin Franklin
   Abraham Lincoln

The second president of the United States was John Adams. After serving as Vice President to George Washington, he was the next logical choice. Adams served one term, from 1797 to 1801.

1. Rapid Riders
   U.S. Postal
2. Pony Express
   None of the above

For the short time it existed, the Pony Express was crucial for delivering mail across America. In fact, it reduced the time a letter took to go from the east to west coast and vice versa to 10 days. It ran for around 18 months before the telegraph became a far faster way of sending messages.

1. The Battle of Britain
   The Battle of Hastings
2. The Battle of the Bulge
   The Battle of Jutland

Led by William the Conqueror, the French forces, commonly known as the Normans, beat the English forces of King Harold on English soil at the Battle of Hastings. By winning the battle, William became the King of England.

1. New Caledonia
   Fort Worth
2. New Amsterdam
   None of the above

The Dutch founded the settlement of New Amsterdam in 1625 but had been in the area even before that. New Amsterdam went on to become New York after the English took over the settlement in 1664.

1. Malcolm X
   Martin Luther King, Jr.
2. Louis Farrakhan
   None of the above

A human rights activist and Muslim religious leader, Malcolm X was one of the foremost civil rights activists of the 1960s. A member of the Nation of Islam, he left the organization after converting to the Sunni Muslim ideology. He was assassinated in 1965 at age 39 by three members of his former organization.

1. Monaco
   Vatican City
2. Belize
   Chad

Surrounded by the city of Rome, the Vatican is a city state and the headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church. It encompasses an area of 44 hectares and is home to around 1,000 permanent residents.

1. Arnold Schwarzenegger
   Clint Eastwood
2. Hulk Hogan
   Ben Kingsley

Arnold Schwarzenegger was nominated at the governor of California in 2003. Known as the "Governator" in reference to his Terminator film character, he remained in the position until 2011.

1. Nike
   Hera
2. Athena
   Aphrodite

Also known as the winged goddess of victory, Nike was born to the Titan Pallas and the goddess Styx and counts Kratos, Bia and Zelus as her siblings. The Roman equivalent for Nike is Victoria.

1. Giza Pyramids
   Colossus of Rhodes
2. Hanging gardens of Babylon
   Temple of Artemis at Ephesus

The Giza pyramid complex was built from 2580 to 2560 BC. The three pyramids are known as the Great Pyramid (or the Pyramid of Cheops or Khufu), the Pyramid of Khafre, and the Pyramid of Menkaure.

1. New Zealand
   United States
2. England
   Brazil

Incredibly, New Zealand was the first country to allow women to vote, setting an example with the Electoral Act signed in 2893. The campaign to allow women to vote was led by suffragist Kate Sheppard.

1. 1941
   1950
2. 1947
   1900

India's independence was secured in 1947 when the British House of Commons passed the Indian Independence Act. With this act, the area of British India was partitioned into India and Pakistan.

1. John Logie Baird
   Alexander Graham Bell
2. Nikola Tesla
   Clive Sinclair

John Logie Baird gave a demonstration of how television worked in 1926. Two years later, his company managed to broadcast a television signal across the Atlantic Ocean. He's also recognized for inventing color television.

1. 13
   4
2. 5
   12

Of course Neil Armstrong was the first, followed by Buzz Aldrin. Others include Alan Shepherd, Edgar Mitchell and John Young, the commander of the first Space Shuttle flight in 1981.

1. Hudson
   Delaware
2. Mississippi
   Missouri

General George Washington crossed the Delaware River in 1776 with more than 2,000 men during the American Revolutionary War. He did so to launch a surprise attack on the Hessian forces.

1. Michelle Obama
   Vanessa Williams
2. Condoleeza Rice
   None of the above

Vanessa Williams became the first African American woman to be crowned Miss America, winning the title in 1983. She was later forced to step down, however, when "Penthouse" magazine published unauthorized nude pictures of her.