Weekly Quiz for January 6 - 12

  • True or false: In 1835 the US national debt was $0 for the 1st and only time in history?

    1st US One-Dollar Notes
    • False
    • True

  • What did Steve Jobs and Apple introduce in 2007?

    Steve Jobs
    • iMac
    • iPod
    • iPhone
    • iTunes

  • What did Julius Caesar supposedly say when he crossed the Rubicon in 49 BC?

    Julius Caesar
    • The die is cast
    • I came, I saw, I conquered
    • No guts, no glory
    • We, who are about to die, salute you

  • Who is this, who starred in the TV crime drama "The Sopranos", which debuted this week in 1999?

    James Gandolfini
    • Steve Buscemi
    • Bryan Cranston
    • Michael C. Hall
    • James Gandolfini

  • What killed an estimated 160,000 people in Haiti in 2010?

    Earthquake Devastates Haiti
    • Volcanic eruption
    • Tsunami
    • Earthquake
    • Flood

  • In 1913 Joseph Dzhugashvili changed his surname to Stalin, which means what?

    Joseph Stalin
    • Man of steel
    • Man of strength
    • Man of greatness
    • Man of vigor

  • Who was the 1st to discover the three moons of the planet Jupiter in 1610?

    • Nicolaus Copernicus

      Nicolaus Copernicus

    • Galileo Galilei

      Galileo Galilei

    • Isaac Newton

      Isaac Newton

    • Edmond Halley

      Edmond Halley

  • Which US President announced the development of the hydrogen bomb in 1953?

    • Harry Truman

      Harry Truman

    • Franklin D. Roosevelt

      Franklin D. Roosevelt

    • John F. Kennedy

      John F. Kennedy

    • Richard Nixon

      Richard Nixon

  • Who is this English actor, born January 6, 1955?

    Rowan Atkinson
    • John Cleese
    • Rowan Atkinson
    • Ricky Gervais
    • Hugh Laurie

  • The French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte had his famous marriage to who annulled in 1810?

    Napoléon Bonaparte
    • Marie Louise
    • JosĂ©phine
    • Catherine de' Medici
    • Marie Antoinette
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