Trivia Questions for the History Nerd

OK, all you Jeopardy contestant wanna-bes, try this one!

1. Who is the only former President of the United States buried in Washington, DC?

2. What was Adolf Hitler's membership number in the Nazi Party?

3. When George Herman "Babe" Ruth was traded to the New York Yankees by the Boston Red Sox, what position did he play?

4. What future member of the cast of The Beverly Hillbillies once danced onscreen with Shirley Temple?

5. What was Billy the Kid's baptismal name?

6. When was the last successful invasion of England, and who led that invasion?

7. By what name is Reginald Dwight better known?

8. Who were Moses Horwitz, Louis Feinberg, and Jerome Horwitz?

9. What monarch is credited with bringing the alcoholic beverage "Gin" to England?

10. "Opera" is the plural form of what word?

Answers

1. Woodrow Wilson, beneath the altar of the National Cathedral. If you said Kennedy, he's buried in Arlington, VA.

2. 555. Actually he was the 55^th member of the party but the extra "5" was added to make the Nazi Party seem larger than it really was, at the time.

3. Pitcher

4. Buddy Ebsen. Ebsen was also to have played the role of the Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz, but he was allergic to the make-up he would have had to worn.

5. Henry McCarty

6. 1066, led by William of Normandy who, at the time, was better known as William the Bastard (due to some irregularities in his family tree). The "Conqueror" was added after his death.

7. Elton John

8. The Three Stooges (They changed their names to Moe Howard, Larry Fine, and Jerry "Curly" Howard).

9. William of Orange. It was first brewed in Geneva, Switzerland and known as "Gen" until the English changed the spelling.

10. Opus