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  • Less than a century after its formation what event (which began and ended in April) nearly destroyed the United States?
    Beetlemania
    World War 2
    Shark Week
    The American Civil War
  • On April 3rd 1948, Truman signed the European Recovery Program. By which name is it more popularly known?
    The Trevor Situation
    The Marshall Plan
    The Calvin Solution
    The Curtis Procedure
  • Paul Revere was only one of the riders to warn of the British on April 18th 1775. Who was the other?
    Paul Newman
    Samuel Adams
    William Dawes
    Ben Franklin
  • What chilling event took place April 14, 1912?
    The Sinking of Titanic
    The invention of the automatic Ice Sculptor
    The Winter Olympics were added
    The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
  • Residents of San Francisco were shaken after waking up to this event on April 18th, 1906
    The San Francisco Earthquake
    The Johnstown Flood
    The Chicago Fire
    The Boston Tea Party
  • For what birthstone is April known?
    Garnet
    Diamond
    Quartz
    Emerald
  • This began on April 19 over two hundred and fifty years ago.
    The Middle Ages
    The Olympics
    Jerry Garcia's Dark Star guitar solo
    The War for Independence
  • No April Fools, Argentinian forces invaded this British Colony on April 2nd 1982.
    Falkland Islands
    Easter Island
    Sandwich Islands
    Cook Island
  • In April of 1513, for which kingdom did Ponce De Leon claim Florida?
    France
    Portugal
    England
    Spain
  • What influentual leader was shot and killed in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4th 1968?
    John F. Kennedy
    Martin Luther King Jr.
    Malcolm X
    Robert F. Kennedy Sr.
  • When did Yuri Gagarin become the first human to venture into space??
    April 12, 1961
    April 1, 1961
    Apri 12, 1986
    April 12, 1956
  • What significant event in world history occurred on April 6th, 1917?
    The Clark Bar is invented
    The liner Titanic sinks
    The US enters World War II
    The US enters World War I
  • On April 26 1986 which event began the eventual collapse of the Soviet Union?
    The Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster
    Gorbachev's birthmark
    The Fall of the Berlin Wall
    Ninety Nine Red Balloons
  • What did the ancient Romans call April?
    Apewont
    Quintus
    Aprillis
    Fifthimus
  • This disastrous joint CIA operation into Cuba took place in April of 1961. By what name is it known?
    The Coast of Cats
    The Cove of Cows
    The Gulf of Dogs
    The Bay of Pigs