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Trivia Questions

The verdict in the 1982 trial of John Hinckley Jr. for attempting to murder the president

France's 1778 recognition of this nation's independence was a virtual declaration of war on Britain

Frederick II agreed to lead one of these for the pope, but due to an epidemic he didn't go and was excommunicated

The congress held here hoped to restore Europe to the way it was before Napoleon

In 1570 Spain's Phillip II tried to put this queen on the English throne

This war was thought to be mythical until late 19th century excavations proved it really occurred

In 1838 Congress granted mail carrier status to this new form of transportation

America's first successful world exposition was held in 1876 in this Pennsylvania city

The territory acquired by the 1853 Gadsden Purchase is now part of these 2 states

The Marquis De Lafayette served in the American Revolution, the Lafayette Escadrille in this war