History Trivia Questions

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• Which government position did President Ford appoint historian Daniel J. Boorstin in 1974?

  Librarian of Congress

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• For a few weeks in 1998 what lake did President Clinton designate as a Great Lake?

  Lake Champlain

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• Run by Julian Assange which organization is described by its leader as "a giant library of the world's most persecuted documents"?

  WikiLeaks

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• Which European country is Vietnam a former colony of?

  France

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• Following a reading of the Declaration of Independence whose statue was torn down in a New York City park on July 9, 1776?

  King George III

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