Professional History Interview Questions & Answers:

1. What political movement got its name from the hill in Jerusalem boasting the Temple of Solomon?

Zionism.

2. What nation started giving gas masks to its citizens before the Persian Gulf War?

Israel.

3. What presidents mug graces a $100,000 bill?

Woodrow Wilson's.

4. Who wore a suit instead of his usual military fatigues to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the U.N.?

Fidel Castro.

5. Who told the House Un-American Activities Committee that communist cartoonists might be using Mickey Mouse to spread propaganda?

Walt Disney.

6. Who did former communist Aleksander Kwasniewski defeat in a 1995 Eastern European presidential election?

Lech Walesa.

7. Who was the first U.N. secretary general to have both African and Arab roots?

Boutros Boutros-Ghali.

8. What do an average of 20 people do each year while staring at a Goodyear blimp?

Shoot at it.

9. What Nantucket shipwreck killed more divers exploring it than the 52 people it sank with?

The Andrea Doria.

10. What future saint ws originally taken to Ireland as a slave in 405 A.D.?

St. Patrick.