HistoryNet Polls Archive
What was the best classic monster movie?
- Frankenstein (27.0%, 160 Votes)
- Dracula (26.0%, 155 Votes)
- King Kong (18.0%, 107 Votes)
- Nosferatu (14.0%, 87 Votes)
- Godzilla, Japanese version (11.0%, 65 Votes)
- The Wolfman (4.0%, 27 Votes)
Total Voters: 601
Start Date: 10/24/2008 @ 9:56 am
End Date: No Expiry
Who was the most effective town-tamer in the Wild West?
- Wyatt Earp (52.0%, 237 Votes)
- Wild Bill Hickock (24.0%, 109 Votes)
- Dallas Stoudenmire (15.0%, 69 Votes)
- Elfego Baca (9.0%, 42 Votes)
Total Voters: 457
Start Date: 10/17/2008 @ 10:15 am
End Date: No Expiry
Overall, which of these was the most effect support weapon during the Vietnam War?
- 105mm M101 light howitzer (US) (53.0%, 97 Votes)
- 155mm M114 howitzer (US) (30.0%, 54 Votes)
- 106mm M40 recoilless rifle (US) (14.0%, 26 Votes)
- 130mm M46 gun-howitzer (NVA) (3.0%, 6 Votes)
Total Voters: 183
Start Date: 10/10/2008 @ 9:29 am
End Date: No Expiry
What would you rate as the most dramatic American presidential campaign?
- 1861, five candidates including Abraham Lincoln (36.0%, 88 Votes)
- 2000, George W. Bush v. Al Gore, Jr. (33.0%, 80 Votes)
- 1948, Thomas E. Dewey v. Harry S. Truman (25.0%, 61 Votes)
- 1876, Rutherford B. Hayes v. Samuel J. Tilden (6.0%, 14 Votes)
Total Voters: 243
Start Date: 10/3/2008 @ 10:12 am
End Date: No Expiry
Which of these ancient battles had the greatest impact on Western civilization?
- Salamis, 480 BC, Greek naval victory over Persians leads to Greek independence (44.0%, 86 Votes)
- Zama, 202 BC, ends Carthaginian challenge to Rome for control of Mediterranean (15.0%, 30 Votes)
- Teutoberger Wald, 9 AD, ends Roman expansion beyond the Rhine (15.0%, 29 Votes)
- Gaugamela (Arbela), 331 BC, Macedonian victory essentially ends Persian empire (14.0%, 27 Votes)
- Cynoscephalae, 197 BC, victory over Macedonians establishes Rome as dominant power (12.0%, 23 Votes)
Total Voters: 195
Start Date: 9/26/2008 @ 11:04 am
End Date: No Expiry
