World History Questions

In 1945, an Allied conference decided the partition of Germany in four occupation zones.
Where was that conference held?

Category: First World War and onward
Difficulty: 2/5 - Zone: World
A. Casablanca - 10% (572)
B. Moscow - 14% (759)
C. Los Angeles - 4% (217)
D. Yalta - 48% (2638)
What is the oldest political party in the western world?

Category: Global History
Difficulty: 3/5 - Zone: Europe (Minus Russia)
A. The Republicans (USA) - 14% (471)
B. The Conservatives (UK) - 49% (1702)
C. The Liberals (Canada) - 5% (159)
D. The Democrats (USA) - 13% (450)
When did the french protestant Villegaignon establish a community in what would become Rio
de Janeiro?
Category: Renaissance to French Revolution
Difficulty: 5/5 - Zone: Latin America
A. In the XVIII th century - 10% (135)
B. In the XVII century - 25% (337)
C. In the XVI century - 33% (440)
D. In the XV century - 5% (72)
When did Brunei become independent?

Difficulty: 5/5 - Zone: Asia (except Middle-East)
A. It has been independent since the Middle-Ages - 18% (270)
B. 1925 - 8% (124)
C. 1947 - 25% (364)
D. 1984 - 24% (358)
Which of these countries was not involved in cracking down on the Boxer Rebellion in China
over the turn of the 19th century?
Category: 19th Century
A. Belgium - 14% (186)

B. Spain - 25% (331)
C. Japan - 14% (188)
D. Austro-Hungary - 22% (289)
Question 64: When was Malaysia formed?

A. 1925 - 9% (163)
B. 1948 - 31% (536)
C. 1963 - 30% (520)
D. 1985 - 2% (43)
When did the last emperor of China ascend the throne?

A. 1685 - 4% (68)
B. 1895 - 14% (242)
C. 1909 - 36% (616)
D. 1923 - 19% (332)
Where did Ernesto 'Che' Guevara die?

A. Argentina - 14% (779)
B. Ecuador - 12% (639)
C. Venezuela - 16% (846)
D. Bolivia - 33% (1809)
What was Ferdinand de Lesseps's greatest achievement?

Difficulty: 2/5 - Zone: Arab World and Israel
A. Building the Channel Tunnel - 6% (332)
B. Building the Suez Canal - 35% (1892)
C. Building the Eiffel Tower - 19% (1031)
D. Building the Arc de Triomphe - 15% (838)
What did the Battle of the Plains of Abraham decide?

Difficulty: 4/5 - Zone: Others
A. The Boer War. - 13% (212)
B. The fate of the Jewish resistance to the Roman Empire. - 24% (400)
C. The fate of French colonialism in North America. - 27% (450)
D. The War of Texas Independence. - 9% (142)
Which country never had a colony in North America?

A. Russia - 23% (1697)
B. Germany - 33% (2357)
C. Sweden - 19% (1366)
D. Netherlands - 7% (495)
The Swahili culture is the result of a synthesis of the cultures of costal East Africa and
colonizers from:
Difficulty: 4/5 - Zone: Black Africa
A. India - 11% (178)
B. Portugal - 20% (330)
C. Indonesia - 6% (98)
D. Arabia - 34% (567)
Which of these nations had an army in excess of 1 million men in the 70s?
A. Thailand - 5% (165)
B. Indonesia - 13% (436)
C. Vietnam - 55% (1816)
D. Burma - 7% (225)
What was the capital of Republican China (1928 - 1949)?

A. Beijing - 14% (460)
B. Nanjing - 32% (1035)
C. Shanghai - 25% (820)
D. Guangzhou - 7% (234)
Who is Stamford Raffles?
A. The founder of British Malaya - 11% (195)
B. The botanist who brought the first rubber saplings to Malaya. - 17% (306)
C. The founder of Singapore - 32% (569)
D. The captain of the battleship Repulse, sunk by the Japanese during WW2 - 9% (166)
King Mongkut is known as the Father of Modern ___ ?

A. Burma - 21% (359)
B. Korea - 6% (100)
C. Thailand - 41% (711)
D. Vietnam - 3% (55)
What is the latest state to join the United States, bringing the number to 50?
Difficulty: 2/5 - Zone: United States
A. Hawaii - 50% (2810)
B. Alaska - 20% (1133)
C. Puerto Rico - 5% (268)
D. Guantanamo - 2% (115)
Brazil has had 3 capitals during its history. Which are they?
A. Salvador, Rio de Janeiro and Braslia - 23% (400)
B. Rio de Janeiro, So Paulo and Braslia - 34% (593)
C. Belo Horizonte, Rio de Janeiro and So Paulo - 4% (77)
D. Salvador, So Paulo and Braslia - 11% (184)
Which South American country fought against the combined armies of Brazil, Argentina and
Uruguay from 1864 to1870?
A. Columbia - 11% (196)
B. Venezuela - 11% (181)

C. Paraguay - 34% (588)
D. Chile - 16% (265)
Where was the last man to successfully conquer England from?

A. Normandy - 50% (3554)
B. Germany - 12% (856)
C. Norway - 11% (785)
D. Naples - 7% (485)
What Roman general conquered Gaul in the First Century BC?

Category: Prehistory and Antiquity
A. Julius Ceasar - 56% (4029)
B. Gnaeus Pompeius (Pompey the Great) - 14% (1035)
C. Crassus - 7% (509)
D. Vercingetorix - 2% (159)
By which of those ancient civilizations was Machu Pichu built?

A. The Aztecs - 13% (910)
B. The Egyptians - 4% (298)
C. The Mayas - 21% (1485)
D. The Incas - 43% (3054)
Between which countries was the Hundred Years war mainly fought?
Category: Middle-Ages
A. Prussia and France - 10% (756)
B. Spain and France - 9% (679)
C. England and Ireland - 5% (360)
D. France and England - 57% (4143)
On which side did Japan fight in the First World War?

A. None, it was neutral - 20% (657)
B. With the United Kingdom against Germany - 30% (1008)
C. With Germany against the United Kingdom - 11% (355)
D. Against Russia, but on its own - 18% (609)
What was the name of Istanbul before its capture by the Turks?
A. Constantinople - 69% (4978)
B. Byzance - 6% (408)
C. Adrienople - 3% (230)
D. Nicosia - 3% (188)
What is the name of the explorer who led the first (proven) expedition around the globe?
A. Cristobal Columbus - 11% (775)
B. Amerigo Vespucci - 7% (471)
C. Vasco da Gama - 12% (839)
D. Ferno de Magalhes (Magellan) - 53% (3791)
Where was Christopher Columbus from?

A. Spain - 21% (1166)
B. Portugal - 16% (903)
C. Venice - 9% (513)
D. Genoa - 32% (1762)
Of the following Napoleonic battles, which one was a defeat for Napoleonic France?
A. Austerlitz - 15% (1052)
B. The Pyramids - 8% (554)
C. Wagram - 9% (665)
D. Trafalgar - 48% (3423)

When did the Dutch declare independence for the first time?
A. 1522 - 17% (298)
B. 1581 - 33% (565)
C. 1672 - 14% (240)
D. 1815 - 6% (110)
Who wrote the first version of the Dutch constitution as used today?
A. Willem I van Oranje-Nassau - 29% (422)
B. Van Oldernbarneveldt - 16% (239)
C. Thorbecke - 18% (258)
D. De Witth - 11% (159)
Which book is said to have played an important role in the Hungary uprising against the
Soviet-Union?
A. George Orwell's 1984 - 38% (1230)
B. John Milton's Paradise Lost - 14% (451)
C. Thomas More's Utopia - 23% (736)
D. H.G. Wells' The Time Machine - 3% (95)
In what year did Alaric the Goth sack Rome?

A. 378 AD - 14% (188)
B. 390 AD - 15% (194)
C. 410 AD - 32% (428)
D. 455 AD - 12% (164)
Many scholars choose May 6, 1527, as an end point for the Renaissance. What event occurred
on that date?
A. The death of Dante Alighieri - 7% (124)
B. The death of Cesare Borgia - 8% (136)

C. The fall of the republic of Florence - 27% (464)
D. The sack of Rome by soldiers of Charles V - 28% (483)
The 'quinquennium Neronis', probably the first 5 years of Nero's reign, was said to have been
a golden age. Who apparently said this?
A. Nerva - 8% (95)
B. Trajan - 20% (246)
C. Marcus Aurelius - 20% (251)
D. Seneca - 26% (330)
Which Theban leader is credited with the formation of the famous Sacred Band?
A. Epaminondas - 18% (242)
B. Gorgidas - 21% (275)
C. Pelopidas - 22% (288)
D. Oedipus - 12% (157)
In the 960s, having been defeated in war by Pandulf (the Duke of Capua) and with Berengarius
II (King of Italy) looking to take control of Rome, Pope John XII requested the help of which
ruler?
A. Lothair I (King of France) - 20% (653)
B. Otto I (King of Germany) - 37% (1211)
C. Al-Muti (Abbasid Caliph) - 6% (186)
D. John I Tzimisces (Byzantine Emperor) - 15% (480)
The Khanates of Astrakhan and Kazan were conquered in the reign of which Muscovite ruler?
Author: Calgacus - Category: Middle-Ages
A. Dmitrii Donskoi - 6% (103)
B. Ivan III - 25% (443)
C. Vasilii III - 9% (149)
D. Ivan IV - 30% (523)

Which ruler of the 'Rus' conquered the Jewish Turkic state known as Khazaria?
Author: Calgacus - Category: Middle-Ages
A. Riurik - 12% (161)
B. Igor - 23% (306)
C. Sviatoslav - 25% (329)
D. Iaroslav the Wise - 12% (167)
In the late 17th century, the Scots attempted to found a colony in modern day Panama. What
name is usually given to this ill-fated expedition?
A. Darien Expedition - 31% (391)
B. New Caledonia Expedition - 23% (295)
C. Panama Expedition - 10% (126)
D. Nova Scotia Expedition - 9% (114)
On the 16th April 1746, the last pitched land battle to have taken place in Britain took place, in
which the hopes of 'Bonnie Prince Charlie' came to an end. What was the name of this battle?
A. Killiecrankie - 12% (377)
B. Sheriffmuir - 11% (368)
C. Prestonpans - 13% (408)
D. Culloden - 38% (1229)
The ancient city of Antioch lay within the boundaries of what modern country?
A. Greece - 14% (777)
B. Turkey - 32% (1735)
C. Syria - 23% (1269)
D. Egypt - 5% (277)
In what year did Constantine the Great hold the Council of Nicaea?
Author: Calgacus - Category: Prehistory and Antiquity
A. 278 - 8% (265)
B. 302 - 18% (578)

C. 325 - 39% (1248)
D. 389 - 12% (386)
Which modern author is famous for his historical novel about Julian the Apostate?
A. Gore Vidal - 29% (380)
B. Robert Graves - 23% (295)
C. Rex Warner - 13% (165)
D. Henryx Sienkiewicz - 8% (99)
The Persian satrapy of Skudra included which two areas?

A. Macedonia and Thrace - 18% (243)
B. Thrace and Asia Minor - 14% (185)
C. Asia Minor and Syria - 22% (291)
D. Syria and Palestine - 18% (241)
Where was the largest Jewish state in history located?

A. Egypt - 14% (757)
B. The Levant - 20% (1076)
C. Mesopotamia - 27% (1462)
D. Central Asia - 15% (843)
Which of the following 19th century American figures was NOT nominated for the US
Presidency by the Whig Party?
A. Senator Henry Clay - 12% (159)
B. General Winfield Scott - 17% (230)
C. Senator Daniel Webster - 27% (353)
D. General Zachary Taylor - 16% (211)
Which of the following US Presidential elections had the closest electoral vote?
A. 2000 (Bush vs Gore) - 36% (619)
B. 1976 (Carter vs Ford) - 5% (86)
C. 1960 (Kennedy vs Nixon) - 13% (232)
D. 1876 (Hayes vs Tilden) - 18% (318)
Out of the following unsucessful US Presidential candidates, who won the most electoral
votes?
A. Strom Thurmond - 16% (284)
B. George McGovern - 21% (365)
C. Walter Mondale - 20% (352)
D. Eugene V. Debbs - 11% (183)
Many US states, most famously Texas and Hawaii, were once independent countries. Which of
the following states was also independent at one time?
A. Vermont - 23% (761)
B. Nevada - 9% (299)
C. New Mexico - 25% (844)
D. Alaska - 22% (749)
Which of the following groups were not given official recognition under the Ottoman empire?
A. Orthodox Christians - 8% (272)
B. Jews - 21% (686)
C. Armenian Christians - 23% (743)
D. Shi'i Muslims - 26% (864)
How many women do most experts agree Jack the Ripper killed?
A. 2 - 3% (84)
B. 5 - 27% (865)
C. 9 - 30% (966)
D. 14 - 19% (593)
Approximately what percentage of Hohenzollern Kings of Prussia or Germany were named
'Frederick', 'Wilhelm', or the combination 'Frederick Wilhelm'?
A. 25% - 6% (182)
B. 50% - 18% (578)
C. 75% - 26% (838)
D. 100% - 26% (835)
Only five US Presidents have had full beards. What did they all have in common?
A. They all served in the US Civil War - 13% (431)
B. They were all Republicans - 38% (1261)
C. They all served just one term - 23% (754)
D. All of their Vice-Presidents had moustaches - 5% (179)
All three times Mexico has been invaded from the sea (by the Spanish, by the Americans, and
by the French), the invaders have landed at virtually the same location. Which modern
Mexican city does that location correspond with?
A. Matamoros - 5% (149)
B. Tampico - 9% (291)
C. Veracruz - 47% (1509)
D. Cancun - 16% (527)
Which Khazar bek converted the country to Judaism?

A. Obadiah - 20% (265)
B. Hazer Tarkhan - 23% (297)
C. Bulan Sabriel - 15% (197)
D. Joseph - 13% (165)
Which was not a Great Khan of Mongolia?

A. Ogadai Khan - 10% (130)

B. Batu Khan - 24% (308)
C. Guyuk Khan - 20% (256)
D. Mongke Khan - 19% (251)
Who conquered the last of the Khwarazmian Empire, crossed and conquered the Caucasus
and marched north into Russia defeating an army more than 12 times larger in only a few
months?
A. General Subedei - 24% (306)
B. King Alexander the Great - 17% (226)
C. Hulagu Khan - 25% (319)
D. Khagan Alp Arslan - 7% (94)
What was the last Mongol state to be conquered by a foreign power?

A. Khanate of the Crimea - 21% (263)
B. Mughal Empire - 24% (293)
C. Dzungaria - 19% (231)
D. Khalka Horde - 10% (123)
Who was America's first president?

A. John Adams - 3% (186)
B. Thomas Jefferson - 3% (229)
C. Abraham Lincoln - 6% (462)
D. George Washington - 71% (5131)
Where did Charles the Bold, last reigning Duke of Burgundy, die?
A. In Dijon - 23% (404)
B. In Nancy - 25% (448)
C. In London - 13% (231)
D. In Paris - 10% (173)

Which British officer was defeated at Isandlwana by Zulu troops armed with shield and
spears?
A. Lt. Gen. Lord Chelmsford - 31% (529)
B. Sir Henry Bartle Frere - 13% (214)
C. Lord Baden-Powell - 18% (301)
D. Sir Theophilus Shepstone - 7% (126)
Which Hellenistic monarch was killed at the battle of Ipsus in 301 BC?
A. Seleucus I ('the Conqueror') - 16% (202)
B. Lysimachus I - 14% (175)
C. Antigonus I ('the One-Eyed') - 27% (340)
D. Ptolemy I ('the Savior') - 15% (192)
Which US political party was the first to use national conventions to nominate presidential
candidates?
A. The Democratic-Republican Party - 25% (341)
B. The Know-Nothing Party - 7% (99)
C. The Anti-Masonic Party - 16% (213)
D. The Whig Party - 27% (369)
Who lost the Battle of Tannenburg (or Grunwald) against Poland-Lithuania in 1410?
A. The Russians - 12% (167)
B. The Mongols - 11% (150)
C. The Teutonic Knights - 42% (568)
D. The Magyars - 9% (116)
The Balkan Wars lasted from:

A. 1897-1902 - 24% (1302)

B. 1912-1913 - 25% (1332)
C. 1909-1911 - 17% (905)
D. 1911-1912 - 9% (485)
The Seven Weeks War was between which countries?

A. France and Prussia - 21% (665)
B. France and Spain - 14% (434)
C. Austria and Prussia - 34% (1070)
D. France and Austria - 10% (326)
Which country employed Henry Hudson to find the famous 'NorthWest-Passage'?

A. England - 33% (1059)
B. The Netherlands - 26% (833)
C. Denmark - 9% (301)
D. France - 8% (261)
What was the most populous tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy?

A. Seneca - 27% (348)
B. Mohawk - 35% (455)
C. Onondaga - 10% (134)
D. Cayuga - 3% (40)
The St Marco Campanile standing in Venice today is a copy. How and when was the original
destroyed?
A. It was burnt by Austrian troops in the XVIIth century - 10% (127)
B. It was destroyed on orders of Napoleon to punish Venetian resistance in 1799 - 19% (254)
C. It burnt down in 1756 in a fire which destroyed part of central Venice - 24% (309)
D. It collapsed in 1902 due to severe structural faults - 19% (244)

In which city were General Franco's headquarters located during the Spanish Civil War?
A. Burgos - 24% (312)
B. Toledo - 26% (339)
C. Valladolid - 13% (164)
D. Leon - 12% (149)
After being released from prison in 1953, to which country was Fidel Castro exiled?
A. Honduras - 28% (891)
B. Haiti - 18% (582)
C. Mexico - 25% (791)
D. Spain - 9% (277)
What was the last Republican city to fall to the Nationalist in the Spanish Civil War?
A. Zaragoza - 16% (252)
B. Murcia - 8% (136)
C. Toledo - 20% (324)
D. Valencia - 26% (429)
Which of the following was never part of the British Empire?

Author: Joe Gosnell - Category: Global History
A. Zanzibar - 10% (168)
B. Dijbouti - 37% (627)
C. Malta - 9% (159)
D. Cyprus - 18% (306)
What was the Apadana?

Author: Mongoloid Cow - Category: Prehistory and Antiquity
A. The name of the 'High Road' which stretched from Assyria through Media to Parthia - 19% (236)
B. The name of the tomb of Darius the Great of Persia - 14% (171)
C. The name of the main hall of the Palace in Persepolis - 27% (334)
D. The name of the tomb of Cyrus the Great of Persia - 11% (140)
What was the capital of the NorthWest Territory in the modern day USA?
Author: Joe Gosnell - Category: 19th Century
A. Detroit - 20% (328)
B. Dayton - 14% (226)
C. Chillicothe - 19% (323)
D. Chicago - 19% (320)
What was the old Scottish name for Knigsberg?

A. Kingisburgh - 23% (288)
B. Queynisbrig - 22% (283)
C. Counistoun - 13% (162)
D. Dunri - 14% (177)
Friedrich Barbarossa died in 1190, to the great relief of Saladin, while travelling through Asia
Minor on crusade. On which Crusade was this?
A. 1st Crusade - 7% (117)
B. 2nd Crusade - 21% (343)
C. 3rd Crusade - 39% (649)
D. 5th Crusade - 6% (98)
Which general succeeded Alexander the Great in Thrace?

A. Lysimachus - 22% (284)
B. Antigonus - 22% (291)
C. Seleucus - 17% (218)
D. Ptolemy - 14% (185)
Who was the first Prime Minister of Australia?

A. Harold Holt - 10% (122)

B. Edmund Barton - 33% (418)
C. Robert Menzies - 15% (188)
D. John Howard - 13% (164)
During the American Civil War, who was President of the Confederate States of America?
A. Robert E. Lee - 14% (768)
B. Andrew Johnson - 10% (530)
C. Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson - 10% (527)
D. Jefferson Davis - 41% (2166)
Who founded the Mughal dynasty?

A. Akbar - 20% (656)
B. Babur - 31% (1009)
C. Abbas the Great - 12% (377)
D. Tamerlane - 13% (428)
On July 2, 1881, lawyer and itinerant preacher Charles Guiteau fatally shot recently-elected US
President James Garfield. Why?
A. Guiteau had asked to become ambassador to France and had been rejected - 21% (330)
B. Guiteau was a Democrat and thus disliked the Republican Garfield - 6% (101)
C. Guiteau believed his wife had cheated on him with Garfield several years earlier - 11% (182)
D. Guiteau believed that God had ordered him to do it - 31% (502)
In 1901, US President William McKinley was fatally shot by Leon Czolgosz. What kind of
political extremist was Czolgosz?
A. A Socialist - 13% (418)
B. A supporter of unlimited silver coinage - 6% (200)
C. An opponent of the Spanish-American war (which had occured under McKinley's first term) - 13%
(419)
D. An Anarchist - 45% (1445)

Which US President was nicknamed 'Old Kinderhook?' His supporters formed 'OK Clubs' and
are sometimes credited with the origin of the phrase 'okay.'
A. Andrew Jackson - 16% (214)
B. James K. Polk - 19% (249)
C. Martin Van Buren - 27% (351)
D. Millard Fillmore - 9% (111)
In 19th century American politics, what was a 'Loco-Foco?'

A. A derrogatory term for a Democrat - 19% (245)
B. A New York Whig - 8% (110)
C. A follower of President Millard Fillmore - 9% (122)
D. Somebody who opposed the Mexican-American war - 36% (475)
Which Middle Eastern empire created its own language for government use?
A. The Safavids - 15% (232)
B. The Mamluks - 16% (254)
C. The Ottomans - 32% (518)
D. The Il-Khanate - 7% (112)
How many Dalai Lamas have there been?

A. 13 - 15% (197)
B. 14 - 30% (405)
C. 15 - 17% (230)
D. 16 - 12% (155)
What was the capital of the Zulus under King Cetshwayo?

A. kwa-Zulu - 16% (256)
B. Ulundi - 31% (512)

C. Zimbabwe - 15% (254)
D. Bapedi - 6% (101)
Bolivia lost its access to the ocean in the Pacific War. Which country defeated Bolivia in that
war?
A. Brazil - 10% (544)
B. Peru - 22% (1209)
C. Argentina - 16% (867)
D. Chile - 25% (1351)
Only one South American country had a Monarchy. Which was it?
A. Argentina - 18% (1006)
B. Brazil - 32% (1762)
C. Paraguay - 15% (838)
D. Uruguay - 9% (518)
What was the league established by the Macedonian King Philip II to gain hegemony over
Greece?
A. Achaean League - 26% (424)
B. League of Corinth - 30% (495)
C. Amphictyonic League - 6% (99)
D. League of Argos - 9% (149)
Which of the following is NOT considered an American objective in the War of 1812?
A. The annexation of Canada - 24% (776)
B. Aiding Napoleon in Europe by creating another front for the British - 40% (1290)
C. Stopping British impressment of US sailors - 7% (213)
D. Expelling the British from the Northwest Territories - 7% (235)
Which sultan extended the Ottoman Empire to within 90 miles of Vienna, which he
unsucessfully beseiged?
A. Selim the Grim - 5% (282)
B. Mehmet the Conqueror - 20% (1045)
C. Ishmael I - 11% (603)
D. Sulieman the Magnificent - 37% (1965)
Who became Prime Minister of Great Britain in 1945, replacing Winston Churchill?
A. Clement Attlee - 27% (1491)
B. Anthony Eden - 10% (567)
C. Stanley Baldwin - 13% (685)
D. Neville Chamberlain - 25% (1357)
During the Iranian revolution, a group of Americans was taken hostage at the US embassy by
radicals, leading to a serious international incident. For how long were these hostages held?
A. 153 days - 16% (265)
B. 356 days - 13% (213)
C. 397 days - 16% (267)
D. 444 days - 26% (438)
Where was Napoleon born?

A. Sardinia - 12% (864)
B. French Guiana - 13% (909)
C. Corsica - 50% (3523)
D. Elba - 7% (500)
Which European royal family, often the butt of inbreeding jokes, once ruled Austria?
A. the Hohenzollerns - 7% (499)
B. the Hohenstaufens - 12% (850)
C. the Habsburgs - 56% (3981)

D. the Hoechingens - 4% (270)
Which city served as a co-capital of the ancient Persian empire and was the scene of a bizare
mass wedding between hundreds of Alexander the Great's soldiers and native women?
A. Persepolis - 31% (513)
B. Susa - 20% (339)
C. Ninevah - 13% (215)
D. Ctesiphon - 7% (118)
Which was not an Iranian dynasty?

A. Achaemenid - 23% (747)
B. Fatimid - 27% (869)
C. Saffarid - 15% (477)
D. Sassanid - 12% (373)
The 25th Dynasty of Egypt originally ruled which foreign empire?

A. Libya - 8% (137)
B. Nubia - 36% (592)
C. Persia - 14% (226)
D. None, it was native Egyptian - 13% (207)
In the 1st Century BC, Crassus (reportedly the richest man of Rome) led a disastrous and
embarrassing campaign against who?
A. The Forces of Julius Caesar - 28% (922)
B. The Gallic Tribe of the Parisii - 13% (440)
C. The Nubian Empire - 10% (317)
D. The Parthian Empire - 25% (824)
How many U.S. Presidents were assassinated during their terms in office, and who were they?
A. Two: Abraham Lincoln and John Fitzgerald Kennedy - 21% (1152)
B. Three: Abraham Lincoln, John Fitzgerald Kennedy and James Garfield - 15% (810)
C. Four: Abraham Lincoln, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, William Mckinley, and James Garfield -
36% (1915)
D. Four: Abraham Lincoln, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Gerald Ford, and John Adams - 4% (219)
Which of these countries was the first to gain full independence?

A. Ghana - 29% (472)
B. Nigeria - 19% (309)
C. Ivory Coast - 12% (192)
D. Senegal - 11% (174)
In 1895 which African country defeated Italy allowing it to stay independent?

A. Eritrea - 6% (404)
B. Liberia - 12% (818)
C. Ethiopia - 44% (3071)
D. Libya - 19% (1335)
The anciant Nok civilization of Africa flourished in what modern day country?
Author: Joe Gosnell - Category: Global History
A. Gabon - 12% (152)
B. Senegal - 20% (253)
C. Mauritania - 14% (181)
D. Nigeria - 27% (350)
Who did King Leopold II of Belgium hire to explore and found colonies in Zaire?
- Category: 19th Century
A. David Livingstone - 24% (324)
B. Henry Morton Stanley - 30% (398)
C. John Hanning Speke - 15% (197)
D. Emin Pasha - 5% (64)

Rising from political obscurity, this dark horse candidate defeated the famous Henry Clay in
the 1844 US Presidential elections on an expansionist platform. In four years, he fulfilled
virtually all of his campaign promises by taking the current American southwest from Mexico,
forcing Great Britain to give up their claim to the southern half of the Oregon territory,
slashing tariffs, and building an independent treasury. He then retired and died a few years
later. Who was this protege of Andrew Jackson nicknamed 'Young Hickory' or 'Napoleon of
the Stump?'
A. Martin van Buren - 14% (228)
B. James K. Polk - 35% (566)
C. Lewis Cass - 6% (97)
D. John Tyler - 16% (253)
From which Macedonian general was Cleopatra, the last queen of Egypt, descended?
A. Seleucus - 8% (433)
B. Alexander the Great - 31% (1633)
C. Antipater - 5% (240)
D. Ptolemy - 32% (1666)
Ronald Reagan made his first political appearence in 1964, giving a speech for which
conservative Republican presidential candidate?
A. Nelson Rockefeller - 9% (112)
B. Richard Nixon - 31% (381)
C. Barry Goldwater - 27% (338)
D. George Wallace - 6% (79)
What Chinese dynasty did the Manchu minority establishes?

A. The Song dynasty - 6% (93)
B. The Qing dynasty - 27% (438)
C. The Ming dynasty - 29% (470)
D. The Yuan dynasty - 10% (155)
Who was Premier of the Soviet Union in the Cuban Missle Crisis?
A. Krushchev - 53% (2912)
B. Stalin - 11% (629)
C. Brezhnev - 8% (452)
D. Kosygin - 2% (117)
Which famous poet and scientist was employed by the Seljuqs to reform the Islamic calendar?
A. Al-Khwarazimi - 15% (182)
B. Al-Tusi - 9% (106)
C. Ibn Sina (Avicenna) - 18% (211)
D. Omar Khayyam - 28% (336)
Who founded the Mongol Empire?

A. Genghis Khan - 62% (4394)
B. Kublai Khan - 12% (886)
C. Batu Khan - 5% (335)
D. Joan of Arc - 2% (123)
Which of these empires was not based in Mexico?

A. Aztec - 7% (470)
B. Inca - 46% (3267)
C. Olmec - 18% (1241)
D. Toltec - 11% (773)
Which of these cities never was a capital of Assyria?

A. Ashur - 8% (269)
B. Babylon - 30% (974)
C. Dur-Sharrukin - 27% (860)
D. Nineveh - 12% (385)

Where was Cyrus the Great's tomb built?
A. In his capital of Pasargadae - 13% (170)
B. In his capital of Persepolis - 19% (238)
C. In a cliff-face on the road to Persepolis - 14% (176)
D. No one knows - his tomb has never been found - 27% (339)
By what disaster was St. Pierre, the old capital of Martinique, destroyed?
A. A massive fire - 13% (154)
B. A typhoon - 12% (142)
C. A volcanic eruption - 38% (466)
D. The explosion of a munition storage - 10% (122)
By what name was the capital of Cyprus, Nicosia, known?

A. Ledra - 19% (234)
B. Famagusta - 19% (225)
C. Salamis - 23% (273)
D. Polis - 10% (126)
After the emperor of China, Pu Yi , was captured by the communist, what occupation did he
take?
A. Custodian - 12% (367)
B. Politician - 8% (255)
C. Sales clerk - 7% (230)
D. Gardener - 50% (1549)
Between which European Powers was the Crimean War mainly fought?
A. The Russians, British, and French against the Ottomans - 16% (839)
B. The British and French against the Ottomans - 14% (771)

C. The Ottomans, British and French against the Russians - 33% (1791)
D. The Russians against the Crimean Tartars - 10% (537)
From what country did Britain begin to recruit Gurkha soldiers in 1816?
A. India - 31% (970)
B. South Africa - 7% (219)
C. Birmany - 4% (123)
D. Nepal - 38% (1209)
How many million immigrants came to the United States between 1880 and 1900?
A. 5 millions - 8% (93)
B. 9 millions - 25% (304)
C. 15 millions - 26% (323)
D. 21 millions - 16% (191)
Which of the following happened the earliest in the United Kingdom?

A. The official adoption of the gold standard - 26% (325)
B. The adoption of postal stamps - 23% (289)
C. The abolition of slavery throughout its empire - 21% (270)
D. The adoption of women's suffrage - 4% (47)
What was the name of the first transatlantic passenger steamship?

Author: Sultan - Category: 19th Century
A. Titanic - 10% (138)
B. S.S. Great Britain - 23% (302)
C. Constitution - 14% (181)
D. Great Western - 29% (383)
What country shipped out the first ever shipment of frozen meat in 1877, and to which
country?
A. The United States, to France - 16% (199)
B. France, to the United Kingdom - 11% (130)
C. Argentina, to France - 26% (321)
D. British Canada, to the United Kingdom - 19% (238)
What country built the first purpose-built oil tanker in 1886?

A. The United States - 17% (216)
B. The United Kingdom - 26% (327)
C. France - 9% (108)
D. Germany - 23% (283)
What was the first continental European state to complete its rail network, in the 1840s?
A. Prussia - 24% (796)
B. Belgium - 29% (957)
C. France - 21% (696)
D. Piedmont - 4% (142)
What did Britain trade the island of Helgoland with Germany for?
A. 5 million pounds - 10% (322)
B. The recognition of British rights on South Africa - 21% (657)
C. A treaty in which Germany recognised the independence of Belgium and the Netherlands - 20%
(632)
D. The islands of Pemba and Zanzibar - 25% (794)
What country saw native religion fused with Christianity in 1865's 'Hau Hau' movement?
A. Mexico - 7% (88)
B. Japan - 11% (142)
C. Indochina - 26% (320)
D. New Zealand - 30% (381)

What U.S. naval commander signed the Treaty of Kanagawa in 1854, opening Japan to the
west for the first time?
A. John Rogers - 8% (432)
B. Matthew Perry - 41% (2154)
C. James Biddle - 11% (590)
D. Francis Shermann - 12% (633)
Where was the first British colonial railroad?

A. India - 36% (452)
B. South Africa - 13% (158)
C. Jamaica - 13% (161)
D. Canada - 13% (159)
What entity did Napoleon replace the Holy Roman Empire with in 1806?
A. The Germanic Union - 8% (246)
B. The Holy League - 19% (603)
C. The Frankfort Confederation - 7% (235)
D. The Confederation of the Rhine - 42% (1313)
Of what Near Eastern kingdom was the ancient city of Petra, in modern day Jordan, the
capital?
A. The Phillistine Kingdom - 21% (267)
B. The Moab Kingdom - 14% (168)
C. The Nabatean Kingdom - 26% (322)
D. The Sheba Kingdom - 11% (139)
How did Joan of Arc die?

A. She received a fatal wound during a failed siege of Paris - 5% (346)
B. She died of Black Fever during a campaign - 6% (418)

C. She was assasinated on orders of the Earl of Warwick - 6% (411)
D. She was burnt as an heretic by the English in Rouen - 64% (4584)
Midway was the first Japanese naval defeat since:

A. 1327 - 14% (186)
B. 1592 - 29% (385)
C. 1831 - 18% (242)
D. 1905 - 12% (163)
Which Spanish conquistador destroyed the Aztec (or Mexica) empire in what is now Mexico?
A. Francisco Pizzaro - 11% (808)
B. Hernan Corts - 55% (3839)
C. Diego Velazquez - 9% (604)
D. Ponce de Lon - 6% (401)
Which monarch launched the Spanish Armada against England?

A. Charles V - 11% (348)
B. Phillip II - 41% (1318)
C. Phillip III - 10% (322)
D. Ferdinand I - 17% (534)
What happened in France in 1789?

A. The coronation of Napoleon the First - 12% (652)
B. The beheading of Louis the XIVth - 18% (921)
C. The declaration of war against Austria - 5% (272)
D. The fall of the Bastille prison - 40% (2095)
Which of the following is one of the Seven Wonders of the World?

A. The Great Wall of China - 29% (1573)
B. The Great Library of Alexandria - 11% (594)
C. The Taj Mahal - 12% (664)
D. The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus - 25% (1336)
Who was defeated at the Battle of Tours (or of Poitiers) by the Franks led by Charles Martel?
A. The English - 21% (1471)
B. The Germans - 13% (914)
C. The Spanish - 15% (1064)
D. The Arabs - 30% (2114)
By the end of the 19th century, which country was the biggest colonial power?
A. France - 7% (515)
B. The United Kingdom - 63% (4404)
C. Spain - 7% (509)
D. Germany - 4% (301)
On which side did Italy fight in World War One?

A. With Germany - 24% (1714)
B. With the Allies - 40% (2833)
C. Briefly against France, but alone - 7% (465)
D. It was neutral - 10% (721)
Question 337: Which of those territories never was a Venitian possesion?

Author: K. - Category: Renaissance to French Revolution
Cyprus - 18% (1279)
Morea - 18% (1240)
Crete - 15% (1035)
Sicily - 27% (1888)
No answer picked: 21% (1475)

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Question 338: Which state sold Corsica to France in 1768?
Genoa - 32% (2204)
Venice - 18% (1280)
The Papal States - 19% (1322)
The United Kingdom - 10% (674)

Question 339: Which of those territories was never under European control during the 19th
century?
Author: K. - Category: 19th Century
Ivory Coast - 8% (394)
Madagascar - 20% (1031)
Rwanda - 12% (629)
Ethiopia - 36% (1881)

Question 340: Which Roman Emperor converted to Christianity, legalised and supported it
though never made it the official religion?
Author: K. - Category: Prehistory and Antiquity
Maxentius - 3% (177)
Constantine - 56% (2968)
Augustus - 13% (669)
Julian - 4% (220)

Question 341: Who was crowned King of Italy in 1861?
Victor Emmanuel - 37% (1974)
Humbert - 7% (348)
Garibaldi - 22% (1189)
Camillo Benso - 8% (432)

Question 342: Which French king built Versailles?
Franois I - 4% (301)
Louis XII - 13% (918)

Louis XIV - 53% (3674)
Louis XVI - 10% (704)

Question 343: Which of the following was a Portuguese colony?
Sri Lanka - 13% (694)
Zimbabwe - 9% (467)
Mozambique - 33% (1761)

Question 345: Fifteen-century ruler Vlad III Dracula ('Vlad the Impaler') is best remembered
today for inspiring Bram Stoker's novelDracula. What land did he rule?
Author: K. - Category: Middle-Ages
Bulgaria - 15% (782)
Albania - 16% (866)
Moldavia - 18% (951)
Wallachia - 25% (1325)

Question 346: When was the Holy Roman Empire dissolved?
In 1637, during the Thirty Years War - 29% (2035)
In 1806, during the Napoleonic Wars - 31% (2153)
In 1848, during the waves of revolts sweeping though Europe - 12% (864)
In 1918, following the defeat of Austria-Hungary and Germany - 7% (495)

Question 347: Which Pope launched the First Crusade?
Alexius I - 6% (184)
Gregory VII - 18% (581)
Urban II - 38% (1217)
Pius V - 16% (519)

Question 348: What Islamic dynasty was founded by Sultan Saladin?
Author: Joe Gosnell - Category: Middle-Ages
The Ayyubid dynasty - 22% (266)
The Fatamid dynasty - 19% (232)
The Abbasid dynasty - 23% (279)
The Almohad dynasty - 8% (100)

Question 356: Who was surnamed the 'Father of History'?
Author: Archeolooginspe - Category: Prehistory and Antiquity
Hesiodus - 4% (54)
Herodotus - 57% (700)
Thucydides - 8% (95)
Xenophon - 4% (43)

Question 357: What political system based on a strict social hierarchy with land-owning
nobles at the top was dominant in middle-age Europe?
Author: Archeolooginspe - Category: Middle-Ages
Geocentrism - 3% (233)
Feudalism - 69% (4796)
Tribalism - 4% (297)
Theocentrism - 3% (193)

Question 359: What was the original name of New York?
Author: Archeolooginspe - Category: Renaissance to French Revolution
Fort Victoria - 10% (729)
New Amsterdam - 55% (3925)
New London - 11% (798)
New Rotterdam - 5% (372)

Question 360: Who proclaimed himself emperor of the USA and Protector of Mexico, even
printing his own money?
Author: Archeolooginspe - Category: 19th Century
Joshua Abraham Norton - 26% (335)
Johnatan Louis Wilsson - 12% (156)
John Riley Marsden - 14% (173)
William Joshua Pitt - 18% (223)

Question 361: Why was Greenland called Greenland?
The seawater around the island is particularly green - 10% (526)
Grenn is the Old Norish word for rock - 21% (1087)
To convince potential settlers of its fertility - 38% (2006)
Because it was used for initation rites for Icelandic Vikings - 7% (368)

Question 362: How did the Byzantines call themselves?
Romans - 36% (1146)
Hellens - 17% (532)
Greeks - 11% (335)
Ionians - 15% (470)

Question 363: Of which country was Salazar dictator?
Author: Archeolooginspe - Category: First World War and onward
East Timor - 9% (473)
Angola - 13% (673)
Portugal - 28% (1474)
Chile - 25% (1319)

Question 364: How did the rule of Charles V of Spain end?
He was murdered - 9% (152)
In a civil war - 13% (213)
He was deposed by his son - 17% (271)
He abdicated - 32% (518)

Question 365: By what name was Iran known before the 20th century?
Author: Archeolooginspe - Category: Global History
Kabyllistan - 4% (282)
Ormouz - 2% (176)
Persia - 70% (4972)
Arabia - 6% (422)

Question 368: After whom was Virginia named?
Queen Victoria - 14% (446)
Virginia, the Countess of Kent - 16% (504)
Queen Elizabeth I - 36% (1123)
Maria, the Holy Virgin - 13% (409)

Question 369: What was the name of the Swiss satelite-state that was established in 1798 by
the French?
Swiss Republic - 10% (159)
Helvetian Republic - 46% (739)
Baseler republic - 11% (181)
Chur Republic - 3% (49)

Question 370: Who famously delcared 'Veni, vidi, vici' ?
Julius Caesar - 57% (4010)
Augustus - 12% (869)
Cicero - 9% (658)
Cato the elder - 2% (141)

Question 376: Which future American President helped deliver food help to occupied Belgium
during the First World War?
Theodore Roosevelt - 13% (163)
Woodrow Wilson - 15% (180)
Harry S. Truman - 24% (294)
Herbert Clark Hoover - 23% (287)

Question 377: Of which country was Finland part before 1809?
Russia - 26% (818)
Denmark - 10% (327)
Sweden - 32% (1002)
Norway - 10% (313)

Question 378: Which Roman Emperor allegedly made his horse senator?
Trajan - 11% (133)
Heliogabal - 6% (71)
Caligula - 51% (603)
Diocletian - 5% (57)

Question 380: What happened to a Dutch fleet during the Napoleonic wars?
Author: Stephane David - Category: Renaissance to French Revolution
It ran aground after the Dutch destroyed some dykes. - 4% (71)
It destroyed itself when several ships fired at each others during the night by mistake. - 14% (216)
It was captured by a French cavalry charge. - 16% (258)
It was sabotaged in Antwerp harbour by English spies to prevent it from reinforcing the French
navy after Napoleon gave the Dutch crown to one of his brother - 34% (539)

Question 382: Of the following dynasties, which was arguably one of the superpowers of the
ancient world, rivaled only by the Romans, with whom they were often at war? They were
based in modern-day Iran.
Author: SeleucusNicator - Category: Prehistory and Antiquity
The Achaemenids - 12% (370)
The Seleucids - 16% (489)
The Medes - 14% (434)
The Parthians - 35% (1109)

Question 383: This Soviet premier, a former KGB head who suceeded Brezhnev, was seen as
a potential reformer (even as pro-Western) by much of the European and American press,
despite his rather conservative actions. He died after little over a year in office due to acute
kidney failure. Who was he?
Author: SeleucusNicator - Category: First World War and onward
Yuri Andropov - 38% (596)
Andrei Gromyko - 9% (138)
Konstantin Chernenko - 18% (277)
Ivan Kissov - 6% (98)

Question 386: Of the following Nazi leaders, which one was NOT condemned to death at the
Nuremberg trial?
Author: K. - Category: First World War and onward
Hermann Gring - 9% (116)
Joachim von Ribbentrop - 14% (173)
Juliues Streicher - 12% (149)
Rudolf Hess - 38% (469)

Question 390: Which of the following statement is NOT true of Jean Bedel Bokassa, former
ruler of the Central African Republic?
He crowned himself Emperor in a ceremony copied on Napoleon I's coronation - 11% (123)
He is widely believed to have practised cannibalism, though it was never proven - 15% (179)
Born a catholic, he converted to Islam after a meeting with Qadaffi - before converting back a few
month later - 23% (273)
He believed himself to be descended from Ramses II, Salomon and Saladdin - 20% (235)

Question 393: Which of the following US Presidents was elected by the US House of
Representatives in a year when no candidate won a majority in the electoral college?
Author: SeleucusNicator - Category: 19th Century
Thomas Jefferson - 26% (307)
Andrew Jackson - 15% (179)
Benjamin Harrison - 16% (187)
Grover Cleveland - 13% (152)

Question 394: Which US politican shot and killed former Treasury Secretary Alexander
Hamilton (who currently appears on the $10 bill) in a duel?
Author: SeleucusNicator - Category: 19th Century
Andrew Jackson - 14% (178)
Aaron Burr - 39% (493)

John C. Calhoun - 11% (143)
Jefferson Davis - 8% (106)

Question 398: How much did the Federal State of Germany spend on German Reunification
between 1990 and 1999?
5 billion euros - 9% (277)
125 billion euros - 27% (832)
600 billions euros - 31% (953)
3 trillions euros - 9% (282)

Question 403: Which king of Norway founded the city of Bergen in 1070?
Author: Viking - Category: Middle-Ages
Olav III Kyrre - 20% (232)
Harald Fairhair - 13% (149)
Harald Hardraade - 18% (219)
Olav Tryggvason - 19% (222)

Question 410: The following is an extract from the Bayeux Tapestry, a famous Middle-Age
artwork. What does it represent?
Difficulty: 3/5 - Zone: Europe (Minus Russia) - picture
Charlemagne's campaign against the Hungarians - 14% (429)
The fall of Rome to the Goths - 7% (203)
The Riders of Rohan preparing for battle - 9% (285)
William the Conqueror's invasion of England - 47% (1410)

Question 413: Where is the monument shown below located?
In western France - 3% (231)
In southern Sweden - 5% (320)
In southern England - 67% (4677)
In Sicily, Italy - 8% (528)

Question 414: To which Spanish kingdom does this flag belong?
Author: SeleucusNicator - Category: Global History
Castile - 48% (568)
Aragon - 12% (141)
Leon - 8% (90)
Navarro - 6% (72)

Question 416: Who was the last Great Khan of Mongolia?
Author: Mongoloid Cow - Category: Middle-Ages
Batu Khan - 13% (200)
Guyuk Khan - 8% (125)
Kublai Khan - 45% (710)
Mongke Khan - 8% (122)

Question 424: What world-famous monument is shown below?
Difficulty: 2/5 - Zone: Asia (except Middle-East) - picture
The Taj Mahal near Agra, India - 71% (3773)
The Suleymaniye Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey - 3% (140)
The Angkor Vat temple in Cambodia - 2% (85)
Humayun's Tomb in Delhi, India - 2% (114)

Question 425: Of which ancient civilization is the mural below typical?
The Egyptians - 5% (81)
The Romans - 6% (88)
The Phoenicians - 13% (203)
The Minoans - 49% (773)

Question 453: Of what Italian City was the flag below (with variations) the emblem?
Author: K. - Category: Global History
Venice - 40% (1214)
Genoa - 18% (544)
Pisae - 5% (146)
Naples - 15% (463)

Question 458: What is the date of Charlemagne's coronation?
Author: Stephane - Category: Middle-Ages
600 AD - 14% (434)
700 AD - 20% (604)
800 AD - 35% (1067)
900 AD - 8% (231)

Question 459: Of which country was James I the King before becoming King of England?
Author: Stephane - Category: Middle-Ages
Scotland - 49% (3349)
Eire - 3% (232)
Normandy - 12% (800)
Wales - 17% (1153)

Question 460: Who was the leader of the Russian provisional government after the fall of the
Romanovs?
Author: Mike McLaughlin - Category: First World War and onward
Vladimir Lenin - 27% (306)
Stalin - 8% (93)
Prince Lvov - 28% (321)
Georgii Plekhanov - 12% (134)

Question 463: What palace is shown below?
Buckingham Palace, London, UK - 19% (991)
Versailles Palace, Versailles, France - 42% (2205)
Schnbrunn, Vienna, Austria - 12% (641)
Upper Belvedere, Vienna, Austria - 4% (214)

Question 474: Which treaty, signed by Italy, Germany, and Japan in 1940, recognized the right
of each member to 'establish a new world order' in their respective parts of the world?
Author: SeleucusNicator - Category: First World War and onward
The Axis Pact - 35% (1086)
The Rome Pact - 7% (227)
The Tripartite Pact - 32% (1005)
The Molotov-Rippentrop Act - 3% (91)

Question 488: Who is this man?
Author: Joe Gosnell - Category: First World War and onward
Cheing-kai Sheck - 10% (153)
Ho Chi Minh - 17% (270)
Mao Zedong - 7% (111)
Pol Pot - 40% (635)

Question 490: Which best represents the order of Muslim dynasties in pre-Modern Egypt
(oldest to most recent)
Author: OHgamer - Category: Global History
Mamluk-Fatimid-Ottoman-Umayyad - 8% (94)
Fatimid-Ottoman-Umayyad-Mamluk - 6% (71)
Ottoman-Umayyad-Mamluk-Fatimid - 10% (116)
Umayyad-Fatimid-Mamluk-Ottoman - 45% (500)

Question 491: Which Arab capital was founded in 969 CE by the Fatimids?
Author: OHgamer - Category: Middle-Ages
Tunis - 14% (154)
Cairo - 25% (286)
Damascus - 17% (194)
Baghdad - 15% (172)

Question 493: In what city did Charles de Gaulle make his promise of a new partnership with
French colonial populations in 1944:?
Author: OHgamer - Category: First World War and onward
Dakar - 31% (325)
Abidjan - 10% (110)
Brazzaville - 22% (236)
Luanda - 8% (80)
Question 494: Under which sultan did the Ottomans capture Constantinople from the
Byzantines in 1453?
Author: OHgamer - Category: Renaissance to French Revolution
Abdulhamid II - 8% (237)
Suleyman - 30% (872)
Mehmet II - 34% (987)
Selim III - 7% (212)

Question 495: In which city did German liberals gather in an attempt to establish a united,
democratic Germany in 1848?
Author: OHgamer - Category: 19th Century
Berlin - 10% (148)
Frankfurt-am-Main - 26% (388)
Munich - 17% (256)
Weimar - 18% (271)

Question 497: From which city did the Ottoman grandee Ali Pasha dominate the western
Balkans in the late 18th century?
Skopje - 22% (256)
Shkoder - 11% (130)
Janina - 23% (266)
Pristina - 13% (154)

Question 498: Which of the following lands was not part of Muhammad Ali's Egyptian Empire
in the early 19th Century?
Hejaz - 7% (75)
Crete - 22% (248)
Palestine - 11% (120)
Thrace - 30% (330)

Question 499: Which of the following was not part of the reforms undertaken by Mustafa
Kemal Ataturk during his rule in Turkey?
Granting women the right to vote in elections - 21% (321)
Breaking up large estates and redistributing land to the peasantry - 24% (370)
Replacing Islamic law with Western legal codes as the basis for family law - 11% (166)
Adoption of the Latin script for writing the Turkish language - 13% (194)

Question 500: Upon what was the devshirme tax levied by the Ottomans on their Christian
Balkan populations?
Author: OHgamer - Category: Global History
Land - 12% (134)
Female Children - 12% (133)
Male Children - 35% (383)
Commercial transactions - 9% (99)

Question 501: The Maji-Maji Revolt was launched in 1907 against German rule in which
modern nation?
Namibia - 18% (214)
Tanzania - 30% (352)
Kenya - 11% (124)
Cameroun - 13% (155)

Question 502: Under which Ottoman sultan were the Janissaries finally abolished in 1826?
Mahmud II - 18% (193)
Abdulhamid II - 13% (141)
Selim III - 16% (177)
Mehmet V - 21% (227)

Question 503: The Treaty of Kuchuk Kaynarca in 1774 forced the Ottomans to cede which
territory to the Russians?
Bessarabia - 10% (114)
Georgia - 22% (246)
Crimea - 32% (359)

Dobruja - 4% (49)

Question 504: Ethnike Hetairia was a secret society organized to liberate which region from
Ottoman rule in the early 19th century?
Moldavia - 8% (92)
Serbia - 14% (161)
Bulgaria - 13% (150)
Greece - 36% (421)

Question 506: Domingo Sarmiento and Bartolome Mitre were leaders in which Latin American
nation in the 19th century?
Peru - 16% (180)
Argentina - 30% (335)
Mexico - 9% (95)
Chile - 15% (168)

Question 507: Which of the following territories was the last to remain under Spanish rule?
Mexico - 13% (393)
Peru - 11% (314)
Venezuela - 12% (367)
Cuba - 40% (1194)

Question 508: Which of the following ports was seized by the British in 1839 and eventually
became a British colony?
Bahrein - 14% (143)
Kuwait - 16% (169)
Aden - 33% (344)
Muscat - 9% (91)

Question 509: With which region of South Asia is the early 19th Century empire of Ranjit
Singh associated with?
Punjab - 39% (443)
Kerala - 6% (73)
Bengal - 18% (203)
Assam - 6% (74)

Question 510: The Muslim League was established in 1906 in India as a result of the decision
by the British to partition which province?
Bihar - 6% (71)
Punjab - 29% (327)
Bengal - 29% (323)
Hyderabad - 7% (78)

Question 511: Which Mughal Emperor is associated with the ending of accomodation of
Hindus into the political system and the attempt to make the Mughal Empire a purely Islamic
state in the late 17th century?
Babur - 14% (154)
Aurangzab - 22% (249)
Akbar - 24% (262)
Shah Jahan - 11% (117)

Question 513: Over which province have India and Pakistan disputed ownership, leading to
brief wars in 1948 and 1966?
Hyderabad - 4% (261)
Assam - 6% (377)
Kashmir - 69% (4654)
Kerala - 2% (127)

Question 514: Which region was France forced to cede to Germany in wake of its defeat in
1871?
Normandy - 17% (1131)
Alsace-Lorraine - 47% (3236)
Provence - 9% (585)
Aquitaine - 6% (413)

Question 515: Which of the following was the immediate cause of the Indian Mutiny in 1857?
The annexation of Oudh by the British after its ruling dynasty was declared lapsed and
incompetent to rule - 8% (129)
The replacement of Persian with English as the official legal language in British East India
Company territories - 7% (108)
The decision to adopt Enfield Rifles with cartridges greased in pig and cow tallow that
soldiers had to rip open with their teeth -41% (629)
Britain's establishment of the Hindu Dogra Rajputs as rulers of predominantly Muslim Kashmir -
13% (199)

Question 516: What were chinampas?
Author: OHgamer - Category: Prehistory and Antiquity
The system of floating gardens that allowed societies in the Valley of Mexico to create an
agricultural surplus - 27% (303)
The priestly elite that dominated Mayan city-states at the height of Mayan civilization - 13% (148)
Small figurines representing ancestors that were the focus of local religious life in Andean cultures
- 17% (190)
The name given by peoples in the Valley of Mexico to barbarian invaders from the desert regions
of Northern Mexico - 11% (125)

Question 517: What Russian city was established in the 1860s after Russia's annexation of
Chinese territory along the Sea of Japan?
Irkutsk - 10% (301)
Archangel - 6% (177)
Vladivostok - 52% (1537)
Odessa - 9% (274)

Question 518: On which island did the Dutch East India Company establish Batavia as the
center of its control of the spice trade in the early 17th century?
Sumatra - 18% (282)
Timor - 10% (165)
Celebes - 5% (83)
Java - 37% (586)

Question 520: Who fought in the Winter War (1939-1940)?
Author: Karri Ekegren - Category: First World War and onward
Russia and Sweden - 10% (306)
Finland and Sweden - 9% (265)
Finland and Russia - 48% (1458)
Russia and China - 10% (313)

Question 521: On top of the French, Portuguese, Dutch and English who also had trading
posts in India?
Sweden - 8% (94)
Brandenburg - 8% (85)
Denmark - 30% (335)
Spain - 26% (284)

Question 526: Who brought the name Santa Claus with them to the New World?
Welsh Colonists - 5% (82)
French Colonists - 6% (87)
Dutch Colonists - 37% (572)
Scandinavian Colonists - 23% (350)

Question 527: What did Italy originaly mean?
Land of the setting Sun - 9% (98)
Land with much cattle - 19% (217)
Land of the Olive Tree - 34% (385)
Land of the Small People - 11% (121)

Question 529: What had the Spartan youth to do to prove they were adults?
They had to take place in a special initiation battle - 21% (240)
They had to go to a temple on a countryside and dress themselves like bears - 7% (82)
They had to kill three helots without getting caught and cut off a hand of the deads to prove it -
27% (308)
Steal cheese without getting caught from a temple - 16% (180)

Question 530: Which Greek city founded the most colonies in the 9th century BC?
Thebes - 11% (344)
Sparta - 19% (577)
Athens - 41% (1242)
Rhodes - 6% (168)

Question 531: How did the Mycenian civilisation come to an end?
Volcano Eruption - 21% (333)
Doric Invasions - 16% (252)
Invasions from the sea - 12% (181)
Internal Factors - 19% (290)

Question 534: What was an Emporion?
An agrarian colony - 8% (88)
A trading post - 23% (265)
A trading colony - 29% (333)
A Greek neighbourhood in an Eastern city - 13% (146)

Question 536: Which state was not a German elector in the 16th century?
Bavaria - 22% (235)
Bohemia - 20% (214)
Trier - 18% (197)

Cologne - 12% (128)

Question 538: Which was not a British King?
King Caradog - 14% (160)
King Bledric - 9% (105)
King Edwyg - 15% (165)
King Mark - 31% (345)

Question 540: Who rode alledgly through the streets of Coventry nude to protest against the
high taxes imposed by her husband on his tenants?
Lady Anne - 11% (125)
Lady Godiva - 51% (554)
Boedicea - 5% (56)
Isolde - 3% (33)

Question 541: When did Newfoundland become a part of Canada?
1905 - 13% (195)
1949 - 29% (440)
1867 - 16% (239)
1875 - 10% (148)

Question 543: Who was this famous painter?
Rembrandt - 42% (645)
Rubens - 13% (197)
Jan Van Eyck - 13% (196)
Jordaens - 3% (41)

Question 544: Of which 18th century king is this a portrait?
Gustav III of Sweden - 11% (126)
Louis XVI of France - 33% (384)
Joseph II of Austria - 19% (219)
Maximilian Emmanuel of Bavaria - 9% (105)

Question 550: Who was the first Prime Minister of Australia?
Author: Greg Astridge - Category: First World War and onward
Robert Hawke - 14% (154)
Sir Robert Menzies - 16% (182)
Edmund Barton - 30% (341)
James Cook - 11% (119)

Question 552: Which were in 1914 the three belligerent European countries who officially had
an emperor?
Germany, France, Ottoman Empire - 13% (850)
Germany, Austria-Hungary, England - 10% (647)
Russia, Germany, Austria-Hungary - 49% (3268)
Germany, England, France - 8% (541)

Question 553: Which two countries in Latin America had had an emperor in the 19th century?
Mexico, Gran Colombia - 13% (385)
Peru, Brazil - 16% (482)
Mexico, Brazil - 32% (950)
Gran Colombia, Peru - 14% (423)

Question 554: In which Greek City can you find the first monumental sculpture of Greece
(shown below)?
Knossos - 19% (288)
Athens - 12% (180)
Pylos - 9% (146)
Mycene - 30% (468)

Question 556: Which modern country did Marco Polo mean with Zipangu?
Korea - 13% (147)
China - 22% (253)
Japan - 28% (320)
Myanmar - 10% (115)

Question 557: Which Australian Colony was the last to use the forced labour of prisoners?
West Australia - 18% (200)
New South Wales - 13% (144)
Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) - 29% (321)
Victoria - 9% (99)

Question 558: Who wrote the books about Old Shatterhand and Kara Ben Nemsi?
Karl May - 18% (196)
Friedrich Schiller - 22% (242)
Gnther Grass - 16% (179)
Karl Wolfowitz - 12% (135)

Question 560: Which Chinese dynasty moved the capital to Beijing?
Qing - 15% (235)
Yuan - 12% (189)
Ming - 36% (561)
Tang - 7% (113)

Question 561: Who founded Lisbon?
The Celts - 15% (168)
The Phoenicians - 35% (410)
The Romans - 19% (219)

The Greeks - 6% (66)

Question 562: From which country did Singapore receive Independence?
Thailand - 4% (63)
France - 8% (125)
Malaysia - 21% (318)
The United Kingdom - 38% (590)

Question 563: What is Sri Lanka's former name?
Ceylon - 59% (1749)
Tamil - 10% (291)
Dravidia - 5% (157)

Question 565: Who was defeated in the battle of Sandwich in 1217?
The Flemish - 16% (177)
The Irish - 12% (133)
The French - 19% (210)
The Scots - 23% (254)

Question 566: What was the part of England ruled by the vikings called?
Danelaw - 28% (827)
Mercia - 9% (252)
Wessex - 22% (662)
Jorvik - 16% (486)

Question 567: Which was the first Boer state in South Africa?
Transvaal - 22% (246)
Orange-Freestate - 16% (179)
Natal - 23% (258)
Bolland - 7% (76)

Question 568: According to some legends, which Welsh prince might have reached the New
World in the 12th century?
Prince Gwynllyw - 20% (220)
Prince Meurig - 11% (120)
Prince Madog - 28% (307)
Prince Caradog - 11% (125)

Question 569: After Japan closed itself from foreigners in the 17th century, from which
nationality were the only traders who had the right to trade with Japan in the bay of Osaka?
English - 11% (158)
Dutch - 37% (544)
Spanish - 5% (72)
Portuguese - 18% (265)

Question 570: Before the Meiji Restoration, who was the effective ruler of Japan?
The Tokai - 7% (382)
The Samurai - 13% (662)
The Shogun - 50% (2595)
The Genroku - 4% (223)

Question 571: What was the name of Tokio before the Meiji restoration?
Takeda - 10% (298)
Edo - 39% (1167)
Hokkaido - 12% (369)
Kyoto - 16% (487)

Question 572: Who was the founder of Afghanistan?
Ahmad Shah Abdali - 29% (301)
Timur Shah Abdali - 13% (139)
Zaman Shah Abdali - 8% (88)
Akbar Khan - 19% (202)

Question 574: Who is held to have christianized Axum (Ethiopia)?
King Ezana - 18% (185)
King Rastafari - 24% (245)
King Shiazana - 11% (107)
King Agabe - 16% (164)

Question 575: Who was this African Ruler?
Difficulty: 3/5 - Zone: Black Africa - picture
The Dictator of Somalia, Birre - 10% (313)
The Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I - 47% (1418)
The President of Kenya, Daniel Arap Moi - 9% (271)
The King of Burundi, Ntare V Ndizeye - 9% (274)

Question 576: During WW1 in East Africa, which German colonel was able to evade and
exasperate allied forces of 300 000 men with 14 000 men, who were never able to force him to
surrender?
Karol von Einem - 12% (126)
Erwin Rommel - 16% (179)
Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck - 29% (313)
Wilhelm Groener - 12% (136)

Question 579: Who was this important '60's African political leader?
Jean bedel Bokassa - 10% (121)
Patrice Lumumba - 30% (353)

Mobutu - 15% (173)
Julius Nyerere - 14% (164)

Question 580: After what was the former British Colony Rhodesia named?
Cecil Rhodes, who dreamt of a connection by rail between South Africa and Egypt - 43%
(1273)
The Greek island of Rhodos, place of birth of the first Rhodesian Governor - 14% (421)
It means "Land of the Elephants" in a native language - 9% (277)
After the earl of Skye, John Walker Rhodes - 9% (276)

Question 581: Where is the oldest university in Europe?
Oxford - 20% (317)
Rome - 11% (168)
Bologna - 33% (514)
Paris - 8% (122)

Question 582: Which parts of South America beside Surinam and the isles was colonized by
the Dutch at some point?
Guyana and French Guyana - 16% (231)
Guyana and a part of the Brazilian Coast - 29% (422)
Guyana and the mouth of the La Plata river - 12% (168)
Guyana and Uruguay - 12% (180)

Question 585: Which Egyptian Pharao tried to impose a monotheistic religion?
Ramses II - 25% (733)
Akhenaten - 31% (903)
Pepi I - 5% (156)
Amenhotep II - 16% (465)

Question 586: Which people occupied the Nile delta during the Second Intermediary Period?
The Hyksos - 28% (403)
The Palestines - 9% (129)
The Lybians - 8% (109)
The Nubians - 24% (349)

Question 587: Who was the last truely Egyptian Pharao before the conquest of Alexander the
Great?
Djedhor - 4% (48)
Hakor - 8% (91)
Nakhtnebef II - 30% (329)
Ahmose II - 26% (285)

Question 589: Which Egyptian Queen is shown here?
Difficulty: 5/5 - Zone: Arab World and Israel - picture
Nefertiti - 24% (286)
Cleopatra - 16% (189)
Hatshepsut - 30% (352)
Tiye - 4% (49)

Question 590: Of which 19th century battle is this a painting?
The Battle of Weissenburg - 14% (155)
The Battle of Solferino - 13% (145)
The Battle of Balklava - 31% (348)
The Battle of the Alma - 13% (143)

Question 591: Who founded the Red Cross?
Albert Schweizer - 21% (642)
Henri Dunant - 29% (859)
Frdric Passy - 9% (260)

Jean Paul Du Plessis - 17% (508)

Question 592: What other european language is related to Finnish?
Author: Mike Alford - Category: Global History
Russian - 11% (125)
Swedish - 25% (299)
Hungarian - 32% (373)
German - 4% (47)

Question 593: Who built the Great Zimbabwe (ruins shown below)?
The Zulu in the 19th century - 13% (139)
The Shona in the 13th century - 26% (285)
The Xhosa the 11th century - 16% (179)
The Bantu in the 17th century - 16% (177)

Question 594: Who wrote the Confessions?
Tertulian - 6% (70)
Gregory The Great - 11% (130)
Augustine - 46% (517)
Ambrose - 6% (72)

Question 595: From which civilization is this building?
The Nubian Civilization - 32% (864)
The Egyptian Civilization - 31% (835)
The Lybian Civilization - 10% (271)
The Nabatean Civilization - 5% (136)

Question 598: Who was the first Caliph?
Abu Bakr - 34% (519)
Umar - 9% (143)
Ali - 16% (251)
Abd-al Malik - 8% (119)

Question 603: Who is Baha'u'llah?
Author: Fred Capp - Category: 19th Century
An Iraqian political leader - 5% (56)
A Persian philospher & physician - 14% (148)
The founder of a new religion, the Baha'i Faith - 37% (391)
The military leader who conquered Dehli for the Mughals - 10% (106)

Question 605: When was the Welsh act of Union?
1436 - 13% (193)
1536 - 28% (411)
1701 - 18% (268)
1804 - 10% (145)

Question 606: What were the Tonypandy Riots?
Riots during the Miner Strikes under Tatcher - 8% (118)
Riots in Welsh mines in 1910, crushed by the British army - 33% (491)
Anti-corn-law riots in 1823 - 12% (176)
Bloody riots in the seventies in Northern Ireland - 13% (194)

Question 607: How is this medieval coin called?
An cu - 10% (141)
A Thaler - 13% (195)
A Florin - 43% (630)
A Pieterman - 5% (68)

Question 615: Which emperor passed a law proclaiming all male residents of the Roman
Empire citizens?
Author: David DeVore - Category: Prehistory and Antiquity
Aurelian in 272 AD - 11% (126)
Caracalla in 218 AD - 17% (199)
Marcus Aurelius in 168 AD - 33% (384)
Antoninus Pius in 142 AD - 9% (105)

Question 616: Who was president of the United States when the first southern states seceded
from the Union?
Author: David DeVore - Category: 19th Century
Franklin Pierce - 7% (115)
Abraham Lincoln - 37% (624)
William Seward - 4% (71)
James Buchanan - 25% (423)

Question 617: At what city did King Henry IV of Germany submit on his knees to the authority
of Pope Gregory VII in 1073?
Author: David DeVore - Category: Middle-Ages
Canossa - 21% (299)
Lyons - 15% (216)
Milan - 19% (276)
Clermont - 11% (166)

Question 618: What was the official faith of the last independent Yemenite Kingdom before the
arrival of Islam?
Zoroastrianism - 23% (348)
Nestorian Christianity - 11% (171)
Judaism - 19% (279)
Coptic Christianity - 15% (217)

Question 619: What was the only non-western country to participate to the Berlin Congress of
1885?
Egypt - 12% (345)
China - 12% (353)

Ottoman Empire - 44% (1254)
Siam - 8% (218)

Question 621: In which city did the Russian Revolution start?
St.Petersburg - 54% (2732)
Moscow - 15% (744)
Kazan - 3% (172)
Odessa - 4% (206)

Question 623: Which of those books was written by Caesar?
Metamorphoses - 11% (560)
De Bello Gallico - 28% (1435)
Res Gestae Divi Augusti - 25% (1301)
Pro Marcello - 8% (408)

Question 624: What was the original European name of Australia?
New Wales - 44% (1231)
New Holland - 22% (603)
New Scotland - 8% (221)
New Normandy - 5% (126)

Question 625: What was the name of the (possibly mythical) first ruling dynasty of China?
Shang - 14% (210)
Han - 18% (271)
Chin - 13% (203)
Xia - 24% (365)

Question 627: Which of the following founders of Hellenistic kingdoms was not a general
under Alexander the Great?
Ptolemy I of Egypt - 14% (155)
Seleucus I of Syria - 10% (104)
Attalus I of Pergamum - 36% (381)
Antigonus I of Macedonia - 12% (127)

Question 629: In which country was the use of the longbow first reported?
Author: Johann Bryant - Category: Middle-Ages
Wales - 44% (659)
Holland - 7% (103)
Hungary - 11% (166)
Romania - 7% (111)

Question 640: Who wrote the Edda down?
Kolbein Flosason - 8% (80)
Snorri Sturlusson - 28% (291)
Stein Thorgestsson - 23% (243)
Snorri Hunbogason - 7% (79)

Question 641: Which was the last Etruscan City to came under Roman power?
Arretium - 16% (169)
Veii - 14% (150)
Volsinii - 23% (242)
Volaterra - 15% (151)

Question 642: What was the title of the leader of the Genoan Republic?
Principe - 17% (467)
Doge - 28% (792)
Duce - 19% (536)
Magnifico - 10% (285)

Question 643: Which European nation briefly conquered Taiwan in the 17th century?
Spain - 9% (136)
Japan - 7% (104)
The Netherlands - 31% (442)
Portugal - 23% (333)

Question 644: From where is the oldest known law code in the Greek world (shown below)
originated?
Gortyn, Crete - 24% (252)
Athens, Attica - 20% (209)
Sparta, Peloponessos - 14% (146)
Milete, Asia Minor - 14% (146)

Question 645: Which crusade founded the Latin empire in Constantinople?
The second crusade - 14% (213)
The third crusade - 18% (276)
The fourth crusade - 32% (485)
The fifth crusade - 4% (67)

Question 646: In which US State had Sweden for a time a Colony?
New York - 13% (180)
Maryland - 12% (172)
Delaware - 27% (382)
Rhode Island - 14% (201)

Question 647: In what year did a Wall Street crash start the "Great Depression"?
1928 - 10% (529)
1929 - 52% (2681)
1933 - 7% (364)
1930 - 6% (293)

Question 648: In which month of 1945 was an atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima?
august - 47% (705)
september - 13% (193)
january - 4% (64)
july - 7% (112)

Question 649: On which side did Finland fight in WWII?
Allies - 18% (495)
Axis - 29% (810)
It was neutral - 31% (864)

Question 650: Who was sometime called the "Bohemian corporal"?
Author: Tyler Barker - Category: First World War and onward
Napoleon Bonaparte - 18% (264)
George S. Patton - 13% (196)
Adolf Hitler - 32% (468)
Jimmy Hendrix - 7% (102)

Question 651: Which Roman conquered Britain?
Author: Tyler Barker - Category: Prehistory and Antiquity
Julius Ceasar - 31% (870)
Trajan - 12% (342)
Claudius - 28% (764)
King henry VIII - 6% (153)

Question 654: Which of the members of the triumviate died first?
Author: Tyler Barker - Category: Prehistory and Antiquity
Crassus - 27% (756)
Julius Ceasar - 21% (584)

Pompey - 19% (526)
Augustus - 9% (240)

Question 657: Which of those peoples was not considered a threat to Western Europe in the
7th to 9th centuries?
The Vikings - 11% (295)
The Hungarians - 22% (596)
The Saracens - 18% (480)
The Huns - 25% (683)

Question 665: What were coenobites?
Monks who fasted ritualy - 13% (137)
Monks who lived in community - 28% (296)
Monks who lived alone - 15% (163)
Monks who took care of St. Paul's Cathedral in Rome - 13% (139)

Question 666: Which were the members of the Kalmar Union?
Norway, Iceland, Finland - 6% (172)
Norway, Sweden, Iceland - 10% (279)
Norway, Denmark, Finland - 16% (436)
Norway, Denmark, Sweden - 41% (1105)

Question 667: What is a Praefurnium?
A cavity used for heating under Roman baths or houses - 33% (344)
A portico in front of a Roman Villa - 14% (142)
A play were athletes acted - 7% (70)
A forge specialised in the creation of weapons - 15% (160)

Question 710: Who was the leader of Muslim resistance to the establishment of French rule in
Western Algeria from the mid-1830s until his final surrender in 1847?
Author: OHGamer - Category: 19th Century
Muhammad al-Muqrani - 13% (126)
Ahmad Bey - 15% (138)
Sulayman bin Hamza - 14% (133)
Abd al-Qadir - 25% (237)

Question 725: Which Brazilian president ordered the construction of Braslia?
Author: willemvanoranje - Category: First World War and onward
Getlio Vargas - 22% (286)
Lula da Silva - 20% (263)
Juscelino Kubitschek - 16% (210)
Fernando Collor - 10% (131)

Question 732: Who formed the first Roman Triumvirate?
Author: Brendan - Category: Prehistory and Antiquity
Pompey, Caesar and Sulla - 10% (257)
Crassus, Sulla and Octavian - 7% (168)
Mark Antony, Octavian and Sexigentus - 12% (301)
Pompey, Caesar and Crassus - 45% (1114)

Question 739: Who lost a battle in England on the 25th September 1066?
Author: Tomas - Category: Middle-Ages
Harold Godwinson - 18% (437)
Harald III Hardrade - 20% (492)
William the Conqueror - 26% (621)
Edward III The Confessor - 10% (248)

Question 754: Where are these pyramides located?
Difficulty: 1/5 - Zone: Arab World and Israel - picture
Abousir - 5% (274)
Saqqara - 8% (463)
Gizeh - 61% (3406)
Dahshour - 5% (290)
Question 756: In which modern African country did Courland have a fort?
Guinee Bissau - 9% (74)
Ivory Coast - 24% (211)
Sierra Leone - 18% (154)
Gambia - 16% (136)

Question 757: What was the title of the ruler of Athens for most of the 14th century?
Count - 12% (297)
Prince - 16% (386)
Duke - 26% (610)
King - 21% (489)

Question 758: Approximatively how many people died during the Swiss Sonderbundskrieg?
One hundred - 18% (237)
One thousand - 17% (220)
Ten thousand - 22% (293)
One hundred thousand - 9% (124)

Question 759: Where was the first UN Security Council meeting held?
New York - 23% (221)
London - 17% (159)
Paris - 7% (67)
Geneva - 27% (256)

Question 760: What was the capital of West-Germany from 1949 to 1989?
Cologne - 5% (268)
West Berlin - 25% (1377)

Bonn - 32% (1785)
Munich - 19% (1057)

Question 766: Which of these countries lost the least men in WW1?
Author: Andrew - Category: First World War and onward
Japan - 32% (788)
Australia - 16% (383)
Montenegro - 14% (337)
South Africa - 17% (412)

Question 793: How did Julius Caesar die?
Author: Alana - Category: Prehistory and Antiquity
He was fatally wounded at the battle of Tapsus - 4% (246)
He died of the plague - 5% (268)
He was assassinated in the senate - 61% (3430)
He was poisoned at a reception in his honour - 11% (592)

Question 822: What country won the first World Cup of football (soccer) in 1930?
Author: jinif - Category: First World War and onward
Brazil - 23% (981)
England - 15% (657)
Germany - 10% (432)
Uruguay - 26% (1117)

Question 824: Who won the second Battle of Tannenberg?
Author: Mightfox - Category: First World War and onward
Germany - 37% (881)
Sweden - 12% (286)
Russia - 17% (413)
Poland - 7% (174)

Question 825: Against which country did William the Silent, Prince of Orange, lead his revolt?
Author: Mightfox - Category: Renaissance to French Revolution
Spain - 34% (806)
France - 25% (592)
Sweden - 13% (313)
Russia - 4% (90)

Question 828: What is the red outlined area in the southeast corner?
The Fulda Gap - 10% (414)
The Pusan Perimeter - 33% (1368)
The Maginot Line - 18% (744)
The Falaise Gap - 12% (518)

Question 830: Which ruler united the Khmer Empire?
Author: Mightfox - Category: Middle-Ages
Jayavarman II - 26% (209)
Hsinbyushin - 11% (89)
Ramkhamhaeng - 22% (177)
Yasovarman I - 9% (75)

Question 832: Polish General Thaddeus Kosciusko served in which foreign country's military?
Author: Mightfox - Category: Global History
The United States - 26% (315)
France - 12% (153)
Russia - 22% (272)
Switzerland - 5% (67)

Question 834: To which country did Russia send 200,000 troops to stop its loss of land to
multiple independent nations?
Author: Mightfox - Category: 19th Century
China - 17% (732)
Great Britain - 7% (312)
Ottoman Empire - 31% (1294)
Austria - 19% (792)

Question 836: What was Stalin's original last name?
Balanchivadze - 9% (78)
Vissarionovich - 22% (188)
Dzhugashvili - 32% (281)
Basoalto - 5% (44)

Question 840: When did Austria become Austria-Hungary (the Dual Monarchy)?
Author: Mightfox - Category: 19th Century
1806 - 11% (256)
1848 - 27% (626)
1867 - 27% (623)
1918 - 11% (263)

Question 844: Which of these modern-day areas did Rome not completely conquer?
Author: Mightfox - Category: Prehistory and Antiquity
France - 10% (398)
Spain - 15% (603)
Germany - 40% (1652)
Greece - 11% (468)

Question 845: Which of the following bombers dropped the Tsar Bomba?
Tupolev-160 - 12% (101)
Tupolev-95 - 36% (303)
Ilyushin-28 - 14% (120)
Boeing-29 - 6% (53)

Question 846: Which of these battles was largely a Russian success?
Battle of Warsaw (1920) - 22% (265)
Operation Bagration - 20% (243)

The Battle of Tannenberg - 21% (255)
Operation Mars - 5% (64)

Question 876: What was the the capital of Dacia?
Author: Matthew - Category: Prehistory and Antiquity
Ecbatana - 16% (133)
Alma Ata - 20% (164)
Sarmisegetuza - 24% (197)
Coste?ti - 7% (56)

Question 878: Which family dominated Japan during the Heian period ?
Author: worawat srisawasdi - Category: Middle-Ages
Minamoto - 11% (131)
Tokugawa - 29% (362)
Taira - 5% (64)
Fujiwara - 22% (276)

Question 882: What was the first capital of ancient Egypt?
Thebes - 24% (1012)
Alexandria - 23% (973)
Memphis - 25% (1070)
Achetaton - 3% (119)

Question 883: How many of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still exist?
3 - 28% (1496)
2 - 17% (920)
1 - 31% (1695)
0 - 4% (200)

Question 884: What nation exploded its first nuclear bomb in the Rajasthan desert in 1974?
Isral - 14% (736)
India - 36% (1955)
China - 11% (601)
Pakistan - 19% (1004)

Question 886: What is Offa's Dyke?
An earth fortification on the border between Wales and England - 25% (303)
A dyke protecting the Viking burial mound Offa from the sea - 19% (230)
A dyke used to protect pasturing lands in the Lowlansa - 12% (152)
A forerunner of the Hadrian Wall - 7% (86)

Question 973: In which battle did the Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth destroy the Teutonic
Order?
Author: Zach - Category: Middle-Ages
The battle of Chojice - 6% (115)
The battle of Grunwald - 28% (541)
The battle of Lake Peipus - 14% (267)
The battle of Krakow - 25% (500)

Question 983: What political coalition was elected in France in 1936?
Author: Katie C. - Category: First World War and onward
The New Politics Coalition - 5% (53)
The Popular Front - 31% (338)
The Social-Democrats - 21% (230)
Labour Reform League - 11% (118)

Question 984: Which famous politician popularised the term "Iron Curtain" to describe the
separation of Europe during the Cold War?
Author: Katie C. - Category: First World War and onward
Harry Truman - 9% (169)
Dwight D. Eisenhower - 13% (252)
Charles de Gaulle - 6% (127)
Winston Churchill - 49% (973)

Question 1004: What Italian city was called the 'Queen of the Adriatic' during the Renaissance
period?
Author: Angel Vine Baliscao - Category: Renaissance to French Revolution
Genoa - 13% (571)
Trieste - 6% (284)
Venice - 57% (2608)
Bari - 2% (104)

Question 1021: Which English Queen was executed May 19, 1536?
Author: Dawn W Vaughan - Category: Renaissance to French Revolution
Jane Seymour - 6% (121)
Ann Boleyn - 51% (976)
Katherine Howard - 10% (187)
Ann of Cleves - 9% (164)

Question 1035: Which fortress in the Caribbean was known as the "Gibraltar of the West
Indies"?
Author: toya - Category: Renaissance to French Revolution
Brimstone Hill - 20% (148)
Romney Manor - 9% (65)
Fort Willem - 19% (142)
Port de Plaisance - 19% (140)

Question 1037: What was the name of the first Inquisitor General of Spain, infamous for his
persecution of Jews and Muslims?
Author: Kemoy Lindsay - Category: Renaissance to French Revolution
Toms de Torquemada - 39% (267)
Juan Sebastian el Cano - 14% (96)
Alfredo Barrazo - 8% (54)
Hernando del Pulgar - 7% (50)

Question 1079: Which American Civil War battle had the highest number of casualties?
Author: WENDY - Category: 19th Century
Bull Run - 8% (141)
Shiloh - 7% (122)
Gettysburg - 44% (749)
Antietam - 15% (260)

Question 1080: Which of those US constitutional amendments protects voting rights?
Author: WENDY - Category: 19th Century
The First Amendment - 11% (179)
The Thirteenth Amendment - 21% (354)
The Fourteenth Amendment - 21% (354)
The Fifteenth Amendment - 22% (362)

Question 1096: Between which two countries was the 1939 Pact of Steel signed?
Author: NerdNest - Category: First World War and onward
France and the UK - 13% (389)
The UK and Italy - 6% (169)
Germany and Italy - 29% (844)
Germany and the Soviet Union - 25% (743)

Question 1113: Which American nation had a native European-style monarchy for over fifty
years?
Author: Erik Pulido - Category: 19th Century
Mexico - 18% (452)
Haiti - 19% (470)
Brazil - 27% (679)
Peru - 11% (288)

Question 1135: The church below, later converted into a mosque, was the largest Christian
cathedral for nearly a thousand years. Where does it stand?
In Rome, Italy - 5% (138)
In Alexandria, Egypt - 4% (102)
In Jerusalem, Israel - 16% (423)
In Istanbul, Turkey - 50% (1302)

Question 1157: When was Kosovo declared independent?
Author: fitore - Category: Global History
On february 12th, 2007 - 14% (150)
On february 3rd, 2007 - 23% (248)
On february 17th, 2008 - 25% (277)
On december 27th, 2008 - 9% (98)

Question 1276: Who was the first woman elected to the British House of Parliament?
Author: Marie Gribbon - Category: First World War and onward
Lady Astor - 19% (73)
Bessie Braddock - 11% (44)
Margaret Thatcher - 27% (103)
Constance Markievicz - 11% (41)

Question 1317: Approximatively how many people were killed in Europe by the Black Death
pandemic in the 14th century?
one to two hundred thousand - 5% (41)
2 to 3 millions - 20% (156)
10 to 20 millions - 31% (243)
50 to 150 millions - 17% (132)

Question 1332: What Russian leader often staged elaborate mock battles when he was a boy?
Author: Alex - Category: Renaissance to French Revolution
Ivan III (The Great) - 6% (27)
Peter I (The Great) - 29% (122)
Ivan IV (The Terrible) - 21% (90)
Tsar Alexander III - 10% (43)

Question 1340: Since Italian unification in 1861, which of these cities has never at one point
been capital of Italy?
Author: Hazzaj - Category: 19th Century
Florence - 17% (64)
Turin - 25% (94)

Milan - 19% (71)
Rome - 6% (21)

Question 1360: In which modern country does Kapilvastu, birthplace of Buddha, lie?
Author: tarun kumar - Category: Prehistory and Antiquity
India - 24% (43)
Nepal - 35% (63)
China - 4% (7)
Bangladesh - 6% (11)

Question 1393: Which Russian tzar was killed in his bedroom on March 11, 1801?
Author: A.C. - Category: 19th Century
Alexandre I - 20% (32)
Paul I - 16% (26)
Peter III - 15% (24)
Peter II - 10% (16)

Question 1451: last mughal emporor of india
Author: harish - Category: Global History
Not confirmed yet
akbar I - 0% (0)

Question 1452: last mughal emporor of india
Author: harish - Category: Global History
Not confirmed yet
akbar I - 0% (0)
bahadur shah zafar - 0% (0)
sharjahan - 0% (0)
noorjahan - 0% (0)

Question 1456:
Author: nahom mulugheta tsegay - Category: First World War and onward
Not confirmed yet
Question 1463: In what year did the Roman Legion first defeat the Greek Phalanx
Author: Lenny Vineham - Category: Prehistory and Antiquity
Not confirmed yet
133 BC - 0% (0)
197 BC - 0% (0)
168 BC - 0% (0)
148 BC - 0% (0)


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In 1945, an Allied conference decided the partition of Germany in four occupation zones.

Where was that conference held?

A. Casablanca - 10% (572)

B. Moscow - 14% (759)

C. Los Angeles - 4% (217)

D. Yalta - 48% (2638)

What is the oldest political party in the western world?

A. The Republicans (USA) - 14% (471)

B. The Conservatives (UK) - 49% (1702)

C. The Liberals (Canada) - 5% (159)

D. The Democrats (USA) - 13% (450)

A. In the XVIII th century - 10% (135)

B. In the XVII century - 25% (337)

C. In the XVI century - 33% (440)

D. In the XV century - 5% (72)

When did Brunei become independent?

A. It has been independent since the Middle-Ages - 18% (270)

C. 1947 - 25% (364)

D. 1984 - 24% (358)

A. Belgium - 14% (186)

C. Japan - 14% (188)

D. Austro-Hungary - 22% (289)

Question 64: When was Malaysia formed?

B. 1948 - 31% (536)

C. 1963 - 30% (520)

When did the last emperor of China ascend the throne?

B. 1895 - 14% (242)

C. 1909 - 36% (616)

D. 1923 - 19% (332)

Where did Ernesto 'Che' Guevara die?

A. Argentina - 14% (779)

B. Ecuador - 12% (639)

C. Venezuela - 16% (846)

D. Bolivia - 33% (1809)

What was Ferdinand de Lesseps's greatest achievement?

A. Building the Channel Tunnel - 6% (332)

B. Building the Suez Canal - 35% (1892)

C. Building the Eiffel Tower - 19% (1031)

D. Building the Arc de Triomphe - 15% (838)

What did the Battle of the Plains of Abraham decide?

C. The fate of French colonialism in North America. - 27% (450)

D. The War of Texas Independence. - 9% (142)

Which country never had a colony in North America?

A. Russia - 23% (1697)

B. Germany - 33% (2357)

C. Sweden - 19% (1366)

A. India - 11% (178)

B. Portugal - 20% (330)

D. Arabia - 34% (567)

B. Indonesia - 13% (436)

C. Vietnam - 55% (1816)

What was the capital of Republican China (1928 - 1949)?

A. Beijing - 14% (460)

B. Nanjing - 32% (1035)

C. Shanghai - 25% (820)

A. The founder of British Malaya - 11% (195)

C. The founder of Singapore - 32% (569)

King Mongkut is known as the Father of Modern ___ ?

A. Burma - 21% (359)

C. Thailand - 41% (711)

A. Hawaii - 50% (2810)

B. Alaska - 20% (1133)

C. Puerto Rico - 5% (268)

A. Salvador, Rio de Janeiro and Braslia - 23% (400)