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Question 1 of 30

In which year did World War I begin?

1912 1916 1918 1914

Question 2 of 30

Who was the first President of the United States?

George Washington Benjamin Franklin Thomas Jefferson John Adams

Question 3 of 30

Which empire built the Colosseum?

Roman Empire Ottoman Empire Byzantine Empire Greek Empire

Question 4 of 30

Who discovered America in 1492?

Ferdinand Magellan Christopher Columbus Amerigo Vespucci Marco Polo

Question 5 of 30

Who was the first man to walk on the moon?

Yuri Gagarin Michael Collins Buzz Aldrin Neil Armstrong

Question 6 of 30

Which country built the Great Wall?

Mongolia Japan India China

Question 7 of 30

Who was known as the Maid of Orléans?

Catherine the Great Marie Antoinette Joan of Arc Cleopatra

Question 8 of 30

What year did World War II end?

1945 1950 1942 1939

Question 9 of 30

Which civilization built Machu Picchu?

Olmec Inca Maya Aztec

Question 10 of 30

Who wrote "The Communist Manifesto"?

Joseph Stalin Karl Marx Vladimir Lenin Friedrich Engels

Question 11 of 30

Who was the British Prime Minister during most of WWII?

Winston Churchill Clement Attlee Margaret Thatcher Neville Chamberlain

Question 12 of 30

Which empire was ruled by Genghis Khan?

Ottoman Empire Persian Empire Mongol Empire Roman Empire

Question 13 of 30

Who was assassinated in Dallas in 1963?

John F. Kennedy Robert Kennedy Richard Nixon Martin Luther King Jr.

Question 14 of 30

What was the name of the ship on which the Pilgrims traveled to America in 1620?

Mayflower Santa Maria Discovery Endeavour

Question 15 of 30

Who was the first emperor of Rome?

Nero Augustus Caligula Julius Caesar

Question 16 of 30

What year did the Berlin Wall fall?

1990 1991 1989 1987

Question 17 of 30

Who discovered penicillin in 1928?

Alexander Fleming Louis Pasteur Marie Curie Joseph Lister

Question 18 of 30

Who was the last queen of France before the revolution?

Josephine Marie Antoinette Anne of Austria Catherine de Medici

Question 19 of 30

What was the capital of the Byzantine Empire?

Alexandria Rome Constantinople Athens

Question 20 of 30

Who was the first man in space?

Yuri Gagarin Neil Armstrong Alan Shepard Buzz Aldrin

Question 21 of 30

What was the name of the first successful English colony in America?

Roanoke Jamestown Plymouth Salem

Question 22 of 30

Who led the Indian independence movement with nonviolent protest?

Indira Gandhi Subhas Chandra Bose Mahatma Gandhi Jawaharlal Nehru

Question 23 of 30

Which war was fought between the North and South regions in the USA?

Revolutionary War War of 1812 Spanish-American War American Civil War

Question 24 of 30

Who was the famous queen of ancient Egypt known for her beauty?

Ankhesenamun Hatshepsut Cleopatra Nefertiti

Question 25 of 30

Which year did the Titanic sink?

1920 1910 1915 1912

Question 26 of 30

Who was the Soviet leader during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Leonid Brezhnev Nikita Khrushchev Joseph Stalin Mikhail Gorbachev

Question 27 of 30

What was the name of the first artificial satellite launched into space?

Sputnik Luna 1 Apollo 11 Voyager

Question 28 of 30

Who was known as the Iron Lady?

Angela Merkel Indira Gandhi Margaret Thatcher Golda Meir

Question 29 of 30

Which country gifted the Statue of Liberty to the USA?

Germany Spain France Britain

Question 30 of 30

Who was the longest-reigning British monarch before Queen Elizabeth II?

George III Henry VIII Elizabeth I Queen Victoria

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