Historical Trivia Test
Question 1 of 10
What did a shepherd boy discover at Qumran, Jordan, in 1947?
Question 2 of 10
Thanks to a French investment bubble in the Mississippi Valley in the 1700s, flamboyant financier John Law is said to have been the first person to hold what monetary status?
Question 3 of 10
In 490 BCE, Pheidippides ran 26 miles to Athens with the good news about the Greek victory in what battle?
Question 4 of 10
Epaminondas, the Theban general and statesman, was among the architects of the hegemony of Thebes on Greece. Thanks to intelligent military choices he defeated the only state that opposed to its dominance. Which one?
Question 5 of 10
What was the Manhattan Project?
Question 6 of 10
During World War I, half the French army was in mutiny and the Russians had pulled out altogether. But the Allies got a boost when what country joined the fight?
Question 7 of 10
Inspiring Giuseppe Verdi's 1859 opera Un Ballo in Maschera, what monarch was shot in the back in March 1792 by Jacob Johan Anckarstrom at a midnight masquerade at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm?
Question 8 of 10
In 2014, Crimea "voted" to leave Ukraine to become independent for about a day before joining what other country?
Question 9 of 10
Who did George W. Bush stand against in the 2000 Presidential election?
Question 10 of 10
Which king was also known as Le Roi Soleil (Sun King)?
Who Sang Quizzes
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Who Sang These Songs?
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Who Sang These Christmas Songs?
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Sudden Death Quiz
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History Quiz
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History Quiz
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Geography Quizzes
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HARD Science Quiz
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Geography Quiz
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Geography Quiz
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Geography Quiz
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10 Question About Planet Earth
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10 difficult questions about John Denver
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Alternative Rock Music Quiz
Have you ever heard of any of these bands?
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Science Quizzes
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Can you get a better score than a 7?
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Quiz on Science
Did you complete the mission?
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We bet you don't know a thing about who invented these things!
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Do you know who these famous people from the 60s and 70s are?
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