History Quiz

History Quiz

Question 1 of 10

What is the name of the American newspaper heiress who was kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army, an urban militant group she later joined, in 1974?

Question 2 of 10

Which form of transportation was invented first?

Question 3 of 10

Who was J. Edgar Hoover?

Question 4 of 10

In 1999, there was a bad nuclear accident in Japan, exposing dozens to what?

Question 5 of 10

Nostradamus published a series of what in the 16th century?

Question 6 of 10

What predictable astronomical event occurred both in 1910 and 1986?

Question 7 of 10

Who was Mayor of Paris from 1977-1995?

Question 8 of 10

The Boer Wars were fought in which country?

Question 9 of 10

Although he died of Alzheimer's, what future president got a gig as a sports announcer after doing a whole game's play-by-play from memory?

Question 10 of 10

Margaret Thatcher was UK prime minister for all of the 80s. Which party was she in?

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