Only A Historian Will Get All Of These Tricky Quiz Questions Correct
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Do you know when the First World War started or where the pyramids are located in Egypt? Then you might be able to pass this difficult history quiz!
Apr 23, 2018
1 of 18Pick your answer!
Julius Caesar was the emperor of which empire?
Persia
Rome
Athens
2 of 18Pick your answer!
When did Columbus land in North America?
1066
1492
1975
3 of 18Pick your answer!
Why was 1914 an important year?
Alaska and Hawaii joined the US
The Titanic sank
WW1 began
4 of 18Pick your answer!
Located in Egypt are the Pyramids of ________
Giza
Nile
Cleopatra
5 of 18Pick your answer!
Who was the first American president?
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
John Adams
6 of 18Pick your answer!
The Nobel peace prize is named after ________
Amanda Nobel
Alfred Nobel
Adam Nobel
7 of 18Pick your answer!
Where did the ancient Olympic Games originate?
Egypt
China
Greece
8 of 18Pick your answer!
Which scientist invented the lightbulb?
Thomas Edison
Charles Darwin
Sir Isaac Newton
9 of 18Pick your answer!
What are the Wright brothers famous for?
Inventing the airplane
Inventing the printing press
Inventing electric trains
10 of 18Pick your answer!
Who was the writer of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland?
William Shakespeare
Lewis Caroll
Hans Christian Andersen
11 of 18Pick your answer!
How many wives did Henry VIII have?
100
0
6
12 of 18Pick your answer!
What was Mickey Mouse’s original name?
Mortimer
Martin
Matthew
13 of 18Pick your answer!
Who founded the first public library in the U.S.?
Theodore Roosevelt
Benjamin Franklin
Abraham Lincoln
14 of 18Pick your answer!
What famously crashed in 1929?
Wall Street
The Twin Towers
James Dean's car
15 of 18Pick your answer!
What nationality was Karl Marx?
American
German
Russian
16 of 18Pick your answer!
Which European city was divided by a wall at the height of the Cold War?
Paris
Berlin
Munich
17 of 18Pick your answer!
The Statue of Liberty was gifted to the United States by which country?
England
France
Spain
18 of 18Pick your answer!
Which was the first country to use paper money?
China
Sweden
Argentina
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