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History quiz

From Antiquity to the Cold War, by way of kings, queens and great revolutions: a history quiz to brush up on the dates and people that shaped the world.

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Sample questions

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Easy

  1. In what year was the Bastille stormed?

    1,789 : On 14 July 1789, which became France's national holiday in 1880.

  2. Who was the first man to walk on the Moon?

    Neil Armstrong : On 20 July 1969 (US time), during the Apollo 11 mission.

  3. Which French emperor died in exile on the island of Saint Helena?

    Napoleon : In 1821.

  4. In what year did the Second World War end?

    1,945

Medium

  1. In what year did the Berlin Wall fall?

    1,989 : On 9 November 1989.

  2. Which queen of France was guillotined in 1793?

    Marie Antoinette

  3. Which 1815 battle marked Napoleon's final defeat?

    Waterloo : Waterloo is in Belgium, south of Brussels.

  4. Who was the first president of France's Fifth Republic?

    Charles de Gaulle : Elected in December 1958.

Hard

  1. Which treaty, signed in 1919, ended the First World War with Germany?

    Treaty of Versailles

  2. In what year did the Hundred Years' War begin?

    1,337 : It actually lasted 116 years, until 1453.

  3. Who founded the Mongol Empire?

    Genghis Khan

  4. Which pharaoh's tomb was discovered by Howard Carter in 1922?

    Tutankhamun

Expert

  1. Which king of France was assassinated by Ravaillac in 1610?

    Henry IV

  2. In what year was the Battle of Hastings fought?

    1,066 : William the Conqueror became King of England as a result.

  3. Which dynasty ruled China from 1644 to 1912?

    Qing

  4. Who was the last Aztec emperor?

    Cuauhtémoc : He succeeded Moctezuma II and Cuitláhuac.

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