Question 1

In which year did World War II end?

Accepted Answer

1945

Question 2

Who was the first President of the United States?

Accepted Answer

George Washington

Question 3

The Great Wall was built primarily in which country?

Accepted Answer

China

Question 4

Who was the Egyptian queen famously involved with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony?

Accepted Answer

Cleopatra

Question 5

In which year did the Berlin Wall fall?

Accepted Answer

1989

Question 6

Which treaty officially ended World War I?

Accepted Answer

Treaty of Versailles

Question 7

The Titanic sank in which year?

Accepted Answer

1912

Question 8

Who was the British Prime Minister during most of WWII?

Accepted Answer

Winston Churchill

Question 9

Which empire was ruled by Genghis Khan?

Accepted Answer

Mongol

Question 10

In what year did the American Civil War begin?

Accepted Answer

1861

Question 11

Who wrote 'Das Kapital'?

Accepted Answer

Karl Marx

Question 12

Which civilization built Machu Picchu?

Accepted Answer

Inca

Question 13

Who was assassinated in Sarajevo in 1914, triggering WWI?

Accepted Answer

Franz Ferdinand

Question 14

The Statue of Liberty was a gift to the US from which country?

Accepted Answer

France

Question 15

Who was the first person to walk on the moon?

Accepted Answer

Neil Armstrong

Question 16

In which Italian city did the Renaissance largely begin?

Accepted Answer

Florence

Question 17

Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?

Accepted Answer

Thomas Jefferson

Question 18

In what year did Christopher Columbus first reach the Americas?

Accepted Answer

1492

Question 19

Which ancient wonder stood at the entrance to the harbor of Rhodes?

Accepted Answer

Colossus of Rhodes

Question 20

Who led India to independence in 1947?

Accepted Answer

Gandhi

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1. In which year did World War II end?

2. Who was the first President of the United States?

3. The Great Wall was built primarily in which country?

4. Who was the Egyptian queen famously involved with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony?

5. In which year did the Berlin Wall fall?

6. Which treaty officially ended World War I?

7. The Titanic sank in which year?

8. Who was the British Prime Minister during most of WWII?

9. Which empire was ruled by Genghis Khan?

10. In what year did the American Civil War begin?

11. Who wrote 'Das Kapital'?

12. Which civilization built Machu Picchu?

13. Who was assassinated in Sarajevo in 1914, triggering WWI?

14. The Statue of Liberty was a gift to the US from which country?

15. Who was the first person to walk on the moon?

16. In which Italian city did the Renaissance largely begin?

17. Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?

18. In what year did Christopher Columbus first reach the Americas?

19. Which ancient wonder stood at the entrance to the harbor of Rhodes?

20. Who led India to independence in 1947?

21. In what year did the Soviet Union dissolve?

22. Which English king signed the Magna Carta in 1215?

23. The French Revolution began in which year?

24. Who was the last Tsar of Russia?

25. In what year was the Suez Canal opened?

26. Which US president resigned over the Watergate scandal?

27. The Hundred Years' War was between England and which country?

28. Which Roman emperor made Christianity the empire's favored religion?

29. Who discovered penicillin?

30. In which year did the Chernobyl disaster occur?

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