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Quiz HARD People and Events that changed the world
Quiz HARD People and Events that changed the world
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People and events that changed the course of history
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Marie Curie
. She was the first woman…
awarded a Nobel Prize
who invented radioactivity
who discovered radioactivity
awarded an Oscar
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Diana Princess of Wales was famous because...
she wrote Hamlet
she discovered radioactivity
she married Prince Charles
she married Albert Eisntein
3
Alexander Fleming
created penicillin
invented penicillin
dicovered penicillin
explored penicillin
4
With the invention of the printing press, books were.....
smaller
cheaper
bigger
more expensive
5
Charles Darwin is best known for establishing
the theory of relativity
the theory of evolution
the theory of physics
the theory of the universe
6
Adolf Hitler
a brutal genocide during...
the 3rd World War
the 2nd World War
the 1st World War
7
Before the compass, sailors depended on the ..... to navigate their ships.
clouds
sea
birds
stars
8
Jesus Christ was the son of...
Mary and John
Mary and Joseph
Mary and Jesus
Mary and Joshua
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The 1
st
Industrial Revolution started with…
internal combustion
horses
the steam engine
cars
10
Bill Gates
. By 1993 he was the ..… on the Earth
richest
most famous
most important
happiest
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Thomas Jefferson was...
a writer
King of England
a magician
President of the US
12
Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man in space after completing an orbit of the Earth in ...
1961
1985
1997
1969
13
Mahatma Gandhi
believed in religious…
temples
war
tolerance
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William Shakespeare wrote
Alice in Wonderland
Sherlock Holmes
Oliver Twist
Hamlet
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Charles Dickens was
President of the UK
a mathematician
President of the US
a writer
16
Leonardo da Vinci
. He had a scientific mind but was more celebrated as…
a writer
an actor
an artist
a scientist
17
In 1903, news came through that two brothers had flown a curious air machine. They were...
the Queens brothers
the right brothers
the Kings brothers
the Wright brothers
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the 2nd World War started in...
1975
1945
1914
1939
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Charles Darwin.
On his book “The Origin of Species” he talked about…
the Dinosaur extinction
the Theory of Gravity
the Big Bang
the Theory of Evolution
20
Martin Luther King
. He’s remembered for his speech called…
I have a nightmare
I have a theory
I have a dream
I have a song
21
Among the works created by Leonardo da Vinci is the small portrait known as the
Mona Lisa.
True
False
22
Paper was invented in
Russia
China
Spain
Japan
23
Christopher Columbus
discovered America accidentally in…
1492
1392
1592
1892
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Karl Marx
wanted to live in a classless world where everyone was …
different
equal
rich
poor
25
Isaac Newton was most famous for
his theory of everything
his theory of evolution
his theory of relativity
his law of gravitation
26
Martin Luther King was against segregation of...
Muslims
black people
Jewish people
Chinese people
27
Albert Einstein's greatest contribution to the world was
his theory of evolution
his theory of physics
his theory of relativity
his theory of the Big Bang
28
Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin…
by accident
while he was on an excursion
while he was studying a strange animal
on purpose
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The 1st World War started in...
1925
1914
1962
1935
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Nelson Mandela
wanted to end the discrimination between…
African and Chinese people
Africans and nationalists
whites and non-whites
English and American people
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Margaret Thatcher was
Prime Minister of the UK
a famous writer
a famous scientist
President of the US
