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a fun quiz on world history
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1
Tennis was originally played with...
bare hands
chairs
heads
rackets
2
Australia was originally called?
New Holland
Convict Island
America
Australia
3
how many English words did Shakespeare invent?
200
90
1000
over 150
4
Hawaii was first called what?
The sandwich Islands
Handbag Islands
Little America
Hawaii
5
Egyptians invented scissors
false
true
6
Nostradamus predicted the world would end in...
3797
1901
1800
2030
7
when was the Olympic flag designed?
1880
200BC
1913
2000
8
in 1500 and 1600, urine was commonly used for what?
shoe polish
medicine
water
a tooth cleaning agent
9
Napoleon was attacked by a pack of wild.....
wolves
rabbits
people
horses
10
a cure for the plague was
potatoes strapped to the feet
rats
fleas
a pill made from rose petals
11
Checkers is older than....
computers
you
Chess
monopoly
12
Which four famous people died on the same day?
Dr Seuss, Alan Rickman, Taylor Swift and Justin Beiber
Queen Victoria, Mattea Holland, The BFG and Cressida Cowel
Me, you, him and her
C.S Lewis, John.F Kennedy, Anthony Burgess and Aldous Huxley
13
Paper comes from..
Germany
China
Australia
Holland
14
how long did the longest war go for?
1650-1980
1651-1986
12345678 days
12345671234567890123456 days
15
the yo-yo was first used for .............. in the Phillipenes
a toy
A hunting device
shark bait
a weapon
16
which country was the first in the world to introduce votes for women?
New Zeland
England
America
Russia
17
the shortest war in history lasted 40 minutes. What was it called?
the Anglo-Zanzibar war
the 40 minute war
the war
the third world war
18
Albert Einstein was offered the role of Israel's second president in 1952. What did he do?
say yes and die the next day
decline
say no and commit suicide
say yes
19
Coca Cola was introduced as a what?
the best drink ever
a sweet treat
a brain boosting drink
the drink of fun
20
Leonardo Da Vinci bought caged animals so that he could do what?
kill them
use them as models for his paintings
eat them
set them free
21
How long did it take Leonardo Da Vinci to paint the Mona Lisa
sixteen years
10 years
ten years
16 years
22
The leaning tower of Pisa leans because..
somebody kicked it
somebody shot a cannon at it
It had unstable foundations
a meteor hit it
23
Issac Newton invented the cat flap. Why?
because he was bored
his cat kept getting into his lab and broke the door
he was turned into a cat and he wanted to get into his lab
somebody asked him to
24
In 1878, the first telephone book contained how many names?
50
100
10
80
25
Ancient Egyptians used slabs of stone for what?
food
toothpaste
rugs
pillows
26
the first full length film to be released was.....
bambi
snow white and the seven dwarves
a bug's life
lady and the tramp
