History Quiz - 15 Questions

Question 1

The Space Race culminated with the Lunar Landing in which year?

Accepted Answer

1969

Question 2

Socrates, Plato and Aristotle were philosophers of which ancient civilisation?

Accepted Answer

Ancient Greece

Question 3

Where did the French Revolution take place?

Accepted Answer

The Queen's Theatre, West End (Do you hear the people sing?), France (obviously)

Question 4

In which century did the Industrial Revolution begin?

Accepted Answer

18th

Question 5

Cleopatra lived closer to which event in history? (Think carefully)

Accepted Answer

The invention of the iPhone

Question 6

When did the Titanic sink?

Accepted Answer

1912

Question 7

True or false: The 300 Spartans won the Battle of Thermopylae?

Accepted Answer

False

Question 8

Who was the US President at the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Accepted Answer

J.F. Kennedy

Question 9

In what year did the Berlin Wall collapse?

Accepted Answer

1989

Question 10

Who was the Roman Emperor in 1 A.D.?

Accepted Answer

Augustus

Question 11

What is the approximate age of the Earth?

Accepted Answer

4.5 billion years

Question 12

When was the Act of Union between England and Scotland?

Accepted Answer

1707

Question 13

Who is Britain's longest reigning monarch?

Accepted Answer

Elizabeth II

Question 14

What is the world's oldest major religion?

Accepted Answer

Hinduism

Question 15

Who won the Battle of Bosworth?

Accepted Answer

House of Lancaster - Henry Tudor

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