Quiz Bowl: World History vol. 2

Question 1

Which war began in 1936?

Accepted Answer

Spanish Civil War

Question 2

Porsche is a brand of car that originated in what country?

Accepted Answer

Germany

Question 3

Which Christopher Columbus ship ran aground on his first voyage?

Accepted Answer

Santa Maria

Question 4

Who painted the Sistine Chapel?

Accepted Answer

Michelangelo

Question 5

What was the first city to reach a population of one million?

Accepted Answer

Rome

Question 6

How many Olympic Games have been hosted in Africa?

Accepted Answer

Zero

Question 7

Joseph Smith was the founder of what religion?

Accepted Answer

Mormanism

Question 8

Which of the following empires had no written language?

Accepted Answer

Inca

Question 9

Who was the first democratically elected President of Russia?

Accepted Answer

Boris Yeltsin

Question 10

How long did the Hundred Years' War last?

Accepted Answer

116

Question 11

In what year did the French revolution begin?

Accepted Answer

1789

Question 12

FARC is the acronym for a guerrilla movement originating in which country?

Accepted Answer

Colombia

Question 13

Which country and its territories cover the most time zones?

Accepted Answer

France

Question 14

The Roman numeral “C” stands for what number?

Accepted Answer

100

Question 15

In what year did India gain its independence from Britain?

Accepted Answer

1947

Question 16

Which building, completed in 1653 at a cost of 32 million Rupees, took 22 years to build?

Accepted Answer

Taj Mahal

Question 17

What is the name given to an ancient analog computer that was discovered by divers off a Greek island in 1900?

Accepted Answer

Antikythera mechanism

Question 18

The Roman name for the goddess Hecate is "Trivia."

Accepted Answer

True

Question 19

Who was the first Tudor monarch in England?

Accepted Answer

Henry VII

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