2/18 Trivia at FH RD 3 World History

Question 1

How many Olympic Games have been hosted in Africa?

Accepted Answer

Zero

Question 2

Joseph Smith was the founder of what religion?

Accepted Answer

Mormanism

Question 3

Who painted the Sistine Chapel?

Accepted Answer

Michelangelo

Question 4

Who was the first democratically elected President of Russia?

Accepted Answer

Boris Yeltsin

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

Taj Mahal

Question 6

Who was the first Tudor monarch in England?

Accepted Answer

Henry VII

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

Germany

Question 8

The Roman numeral “C” stands for what number?

Accepted Answer

100

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

Rome

Question 10

In what year did the French revolution begin?

Accepted Answer

1789

Question 11

Which war began in 1936?

Accepted Answer

Spanish Civil War

Question 12

In what year did India gain its independence from Britain?

Accepted Answer

1947

Question 13

Which Christopher Columbus ship ran aground on his first voyage?

Accepted Answer

Santa Maria

Question 14

Which of the following empires had no written language?

Accepted Answer

Inca

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