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General Knowledge Mega Quiz: History
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1
Muppet puppeteer Frank Oz also provided the voice for which Star Wars character?
Yoda
Darth Sidious
Darth Vader
Darth Maul
2
The Latin phrase sic temper tyrannis was utter during the assassination of who?
Romulus
Caesar
Brutus
Pontius Pilot
3
Which biblical king plays a secret chord that pleases the Lord?
King Abraham
King David
King Moses
King Joseph
4
What name does Obi-Wan Kenobi adopt after going into hiding?
Luke
Robert
Ben
Yoda
5
Which public figure created the peace sign as a sign of victory in WW2?
Margaret Thatcher
Winston Churchill
Woodrow Wilson
Franklin D Roosevelt
6
Which American political figure led the witch-hunts on communists in the 1950s?
Clint Eastwood
Pauline Hanson
Donald Trump
Joseph McCarthy
7
What future leader floated down the Nile in a basket as a baby?
Noah
Moses
Jesus
Tutankhamun
8
What year did Captain Cook first arrive in Botany Bay?
1778
1788
1770
1772
9
What American naval officer, who opened up Japan, shares the name of a 'Friends' star?
David Schwimmer
Thomas Selleck
Matthew Perry
Mathew LeBlanc
10
Which country was once known as Constantinople?
Cyprus
Istanbul
Aktepe
Mykonos
11
Which revolutionary figure was born Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov?
Vlad the Impaler
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Putin
12
Who had 'the face that launched a thousand ships'?
Beyonce
Eva Braun
Marilyn Monroe
Helen of Troy
13
What is the name of the aeroplane that dropped the first atomic bomb?
Enola Gay
Fat Man
Superfortress
Little Boy
14
Who was the president of the US before Ronald Reagan's victory in 1980?
Jimmy Carter
Franklin D Roosevelt
Harry Truman
John F Kennedy
15
What event in European history does the nursery rhyme 'ring a ring o roses' refer to?
WW1
The Great Fire of London
The Plague
Slavery
16
What year did the great Fire of London rage?
1566
1866
1766
1666
17
What temple, dedicated to Athena, stands on the Acropolis above Athens?
Delphi
Mt Olympus
Parthenon
Herculaneum
18
the engraving on the one ring from LOTR is in what language?
Elvish
English
French
Modor
19
The first 3 call of duty games take place in what major war?
World War Z
The Russo-Japanese War
WW2
WW1
20
Who wrote Frankenstein?
Harper Lee
Tina Turner
Eleanor Roosevelt
Mary Shelley
21
From which country did America buy real estate in the Louisiana Purchase?
France
Spain
Britain
Portugal
22
In what year did the Berlin Wall come down?
1987
1990
1988
1989
23
Germany's invasion of what country triggered WW2?
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Russia
Austria
24
What modern day country is home to the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster?
Japan
Cuba
USA
Ukraine
25
In what year was the last person executed in Australia?
1867
1887
1927
1967
26
What Italian entrepreneur made tractors before entering the sports car business?
Maserati
Fiat
Ferrari
Lamborghini
27
In Greek mythology where did the River Styx flow to?
Troy
Heaven
Sparta
Hades
28
Which charter, issued in 1215, declared that the powers of the king were to be bound by law?
Charter of Liberties
Human Rights Charter
Charter 1606
Magna Carta
29
Which artist had the most songs appear in the Billboard Hot 100?
Adele
Elvis
Taylor Swift
John Lennon
30
What international treaty did Aus become a part of soon after Kevin Rudd came to office?
Indigenous Rights
Kyoto Protocol
Human Rights
Climate Change
31
Bram Stoker is believed to have taken the name Dracula from which historical figure?
Genghis Khan
Hades
Vlad the Impaler
Pol Pot
32
What was the name of the treaty that ended WW1?
Treaty of Bucharest
Treaty of London
Treaty of Versailles
Tearty of Brest Litovsk
33
What year did Spongebob Squarepants premiere?
2005
2001
1999
1995
34
Who said 'an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind'?
The Buddha
Jesus
The 14th Dalai Lama
Ghandi
35
What film is NOT being re-made?
Gremlins
Point Break
Breakfast at Tiffanys
Robo cop
36
What did NZ allow women to do before the rest of the world in 1893?
get divorced
work
vote in national elections
drive
37
What volcano claimed Pompei in AD 79?
Mt Vesuvius
Herculaneum
Krakatoa
Mt St Helens
38
Who ruled the underworld in Greek Mythology?
Poseidon
Cronos
Zeus
Hades
39
Which hereditary blood disorder has been common in European royalty, passed by Queen Victoria?
Leukemia
Hodgkin Lymphoma
Anemia
Haemophilia
40
orange mocha frappe chino is from what movie?
Step brothers
Anchor Man
Zoolander
Mean girls
41
What sort of dog took the Chamberlain's baby?
Staffy
Bulldog
Dingo
Pitbull
42
What English scientist is considered the father of the modern computer?
Steve Wozniak
Steve Jobs
Bill Gates
Alan Turing
43
Who sang 'the times they are a changin'?
Bob Dylan
Jim Morrison
John Lennon
Bob Marley
44
Many Disney films including Cinderella, are based on stories by who?
RoaldDahl
William Shakespeare
Walt Disney
The Brothers Grimm
45
What playground game was used by the Romans to improve soldiers footwork?
Hopscotch
Skipping
Football
Soccer
46
In what year did Batman make his first appearance in DC comics?
1949
1939
1959
1929
47
Which chocolate brand invented a chocolate bar for US soldiers in WW2?
Hersheys
Cadbury
Nestle
Lindt
48
What event in 1941 led to the involvement of the US in WW2?
The Holocaust
the bombing of Darwin
Pearl Harbour
The sinking of the Titanic
49
What were Ned Kelly's famous last words reported to have been?
Such is Life
The rest, as they say, is history
Come what may
To be or not to be
50
What year did the Titanic sink?
1915
1916
1912
1914
51
Who is the longest serving Victoria's Secret model?
Heidi Klum
Adriana Lima
Gisele Bundchen
Alessandra Ambrosio
52
Who is the only US president to serve 3 full terms?
Harry Truman
Franklin D Roosevelt
George Washington
Barack Obama
53
What artist recently announced that they will run for President?
Taylor Swift
Eminem
Kanye West
Jay Z
54
What 2 figures are the traditional founders of Rome, according to Roman Mythology?
Caesar and Brutus
Apollo and Artemis
Romulus and Remus
The Brothers Grimm
55
According to Greek Mythology, where do the souls of heroes go when they die?
Elysian Fields
Hades
The river styx
Heaven
56
Who coined the term 'big lie' to describe a lie so big that it was believable?
Goebbels
Stalin
Churchill
Hitler
57
What is the longest-running children's programme in Australia?
Sesame Street
Play school
Peppa Pig
Paddington Bear