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General History Quiz
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General history knowledge, year 7 upwards
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1
What did Howard Carter say when asked what he could see inside Tutankhamun's tomb?
Wonderful things!
Treasure beyond measure!
Wow! Loadsa stuff!
Beautiful things!
2
Who is this?
Cleopatra
Nefertiti
Hatshepsut
Nefertari
3
Who discovered Tutankhamun's tomb?
Henry Cotton
Herbert Campion
Howard Carter
Herman Canter
4
What was the first type of castle built in England?
Keep and Bailey
Motte and Bailey
Concentric
Keep and double bailey
5
Who came up with the theory of evolution?
Charles Dickens
Anthony Trollope
Albert Einstein
Charles Darwin
6
Who was first danish king of England, Denmark and Norway?
Cnut
Svein Estrithson
Harthacnut
Harald Harefoot
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Which of these has never been a royal nickname?
Butter
The Universal Spider
The Fat
the Cabbage
8
Which is the great age of dinosaurs?
Jurassic
Pleistocene
Mesozoic
Paleozoic
9
What nationality was Eric Bloodaxe?
German
French
Norwegian
English
10
What year did the first man land on the moon?
1968
1971
1969
1966
11
Which of these was not a nickname of a US President?
Handsome Frank
Old Man Eloquent
The Good Old Boy
Old Hickory
12
What was the nickname of Tsar Ivan IV?
The Terrible
The Good
The Tooth Fairy
The Cruel
13
Which English ruler has the nickname "Bloody"?
Mary Tudor
Hadrian
Henry VIII
Eric Bloodaxe
14
What was Hitler's first name?
Adolph
Arnulf
Rudolph
Rolf
15
Whose assassination started World war 1?
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Emperor Maximilian
Emperor Ferdinand
Archduke Charles
16
In what year was America "discovered" by Christopher Columbus?
1516
1492
1423
1389
17
Which English king allegedly burnt the cakes?
Eric Bloodaxe
Stephen
Edmund Ironside
Alfred the Great
18
Which World war 1 battle raged in 1916?
The Somme
Mons
Cambrai
Paschendaele
19
Who led the revolt of the Iceni against Rome in AD 61?
Xena
Penthesilea
Boudicca
Cartimandua
20
During which English king's reign did the "Anarchy" take place?
John
Ethelred the Unready
Henry III
Stephen
21
Which of these Egyptian Pharaohs was a woman?
Tutankhamun
Senenmut
Hatshepshut
Akhenaten
22
What did Sir Francis Drake achieve?
Circumnavigation of the world
Defeat of the Spanish Armada
Conquest of America
Discovery of South America
23
What was the nickname of King Louis XIV of France?
The Pious
The Sun King
The Fat
The Universal Spider
24
What was a child who cleaned up fluff in a cotton mill called?
Hurrier
Scavenger
Trapper
Piecer
25
Which of these battles is the odd one out?
Fulford Gate
Towton
Stamford Bridge
Senlac Hill
26
What tribe was Boudicca queen of? (Were you paying attention earlier?)
Durotriges
Dobunni
Brigantes
Iceni
27
What does Tyrannosaurus Rex mean?
King of Dinosaurs
Tyrant Lizard King
Giant Lizard King
Tyrant Dragon King
28
When was the Great Reform Act passed?
1821
1876
1848
1832
29
Who was first man on the moon?
Valentina Tereshkova
Buzz Aldrin
Michael Collins
Neil Armstrong
30
Which ship sank after hitting an iceberg in 1912?
Titanic
Brittanic
Lusitania
Oceanic
31
What was the strange death of Attila the Hun?
Wife cut his head off on wedding night
Eaten by a tiger
Had heart attack on toilet
Drowned in bed on wedding night
32
Who was assassinated in 44BC?
Gaius Julius caesar
Pompey the Great
Alexander the Great
Emperor Caligula
33
Which king of England has a nursery rhyme about him?
Henry VIII
George IV
Edward VII
George III
34
What does Ragnar Lothbrok's surname mean?
Ragnar the drunk
Ragnar hairy pants
Ragnar long legs
Ragnar the very fat
35
How are the Puritan settlers to America in 1620 better known?
Pilgrim Fathers
Pilgrim Brothers
Pilgrim Brethren
Pilgrim Hundred
36
What was Josef Stalin's real name?
Jesef Kutuzov
Josef Djugashvili
Josef Stalin
Josef Stalinkov
37
Whose horse was called Bucephalus?
Rameses II
Gaius Julius Caesar
Ragnar Lothbrok
Alexander the Great
38
Who was the first President of America?
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
James Monroe
Thomas Jefferson
39
What was Tutankhamun's original name?
Tutenmut
Tutankhaten
Tutmosis
Smenkhare
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At which battle did King Richard III die?
Bosworth
Senlac Hill
Towton
Stoke