1 - What country saw native religion fused with Christianity in 1865's 'Hau Hau' movement?

Mexico

Japan

Indochina

New Zealand

2 - Who wrote the Confessions?

Tertulian

Gregory The Great

Augustine

Ambrose

3 - In what year did Alaric the Goth sack Rome?

378 AD

390 AD

410 AD

455 AD

4 - How many million immigrants came to the United States between 1880 and 1900?

5 millions

9 millions

15 millions

21 millions

5 - What country built the first purpose-built oil tanker in 1886?

The United States

The United Kingdom

France

Germany

6 - Of which 19th century battle is this a painting?

The Battle of Weissenburg

The Battle of Solferino

The Battle of Balklava

The Battle of the Alma

7 - Who rode alledgly through the streets of Coventry nude to protest against the high taxes imposed by her husband on his tenants?

Lady Anne

Lady Godiva

Boedicea

Isolde

8 - Upon what was the devshirme tax levied by the Ottomans on their Christian Balkan populations?

Land

Female Children

Male Children

Commercial transactions

9 - Which of the following statement is NOT true of Jean Bedel Bokassa, former ruler of the Central African Republic?

He crowned himself Emperor in a ceremony copied on Napoleon I's coronation

He is widely believed to have practised cannibalism, though it was never proven

Born a catholic, he converted to Islam after a meeting with Qadaffi - before converting back a few month later

He believed himself to be descended from Ramses II, Salomon and Saladdin

10 - Who was this important '60's African political leader?

Jean bedel Bokassa Patrice Lumumba Mobutu Julius Nyerere

11 - When did the french protestant Villegaignon establish a community in what would become Rio de Janeiro?

In the XVIII th century

In the XVII century

In the XVI century

In the XV century

12 - Who was the leader of Muslim resistance to the establishment of French rule in Western Algeria from the mid-1830s until his final surrender in 1847?

Muhammad al-Muqrani

Ahmad Bey

Sulayman bin Hamza

Abd al-Qadir

13 - Who was the founder of Afghanistan?

Ahmad Shah Abdali

Timur Shah Abdali

Zaman Shah Abdali

Akbar Khan

14 - Which general succeeded Alexander the Great in Thrace?

Lysimachus

Antigonus

Seleucus

Ptolemy

15 - Who founded Lisbon?

The Celts

The Phoenicians

The Romans

The Greeks

16 - On top of the French, Portuguese, Dutch and English who also had trading posts in India?

Sweden

Brandenburg

Denmark

Spain

17 - Where was the first UN Security Council meeting held?

New York

London

Paris

Geneva

18 - Who proclaimed himself emperor of the USA and Protector of Mexico, even printing his own money?

Joshua Abraham Norton

Johnatan Louis Wilsson

John Riley Marsden

William Joshua Pitt

19 - What were chinampas?

The system of floating gardens that allowed societies in the Valley of Mexico to create an agricultural surplus

The priestly elite that dominated Mayan city-states at the height of Mayan civilization

Small figurines representing ancestors that were the focus of local religious life in Andean cultures

The name given by peoples in the Valley of Mexico to barbarian invaders from the desert regions of Northern Mexico

20 - Which famous poet and scientist was employed by the Seljuqs to reform the Islamic calendar?

Al-Khwarazimi

Al-Tusi

Ibn Sina (Avicenna)

Omar Khayyam

 

  

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