The World Quiz > Hard World History Quiz

	Hard World History Quiz 1 - Who was the last Great Khan of Mongolia? Batu Khan Guyuk Khan Kublai Khan Mongke Khan 2 - In which Greek City can you find the first monumental sculpture of Greece (shown below)? Knossos Athens Pylos Mycene 3 - Who brought the name Santa Claus with them to the New World? Welsh Colonists French Colonists Dutch Colonists Scandinavian Colonists 4 - What were the Tonypandy Riots? Riots during the Miner Strikes under Tatcher Riots in Welsh mines in 1910, crushed by the British army Anti-corn-law riots in 1823 Bloody riots in the seventies in Northern Ireland 5 - At what city did King Henry IV of Germany submit on his knees to the authority of Pope Gregory VII in 1073? Canossa Lyons Milan Clermont 6 - Which Russian tzar was killed in his bedroom on March 11, 1801? Alexandre I Paul I Peter III Peter II 7 - Which parts of South America beside Surinam and the isles was colonized by the Dutch at some point? Guyana and French Guyana Guyana and a part of the Brazilian Coast Guyana and the mouth of the La Plata river Guyana and Uruguay 8 - Which South American country fought against the combined armies of Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay from 1864 to1870? Columbia Venezuela Paraguay Chile 9 - Which Middle Eastern empire created its own language for government use? The Safavids The Mamluks The Ottomans The Il-Khanate 10 - What happened to a Dutch fleet during the Napoleonic wars? It ran aground after the Dutch destroyed some dykes. It destroyed itself when several ships fired at each others during the night by mistake. It was captured by a French cavalry charge. It was sabotaged in Antwerp harbour by English spies to prevent it from reinforcing the French navy after Napoleon gave the Dutch crown to one of his brother 11 - Who was the first Caliph? Abu Bakr Umar Ali Abd-al Malik 12 - Where did Charles the Bold, last reigning Duke of Burgundy, die? In Dijon In Nancy In London In Paris 13 - What was the capital of the NorthWest Territory in the modern day USA? Detroit Dayton Chillicothe Chicago 14 - On which island did the Dutch East India Company establish Batavia as the center of its control of the spice trade in the early 17th century? Sumatra Timor Celebes Java 15 - Which city served as a co-capital of the ancient Persian empire and was the scene of a bizare mass wedding between hundreds of Alexander the Great's soldiers and native women? Persepolis Susa Ninevah Ctesiphon 16 - Which British officer was defeated at Isandlwana by Zulu troops armed with shield and spears? Lt. Gen. Lord Chelmsford Sir Henry Bartle Frere Lord Baden-Powell Sir Theophilus Shepstone 17 - Where is the oldest university in Europe? Oxford Rome Bologna Paris 18 - Approximatively how many people died during the Swiss Sonderbundskrieg? One hundred One thousand Ten thousand One hundred thousand 19 - Since Italian unification in 1861, which of these cities has never at one point been capital of Italy? Florence Turin Milan Rome 20 - What Chinese dynasty did the Manchu minority establishes? The Song dynasty The Qing dynasty The Ming dynasty The Yuan dynasty Homepage