1 - What was the name of the (possibly mythical) first ruling dynasty of China?

Shang

Han

Chin

Xia

2 - Of which ancient civilization is the mural below typical?

The Egyptians

The Romans

The Phoenicians

The Minoans

3 - When did Newfoundland become a part of Canada?

1905

1949

1867

1875

4 - What Russian leader often staged elaborate mock battles when he was a boy?

Ivan III (The Great)

Peter I (The Great)

Ivan IV (The Terrible)

Tsar Alexander III

5 - During the Iranian revolution, a group of Americans was taken hostage at the US embassy by radicals, leading to a serious international incident. For how long were these hostages held?

153 days

356 days

397 days

444 days

6 - Which Russian tzar was killed in his bedroom on March 11, 1801?

Alexandre I

Paul I

Peter III

Peter II

7 - What did the Battle of the Plains of Abraham decide?

The Boer War.

The fate of the Jewish resistance to the Roman Empire.

The fate of French colonialism in North America.

The War of Texas Independence.

8 - Who is Stamford Raffles?

The founder of British Malaya

The botanist who brought the first rubber saplings to Malaya.

The founder of Singapore

The captain of the battleship Repulse, sunk by the Japanese during WW2

9 - Which Brazilian president ordered the construction of Brasília?

Getúlio Vargas

Lula da Silva

Juscelino Kubitschek

Fernando Collor

10 - Which European nation briefly conquered Taiwan in the 17th century?

Spain

Japan

The Netherlands

Portugal

11 - What was the league established by the Macedonian King Philip II to gain hegemony over Greece?

Achaean League

League of Corinth

Amphictyonic League

League of Argos

12 - 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

13 - The Khanates of Astrakhan and Kazan were conquered in the reign of which Muscovite ruler?

Dmitrii Donskoi

Ivan III

Vasilii III

Ivan IV

14 - Which of the following was the immediate cause of the Indian Mutiny in 1857?

The annexation of Oudh by the British after its ruling dynasty was declared lapsed and incompetent to rule

The replacement of Persian with English as the official legal language in British East India Company territories

The decision to adopt Enfield Rifles with cartridges greased in pig and cow tallow that soldiers had to rip open with their teeth

Britain's establishment of the Hindu Dogra Rajputs as rulers of predominantly Muslim Kashmir

15 - Who brought the name Santa Claus with them to the New World?

Welsh Colonists

French Colonists

Dutch Colonists

Scandinavian Colonists

16 - Which people occupied the Nile delta during the Second Intermediary Period?

The Hyksos

The Palestines

The Lybians

The Nubians

17 - What was the capital of the Zulus under King Cetshwayo?

kwa-Zulu

Ulundi

Zimbabwe

Bapedi

18 - In which city did German liberals gather in an attempt to establish a united, democratic Germany in 1848?

Berlin

Frankfurt-am-Main

Munich

Weimar

19 - Who was the first Caliph?

Abu Bakr

Umar

Ali

Abd-al Malik

20 - Which of the following US Presidential elections had the closest electoral vote?

2000 (Bush vs Gore)

1976 (Carter vs Ford)

1960 (Kennedy vs Nixon)

1876 (Hayes vs Tilden)

 

  

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