Hardest World History Quiz
1 - Who was the first Prime Minister of Australia?
Robert HawkeSir Robert MenziesEdmund BartonJames Cook
Robert Hawke
Sir Robert Menzies
Edmund Barton
James Cook
2 - Who proclaimed himself emperor of the USA and Protector of Mexico, even printing his own money?
Joshua Abraham Norton Johnatan Louis WilssonJohn Riley MarsdenWilliam Joshua Pitt
Joshua Abraham Norton
Johnatan Louis Wilsson
John Riley Marsden
William Joshua Pitt
3 - Which Mughal Emperor is associated with the ending of accomodation of Hindus into the political system and the attempt to make the Mughal Empire a purely Islamic state in the late 17th century?
BaburAurangzabAkbarShah Jahan
Babur
Aurangzab
Akbar
Shah Jahan
4 - Which Egyptian Queen is shown here?
NefertitiCleopatraHatshepsutTiye
Nefertiti
Cleopatra
Hatshepsut
Tiye
5 - What did Italy originaly mean?
Land of the setting SunLand with much cattleLand of the Olive TreeLand of the Small People
Land of the setting Sun
Land with much cattle
Land of the Olive Tree
Land of the Small People
6 - Which general succeeded Alexander the Great in Thrace?
LysimachusAntigonusSeleucusPtolemy
Lysimachus
Antigonus
Seleucus
Ptolemy
7 - Who rode alledgly through the streets of Coventry nude to protest against the high taxes imposed by her husband on his tenants?
Lady AnneLady GodivaBoediceaIsolde
Lady Anne
Lady Godiva
Boedicea
Isolde
8 - Ethnike Hetairia was a secret society organized to liberate which region from Ottoman rule in the early 19th century?
MoldaviaSerbiaBulgariaGreece
Moldavia
Serbia
Bulgaria
Greece
9 - Which Theban leader is credited with the formation of the famous Sacred Band?
EpaminondasGorgidasPelopidasOedipus
Epaminondas
Gorgidas
Pelopidas
Oedipus
10 - Which modern country did Marco Polo mean with Zipangu?
KoreaChinaJapanMyanmar
Korea
China
Japan
Myanmar
11 - Who was surnamed the 'Father of History'?
HesiodusHerodotusThucydidesXenophon
Hesiodus
Herodotus
Thucydides
Xenophon
12 - Upon what was the devshirme tax levied by the Ottomans on their Christian Balkan populations?
LandFemale ChildrenMale ChildrenCommercial transactions
Land
Female Children
Male Children
Commercial transactions
13 - Who was the leader of the Russian provisional government after the fall of the Romanovs?
Vladimir LeninStalinPrince LvovGeorgii Plekhanov
Vladimir Lenin
Stalin
Prince Lvov
Georgii Plekhanov
14 - Who conquered the last of the Khwarazmian Empire, crossed and conquered the Caucasus and marched north into Russia defeating an army more than 12 times larger in only a few months?
General SubedeiKing Alexander the GreatHulagu KhanKhagan Alp Arslan
General Subedei
King Alexander the Great
Hulagu Khan
Khagan Alp Arslan
15 - According to some legends, which Welsh prince might have reached the New World in the 12th century?
Prince GwynllywPrince MeurigPrince MadogPrince Caradog
Prince Gwynllyw
Prince Meurig
Prince Madog
Prince Caradog
16 - Who wrote the Confessions?
TertulianGregory The GreatAugustineAmbrose
Tertulian
Gregory The Great
Augustine
Ambrose
17 - What was the Apadana?
The name of the 'High Road' which stretched from Assyria through Media to ParthiaThe name of the tomb of Darius the Great of PersiaThe name of the main hall of the Palace in PersepolisThe name of the tomb of Cyrus the Great of Persia
The name of the 'High Road' which stretched from Assyria through Media to Parthia
The name of the tomb of Darius the Great of Persia
The name of the main hall of the Palace in Persepolis
The name of the tomb of Cyrus the Great of Persia
18 - In which modern African country did Courland have a fort?
Guinee BissauIvory CoastSierra LeoneGambia
Guinee Bissau
Ivory Coast
Sierra Leone
Gambia
19 - What Islamic dynasty was founded by Sultan Saladin?
The Ayyubid dynastyThe Fatamid dynastyThe Abbasid dynastyThe Almohad dynasty
The Ayyubid dynasty
The Fatamid dynasty
The Abbasid dynasty
The Almohad dynasty
20 - With which region of South Asia is the early 19th Century empire of Ranjit Singh associated with?
PunjabKeralaBengalAssam
Punjab
Kerala
Bengal
Assam
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