Hardest World History Quiz
1 - Of what Near Eastern kingdom was the ancient city of Petra, in modern day Jordan, the capital ?
The Phillistine KingdomThe Moab KingdomThe Nabatean KingdomThe Sheba Kingdom
The Phillistine Kingdom
The Moab Kingdom
The Nabatean Kingdom
The Sheba Kingdom
2 - Which was the last Etruscan City to came under Roman power?
ArretiumVeiiVolsiniiVolaterra
Arretium
Veii
Volsinii
Volaterra
3 - In what city did Charles de Gaulle make his promise of a new partnership with French colonial populations in 1944:?
DakarAbidjanBrazzavilleLuanda
Dakar
Abidjan
Brazzaville
Luanda
4 - 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
5 - Which Khazar bek converted the country to Judaism?
ObadiahHazer TarkhanBulan SabrielJoseph
Obadiah
Hazer Tarkhan
Bulan Sabriel
Joseph
6 - Which of the following bombers dropped the Tsar Bomba?
Tupolev-160Tupolev-95Ilyushin-28Boeing-29
Tupolev-160
Tupolev-95
Ilyushin-28
Boeing-29
7 - Which general succeeded Alexander the Great in Thrace?
LysimachusAntigonusSeleucusPtolemy
Lysimachus
Antigonus
Seleucus
Ptolemy
8 - With which region of South Asia is the early 19th Century empire of Ranjit Singh associated with?
PunjabKeralaBengalAssam
Punjab
Kerala
Bengal
Assam
9 - Who did King Leopold II of Belgium hire to explore and found colonies in Zaire?
David Livingstone Henry Morton StanleyJohn Hanning SpekeEmin Pasha
David Livingstone
Henry Morton Stanley
John Hanning Speke
Emin Pasha
10 - How many Dalai Lamas have there been?
13141516
13
14
15
16
11 - What had the Spartan youth to do to prove they were adults?
They had to take place in a special initiation battleThey had to go to a temple on a countryside and dress themselves like bearsThey had to kill three helots without getting caught and cut off a hand of the deads to prove itSteal cheese without getting caught from a temple
They had to take place in a special initiation battle
They had to go to a temple on a countryside and dress themselves like bears
They had to kill three helots without getting caught and cut off a hand of the deads to prove it
Steal cheese without getting caught from a temple
12 - In which city were General Franco's headquarters located during the Spanish Civil War?
BurgosToledoValladolidLeon
Burgos
Toledo
Valladolid
Leon
13 - Which of these countries was not involved in cracking down on the Boxer Rebellion in China over the turn of the 19th century?
BelgiumSpainJapanAustro-Hungary
Belgium
Spain
Japan
Austro-Hungary
14 - Who lost the Battle of Tannenburg (or Grunwald) against Poland-Lithuania in 1410?
The RussiansThe MongolsThe Teutonic KnightsThe Magyars
The Russians
The Mongols
The Teutonic Knights
The Magyars
15 - Who was the first woman elected to the British House of Parliament?
Lady AstorBessie BraddockMargaret ThatcherConstance Markievicz
Lady Astor
Bessie Braddock
Margaret Thatcher
Constance Markievicz
16 - Which of the following happened the earliest in the United Kingdom?
The official adoption of the gold standardThe adoption of postal stampsThe abolition of slavery throughout its empireThe adoption of women's suffrage
The official adoption of the gold standard
The adoption of postal stamps
The abolition of slavery throughout its empire
The adoption of women's suffrage
17 - Which best represents the order of Muslim dynasties in pre-Modern Egypt (oldest to most recent)
Mamluk-Fatimid-Ottoman-UmayyadFatimid-Ottoman-Umayyad-MamlukOttoman-Umayyad-Mamluk-FatimidUmayyad-Fatimid-Mamluk-Ottoman
Mamluk-Fatimid-Ottoman-Umayyad
Fatimid-Ottoman-Umayyad-Mamluk
Ottoman-Umayyad-Mamluk-Fatimid
Umayyad-Fatimid-Mamluk-Ottoman
18 - 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
19 - What was the most populous tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy?
SenecaMohawkOnondagaCayuga
Seneca
Mohawk
Onondaga
Cayuga
20 - What country saw native religion fused with Christianity in 1865's 'Hau Hau' movement?
MexicoJapanIndochinaNew Zealand
Mexico
Indochina
New Zealand
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