History Quiz

History Quiz

Question 1 of 10

Christopher Columbus departed in three ships in August 1492: the Nina, the Pinta, and what?

Question 2 of 10

Which one of these inventions or discoveries happened the most recently?

Question 3 of 10

Which continent introduced a universal currency in 2002?

Question 4 of 10

The death of Hu Yaobang sparked the beginning of protests where in 1989?

Question 5 of 10

Who died in a Rover P6 3500 that plunged down a ravine off a curvy dangerous road on September 13, 1982?

Question 6 of 10

Jacques Chirac, a member of the Rally for the Republic Party (RPR), returned what country to full participation in NATO in the 1990s?

Question 7 of 10

What Puritan and MP from Cambridge eventually overthrew the English monarchy?

Question 8 of 10

John Dillinger became famous as what?

Question 9 of 10

Who was the author of The Catcher in the Rye?

Question 10 of 10

In what year did Franklin D. Roosevelt's third Secretary of War end his service?

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