History Quiz

History Quiz

Question 1 of 10

Where did the IRA declared a ceasefire in 1994?

Question 2 of 10

With help from Al Capone, Big Bill Thompson ran what city for much of the 1920s?

Question 3 of 10

Paul Romanov Ilyinsky became mayor of Palm Beach, Florida. But had things turned out really differently, what other role would he have had?

Question 4 of 10

What battle did the Duke Wellington not, in fact, called "a damn close run thing" but instead describe as "a damn nice thing-the nearest run thing you ever saw"?

Question 5 of 10

Until his brother Hasdrubal lost about 10,000 men at a battle on the Metaurus River, he had a good shot at conquering Rome. Who?

Question 6 of 10

Yu the Great is said to have founded the Xia Dynasty in what country, after a yellow dragon and a black turtle helped him reverse the Great Flood?

Question 7 of 10

William Wallace was a famous freedom fighter from which country?

Question 8 of 10

What country did Queen Isabella I rule or govern?

Question 9 of 10

Which famous explorer discovered Christmas Island on Christmas Eve 1777?

Question 10 of 10

Lindsey Buckingham was fired as a member of which group in 2018?

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