World History
Do you always seem to Babylon and on about history? If your knowledge spans the centuries and the globe, this category is the one for you. Don't worry if you make a mistake – nothing is set in stone!
Point Clue: In 1870 I inherited my father’s business which was eventually destroyed by events in the Russian Revolution. Who am I?
Eleven pipers piping — In which sea did the 1988 Piper Alpha disaster occur?
Who was the longest reigning Arab ruler, through 1995?
What was created in 196 BC, discovered by the French in 1799 and translated in 1822 by Jean-Francois Champollion?
The French village of DomrEmy was the birthplace of which famous historic figure of the 15th century?
What ‘c’ was the king who hid up an oak tree?
In which war was the novel “For Whom The Bell Tolls” set?
What ‘uc’ owned a chemical plant that killed 2,500 people in Bhopal in 1984?
In which year did Charles, duke of Orleans, send the first known valentine’s card?
What so-called “war” spawned the dueling slogans “Better Dead Than RED” and “Better Red Than Dead” in the 1950’s?
Which Athenian statesman started the construction of the Acropolis during the Golden Age of Athens (460–430 BC)?
What ‘y’ is cosmonaut Gagarin’s first name?
What ‘n’ was India’s first prime minister, in 1947?
Whose last words were “Et tu Brute”?
Point Clue: Margaret Thatcher once said of me, “I like Mr——-. We can do business together”. Who am I?
The Russian mystic, Grigori Rasputin, was killed in 1916 by what? A) Assassination B) Shot C) Drowned D) All three
Who became head of state in Guyana in 1992?
Israel was proclaimed an independent state in 1948. Who was its prime minister from then until 1963?
Which famous name was accused of the abduction of Stompie Seipei?
What ‘T’ was a city plunged into a long war by the abduction of Helen?
What was the racial segregation policy practiced by South Africa’s National Party until 1994?
How many beds were listed in the palace inventories of France’s King Louis XIV?
Which city was besieged by German troops for over 900 days in WWII?
Who finally stuck as Russia’s prime minister, after Boris Yeltsin had fired four previous choices in 17 months?
Which city was devastated by an earthquake in 1985 and then hosted the World Cup in 1986?
Which Russian leader had a pronounced birth mark on his forehead?
What was Manfred von Richtofen’s nickname?
Carranza’s death in 1920 ended a civil war in which country?
In the 1990s Babrak Karmal and Sultan Ali Keshtmond have been Prime Minister in which country?
What is the claim to fame of the Turkish site known as Hissarlik?
The 19th century civic planner Baron Haussman is associated with the rebuilding of which city?
Who was imprisoned in 1923 for trying to overthrow the Bavarian Government?
1996 was the Chinese year of which creature?
Who was born Karl Herbert Frahm?
What city was the first to mint its own gold coins?
In which war did the charge of the Light Brigade occur?
Who was the leader of ZAPU?
Who sought refuge at the Vatican Embassy in Panama City before surrendering to U.S. troops?
Where did Nazi leader Rudolf Hess crash land in 1941?
Who shared the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize?
What political system was gradually dismantled in South Africa, starting in 1989?
What ‘J’ was Napoleon’s wife for thirteen years?
Where was a wall built to divide a city?
How long did it take Napoleon to send a message from Rome to Paris – almost 700 miles – using a semaphore system to signal from mountaintop to mountaintop?
What European country was founded by a German-born nobleman known as William the Silent?
In which country were the Mau-Mau a secret guerrilla movement?
Which form of death penalty was abolished by Francois Mitterrand?
Which country had The Dauphin as a ruler?
Which mountain was first climbed by Edward Whymper in 1865?
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