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!
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?
Point Clue: Legend has it that I said, “Let them eat cake” when informed that the starving citizens had no bread. Who am I?
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?
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?
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?
Iraq invaded which neighboring state to start the 90s Gulf War?
Which present day capital city is built on the capital city of the Aztecs?
Which international agreement of 1864 regulated the treatment of those wounded in war?
What army did the Greeks defeat at the battle of Marathon in 490 B.C.?
What happened to Captain William Bligh when he was governor of New South Wales in 1808 – almost 20 years after he was set adrift in the famous mutiny on the Bounty?
Among hundreds of animal paintings, the only figure of a human being appears in an engraving called Shaft of the Dead Man at what World Heritage location?
Genghis Khan was the most famous leader of what people?
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 Argentine guerrilla fighter’s long-lost remains were given a hero’s burial in Cuba?
Which of the seven wonders of the ancient world was demolished by an earthquake in 224 B.C.?
What famous philosopher said, “Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers”?
What offence was former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega tried for in the USA?
Haile Selassie ruled in which country?
What country enacted the War Powers Act to quell a separatist rebellion in 1970?
Who did former communist Aleksander Kwasniewski defeat in a 1995 Eastern European presidential election?
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