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 nickname was given to the terrorist Ilich Ramirez Sanchez?
The Oslo Accords of 1993 were a step forward in the peace process between which two parties?
Which African city was ruled in the 14th century by Mansa Suleyman?
Which organisation was founded in the Christmas of 1961 by Peter Benenson?
Enosis was a slogan calling for the unification of which island with the mainland?
Who designed the original 1936 Volkswagen?
What country did 300,000 Chinese troops invade in February of 1979?
Who succeeded Stalin as Communist Party leader?
Nicholas II, the last of the Romanov dynasty, he died in 1918. Was he a. executed. b. murdered. c. illness.
What national holiday in Mexico has picnickers munching chocolate coffins and sugar skulls?
Who sent the next message after the historic words “What hath God wrought” were transmitted over Samuel F. B. Morse’s telegraph in 1844?
Which WW2 pilot flew with artificial legs.
Which home of champagne in France was also where the German High Command surrendered in WWII?
From which country did Iceland become independent in 1944?
Which new policy in 1958 was an attempt to achieve “true communism” in China?
What name meaning ‘Enlightened One’, was given to Prince Gotama Siddattha who lived in North East India from about 563 BC to 483 BC?
What is the other name for the Jewish day of Atonement?
Which countries fought the Hundred Years War?
What is the common name for the notorious headquarters of the KGB which in Russian jokes was referred to as the tallest building in Moscow, since Siberia could be seen from its basement?
Which European country was the first to allow women the vote?
What captain did Fletcher Christian lead a mutiny against near Tahiti in 1789?
Which ship did the British submarine ‘Conqueror’ torpedo in 1982?
Which 13th-century Mongol warlord controlled probably a larger area than anyone in history, from the Yellow Sea to the Black Sea?
Which famous bay in Sydney, Australia was the site of a landing by Captain James Cook and sparked Britian’s interest in Australia?
Who was the first man in space in 1961?
How did the Dutch in Amsterdam mobilize to defeat the invading Spanish during the winter of 1572-73?
Who coined the phrase “Third World”?
Herophilus in 300AD was the first Greek physician on record who dissected human corpses, what country did he live in?
Who was the last king of Lydia, famed for his wealth?
How many tunnels were built in The Great Escape?
What was the code name of the build-up to action in Iraq?
Julian the Apostate, the Roman emperor, abandoned Christianity in later life and became a pagan. True or False?
From which country did Angola achieve independence in 1975?
Which leader of a country was linked with trying to Buy Crystal Palace FC ?
What did Mao Tse-Tung refer to as a paper tiger?
Who won Taiwan’s first democratic Presidential election?
Archbishop Makarios was president of which Mediterranean island?
For whom was Italian dictator Benito Mussolini named?
Which terrorist group murdered Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro?
Which South African who was leader of the “great trek”, along with a small party of followers went to Zulu chief Dingane’s kraal where they were massacred while drinking beer to celebrate a cattle deal on February 6, 1838
WHAT ‘AL’ WAS THE FIRST MAN TO WALK IN SPACE?
BY WHICH NICKNAME WAS EDWARD TEACH KNOWN?
THE WORDS CZAR AND KAISER ARE BOTH DERIVED FROM WHICH FAMOUS PERSON IN HISTORY?
WHAT NATIONALITY WAS CLEOPATRA?
WHAT WAS TRANSPORTED COMPLETE FROM EGYPT IN 1960 IN ORDER TO BECOME AN EXHIBIT AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM?
IN WHICH YEAR DID THE TITANIC SINK?
WHAT ‘O’ WAS A MULTI-MILLIONAIRE GREEK SHIPOWNER?
IN 1986 THE PRIME MINISTER OF WHICH EUROPEAN COUNTRY WAS ASSASSINATED ON HIS WAY HOME FROM THE CINEMA WITH HIS WIFE?
IN 1901, WHO SUCCESSFULLY TRANSMITTED THE FIRST RADIO SIGNAL ACROSS THE ATLANTIC?
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