History Quiz (Medium Difficulty)

Question 1

Where did the rebels who took 850 hostages at a Moscow Theatre in 2002 come from?

Accepted Answer

Answer

Belarus

Question 2

Where did the rebels who took 850 hostages at a Moscow Theatre in 2002 come from?

Accepted Answer

Chechnya

Answer

Belarus

Question 3

Where did the rebels who took 850 hostages at a Moscow Theatre in 2002 come from?

Accepted Answer

Chechnya

Answer

Belarus

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Georgia

Question 4

Where did the rebels who took 850 hostages at a Moscow Theatre in 2002 come from?

Accepted Answer

Chechnya

Answer

Belarus

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Georgia

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Latvia

Question 5

In which war did the Charge of the Light Brigade take place?

Accepted Answer

Answer

American Civil War

Question 6

In which war did the Charge of the Light Brigade take place?

Accepted Answer

The Crimean War

Answer

American Civil War

Question 7

In which war did the Charge of the Light Brigade take place?

Accepted Answer

The Crimean War

Answer

American Civil War

Answer

World War I

Question 8

In which war did the Charge of the Light Brigade take place?

Accepted Answer

The Crimean War

Answer

American Civil War

Answer

World War I

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World War II

Question 9

Which war began on Oct 11th 1899?

Accepted Answer

Answer

American Civil War

Question 10

Which war began on Oct 11th 1899?

Accepted Answer

Boer War

Answer

American Civil War

Question 11

Which war began on Oct 11th 1899?

Accepted Answer

Boer War

Answer

American Civil War

Answer

Hundred Years War

Question 12

Which war began on Oct 11th 1899?

Accepted Answer

Boer War

Answer

American Civil War

Answer

Hundred Years War

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Spanish Civil War

Question 13

What are American serial killers Kenneth Bianchi and his cousin Angelo Buono infamously known as?

Accepted Answer

"The Hillside Stranglers"

Question 14

What are American serial killers Kenneth Bianchi and his cousin Angelo Buono infamously known as?

Accepted Answer

"The Hillside Stranglers"

Answer

"The Angels of Death"

Question 15

What are American serial killers Kenneth Bianchi and his cousin Angelo Buono infamously known as?

Accepted Answer

"The Hillside Stranglers"

Answer

"The Angels of Death"

Answer

"The Killer Clowns"

Question 16

What are American serial killers Kenneth Bianchi and his cousin Angelo Buono infamously known as?

Accepted Answer

"The Hillside Stranglers"

Answer

"The Angels of Death"

Answer

"The Killer Clowns"

Answer

"The Campus Killers"

Question 17

In what year was John Major first elected UK Prime Minister?

Accepted Answer

Answer

1993

Question 18

In what year was John Major first elected UK Prime Minister?

Accepted Answer

Answer

1993

Answer

1992

Question 19

In what year was John Major first elected UK Prime Minister?

Accepted Answer

Answer

1993

Answer

1992

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1991

Question 20

In what year was John Major first elected UK Prime Minister?

Accepted Answer

1990

Answer

1993

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1992

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1991

Question 21

What did the Inslaw Corporation do for the Department of Justice in the mid-1970s, without getting paid, before being forced into bankruptcy?

Accepted Answer

Answer

Covertly arm the rebel groups opposing Nicaragua's socialist government

Question 22

What did the Inslaw Corporation do for the Department of Justice in the mid-1970s, without getting paid, before being forced into bankruptcy?

Accepted Answer

Develop people-tracking software

Answer

Covertly arm the rebel groups opposing Nicaragua's socialist government

Question 23

What did the Inslaw Corporation do for the Department of Justice in the mid-1970s, without getting paid, before being forced into bankruptcy?

Accepted Answer

Develop people-tracking software

Answer

Covertly arm the rebel groups opposing Nicaragua's socialist government

Answer

Train Afghan Mujahideen militants

Question 24

What did the Inslaw Corporation do for the Department of Justice in the mid-1970s, without getting paid, before being forced into bankruptcy?

Accepted Answer

Develop people-tracking software

Answer

Covertly arm the rebel groups opposing Nicaragua's socialist government

Answer

Train Afghan Mujahideen militants

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Wiretap the Democratic Party's headquarters

Question 25

When did Oman become a founding member of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council?

Accepted Answer

Answer

1978

Question 26

When did Oman become a founding member of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council?

Accepted Answer

1981

Answer

1978

Question 27

When did Oman become a founding member of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council?

Accepted Answer

1981

Answer

1978

Answer

1992

Question 28

When did Oman become a founding member of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council?

Accepted Answer

1981

Answer

1978

Answer

1992

Answer

1980

Question 29

What country did Cyclone Nargis devastate on May 2, 2008?

Accepted Answer

Burma

Question 30

What country did Cyclone Nargis devastate on May 2, 2008?

Accepted Answer

Burma

Answer

Cambodia

Question 31

What country did Cyclone Nargis devastate on May 2, 2008?

Accepted Answer

Burma

Answer

Cambodia

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Laos

Question 32

What country did Cyclone Nargis devastate on May 2, 2008?

Accepted Answer

Burma

Answer

Cambodia

Answer

Laos

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Thailand

Question 33

In which year did the 'Rus'-Byzantine War' first start?

Accepted Answer

1021

Question 34

In which year did the 'Rus'-Byzantine War' first start?

Accepted Answer

1021

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1167

Question 35

In which year did the 'Rus'-Byzantine War' first start?

Accepted Answer

1021

Answer

1167

Answer

1267

Question 36

In which year did the 'Rus'-Byzantine War' first start?

Accepted Answer

1021

Answer

1167

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1267

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967

Question 37

In which decade did the Netherlands enact legislation to stop under 12s working in factories?

Accepted Answer

1870s

Question 38

In which decade did the Netherlands enact legislation to stop under 12s working in factories?

Accepted Answer

1870s

Answer

1890s

Question 39

In which decade did the Netherlands enact legislation to stop under 12s working in factories?

Accepted Answer

1870s

Answer

1890s

Answer

1910s

Question 40

In which decade did the Netherlands enact legislation to stop under 12s working in factories?

Accepted Answer

1870s

Answer

1890s

Answer

1910s

Answer

1930s