1) Which year did world war 1 begin a) 1914 b) 1917 c) 1923 d) 1938 2) Where was hitler born in a) France b) Germany c) Austria d) italy 3) Where was JFK ASSASSINATED in a) NEW YORK b) Miami c) Austin d) DALLAS 4) Who fought in the war of 1812? a) Andrew Jackson b) Otto Von Bismark c) Napoleon d) Arthur wellesley 5) Who Said 'I shall return?' a) Bull Hasley b) Douglas MacArthur c) Omar Bradley d) George Patton 6) What was the shortest war in human history? a) World War 1 b) Cold War c) England and Zanzibar d) Vietnam war 7) Who was the first person to orbit the Earth? a) Valentina Tereshkova b) John Glenn c) Neil Armstrong d) Yuri Gagarin 8) Which of these cities was NOT founded by the Romans? a) London b) Alexandria c) Cologne 9) Where did Zoroastrianism originate? a) Persia b) India c) Egypt d) South America 10) Which of these writers was NOT English? a) Agatha Christie b) Charles c) Oscar Wilde d) Jane Austen 11) What does a dendrochronologist use to establish dates? a) Ice cores b) carbon isotopes c) tree rings d) solar eclipses 12) In terms of weapons, what is a pike? a) an improvised explosive device b) a trench knife  c) a very long spear d) a spiked helmet 13) Why did whalers hunt sperm whales? a) For Meat b) For oil to make candles  c) For skin to make leather d) for sport 14) The spinning jenny was one of the earliest innovations in the Industrial Revolution. What was a spinning jenny? a) A device for making cloth b) A device for storing energy c) A steam engine d) a water pump 15) How many wives did Henry VIII have? a) 4 b) 5 c) 6  d) 7 16) Which event triggered World War One? a) the sinking of lusitania  b) the tsar refusal of an offer to visit Germany c) the assassination of archduke Frans Ferdinand d) Germany's invasion of Poland  17) Which of the following was NOT originally invented in China? a) gunpowder b) silk c) paper money d) concrete 18) What was the Byzantine Empire? a) A confederation of European tribes b) an alliance ruled by the pope c) a continuation of the Roman Empire d) The empire founded by Alexander the Great

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