History Quiz (10 questions)

Question 1

In 1984, Michael Jackson suffered burns while making a commercial for which company?

Accepted Answer

Answer

Motorola

Question 2

In 1984, Michael Jackson suffered burns while making a commercial for which company?

Accepted Answer

Answer

Motorola

Answer

Pan-Am

Question 3

In 1984, Michael Jackson suffered burns while making a commercial for which company?

Accepted Answer

Pepsi

Answer

Motorola

Answer

Pan-Am

Question 4

In 1984, Michael Jackson suffered burns while making a commercial for which company?

Accepted Answer

Pepsi

Answer

Motorola

Answer

Pan-Am

Answer

Verizon

Question 5

Which English Tudor king had six wives?

Accepted Answer

Answer

Edward VI

Question 6

Which English Tudor king had six wives?

Accepted Answer

Answer

Edward VI

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Henry VII

Question 7

Which English Tudor king had six wives?

Accepted Answer

Henry VIII

Answer

Edward VI

Answer

Henry VII

Question 8

Which English Tudor king had six wives?

Accepted Answer

Henry VIII

Answer

Edward VI

Answer

Henry VII

Answer

James I

Question 9

What year did the Persian Gulf War begin with Iraq?

Accepted Answer

Answer

1866

Question 10

What year did the Persian Gulf War begin with Iraq?

Accepted Answer

Answer

1866

Answer

1924

Question 11

What year did the Persian Gulf War begin with Iraq?

Accepted Answer

1991

Answer

1866

Answer

1924

Question 12

What year did the Persian Gulf War begin with Iraq?

Accepted Answer

1991

Answer

1866

Answer

1924

Answer

1919

Question 13

Henry VIII had Anne Boleyn executed on what grounds?

Accepted Answer

Adultery

Question 14

Henry VIII had Anne Boleyn executed on what grounds?

Accepted Answer

Adultery

Answer

Assassination Plot

Question 15

Henry VIII had Anne Boleyn executed on what grounds?

Accepted Answer

Adultery

Answer

Assassination Plot

Answer

Lack of Leadership

Question 16

Henry VIII had Anne Boleyn executed on what grounds?

Accepted Answer

Adultery

Answer

Assassination Plot

Answer

Lack of Leadership

Answer

Stealing

Question 17

Who was Vladimir Lenin?

Accepted Answer

Answer

A Polish adventurer who flew solo across the Atlantic in 1923

Question 18

Who was Vladimir Lenin?

Accepted Answer

A Russian revolutionary and leader of the Soviet Union

Answer

A Polish adventurer who flew solo across the Atlantic in 1923

Question 19

Who was Vladimir Lenin?

Accepted Answer

A Russian revolutionary and leader of the Soviet Union

Answer

A Polish adventurer who flew solo across the Atlantic in 1923

Answer

The head of the SS during World War II

Question 20

Who was Vladimir Lenin?

Accepted Answer

A Russian revolutionary and leader of the Soviet Union

Answer

A Polish adventurer who flew solo across the Atlantic in 1923

Answer

The head of the SS during World War II

Answer

The last Tsar of Russia, executed by the Bolsheviks

Question 21

Which nurse tended soldiers in the Crimean War?

Accepted Answer

Florence Nightingale

Question 22

Which nurse tended soldiers in the Crimean War?

Accepted Answer

Florence Nightingale

Answer

Martha Stewart

Question 23

Which nurse tended soldiers in the Crimean War?

Accepted Answer

Florence Nightingale

Answer

Martha Stewart

Answer

Mother Theresa

Question 24

Which nurse tended soldiers in the Crimean War?

Accepted Answer

Florence Nightingale

Answer

Martha Stewart

Answer

Mother Theresa

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Princess Diana

Question 25

Who was Pythagoras?

Accepted Answer

Answer

A German theologian who inspired the Protestant Reformation

Question 26

Who was Pythagoras?

Accepted Answer

A philosopher and mathematician who lived in ancient Greece

Answer

A German theologian who inspired the Protestant Reformation

Question 27

Who was Pythagoras?

Accepted Answer

A philosopher and mathematician who lived in ancient Greece

Answer

A German theologian who inspired the Protestant Reformation

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A 19th century philosopher, economist and social reformer

Question 28

Who was Pythagoras?

Accepted Answer

A philosopher and mathematician who lived in ancient Greece

Answer

A German theologian who inspired the Protestant Reformation

Answer

A 19th century philosopher, economist and social reformer

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The second emperor of the Roman Empire and a great general

Question 29

What decade was Roaring?

Accepted Answer

Answer

The 1970s

Question 30

What decade was Roaring?

Accepted Answer

Answer

The 1970s

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The 1960s

Question 31

What decade was Roaring?

Accepted Answer

The 1920s

Answer

The 1970s

Answer

The 1960s

Question 32

What decade was Roaring?

Accepted Answer

The 1920s

Answer

The 1970s

Answer

The 1960s

Answer

The 1840s

Question 33

Which Senator was censured by the Senate in 1954?

Accepted Answer

Answer

Irving Ives

Question 34

Which Senator was censured by the Senate in 1954?

Accepted Answer

Joseph McCarthy

Answer

Irving Ives

Question 35

Which Senator was censured by the Senate in 1954?

Accepted Answer

Joseph McCarthy

Answer

Irving Ives

Answer

Ralph Flanders

Question 36

Which Senator was censured by the Senate in 1954?

Accepted Answer

Joseph McCarthy

Answer

Irving Ives

Answer

Ralph Flanders

Answer

Wayne Morse

Question 37

What famous person said: "Write drunk; edit sober"?

Accepted Answer

Ernest Hemingway

Question 38

What famous person said: "Write drunk; edit sober"?

Accepted Answer

Ernest Hemingway

Answer

Leo Tolstoy

Question 39

What famous person said: "Write drunk; edit sober"?

Accepted Answer

Ernest Hemingway

Answer

Leo Tolstoy

Answer

Plato

Question 40

What famous person said: "Write drunk; edit sober"?

Accepted Answer

Ernest Hemingway

Answer

Leo Tolstoy

Answer

Plato

Answer

William Shakespeare