History Quiz

History Quiz

Question 1 of 10

When Sultan Taimur bin Feisal tried to abdicate in this country, his British puppetmasters refused to allow it. What country is this?

Question 2 of 10

Which nation is linked with England by a 31-mile underwater rail "Chunnel" finished in 1994?

Question 3 of 10

Outlawed from a Viking settlement in Iceland, who went on instead to settle Greenland?

Question 4 of 10

Margaret Thatcher, prime minister of the UK, was in office for all of which decade?

Question 5 of 10

Who patented the first practical revolver in 1835?

Question 6 of 10

Which country did the U.S. agree to ease restrictions on in 1999?

Question 7 of 10

In what year did Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin land on the Moon?

Question 8 of 10

Who was George S. Patton?

Question 9 of 10

In 2013, terrorists took over 800 people hostage at a gas plant in what African country?

Question 10 of 10

As captured in a photo by Malcolm Browne, a Buddhist monk, Thich Quang Duc, died at a Saigon intersection on June 11, 1963. How?