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World History Quiz for Dummies

Can you answer these 20 easy questions about world history?
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What was the capital of the Soviet Union?
Moscow
Who "discovered" the New World and claimed it for Spain in 1492?
Christopher Columbus
What religion was started by Muhammad?
Islam
In what city was the Colosseum constructed between 72–80 AD?
Rome
What cigar-chomping revolutionary was the leader of Cuba from 1959–2008?
Fidel Castro
In terms of dates, what does BC stand for?
Before Christ
Who painted the the "Mona Lisa"?
Leonardo da Vinci
What philosopher, also known as "Master Kong", was born in China in 551 BC?
Confucius
What were Germany, Italy, Japan, and their allies known as during World War II?
The Axis Powers
What loincloth-wearing activist is often considered the "Father of the Nation" of India?
Mahatma Gandhi
On what continent did anatomically-modern humans first evolve?
Africa
What city did Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle come from?
Athens
What country colonized Vietnam, Algeria, and parts of Canada?
France
In what series of wars did Europeans try to recapture the Holy Land for Christianity?
The Crusades
What did Johannes Gutenberg invent in the 1400s that revolutionized the way
information was transmitted?
Printing press
What style of music was played by Louis Armstrong and Miles Davis?
Jazz
What empire, founded by Genghis Khan, conquered most of Asia?
Mongol Empire
What massive landmark was built more than 4000 years ago, most likely
as a tomb for the pharaoh Khufu?
The Great Pyramid
What queen of France supposedly said "let them eat cake"?
(but really didn't)
Marie Antoinette
In what modern-day country would you find the ruins of Babylon?
Iraq
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69 Comments
cpgatbyu
+87
Level 88
May 5, 2020
I thought the capital of the Soviet Union was Das Kapital,
ing
+59
Level 73
May 5, 2020
No, the capital of the Soviet Union was rubles.
IsleAuHaulte
+11
Level 92
May 5, 2020
We have a couple of regular Yakov Smirnoffs here.
TurkeyCookTime
+53
Level 85
May 6, 2020
The capitals are S and U.
CardinalSin
+12
Level 82
Jun 12, 2020
......and R, surely?
ddddan
+11
Level 85
Jul 12, 2020
@someone2018: In Soviet Russia, Capital spends You
sacheth9
+10
Level 65
Nov 21, 2021
I thought it was OURCapital
MyrmidonPantheon
+2
Level 56
Mar 21, 2025
It was U,S,S and R
eurotec
+1
Level 56
Mar 21, 2025
I thought it was Stalingrad.
Evenultrapawn
+1
Level 65
Jul 28, 2025
Das Kapital was the capital of East Germany
mf3
+11
Level 90
May 5, 2020
Why suddenly this series of really easy quizzes "for dummies"? Is it "site grade inflation"?
Quizmaster
+63
Level ∞
May 5, 2020
People search for it on Google a lot. Also, JetPunk is way too hard for normies so this series will make it slightly more accessible.
QRU
+37
Level 77
May 6, 2020
Uh, you could make a "Jetpunk light"-badge!
bks961
+4
Level 74
May 10, 2020
In that case you may need to change the answer to the Chinese philosopher question to "Donkey"...
joeythelemur
+30
Level 80
May 13, 2020
So Dummies quizzes are the gateway drug, got it. :-)
joeythelemur
+19
Level 80
May 13, 2020
"Normies". That's a good one. Like Muggles.
kalbahamut
+11
Level 79
Jul 12, 2020
You should do a series of quizzes on naked mole rats. I bet that would get some hits.
ShievaAndGolly
+5
Level 60
Mar 2, 2022
I don't how I feel about you saying "normies".
MyrmidonPantheon
+1
Level 56
Mar 21, 2025
I scored more on harder quizzes than this.
mrnafe
+21
Level 84
Jul 12, 2020
I got 100%. Always knew I was a dummie
JackintheBox
+10
Level 82
Jul 14, 2020
dummy*
mrnafe
+14
Level 84
Jul 14, 2020
Touché
RedStar12345
+1
Level 55
Mar 21, 2025
Same as you. I have 100% in my first try.

If I am a dummy, at least I am not the only one...

NokiaQFikec
+1
Level 62
Jul 12, 2020
When u are not english and dont know how to write nAme of the queen of France in english :/
badoperate
+8
Level 49
Jul 12, 2020
Now this is more my speed
FolgoreCZ
+1
Level 59
Jul 12, 2020
There is actually an interesting theory that humans didn't evolve solely in Africa but that there also was a second location in southeast Asia.
dunkinggandalf2
+16
Level 72
Sep 30, 2020
The Pyramids were built by the Goa'uld, a parasitc alien life form that occupies Human bodies to pose as their gods. They were used as landing pads for their space ships. That's like History 101, people!
Source
+14
Level 61
Jul 27, 2022
Someone's been watching History Channel documentaries
Mikasuomi
+5
Level 55
Jul 27, 2022
Ancient Astronaut Theorists say yes.
ScotiaTyson
+5
Level 28
Dec 11, 2023
I love Stargate.
dunkinggandalf2
+4
Level 72
Dec 11, 2023
Me too. It's actually a pretty smart show, with some episodes that touch on real philsophical questions, like personal identity, relationships between beings at different levels of development, time travel, whether it's okay to intervene in the development of other species, etc.

It's just sad that Ancient-Aliens-Morons think it's a documentary!

SMFlex
+1
Level 54
Mar 31, 2024
We were talking about conspiracy theories in geography class last week, and someone brought this up. Our geography teacher is chill and has the same sense of humor as a lot of the people in my class, so things like this happen often.
Unobtainium
+2
Level 49
Mar 21, 2025
No, the pyramids ARE the spaceships.
dunkinggandalf2
+1
Level 72
Mar 21, 2025
The newer ones, yes, but the ancient Earth pyramids were definitely just landing pads for spaceships (which were also pyramid-shaped).

This is History, dude. You can't just go and make stuff up!

EcceHomo
+4
Level 86
Oct 21, 2020
I got a quiz in a Christmas cracker that was harder than this. Nice one QM.
emmasuttttt
+14
Level 59
Oct 27, 2020
Da Vinky?
Hezzer619
+5
Level 58
Nov 19, 2020
I seriously almost put "Leonardo DiCaprio" for the mona lisa question.
NeirolVeritas
+1
Level 35
Aug 17, 2025
I had a quiz bowl competition where someone guessed him for some question about an artist, and some of the parents watching laughed
ElephantLover7
+8
Level 45
Dec 1, 2020
I wrote in Da Vinky?
Cooldrive
+1
Level 64
Jul 27, 2022
Rex Harrison, as an art collector in a Red Skelton skit, went goofy and called a da Vinci a da Winki.
Papafrost
+4
Level 68
Jul 13, 2021
Please accept "Crusade" without the "the". Thanks!
stylus
+4
Level 79
Jul 26, 2021
allow Kong Fuzi? i’m pretty sure i’ve seen it written like that before
leontodon
+2
Level 75
Dec 9, 2023
Yeah, I think Confucius should have Kongzi and Kong Fuzi as type-ins. Maybe even 孔子 and 孔夫子, though maybe not since it's an English-language quiz.
HueMann
+1
Level 52
Feb 15, 2024
Yeah; in Chinese, we would call him 孔子 Pinyin: Kóngzi, so Kongzi should work.
LuigiDood227
+1
Level 72
Apr 8, 2022
Accept Mary Antoinette for Marie Antoinette
yourlocalbugboy
+3
Level 56
Jun 16, 2022
First names are not even necessary for these quizzes - just use Antoinette
MarcellDAvis
+7
Level 80
Jul 27, 2022
Actually, Antoinette is her (second) first name. As European nobility of that time, she had no last name in the modern sense.
dunkinggandalf2
+2
Level 72
Dec 11, 2023
Please, PLEASE, stop accepting just "Marie". She's called Marie-Antoinette, it's one first name, not always hyphenated, but both elements are necessary. I'd have no issue with you accepting Mary Antwanet, or any other misspelling, but just accepting "Marie" makes no sense whatsoever.
HiLow
+2
Level 42
May 19, 2022
Please accept "Printer" for "Printing Press"?
Nachtschicht
+9
Level 59
Jul 27, 2022
That would be like accepting automobile for a wheelbarrow...
MarcellDAvis
+24
Level 80
Jul 27, 2022
Johannes Gutenberg, inventor of the HP LaserJet
gerrlax
+3
Level 46
Jul 27, 2022
Why do Americans think Islam started by Muhammad? NO IT DID NOT. Even Muhammad's mother has been a Muslimah before Muhammad (pbuh) was becoming a prophet. And He became prophet when he was 40. Bruh.
jmellor13
+8
Level 68
Jul 27, 2022
Google "Who founded Islam?" and see what happens.
SMFlex
+2
Level 54
Mar 31, 2024
Islam was started by Muhammad. He didn’t like how the people of Mecca were living. One night on Mount Hira, the Angel Jibril came to him and gave him the 96th surah of the Qu’ran. This was the beginning. He then went back to Mecca and told his wife, who immediately converted. He then had more revelations in the following couple of years and he converted more people, starting to preach.

I don’t know how you say Muhammad wasn’t the founder.

yellowbomb
+7
Level 65
Jul 27, 2022
Obligatory pedantic: Gutenberg didn't invent the printing press. The printing press was invented in many different countries, and many years years before his contribution. He invented the moveable type, which greatly eased the printing process. Prior to that, each printing plate had to be either carved out of wood, by hand, or cast out of metal.
mOctave
+1
Level 66
Jan 27, 2025
Even that is a little questionable, since movable type was invented in East Asia before Gutenberg. Did he reinvent it? Maybe, but he also could have taken the idea from elsewhere.
Neodymium
+1
Level 63
Feb 24, 2023
Shouldn't Press count?
protector441
+1
Level 48
Dec 10, 2023
Please, accept "bookprint" or "letterpress" for Gutenberg.
Aoto327
+1
Level 87
Dec 11, 2023
100%!
CurtisNewton
+1
Level 60
Mar 21, 2025
"reconquer"? That would imply that the Holy Land was Christian at some earlier stage. Maybe after the first crusade, but to begin with, it definitely had never been.
FlojnirGrey
+5
Level 41
Mar 21, 2025
When the Roman Empire converted to Christianity, they controlled the Holy Land. Thus, it was, in a sense, reconquering the Holy Land.
bunbud
+1
Level 61
Mar 21, 2025
I wrote Mary Antoinette 💀💀💀
linonion
+2
Level 57
Mar 21, 2025
I know I'm 5 years late but can you let "Kong Fu Zi" be an answer for "What philosopher, also known as "Master Kong", was born in China in 551 BC?"
CrypticMessage
+2
Level 53
Mar 21, 2025
I can't believe I thought the Crusades were called "the Cascades".
AlexaStone
+2
Level 33
Mar 21, 2025
Ah, yes, the Cascade Wars. They were very torrential.
AlexaStone
+1
Level 33
Mar 21, 2025
*hoping I spelled that right lol
GlassMonkeyOLD
+1
Level 69
Mar 23, 2025
The the
beansnns
+1
Level 33
May 4, 2025
This is was much more "for dummies" than I realized lol; I think the first time I've done one of these types of quizzes without second guessing
chobeats
+1
Level 49
Aug 19, 2025
the out of africa theory has been debunked and does not fall under history
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