History Quiz: What...?

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1. ...was the first confirmed form of aircraft to have successfully carried a person?

Aeroplane

Autogyro

Balloon

2. ...was the capital of Egypt's 19th dynasty?

Memphis

Pi-Ramesses

Thebes

3. ...archaeological site contains the world's oldest megaliths?

Göbekli Tepe

Carnac stones

Stonehenge

4. ...is (possibly) the oldest novel ever written?

Epic of Gilgamesh

Don Quixote

The Tale of Genji

5. ...served as Genghis Khan's capital?

Karakorum

Shangdu

Ulaanbaatar

6. ...is an illuminated manuscript?

A manuscript with code hidden within it.

A manuscript decorated with initials, borders and miniature illustrations.

A manuscript that is deemed to be sacred by the Catholic Church.

7. ...empire dominated the Indian subcontinent between 322-185 BC?

Maurya

Gupta

Kushan

8. ...did Scottish inventor Sir James Dewar invent?

Ballpoint pen

Television

Vacuum flask

9. ...was the tallest building before 1549?

Old St Paul's Cathedral

Lincoln Cathedral

Pyramid of Khufu

10. ...may have inspired the belief in the existence of cyclopes?

Fossil skulls of dwarf elephants

Fossil skulls of dwarf rhinoceros

Fossil skulls of dwarf hippopotamus

11. ...was destroyed in 226 BC?

Temple of Artemis

Mausoleum at Halicarnassus

Colossus of Rhodes

12. ...was the largest pre-Columbian city in South America?

Chan Chan

Caral

Cusco

13. ...is Ned Kelly famous for?

His high kill count

Wearing armour

Train robberies

14. ...was the main purpose of the shuriken?

To distract or misdirect

To signal someone

To kill

15. ...killed Sigurd the Mighty?

An axe

An orca

A decapitated head

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