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Historical Events by Flag

Given a historical event, choose the flag which represents the modern-day country in which it occurred
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1. Home of Roman General Julius Caesar
2. The prophet Muhammad founded the religion of Islam here in the 7th Century
3. Location of 1950’s Mau Mau rebellion against the British Empire
4. The Battle of Guadalcanal was fought between the Allies and the Japanese Empire here during WW2
5. The pyramids were built here in the 3rd Millenium BC
6. Clovis I was the first King of this country back in the 5th Century AD
7. Magna Carta, an early citizen’s charter, was signed here by King John and his Barons in 1215
8. Captain Cook, commanding HMS Endeavour, landed here in 1770, naming the place Botany Bay
9. Ferdinand Magellan arrived here in 1521, claiming the islands for Spain
10. Davy Crocket died here in 1836 at the Battle of the Alamo
11. Carthage, a Phoenician colony, dominated the Mediterranean from here until their fall to the Romans in the third Punic war of 146 BC
12. Location of WW2 campaign known as the Winter War
13. A local warlord adopted the name Genghis Khan here in 1206, uniting the various clans to form a mighty horde
14. The USS Maine sank here in 1898, leading to war with Spain
15. Place where the world’s first democracies emerged in the 6th Century BC
16. Failed invasion of the Gallipoli peninsula during WW1
17. The Seventh Coalition triumphed here at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815
18. Conquistador Herman Cortes defeated Aztec emperor Moctezuma II here in 1519
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3 Comments
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Level 59
Oct 25, 2025
Why is the Australian flag on meth?
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Level 65
Mar 30, 2026
I love this idea for a quiz! I only wonder if its possible to make the flag options side by side instead of listed vertically so you can see all the options for a question at once
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Level 94
Apr 17, 2026
I thought I'd combine history and geography into one quiz. I'm not very good at quiz design / layout though.

I wish I knew how to make map quizzes...