History General Knowledge

What river did Caesar cross which initiated the Roman civil war?

Who did Claus von Stauffenberg attempt to assasinate?

On what ship did Charles Darwin sail?

Which British king signed the Magna Carta?

What city in the US was used by thrill seekers to watch nuclear bomb tests?

Who is the only British primeminister to have a science degree?

Who was the last Anglo Saxon king, who died at the battle of hastings?

What was Mussolini's nickname?

Carthage was at one point the centre of an ancient civilization, what modern country is it based in?

Who is said to have founded Rome?

What is the name of the Greek kingdom that Alexander the great controlled?

Which venetian explorer famously brought back stories of the East?

Whose theses marked the start of the protestant reformation?

In what year did the United Nations first meet?

Who is said to have 'taken a stand by staying seated' and so sparked a US civil rights movement?