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Can you answer five history questions concerning the history of six randomly-changing countries?

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Spain
Who was the wife of Ferdinand II?	Isabella I
What was the last Muslim city in Spain?	Granada
On what island was Spain's first permanent settlement in the New World?	Hispaniola
Who painted "Guernica" a depiction of a bombing that happened during the Spanish Civil War?	Pablo Picasso
Who was dictator of Spain from 1939 until 1975?	Francisco Franco

India
In what language were most important Hindu scriptures written?	Sanskrit
What was the first empire to unite India?	Maurya Empire
What Portuguese explorer reached India by going around Africa?	Vasco Da Gama
What was the original purpose of the Taj Mahal?	Mausoleum
Who led the Indian independence movement against Britain?	Mahatma Gandhi

China
On what river did Chinese civlization first begin?	Yellow River
What philospher's sayings are collected in the "Analects"?	Confucius
What khan conquered China in 1279?	Kublai Khan
What island did China cede to Great Britain as a result of the Opium Wars?	Hong Kong
What was the last Chinese dynasty?	Qing Dynasty

Brazil
What cash crop was, by the mid-16th century, Brazil's most important export?	Sugar
What country colonized Brazil?	Portugal
What currency was introduced in 1994 as part of a successful campaign to stop hyperinflation?	Real
What footballer was born in 1940 as Edson Arantes do Nascimento?	Pelé
What did Rio de Janeiro host in 2016?	Summer Olympics

Greece
On what island was the Minoan civilization based?	Crete
Who was the teacher of Aristotle?	Plato
What city-state bested Athens in the Peloponnesian War?	Sparta
What was the most important city in Greece during the Middle Ages? (Hint: It starts with T)	Thessaloniki
In 1687, what Greek monument was severely damaged by an explosion?	Parthenon

United Kingdom
Who is the most famous conspirator of the Gunpowder Plot?	Guy Fawkes
What disaster struck London in 1666?	Great Fire of London
What war did Great Britain fight against France between 1756 and 1763?	Seven Years War
Who wrote "A Tale of Two Cities"?	Charles Dickens
Who was Prime Minister when Britain voted to leave the EU?	David Cameron

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60 Comments

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Level ∞

Apr 2, 2020

This quiz has been majorly reworked so I deleted the comments which mostly no longer apply. That said, this quiz has a large number of possible questions, so there are probably still lots of small errors that need correcting. The total time spent creating this quiz might be about 10 hours. Whew.

Level 78

Jun 10, 2020

Congratulations! You might have to consider Afrikaner as an answer for the Boer question.

Level 74

Jun 14, 2020

Not sure the clues need letter hints (esp. the 'j' in Raj), but otherwise nice job!

Level 85

Apr 2, 2020

Nice quiz! Worth retaking to see which countries are included.

Level 75

Apr 2, 2020

Not sure much can be done, but there's at least two sets of questions where you get the answer to another question by typing one. Slavery answered Slavs and Rio Grande answered Rio. Not sure how I managed to get Maurya empire, if some sort of typo of Maria got me that?

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Apr 2, 2020

Changed some of the questions and type-ins so that won't happen anymore.

Level 80

Jun 11, 2020

There's another issue where putting "Franco" (as in Francisco Franco) can answer for "Franc."

Level 71

Apr 2, 2020

Bangladesh became independent from Pakistan in 1971, not 1974

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Apr 2, 2020

Fixed

Level 82

Apr 2, 2020

Minor edit—Soekarno is an alternate spelling of Sukarno (and is in fact the spelling of the airport in Jakarta named after him). I realize it's Dutch spelling, but I couldn't figure out why it wouldn't take. :)

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Apr 2, 2020

Soekarno will work now.

Level 53

Apr 3, 2020

Minor niggle, just to show I'm concentrating. On the UK section, England didn't fight a war with France in the 18th Century, Great Britain did.

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Apr 3, 2020

Okay

Level 74

Apr 3, 2020

The answer for the Peruvian animal domestication question is incorrect. The animal given in the answer was domesticated thousands of years before the time period asked in the question.

The phrasing of the question is asking about an animal that became domesticated during that specific time period, not one that was already domesticated prior to it. There is a significant difference between those two concepts.

I was surprised the correct answer wasn't accepted while the incorrect answer was, especially when the correct answer is far more interesting. :)

Please review and thank you for many years of enjoyment with these terrific quizzes!

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Apr 3, 2020

Source? From sources I've seen 5000 BC seems to be correct.

Level 80

Apr 3, 2020

"Who was the only archduchess of Austria?" could perhaps be more clear as "Who was the only *ruling* archduchess of Austria?" There have been plenty of other Archduchesses (Elisabeth Marie, Isabella, Luise, etc.).

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Apr 3, 2020

Fixed that question.

Level 73

Apr 4, 2020

For Cuba I got the question "What was dictator of Cuba before that?", but the answer is a person.

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Apr 4, 2020

Fixed.

Level 81

Apr 5, 2020

Nice one!

Level 92

Apr 5, 2020

I'm shocked that no history questions seem to mention Communist Ethiopia, even if it mentions the famine they caused. Do they just no longer exist?

Level 81

Apr 14, 2020

The "Cradle of Civilization" most commonly refers to the Fertile Crescent, not solely Mesopotamia. Check the wikipedia entry for Fertile Crescent if you don't believe me. The question about Mesopotamia should be reworded, or Fertile Crescent should also be accepted.

Level 78

May 17, 2020

You should feature the Wolfcam's Random Geography by Country

Level 66

Jun 10, 2020

I love this quiz. I keep on redo-ing it, just because the quiz is so interesting.

Level 89

Jun 10, 2020

Homo erectus, as with all species, should strictly have the species ("erectus") in lower case. And all of it should be italicised.

Level 67

Jun 10, 2020

Fixed the capitalization, but I don't believe I can italicize an answer.

Level 24

Jun 12, 2020

When written, it must be italicised. When typing the answers, italics isn't required.

Level 68

Jun 10, 2020

i type funeral monument for the TajMahal, isn't acceptable? that's a synonym for mosoleum

Level 59

Jun 18, 2020

I would say "funeral monument" is too broad of a term. You have many of those, from headstone to pyramid, mausoleum is just one of them. Ad absurdum, one could then want to accept "skysraper" for "tallest building in xy" question, for example.

Level 71

Jun 10, 2020

Ethiopia was also known as Aksum (or Axum) in ancient times. Can you please accept this answer?

Level 67

Jun 10, 2020

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe Axum was closer to modern Eritrea

Level 59

Jun 18, 2020

Not really. Ethiopia and Eritrea were the same country for pretty much all history until the modern split. Axum reached all the way into Yemen, but it's capital was in present day Ethiopia. Despite that, I would say the question is correct as is. Kingdom of Axum just happened to be in the same area in 1000 BC, but Abbysinia is the same country as present day Ethiopia from 1000 AD onwards, just renamed.

Level 66

Jun 10, 2020

Spelling: "Brazi's"; "Aborigonal"; "into Egpyt"

Level 67

Jun 10, 2020

Should be fixed!

Level 36

Jun 10, 2020

I was under the impression that the Dutch traded New Amsterdam for what is now Surinam... they did not cede it.

Level 65

Jun 10, 2020

Fertile Crescent for "Mesopotamia?"

Level 73

Jun 10, 2020

Would Mess O' Potamia have worked?

Level 67

Jun 10, 2020

I've decided to keep Mesopotamia because the Fertile Crescent expands beyond the Tigris and Euphrates.

Level 78

Jun 10, 2020

I kept typing driving for what women could legally do in 2018 in Saudi Arabia, and it would not accept. What's the difference between driving and drive?

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Jun 10, 2020

Driving doesn't fit with the grammar of the question. But it will work now anyway.

Level 59

Jun 10, 2020

Wondering if war / government blocking supplies is an acceptable answer in place of famine for Ethiopia.

Level 67

Jun 10, 2020

You're right, but since the war caused the famine which killed the people, I think that's going an extra step

Level 82

Jun 11, 2020

The 'd' in 'Vasco da Gama' is not capitalised.

Level 53

Jun 11, 2020

12/30 with Australia, Norway, Serbia, Russia, Netherlands and Brazil

Level 46

Jun 11, 2020

nobel prizes are awarded in stockholm(capital of sweden) and not in norway

Level 69

Mar 30, 2021

Nope ! It's only true for the 4 other ones. The Peace one is awarded by the Norwegian Parliament.

Level 75

Jun 12, 2020

"What was the top U.S. commander in Europe during WWII?"

Who, surely?

Level ∞

Jun 12, 2020

Yes, fixed. I will probably never feature another quiz like this again. The amount of work was off the charts high with about 200 possible questions that people can nitpick.

Level 63

Jul 16, 2020

Hi, sorry but you may want to change the caveat as it suggests that the answers to the same question change every time.

Level 79

Aug 19, 2021

25.

Level 80

Jun 18, 2022

Sahrawi Arab should be accepted as Western Sahara for Morocco!

Level 81

Jun 8, 2023

Turkish troops entered Syria in 2016 (Jarablus area), not 2019 (I remember as I was there)

Level 78

Sep 1, 2023

I love how you can type 'Evita' to get Eva Peron in this quiz :D

Level 74

Jun 3, 2024

> What was the first empire to unite India?

But what about this part? That's the Tamil kings. No one conquers the Tamil kings.

Level 82

Oct 24, 2024

Thank you so much for this quiz! I know it was a lot of work, and I appreciate it and am learning from it.

Having said that…any chance that you can accept “Rhein” (the German spelling) for “Rhine”?

Level 79

Dec 14, 2024

For Castro it should be 2011 not 2008

Level 69

Dec 28, 2024

No, 2008 is correct.

Level 48

Oct 19, 2025

For Netherlands, NYC/NewYorkCity should be accepted for New Amsterdam.

Level 66

Mar 14, 2026

I agree, the question doesn't ask the name of the Durch colony, it only asks the name of the city that was once Dutch

Level 43

Apr 11, 2026

Only criticism I have thus far (amazing quiz otherwise): the question about the border river between the Romans and the Germanic... Idk remember exactly anymore, you'll know which one. It should accept Limes as an answer, it is part of the Rhine and I have so far heard of it being referred to as the border far more often

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