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History General Knowledge #11

Can you answer these random history questions?
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First submittedMarch 13, 2017
Times taken49,322
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Where were gunpowder, paper, the compass, and the printing press invented?
China
Who said “The Eagle has landed” on July 20, 1969?
Neil Armstrong
What general won the Battle of Austerlitz in 1805?
Napoleon
What Mesoamerican civilization mysteriously collapsed around 900 A.D.?
Classic Maya
What Argentinian first lady was known as "Evita"?
Eva Perón
What country suffered the most deaths from the 2004 tsunami?
Indonesia
Who was Prime Minister of the U.K. from 1997–2007?
Tony Blair
What is Ivan IV, grand prince of Moscow, better known as today?
Ivan the Terrible
Who was the only female Prime Minister of India?
Indira Gandhi
What country united Germany under its leadership in 1871?
Prussia
What fictional seducer first appeared in Spanish literature in the 1600s?
Don Juan
Who wrote the musical piece known as "The Ride of the Valkyries"?
Richard Wagner
What country built a thousand mile long, rabbit-proof fence in 1907?
Australia
What French designer designed the "little black dress" and was
probably a Nazi collaborator?
Coco Chanel
What was the main export of Jamaica during its colonial period?
Sugar
What was invented by Guglielmo Marconi in the 1890s?
Radio
Who fled from Tibet to India in 1959?
The Dalai Lama
What naval base did Japan attack on December 7 leading the United States to declare
war the next day?
Pearl Harbor
What is either a type of orange or a term for a bureaucrat of ancient China?
Mandarin
What South African nation was led by the warrior-king Shaka?
Zulu
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36 Comments
Algernon
+3
Level 73
Mar 14, 2017
I'm sure there are a few people who tried other words for the eighth question before entering the correct answer. Lol.
fuanacdc
+2
Level 86
Mar 15, 2017
What other words are there for the Prime Minister? Is this a British joke that is over my head?
roleybob
+2
Level 75
May 22, 2017
I'm British and I don't get it...

Maybe expletives or something?

Janjan
+2
Level 67
Jan 12, 2018
Bliar is quite commonly used by those who doubt his honesty so maybe that was what Algernon had in mind?
tshalla
+4
Level 76
Jan 26, 2018
I put Tony W. Blair. His foreign policy, in particular, always made me get him mixed up with another guy.
Algernon
+5
Level 73
Jan 27, 2018
Yeah, sorry. Janjan is correct, I was implying a lot of people would have 'other' names for him. The type of name that Jetpunk won't let you type.

Tony Blair is quite unpopular with both sides of the political spectrum in Britain.

IsleAuHaulte
+2
Level 90
Jun 21, 2018
Bush?
ruftytufty
+1
Level 79
Nov 3, 2017
The Prime Minister's official title is First Lord of the Treasury.
dunkinggandalf2
+7
Level 69
May 9, 2021
No, it's not. The Prime Minister is *also* First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, and responsible for the defense of the realm, but those are just functions that come with the office, not alternate titles.
fcalvaresi
+1
Level 38
Jan 26, 2018
Napoleon was already Emperor in 1805, not general.
biggyofmt
+14
Level 65
Jan 26, 2018
While leading armies in the field, General is an appropriate term, regardless of other political titles held.
dunkinggandalf2
+2
Level 69
May 9, 2021
Yeah. He was both.
ander217
+1
Level 74
Jan 26, 2018
Finally a general knowledge quiz that just happened to tap into the things I know. Got 'em all with 2:58 to spare so this must have been an easy one.
tralalalalala
+1
Level 48
Jan 30, 2018
Yeah I finished with 1:54
MaxStickies
+1
Level 79
Jan 10, 2020
I didn't get the rosenberg one right
jabegy
+2
Level 28
Feb 21, 2018
How can it say I got 50% correct on some questions when I got them right. ?
martay
+4
Level 70
Oct 24, 2019
You've probably taken the quiz before. The column "Your %" is the quotient of:

(numbers of times you've answered that question correctly)÷(number of times you've answered the question in total)

IsleAuHaulte
+1
Level 90
Jun 21, 2018
Perhaps that's how the rest of us dillweeds fared if you're looking at the left % column. Your average for all the times you've done this quiz are on the right.
Zefyrinus
+1
Level 72
Jun 14, 2019
Is an event from 2004 really history?
martay
+10
Level 70
Oct 24, 2019
Yeah. 15 years is a fair amount of time and definitely qualifies as recent history.
dunkinggandalf2
+14
Level 69
Oct 4, 2020
At University, I've always been told that History starts yesterday.
brandybuck96
+1
Level 83
Jun 18, 2023
We studied the Iraq War (2003) in History at school, and if the Chilcot enquiry had come out during the GCSE course, we'd have been required to know about it. It didn't, but it was very much possible that our exam would have asked about something that happened in the past year at least.
blizzrd33
+4
Level 80
Jun 15, 2023
Your comment is already history.
RuthlessCosmo
+1
Level 74
Nov 25, 2023
After George Bush lost the Iowa caucuses in 1988, he was asked about that a week later while campaigning in New Hampshire. His response: "That's history!" as in something meaningless because it happened in the past. I mention this only to remind us that "history" includes events that occurred a week ago.
Froststar101
+3
Level 73
May 4, 2021
Can you accept "Tenzin Gyatso" please?
jmellor13
+8
Level 67
May 8, 2021
Not this guy. Come on.
Froststar101
+3
Level 73
Oct 26, 2023
It's not an attempt to flex; that's legitimately the correct answer. If you asked who signed the Affordable Care Act into law, the answer would be "Barack Obama," not "U.S. president." Dalai lama is just a title which has been held by multiple people.
dunkinggandalf2
+13
Level 69
May 9, 2021
This general knowledge quiz contains only a single question about a general.
Andrew169
+1
Level 74
Feb 3, 2023
Nice quiz, I scored 19/20. I just could not come up with the right answer for the Jamaica question. Thanks for the quiz!
Tarajnb
+2
Level 70
May 8, 2023
Could you please also accept cane sugar for the question about Jamaica?
Pookminstamum
+2
Level 64
Jul 1, 2023
First time I could finish because of a poorly placed advert. Firefox time.
BileBemi
+2
Level 15
Jul 22, 2023
Printing press was invented in Germany, not China
RuthlessCosmo
+4
Level 74
Nov 25, 2023
It's impressive that you are so certain of your opinion. Particularly because you are so wrong. The Chinese began printing books during the Tang Dynasty, more than six hundred years before Gutenburg.
DoktorApplejuce
+1
Level 66
Oct 15, 2023
Wild that Coco Chanel is far from the only world famous fashion designer who was also a Nazi sympathizer.
PitifulExcuse
+1
Level 64
May 3, 2024
nazis were very snappy dressers.
Amedio
+2
Level 67
Nov 26, 2023
"Eva Duarte", Evita's maiden name, should be a valid answer.
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