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History General Knowledge #6

Can you answer these random history questions?
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Who is said to have committed suicide by letting an asp bite her?
Cleopatra
Who was the wife of Louis XVI of France?
Marie Antoinette
What modern-day country is the origin of Chaturanga, the ancestor of the
board game chess?
India
Muhammad was born in Mecca. Where did he die?
Medina
On what famous statue is it written
"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses"?
The Statue of Liberty
What city marked the easternmost point of Napoleon's conquests?
Moscow
What caused the population of Johannesburg, Melbourne, and San Francisco
to explode at different times in the 19th century?
Gold rushes
On what ship did English sailors mutiny against Captain Bligh?
HMS Bounty
What "stick-thin" model became a symbol of Swingin' Sixties London?
Twiggy
What ancient Mediterranean language was the first to develop a sound-based alphabet?
Phoenician
What Russian princess, murdered in 1918, did many imposters claim to be?
Anastasia
What Japanese word, meaning "divine wind", was given to the suicide pilots in WWII?
Kamikaze
In what city did Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier have a "thrilling" fight?
Manila
Whose advisors included Sir Thomas More, Cardinal Wolsey, and Thomas Cromwell?
King Henry VIII
What term was given to a person who was forced to row the oars of a ship?
Galley slave
What notable person was born near the Nepal/India border around 500 B.C.?
Buddha
What was the last name of power couple Eva and Juan?
Perón
What became the 50th U.S. state in 1959?
Hawaii
What type of money was first used in the 11th century in China?
Paper money
What drug did Sigmund Freud recommend as a pain reliever, stimulant,
and nasal decongestant?
Cocaine
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20 Comments
kalbahamut
+9
Level 79
Jun 11, 2015
oh... Moscow... duh.... somehow I misread that clue as Alexander, not Napoleon, and spent two minutes guessing cities in India and Pakistan.
rocamorar
+3
Level 80
Jun 11, 2015
I tried about twenty different spellings for Marie Antoinette... :(
darthsauban
+2
Level 24
Nov 8, 2017
Didn't work for mary antoinette.
BiggieSmalls
+16
Level 76
Dec 16, 2017
Because her name was Marie, not Mary.
dunkinggandalf2
+18
Level 72
Feb 26, 2021
I still don't think you should just accept "Marie". Her name was Marie-Antoinette. I'd much rather see the quiz accept a misspelling such as Mary-Antwanet than accept half her name.
Jango
+11
Level 63
Sep 6, 2021
Agree absolutely! It's Marie-Antoinette, and double and hyphenated names in French need to be in full. Ever heard of Jean-Claude Van Damme being referred to as Jean Damme? Or Jean-Marie Le Pen as Jean Pen?

No, me neither.

jayjay068
+2
Level 23
Jun 15, 2015
Can you accept Madeenah for Medina.
kalbahamut
+2
Level 79
Dec 15, 2017
Or even Yathrib... the name of the city. Medina/Madinah is just short for "Madinah an Nabi": city of the prophet.
blinky
+3
Level 57
Jan 16, 2017
If only I knew east from west. D'oh!
twained
+3
Level 60
Feb 26, 2021
Emma Lazarus's extraordinary poem — which includes the words "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses" — is not actually written or engraved on the Statue of Liberty. Indeed, it wasn't even there when it was first unveiled. A few years later, a plaque with her poem inscribed was placed inside the statue's pedestal.
Damangio
+2
Level 64
Feb 26, 2021
Gaah! I couldn't get the Napoleon one because I was thinking of Alexander!
Damangio
+5
Level 64
Feb 26, 2021
The Proto-Sinaitic script is ancestral to the Phoenician script and is just as sound-based. However, since you're asking for the language rather than the script, "Phoenician" is still sort of correct because the Phoenicians would have adopted the Proto-Sinaitic script before developing it into their own script. Even so, this was not the first "sound-based alphabet." Proto-Sinaitic was in turn derived from Egyptian heiroglyphs, a partially sound-based system which included symbols for words, for grammatical features, and for sounds. Mesopotamian cuneiform had a similar structure, also predating the Proto-Sinaitic script. The distinction of the Proto-Sinatic script is that it was the first writing system in which *all* the symbols represented sounds. So you could describe it as the first "fully sound-based alphabet." Personally I prefer "fully sound-based writing system" because the term "alphabet" has multiple conflicting definitions.
Megan123
+1
Level 14
Feb 27, 2021
After doing this quiz I felt very stupid😖
PitifulExcuse
+6
Level 65
Feb 14, 2024
I felt very clever.

Both of us were probably wrong.

stylus
+13
Level 79
Apr 30, 2023
just me who was imagining the inhabitants of johannesburg and melbourne literally all exploding simultaneously?
sal67
+1
Level 44
Aug 11, 2023
i think fiat should also be accpeted as an answer to the money question
Stoggler
+1
Level 55
Oct 28, 2025
The Chinese paper money was backed up by actual reserves of gold, so not a fiat currency
Naiad
+1
Level 67
Feb 1, 2024
allow punic for phoenician
Nevson64
+1
Level 67
Jan 6, 2026
Spelled Phoenician wrong…. Dang
HyalineSkies
+1
Level 48
Feb 25, 2026
Why does that painting of Cleopatra look a little different...
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