History Quiz: A, B, C or All of the Above

Vercingetorix was defeated at the Battle of Alesia.

It was founded on 21st April 1960. Nur-Sultan was founded as Akmoly in 1830 by Siberian Cossacks, while Bloemfontein was founded in 1846.

The destruction of the city occurred in 1219. Bishkek and Ashgabat were both established much later, in the 19th Century (1825 and 1881 respectively).

Confucius lived from 551-479 BC, Siddhatta Gotama lived from c.480-400 BC, and Plato lived from c.428-347 BC.

Chaplin was born on 16th April 1889 and died on 25th December 1977. The Second Boer War lasted from 11th October 1899 to 31st May 1902, World War II lasted from 1st September 1939 to 2nd September 1945, and the Vietnam War lasted from 1st November 1955 to 30th April 1975.

The Zulus of the Zulu Kingdom and the BaKaranga of the Kingdom of Zimbabwe are both Bantu ethnic groups, while the Merina are a Malagasy ethnic group.

The CSS Alabama was sunk on 19th June 1864 by another ship, USS Kearsarge, at the Battle of Cherbourg. The Bismarck was on its way to occupied France for repairs when it was attacked by Fairey Swordfish biplane torpedo bombers from the aircraft carrier HMS Royal Ark. It then faced two British battleships and two heavy cruisers, after which the crew scuttled it, which caused it to sink. The HMS Victory, launched in 1765, still exists today as a floating museum in Portsmouth.

It was founded as a Maya city, with monumental architecture dating back to c.400-300 BC, and was conquered by Teotihuacan in the 4th Century.

Existing from 552-659, the Turkic Khaganate existed as a lengthy empire across an area of northern Eurasia, and they followed Tengrism. The Golden Horde followed Tengrism, Shamanism, Orthodox Christianity and Tibetan Buddhism between the 1240s and 1313, before converting to Islam in 1313. The state religion of the Timurid Empire was Sunni Islam, though other religions existed as well.

It was, however, part of the Soviet Union.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi was also Imperial Regent of Japan.

It is believed to have gone extinct in the 1950s or 60s.

Chongqing was the capital of Ba State during the Warring State period, while Hangzhou was the capital of the Wuyue Kingdom during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period and the capital of the Southern Song dynasty (as Lin'an).

Srivijaya was a Malay empire, while Majapahit was Javanese.

It was caused by Yersinia pestis, the same bacterium responsible for the Black Death. It afflicted the Byzantine and Sasanian Empires as well as port cities around the Mediterranean.