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Can you answer five history questions concerning the history of six randomly-changing countries?
The answers change every time!
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First submittedMarch 25, 2020
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Ethiopia
Ethiopia
What was Ethiopia known as prior to the 1600s?
Abyssinia
What European power briefly occupied Ethiopia in the 1930s?
Italy
Who was emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974?
Haile Selassie
What was the name of the Australopithecus skeleton discovered in Ethiopia in 1974?
Lucy
What killed over 1 million Ethiopians in the early 1980s?
Famine
 
 
Iraq
Iraq
What term refers to the Cradle of Civilization between the
Tigris and Euphrates rivers?
Mesopotamia
What city was supposedly home to the Hanging Gardens?
Babylon
What legendary sailor of the seven seas hailed from Basra?
Sinbad
What group raided Baghdad in 1258?
Mongols
What country did Iraq invade in 1990?
Kuwait
 
 
Argentina
Argentina
Which element did the Spanish name Argentina after?
Silver
What notorious Nazi was captured by Israeli agents in Argentina in 1960?
Adolf Eichmann
What Argentinian fought in the Cuban Revolution and met his end in Bolivia in 1967?
Che Guevara
Which Argentinian first lady was nicknamed "Evita"?
Eva Peron
What island group did Argentina invade in 1982?
Falkland Islands
 
 
United Kingdom
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
 
 
France
France
What was the Roman name for France?
Gaul
Who led France during the radical phase of the French Revolution?
Maximilien Robespierre
On what tiny island in the Atlantic did Napoleon die?
St. Helena
Who wrote "Les Misérables" and "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame"?
Victor Hugo
What was France's currency before the Euro?
Franc
 
 
Egypt
Egypt
What monumental structure is thought to have been built
as a tomb for the pharoah Khufu?
The Great Pyramid
What city in Egypt was famous in ancient times for its library?
Alexandria
Who had children with both Mark Antony and Julius Caesar?
Cleopatra
What German general's advance into Egypt was halted at El Alamein in 1942?
Erwin Rommel
In 2010, what series of protests spread to Egypt, forcing the president to resign?
Arab Spring
Quizmaster
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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.
AntiMatter8192
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Level 69
Jun 10, 2020
Congratulations! You might have to consider Afrikaner as an answer for the Boer question.
AlexThirkell
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Level 74
Jun 14, 2020
Not sure the clues need letter hints (esp. the 'j' in Raj), but otherwise nice job!
TvB
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Level 80
Apr 2, 2020
Nice quiz! Worth retaking to see which countries are included.
sillie
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Level 78
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?
Quizmaster
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Level ∞
Apr 2, 2020
Changed some of the questions and type-ins so that won't happen anymore.
chaidan
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Level 73
Jun 11, 2020
There's another issue where putting "Franco" (as in Francisco Franco) can answer for "Franc."
MCMLXXXII
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Level 73
Apr 2, 2020
Bangladesh became independent from Pakistan in 1971, not 1974
Quizmaster
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Level ∞
Apr 2, 2020
Fixed
dasubergeek
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Level 72
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. :)
Quizmaster
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Level ∞
Apr 2, 2020
Soekarno will work now.
Teegthebeeg
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Level 55
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.
Quizmaster
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Level ∞
Apr 3, 2020
Okay
bks961
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Level 76
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!

Quizmaster
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Level ∞
Apr 3, 2020
Source? From sources I've seen 5000 BC seems to be correct.
joeythelemur
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Level 85
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.).
Quizmaster
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Level ∞
Apr 3, 2020
Fixed that question.
MayaB
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Level 72
Apr 4, 2020
For Cuba I got the question "What was dictator of Cuba before that?", but the answer is a person.
Quizmaster
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Level ∞
Apr 4, 2020
Fixed.
KoljiVriVoda
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Level 76
Apr 5, 2020
Nice one!
KanzazKyote
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Level 83
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?
blizzrd33
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Level 78
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.
HinesBrothers
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Level 75
May 17, 2020
You should feature the Wolfcam's Random Geography by Country
skiesboy
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Level 65
Jun 10, 2020
I love this quiz. I keep on redo-ing it, just because the quiz is so interesting.
WelshWizard
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Level 81
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.
WolfCam
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Level 65
Jun 10, 2020
Fixed the capitalization, but I don't believe I can italicize an answer.
Quincyz
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Level 25
Jun 12, 2020
When written, it must be italicised. When typing the answers, italics isn't required.
MrKenny
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Level 67
Jun 10, 2020
i type funeral monument for the TajMahal, isn't acceptable? that's a synonym for mosoleum
FolgoreCZ
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Level 60
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.
JWatson24
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Level 71
Jun 10, 2020
Ethiopia was also known as Aksum (or Axum) in ancient times. Can you please accept this answer?
WolfCam
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Level 65
Jun 10, 2020
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe Axum was closer to modern Eritrea
FolgoreCZ
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Level 60
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.
MrBlister
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Level 66
Jun 10, 2020
Spelling: "Brazi's"; "Aborigonal"; "into Egpyt"
WolfCam
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Level 65
Jun 10, 2020
Should be fixed!
divantilya
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Level 37
Jun 10, 2020
I was under the impression that the Dutch traded New Amsterdam for what is now Surinam... they did not cede it.
GeographyGeek42
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Level 66
Jun 10, 2020
Fertile Crescent for "Mesopotamia?"
ander217
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Level 75
Jun 10, 2020
Would Mess O' Potamia have worked?
WolfCam
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Level 65
Jun 10, 2020
I've decided to keep Mesopotamia because the Fertile Crescent expands beyond the Tigris and Euphrates.
HBK97
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Level 74
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?
Quizmaster
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Level ∞
Jun 10, 2020
Driving doesn't fit with the grammar of the question. But it will work now anyway.
geographic
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Level 61
Jun 10, 2020
Wondering if war / government blocking supplies is an acceptable answer in place of famine for Ethiopia.
WolfCam
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Level 65
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
JackintheBox
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Level 78
Jun 11, 2020
The 'd' in 'Vasco da Gama' is not capitalised.
Majax
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Level 50
Jun 11, 2020
12/30 with Australia, Norway, Serbia, Russia, Netherlands and Brazil
crnanoga
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Level 46
Jun 11, 2020
nobel prizes are awarded in stockholm(capital of sweden) and not in norway
Galeag
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Level 66
Mar 30, 2021
Nope ! It's only true for the 4 other ones. The Peace one is awarded by the Norwegian Parliament.
Pharley
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Level 72
Jun 12, 2020
"What was the top U.S. commander in Europe during WWII?"

Who, surely?

Quizmaster
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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.
Kiwigeokid2007
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Level 62
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.
FatSpartanJediLlama
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Level 66
Aug 19, 2021
25.
BaliVibing
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Level 75
Jun 18, 2022
Sahrawi Arab should be accepted as Western Sahara for Morocco!
StewartWight
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Level 82
Jun 8, 2023
Turkish troops entered Syria in 2016 (Jarablus area), not 2019 (I remember as I was there)
g4ndalf
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Level 63
Sep 1, 2023
I love how you can type 'Evita' to get Eva Peron in this quiz :D
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