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Q1. What sporting event of worldwide importance took place in July 1903, and is still going on today?
A) The first soccer World Cup
B) The Roland Garros tennis tournament
C) The Tour de France cycling race
D) The 24 Hours of Le Mans
Q2. In 1905, which of the following events was part of the Russian revolution?
A) The assassination of Rasputin
B) The mutiny on the battleship Potemkin
C) The Russian defeats in World War I against Japan
D) The famine
Q3. What event shook the USA on November 23, 1963?
A) The march on Washington with Martin Luther King: "I have a dream"
B) Senator G. Wallace's "segregation forever" program
C) Assassination of J.F. Kennedy
D) Creation of the "Red Telephone" between Moscow and Washington

A look back at the 20th century

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Back to the last century with some of the events that marked it.

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Q1. What important date was April 14, 1865?
A) Magna Carta signed
B) Treaty of Paris
C) Abraham Lincoln's assassination
D) Andrew Jackson's inauguration
Q2. When was Jamestown colony established?
A) 1783
B) 1621
C) 1607
D) 1407
Q3. In 1909 which president built the oval office?
A) Theodore Roosevelt
B) Calvin Coolidge
C) Franklin Roosevelt
D) Woodrow Wilson

History 101 quiz

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A trivia quiz of important historical dates

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Q1. On which country's flag can you see a cedar tree?
A) On the flag of Egypt
B) On the flag of Lebanon
C) On the flag of Siberia
Q2. What huge nature reserve lies south of the 60th parallel?
A) Antarctica
B) Greenland
C) Siberia
Q3. Where was scripture first used?
A) In France
B) In Japan
C) In the Middle East

History and geography

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Q1. Where was Thomas Jefferson born?
A) England
B) Virginia
C) North Carolina
D) None of the above
Q2. When was Thomas Jefferson born?
A) March 13, 1743
B) April 13, 1743
C) May 13, 1743
D) July 4, 1776
Q3. When Thomas was sixteen, where did he attend college?
A) College of William and Mary
B) University of Virginia
C) Appalachian State University
D) University of North Carolina

Thomas Jefferson

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This is a quiz to see how much you know about Thomas Jefferson

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Q1. Who was the first leader of the Bolshevik party to seize power in Russia in October 1917?
A) Lenin
B) Stalin
C) Trotsky
Q2. What was the favourite color of the Bolsheviks?
A) Black
B) Blue
C) Red
Q3. What was the Bolshevik emblem that adorned the flag of the USSR?
A) The swastika
B) The sickle and hammer
C) The red crescent

The USSR from Lenin to Stalin

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Do you know about the Russian revolution?

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Q1. The Cold War opposed two different doctrines, which ones in particular?
A) Nazism
Q2. When was NATO founded?
A) April 4, 1949
B) April 4, 1950
C) April 4, 1948
Q3. In 1985, which of these countries was not a member of NATO?
A) Spain
B) Turkey
C) Greece

The Cold War

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Ideological warfare, you want to make a Quizz: Here we go!

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Q1. Abraham Lincoln was born in :
A) Indiana
B) Illinois
C) Kentucky
Q2. When he was growing up, Abraham Lincoln lived in a :
A) One room log cabin
B) Brick house
C) Teepee
Q3. Abraham Lincoln went to school for a total of about :
A) 5 years
B) 3 years
C) 1 year

Who Was Abraham Lincoln?

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3rd grade level quiz about Abraham Lincoln

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Q1. He was the 35th president of the USA.
A) Robert Francis Kennedy
B) John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Q2. His brother's Minister of Justice, he'll end up the same way.
A) RFK
B) JFK
Q3. He was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal.
A) RFK
B) JFK

JFK, RFK?

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Give back to each of the Kennedy brothers what belongs to him.

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Q1. In which year was Simone Veil born?
A) In 1925
B) In 1927
C) In 1929
D) In 1931
Q2. To which concentration camp was she deported during the war?
A) Saschenausen
B) Auschwitz-Birkenau
C) Sobibor
D) Majdanek
Q3. How old was she when she was deported?
A) 14
B) 16
C) 18
D) 20

Quiz on Simone Veil

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Here's a quiz on one of history's most courageous women: Simone Veil.

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Q1. Who was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914?
A) Archduke Francois-Ferdinand
B) Archduke Francois-Frederic
C) Archduke Francois-Flavis
Q2. What would France like to take back from Germany?
A) Corsica
B) Alsace and Lorraine
C) Alsace and Corsica
Q3. Which battle broke out between September 6 and 13?
A) The Battle of the Marne
B) The Battle of Verdun
C) The Battle of the Somme

First World War - 2

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Here's part two on the First World War.

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Q1. What was the name of Paris in Roman times?
A) Lutecia
B) Parisia
C) Lugdunum
D) Paris
Q2. Who founded this Roman colony?
A) Merovee
B) Vercingetorix
C) Parisix
D) Julius Caesar
Q3. Which Gallic people occupied this region?
A) Burgundians
B) Carthaginians
C) Parisii
D) Cathars

History of Paris

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A quiz on Paris from Antiquity to the present day!

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Q1. How many prisoners were freed when the Bastille was taken on July 14, 1789?
A) 122
B) 250
C) 7
D) None
Q2. The Valois branch died out with ...
A) Francois I
B) Henri III
C) Francois II
D) Louis XII
Q3. What were the pirates who pursued enemy ships on behalf of a king called?
A) Freebooters
B) Privateers
C) Buccaneers

History

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History quiz.

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Q1. What time was the armistice treaty signed?
A) 4:30 a.m.
B) 5:15 a.m.
C) 6:45 a.m.
Q2. At what time did it become effective?
A) 7 A.M.
B) 9 A.M.
C) 11 A.M.
Q3. The armistice was signed in the cleairiere of Rethondes, but in which forest was it?
A) Saint-Gobain forest
B) Compiegne forest
C) Metz forest

November 11, 1918

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A look back at the day the armistice was signed to halt the first great massacre of the 20th century.

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Q1. Who is it?
A) Francois Mitterrand
B) Jacques Chirac
C) Georges Pompidou
Q2. Who is it?
A) Moliere
B) Jean de La Fontaine
C) Pierre Corneille
Q3. Who are they?
A) Louis XIII
B) Louis XIV
C) Louis XVI

Men of history

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Will you recognize the men who have shaped our history?

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Q1. What is the other name for the Cathars in France?
A) Les Bogomiles
B) Les Albigeois
C) Les Patarins
Q2. When did Catharism develop?
A) From the 8th to the 10th century
B) From the 9th to the 13th century
C) From the 12th to the 13th century
Q3. What were the Cathars' beliefs based on?
A) Arianism (Christ is a God subordinate to the Father)
B) Nestorianism (Jesus Christ was both man and God)
C) Manicheism (belief in the initial existence of Good and Evil)

The Cathars

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Do you know the story of the medieval Christians made famous by the perched castles of the Languedoc and Midi regions?

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