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Q1. What did produce the famous factory that used to be in Kinlochleven?
A) Clothes
B) Aluminium
C) Sweets
Q2. What is Kinlochleven famous for?
A) Its mountains
B) Its walks
C) Its waterfall
Q3. What is Kinlochleven's waterfall called?
A) The Blue Lagoon
B) Grey Mares
C) Kinloch Falls

Kinlochleven Quiz

70 played - 8 yrs ago

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Q1. The word Bible, derives from the Greek term : Tah-Biblio (maybe spelled wrong here). What does Tah-Biblio…
A) The Truth
B) Scriptures from God
C) The little books (a collection of individual works)
Q2. How many books are in the Christian Canon of Scripture? And, what does Canon mean?
A) 73 books. A yardstick or measurement
B) 39 books. A pasture or field
C) 27 books. A revelation and or prediction
Q3. Approximately over how many years has the Bible been written?
A) Less than 1, 200 years
B) 1, 500 or more years
C) 515 years

Introduction To The Bible part 1

70 played - 13 yrs ago

Introduction To The Bible part 1.

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Q1. How old was Louis XIV when he acceded to the throne?
A) 2 years and a half
B) 4 years and a half
C) 6 years and a half
Q2. Which dynasty does he come from?
A) The Bourbons
B) The Capetians
C) The Merovingians
Q3. To bring France and Spain closer together, whom did Louis XIV marry in 1660?
A) Marie-Antoinette of Austria
B) Marie Leszczynska
C) Marie-Therese of Austria

300th anniversary of Louis XIV

69 played - 1 yr ago

On the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the death of the Sun King, I propose a quiz on this famous king. We wish you…

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Q1. On July 28, 1952, the wife of the Argentine president died. The woman who had been a starlet in Buenos…
A) Elisa Carrio
B) Fanny Edelman
C) Eva Peron
Q2. In 1954, this fashion designer created a new, elegant and practical garment that still holds a place…
A) Coco Chanel
B) Jeanne Lanvin
C) Madeleine Vionnet
Q3. Triumphant in 1955 at La Scala in Milan as Violetta in Verdi's La Traviata, she established herself…
A) Renata Tebaldi
B) Maria Callas
C) Montserrat Caballe

Women who made history - 5

69 played - 2 yrs ago

Continuation and end of this journey with women from all walks of life who command my admiration.

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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

68 played - 2 yrs ago

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

68 played - 12 yrs ago

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

67 played - 2 yrs ago

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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

67 played - 17 yrs ago

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

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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

65 played - 2 yrs ago

A quiz on Paris from Antiquity to the present day!

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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?

65 played - 13 yrs ago

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?

64 played - 1 yr ago

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

63 played - 1 yr ago

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

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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

62 played - 2 yrs ago

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. 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

62 played - 2 yrs ago

History quiz.

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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

61 played - 2 yrs ago

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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