History Quiz #244
A new history quiz is available each week. Try our daily general knowledge quiz or work through our archive of daily and themed quizzes.
Q1. In 1927 Australian Sir Hubert Wilkins and Carl Ben Eielson were the first to do what?
Uh oh, did we make a mistake? Or perhaps you enjoyed learning something new! Good or bad, we welcome your feedback. Before submitting a correction, please consider the following:
Thank you for taking the time to get in touch! Rest assured we review every comment we receive.
Q2. Which Spaniard, from 1518, overcame Montezuma, captured Mexico City and became Governor-General of much of Mexico?
Uh oh, did we make a mistake? Or perhaps you enjoyed learning something new! Good or bad, we welcome your feedback. Before submitting a correction, please consider the following:
Thank you for taking the time to get in touch! Rest assured we review every comment we receive.
Q3. Until the introduction of the euro, on 1 January 2002, which country had the schilling as its basic currency unit?
Uh oh, did we make a mistake? Or perhaps you enjoyed learning something new! Good or bad, we welcome your feedback. Before submitting a correction, please consider the following:
Thank you for taking the time to get in touch! Rest assured we review every comment we receive.
Q4. In Cairo 30 June 2012, Mohamed Morsi assumed the office of President of Egypt. What was particularly noteworthy about his taking the office?
Uh oh, did we make a mistake? Or perhaps you enjoyed learning something new! Good or bad, we welcome your feedback. Before submitting a correction, please consider the following:
Thank you for taking the time to get in touch! Rest assured we review every comment we receive.
Q5. Minh Mạng, Emperor of Vietnam 1820-1841, was deeply opposed to western involvement in his country and in 1825 outlawed what?
Uh oh, did we make a mistake? Or perhaps you enjoyed learning something new! Good or bad, we welcome your feedback. Before submitting a correction, please consider the following:
Thank you for taking the time to get in touch! Rest assured we review every comment we receive.
Q6. The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, was destroyed on July 21, 356 BC in an act of arson committed by whom?
Uh oh, did we make a mistake? Or perhaps you enjoyed learning something new! Good or bad, we welcome your feedback. Before submitting a correction, please consider the following:
Thank you for taking the time to get in touch! Rest assured we review every comment we receive.
Q7. Spain has been through the upheaval of civil war more than once; what were the dates of the war in the 20th century?
Uh oh, did we make a mistake? Or perhaps you enjoyed learning something new! Good or bad, we welcome your feedback. Before submitting a correction, please consider the following:
Thank you for taking the time to get in touch! Rest assured we review every comment we receive.