Friday Quiz - History

This is the death mask of which Egyptian pharaoh?

• Cleopatra

• Tutankhamun

• Ramses

• Khufu

On which date did Titanic set sail from Southampton?

• 10th April, 1912

• 14th April, 1912

• 15th April, 1912

• 18th April, 1912

Which of these were jobs that could have been done by Victorian children?

• Factory Worker

• Chimney Sweep

• Coal Mining

• All of the above

Which three countries did the Vikings originally come from?

• Ireland, Scotland and Wales

• America, Canada and Japan

• Norway, Sweden and Denmark

• Finland, Greenland and the Arctic

The first ever marathon was run by an Ancient Greek messenger who ran from Marathon to _________?

• Persia

• Sparta

• Santorini

• Athens

World War 2 started when Germany invaded which country?

• Poland

• Czechoslovakia

• Belgium

• France

What was the name of the paper that Ancient Egyptians wrote on?

• Paperia

• Ancientus Paperus

• Papyrus

• Mummy Paper

Who earned the nickname "Unsinkable" after surviving the Titanic disaster?

• Lady Duff-Gordon

• Molly Brown

• Bruce Ismay

• Thomas Andrews

Victoria became Queen when William IV died in 1837. What relation was William IV to Victoria?

• Her uncle

• Her father

• Her brother

• Her cousin

For writing, Vikings used letters called ________?

• Hieroglyphics

• Sanskrit

• Runes

• Latin