Fun facts

Who was (probably) the wealthies person in history?

• Napoleon Bonaparte

• Suleiman the Magnificent

• Emperor Octavian Augustus, nephew of Julius Caesar

• Cleopatra

• Donald Trump

Where is the burial place and tomb of Alexander the Great?

• Alexandria, Egypt

• Baghdad, Iraq

• Athens, Greece

• His heart is buried in Athens but the rest of his body in Alexandria

• No one actually knows

Who were the first Europeans to 'discover' America?

• Polish

• Czech

• Vikings

• British

• Spanish

Who - in 1952 - was offered the office of the President of Israel?

• Joseph Stalin

• Queen Elizabeth II

• Pope John Paul II

• Mahatma Gandhi

• Albert Einstein

In 1896 a wer between Britain and Zanzibar broke out. It was the shortest war in history. How long did it last?

• 1 hour

• 54 minutes

• 38 minutes

• 1,5 hour

• 1 minute

In 19th century Britain, who used this kind of awkward tea cup?

• Ladies from aristocracy in order to drink only small sips.

• Children - because it was impossible to spill the tea from such cup

• Man with mustache

• Only the king and the queen because it was so special

• There is nothing special about this cup so... everyone could use it

One of Polish national heroes, Józef Piłsudski, had a favourite dog whose name was...

• Dude

• Sock

• Cat

• Snake

• Dog

The only country that protested against the partitions of Poland in 1795 (Poland lost its independence because of Russian, Prussian and Austrian aggresion) was...

• USA

• India

• China

• Nigeria

• Turkey

Who was/is the longest ruling monarch of Great Britain?

• Elizabeth I (16th c,)

• Henry VIII (16th c,)

• Elizabeth II (20th/21st c.)

• Victoria (19th c,)

• John Lackland (13th c,)

When queen of France, Mary Antoinette (18th c.) was informed that people in her kingdom have no bread to eat she...

• ...sold all her jewellery to help the poor

• ...adviced them to eat cake instead.

• ...resigned and went back to her home country, Austria

• ...opened a bakery near her palace

• ...asked her husband, Louis XVI, to help