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Friday Quiz - History

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This is the death mask of which Egyptian pharaoh?

a)

Cleopatra

b)

Tutankhamun

c)

Ramses

d)

Khufu

2.

On which date did Titanic set sail from Southampton?

a)

10th April, 1912

b)

14th April, 1912

c)

15th April, 1912

d)

18th April, 1912

3.

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

a)

Factory Worker

b)

Chimney Sweep

c)

Coal Mining

d)

All of the above

4.

Which three countries did the Vikings originally come from?

a)

Ireland, Scotland and Wales

b)

America, Canada and Japan

c)

Norway, Sweden and Denmark

d)

Finland, Greenland and the Arctic

5.

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

a)

Persia

b)

Sparta

c)

Santorini

d)

Athens

6.

World War 2 started when Germany invaded which country?

a)

Poland

b)

Czechoslovakia

c)

Belgium

d)

France

7.

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

a)

Paperia

b)

Ancientus Paperus

c)

Papyrus

d)

Mummy Paper

8.

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

a)

Lady Duff-Gordon

b)

Molly Brown

c)

Bruce Ismay

d)

Thomas Andrews

9.

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

a)

Her uncle

b)

Her father

c)

Her brother

d)

Her cousin

10.

For writing, Vikings used letters called ________?

a)

Hieroglyphics

b)

Sanskrit

c)

Runes

d)

Latin

11.

What was the capital city of Ancient Greece?

a)

Corinth

b)

Athens

c)

Sparta

d)

Argos

12.

World War 2 lasted from _____ until _____?

a)

1939 - 1945

b)

1935 - 1945

c)

1936 - 1942

d)

1942 - 1947

13.

Which of these historical time periods are in correct chronological order?

a)

Victorians, Ancient Greece, Ancient Egypt

b)

Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Victorians

c)

Ancient Egypt, Victorians, Ancient Greece

d)

Ancient Greece, Ancient Egypt, Victorians

14.

Who was the principal designer of the Titanic?

a)

Bruce Ismay

b)

Captain EJ Smith

c)

Thomas Andrews

d)

Fredrick Fleet

15.

Which of these images shows a Viking warrior?

a)
b)
c)
d)
16.

Who delivered this famous speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1963?

a)

Martin Luther King Jr

b)

Rosa Parks

c)

Medgar Evers

d)

Harriet Tubman

17.

Who is the only person ever to have received two Nobel prizes in different sciences - physics and chemistry?

a)

Albert Einstein

b)

Rosalind Franklin

c)

Marie Curie

d)

Issac Newton

18.

Who was the first explorer to reach the South Pole?

a)

Ranulph Fiennes

b)

Ernest Shackleton

c)

Robert Falcon Scott

d)

Roald Amundsen

19.

Who is the longest reigning monarch of the UK?

a)

Queen Victoria

b)

Queen Elizabeth II

c)

King George VI

d)

King Edward III

20.

Which group of invaders were able to conquer England, Wales and Southern Scotland but were unable to conquer Ireland?

a)

Celts

b)

Romans

c)

Vikings

d)

Greeks