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Historical events and influential people

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the lead singer with the group Queen?

a)

Freddie Mercury.

b)

Bon Jovi

c)

Michael Jackson

d)

Maluma

2.

Who was the king of rock and roll?

a)

Michael Jackson

b)

Nirvana

c)

Elvis Presley

d)

Madonna

3.

When was Jorge Eliecer Gaitán assassinated?

a)

August 10th, 1946

b)

April 9th, 1958

c)

August 9th, 1938

d)

April 9th, 1948

4.

Which one of the following US presidents abolished slavery?

a)

George Washington

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

Roosevelt

5.

When is Colombia's independence day celebrated?

a)

On August 7th

b)

On June 23rd

c)

None of these

d)

On July 20th

6.

Can you name this person?

a)

Bill Gates

b)

Steve Jobs

7.

Who was she?

a)

Queen Victoria

b)

Marie Antoinette

c)

Policarpa Salavarrieta

d)

Jane Austen

8.

What was the first city to reach a population of one million?

a)

Rome

b)

New York

c)

London

d)

Athens

9.

A Colombian ex-president who was born in Pereira, he's the brother of the UTP's principal.

a)

Luis Fernando Gaviria Trujillo

b)

César Gaviria Trujillo

c)

Alfonso López Michelsen

d)

Gustavo Rojas Pinilla

10.

A British scientist and computer science pioneer who committed suicide because others judged his sexuality

a)

Alan Turing

b)

Edmund Burke

c)

Nikola Tesla

d)

None of these

11.

Which of these people ruled over ancient Mexico?

a)

The Incas

b)

The Tarahumara

c)

The Aztecs

d)

The Caribs

12.

Colombia is named for Saint Columba, patron saint of the Scottish immigrants

a)

True

b)

False

13.

In the 1840s, two parties emerged that would dominate Colombian politics into the 21st century.

a)

The Socialists and the Nationalists

b)

The Whigs and the Tories

c)

The Libertarians and the Jacobins

d)

The Conservatives and the Liberals

14.

The Fall of The Berlin Wall happened in

a)

1979

b)

1999

c)

1989

d)

1949

15.

The awful terrorist attack on the Twin Towers in New York City, US which led them to collapse occurred in

a)

2000

b)

2009

c)

2001

d)

1991

16.

Which one of the following pandemics was the worst in the history of humankind?

a)

Black Death / Pestilence

b)

Plague of Justinian

c)

1918 Spanish Flu

d)

Asian Flu

17.

One of the worst and most evil dictators from the past century was

a)

Benito Mussolini

b)

Adolf Hitler

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Mao Zedong

18.

Revolutionary discoveries made by Marie Curie were

a)

Radium and Polonium

b)

The Theory of Relativity

c)

The Law of Gravity

d)

None of these

19.

He was an African American civil rights activist who gave his speech "I Have A Dream"

a)

Malcolm X

b)

Martin Luther King Jr.

c)

Harry Belafonte

d)

Bayard Bustin