WorksheetsGeneral Knowledge History
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Who was Christopher Columbus?
The explorer who discovered India in 1492
The explorer who began a war with Spain
The explorer who discovered the New World in 1492
The explorer who was first on Everest
Who was the first man that climbed Everest in 1953?
Edmund Hillary
Edward Smith
India Smith
Yuri Gangarin
What was the most common form of public punishment in Medieval Britain?
Hanging
Drowning
Stretching Rack
Cucking Stool
What year did Titanic sink?
1913
1914
1915
1912
Who is the current monarch of Britain?
Queen Elizabeth I
Queen Nicola of Sturgeon
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen Anne of Denmark
What did the Romans call Scotland?
Caledonia
Callandar
Alba
Kingdom of Scots
Who was Henry VIII's last wife? (6th)
Catherine Howard
Catherine of Aragon
Catherine Parr
Catherine Stewart
Who was the youngest British Prime Minister?
Neville Chamberlain
Tony Blair
William Pitt
Gordon Brown
What year was google founded?
1994
1998
1996
1991
In 1904, the area that is known as "Times Square" in Manhattan was renamed to Times Square, what was it called before?
Long Ace Square
The Battery Square
The Clock Square
The Manhattan Square
What was the name of the mythological monster that had nine heads?
Hydro
Hydra
Hydronem
Hypothetical
The Spanish Civil War started in 1936 and ended in which year?
1933
1939
1941
1932
Which iconic structure began its construction in California in January 1933?
The Golden Gate Bridge
The Battery Park in New York
The California Sky Line
Times Square
When was the first Nazi concentration camp set up?
1933
1944
1941
1936
What colour were the pyramids at Giza originally?
Sandy
White
Black
Grey
Who were the suffragettes?
A group of women who committed violent acts to gain women the vote
A group of birds who flocked to South Africa and began the first ever colony of Pigeons
A famous group fighting for civil rights of African Americans
A group of secretaries that worked for Tony Blair as Prime Minister
Who is this man?
JFK
JKF
Martin Luther King
Adolf Hitler
Who is this infamous person?
Josef Stalin
Vladimir Putin
Adolf Hitler
Kim Jong Un
Who is this person?
Martin Luther King
Malcolm X
Emmett Till
John Brown
What is the capital of Latvia?
Riga
Estonia
Scotland
Belarus
What is the capital of Luxemburg?
Luxemburg
Belarus
Mink
Estonia
How many continents are there?
6
7
8
9
''Africa is a country''
True
False
What is the capital of the Irish Republic?
Belfast
Dublin
Londonderry
Golloway
In what decade did the first man land on the moon?
1960s
1970s
1950s
1930s
