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General Knowledge History

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was Christopher Columbus?

a)

The explorer who discovered India in 1492

b)

The explorer who began a war with Spain

c)

The explorer who discovered the New World in 1492

d)

The explorer who was first on Everest

2.

Who was the first man that climbed Everest in 1953?

a)

Edmund Hillary

b)

Edward Smith

c)

India Smith

d)

Yuri Gangarin

3.

What was the most common form of public punishment in Medieval Britain?

a)

Hanging

b)

Drowning

c)

Stretching Rack

d)

Cucking Stool

4.

What year did Titanic sink?

a)

1913

b)

1914

c)

1915

d)

1912

5.

Who is the current monarch of Britain?

a)

Queen Elizabeth I

b)

Queen Nicola of Sturgeon

c)

Queen Elizabeth II

d)

Queen Anne of Denmark

6.

What did the Romans call Scotland?

a)

Caledonia

b)

Callandar

c)

Alba

d)

Kingdom of Scots

7.

Who was Henry VIII's last wife? (6th)

a)

Catherine Howard

b)

Catherine of Aragon

c)

Catherine Parr

d)

Catherine Stewart

8.

Who was the youngest British Prime Minister?

a)

Neville Chamberlain

b)

Tony Blair

c)

William Pitt

d)

Gordon Brown

9.

What year was google founded?

a)

1994

b)

1998

c)

1996

d)

1991

10.

In 1904, the area that is known as "Times Square" in Manhattan was renamed to Times Square, what was it called before?

a)

Long Ace Square

b)

The Battery Square

c)

The Clock Square

d)

The Manhattan Square

11.

What was the name of the mythological monster that had nine heads?

a)

Hydro

b)

Hydra

c)

Hydronem

d)

Hypothetical

12.

The Spanish Civil War started in 1936 and ended in which year?

a)

1933

b)

1939

c)

1941

d)

1932

13.

Which iconic structure began its construction in California in January 1933?

a)

The Golden Gate Bridge

b)

The Battery Park in New York

c)

The California Sky Line

d)

Times Square

14.

When was the first Nazi concentration camp set up?

a)

1933

b)

1944

c)

1941

d)

1936

15.

What colour were the pyramids at Giza originally?

a)

Sandy

b)

White

c)

Black

d)

Grey

16.

Who were the suffragettes?

a)

A group of women who committed violent acts to gain women the vote

b)

A group of birds who flocked to South Africa and began the first ever colony of Pigeons

c)

A famous group fighting for civil rights of African Americans

d)

A group of secretaries that worked for Tony Blair as Prime Minister

17.

Who is this man?

a)

JFK

b)

JKF

c)

Martin Luther King

d)

Adolf Hitler

18.

Who is this infamous person?

a)

Josef Stalin

b)

Vladimir Putin

c)

Adolf Hitler

d)

Kim Jong Un

19.

Who is this person?

a)

Martin Luther King

b)

Malcolm X

c)

Emmett Till

d)

John Brown

20.

What is the capital of Latvia?

a)

Riga

b)

Estonia

c)

Scotland

d)

Belarus

21.

What is the capital of Luxemburg?

a)

Luxemburg

b)

Belarus

c)

Mink

d)

Estonia

22.

How many continents are there?

a)

6

b)

7

c)

8

d)

9

23.

''Africa is a country''

a)

True

b)

False

24.

What is the capital of the Irish Republic?

a)

Belfast

b)

Dublin

c)

Londonderry

d)

Golloway

25.

In what decade did the first man land on the moon?

a)

1960s

b)

1970s

c)

1950s

d)

1930s