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The History Test

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What year did the first world war start?

a)

1913

b)

1914

c)

1915

d)

1916

2.

In May 1707 the Act of Union joined which 2 kingdoms together?

a)

England and Scotland

b)

England and Wales

c)

England and Ireland

3.

Henry VIII had how many wives?

a)

5

b)

6

c)

7

d)

8

4.

In 1990 who created the World Wide Web?

a)

Tim Burton

b)

Tim Allen

c)

Tim Berners-Lee

d)

Tim Mallet

5.

What year was the Queens coronation?

a)

1950

b)

1951

c)

1952

d)

1953

6.

Which popular fast food chain restaurant was first opened in 1955?

a)

Wimpy

b)

McDonalds

c)

Burger King

d)

Taco Bell

7.

One of the most popular board games ever devised was launched by Parker Brothers in 1935, which game was it?

a)

Scrabble

b)

Chess

c)

Monopoly

d)

Trivial Pursuit

8.

Which English king died in 1066, leaving no heir to the throne?

a)

Alfred The Great

b)

William The Conquerer

c)

Richard The Lionheart

d)

Edward The Confessor

9.

What year did the Titanic sink?

a)

1911

b)

1912

c)

1913

d)

1914

10.

Who became the first Mayor of London in 2000?

a)

Ken Livingstone

b)

Boris Johnson

11.

Which country was the first to give women the right to vote, in 1893?

a)

New Zealand

b)

Brazil

c)

Canada

d)

France

12.

In 1936, Jesse Owens won 4 Gold medals at the Summer Olympics in what city?

a)

Berlin

b)

Athens

c)

Paris

d)

Los Angeles

13.

In which European country was there a civil war between 1946 and 1949?

a)

Norway

b)

Poland

c)

Greece

d)

Italy

14.

Which band held the first five positions on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1964?

a)

Abba

b)

The Bee Gees

c)

The Beatles

d)

Jackson 5

15.

What colour were the pyramids at Giza originally?

a)

Yellow

b)

Brown

c)

White

d)

Black

16.

Which 13th Century Scottish knight did Mel Gibson portray in Braveheart?

a)

William Wallace

b)

Saint George

c)

Siegfried

d)

Robert Guiscard

17.

What year was the Magna Carta signed?

a)

1214

b)

1215

c)

1216

d)

1217

18.

The ‘Yorkshire Ripper’ was the nickname of which British serial killer?

a)

Ian Brady

b)

Myra Hindley

c)

Peter Sutcliffe

d)

Donald Neilson

19.

Which mythical beast could turn you to stone?

a)

Gorgon

b)

Dybbuk

c)

Basilisk

d)

Centaurs

20.

In 1958 the first artificial satellite launched in 1957 fell back to earth. What was its name?

a)

Terra

b)

Corona

c)

Sputnik

d)

Sentinel

21.

Which country was previously known as the Dutch East Indies?

a)

Thailand

b)

Indonesia

c)

India

d)

Vietnam

22.

In which year was Joan of Arc burned at the stake?

a)

1431

b)

1432

c)

1433

d)

1434

23.

Who was the second President of the United States?

a)

George Washington

b)

John Adams

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

James Madison

24.

In which year did colour television transmissions start in the UK?

a)

1966

b)

1967

c)

1968

d)

1969

25.

How long was the Hundred Years' War?

a)

100 years

b)

110 years

c)

116 years

d)

120 years