WorksheetsThe History Test
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 19mins
What year did the first world war start?
1913
1914
1915
1916
In May 1707 the Act of Union joined which 2 kingdoms together?
England and Scotland
England and Wales
England and Ireland
Henry VIII had how many wives?
5
6
7
8
In 1990 who created the World Wide Web?
Tim Burton
Tim Allen
Tim Berners-Lee
Tim Mallet
What year was the Queens coronation?
1950
1951
1952
1953
Which popular fast food chain restaurant was first opened in 1955?
Wimpy
McDonalds
Burger King
Taco Bell
One of the most popular board games ever devised was launched by Parker Brothers in 1935, which game was it?
Scrabble
Chess
Monopoly
Trivial Pursuit
Which English king died in 1066, leaving no heir to the throne?
Alfred The Great
William The Conquerer
Richard The Lionheart
Edward The Confessor
What year did the Titanic sink?
1911
1912
1913
1914
Who became the first Mayor of London in 2000?
Ken Livingstone
Boris Johnson
Which country was the first to give women the right to vote, in 1893?
New Zealand
Brazil
Canada
France
In 1936, Jesse Owens won 4 Gold medals at the Summer Olympics in what city?
Berlin
Athens
Paris
Los Angeles
In which European country was there a civil war between 1946 and 1949?
Norway
Poland
Greece
Italy
Which band held the first five positions on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1964?
Abba
The Bee Gees
The Beatles
Jackson 5
What colour were the pyramids at Giza originally?
Yellow
Brown
White
Black
Which 13th Century Scottish knight did Mel Gibson portray in Braveheart?
William Wallace
Saint George
Siegfried
Robert Guiscard
What year was the Magna Carta signed?
1214
1215
1216
1217
The ‘Yorkshire Ripper’ was the nickname of which British serial killer?
Ian Brady
Myra Hindley
Peter Sutcliffe
Donald Neilson
Which mythical beast could turn you to stone?
Gorgon
Dybbuk
Basilisk
Centaurs
In 1958 the first artificial satellite launched in 1957 fell back to earth. What was its name?
Terra
Corona
Sputnik
Sentinel
Which country was previously known as the Dutch East Indies?
Thailand
Indonesia
India
Vietnam
In which year was Joan of Arc burned at the stake?
1431
1432
1433
1434
Who was the second President of the United States?
George Washington
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
In which year did colour television transmissions start in the UK?
1966
1967
1968
1969
How long was the Hundred Years' War?
100 years
110 years
116 years
120 years
