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Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was (probably) the wealthies person in history?

a)

Napoleon Bonaparte

b)

Suleiman the Magnificent

c)

Emperor Octavian Augustus, nephew of Julius Caesar

d)

Cleopatra

e)

Donald Trump

2.

Where is the burial place and tomb of Alexander the Great?

a)

Alexandria, Egypt

b)

Baghdad, Iraq

c)

Athens, Greece

d)

His heart is buried in Athens but the rest of his body in Alexandria

e)

No one actually knows

3.

Who were the first Europeans to 'discover' America?

a)

Polish

b)

Czech

c)

Vikings

d)

British

e)

Spanish

4.

Who - in 1952 - was offered the office of the President of Israel?

a)

Joseph Stalin

b)

Queen Elizabeth II

c)

Pope John Paul II

d)

Mahatma Gandhi

e)

Albert Einstein

5.

In 1896 a wer between Britain and Zanzibar broke out. It was the shortest war in history. How long did it last?

a)

1 hour

b)

54 minutes

c)

38 minutes

d)

1,5 hour

e)

1 minute

6.

In 19th century Britain, who used this kind of awkward tea cup?

a)

Ladies from aristocracy in order to drink only small sips.

b)

Children - because it was impossible to spill the tea from such cup

c)

Man with mustache

d)

Only the king and the queen because it was so special

e)

There is nothing special about this cup so... everyone could use it

7.

One of Polish national heroes, Józef Piłsudski, had a favourite dog whose name was...

a)

Dude

b)

Sock

c)

Cat

d)

Snake

e)

Dog

8.

The only country that protested against the partitions of Poland in 1795 (Poland lost its independence because of Russian, Prussian and Austrian aggresion) was...

a)

USA

b)

India

c)

China

d)

Nigeria

e)

Turkey

9.

Who was/is the longest ruling monarch of Great Britain?

a)

Elizabeth I (16th c,)

b)

Henry VIII (16th c,)

c)

Elizabeth II (20th/21st c.)

d)

Victoria (19th c,)

e)

John Lackland (13th c,)

10.

When queen of France, Mary Antoinette (18th c.) was informed that people in her kingdom have no bread to eat she...

a)

...sold all her jewellery to help the poor

b)

...adviced them to eat cake instead.

c)

...resigned and went back to her home country, Austria

d)

...opened a bakery near her palace

e)

...asked her husband, Louis XVI, to help

11.

What country was named 'the Pearl in the British crown'?

a)

India

b)

Poland

c)

China

d)

Australia

e)

Canada

12.

How many years did the Hundred Years' War last?

a)

100, of course

b)

99

c)

101

d)

50

e)

116

13.

What was the thing that Napoleon Bonaparte wanted to use to invade British Islands?

a)

Planes

b)

Trains

c)

Balloons

d)

Sky paragliders

e)

Bicycles

14.

Real Saint Nicholas was born in a region that today is in...

a)

Russia

b)

Egypt

c)

Finland

d)

Turkey

e)

Zimbabwe

15.

Tradition of decorating Christmas tree comes from..

a)

Peru

b)

Germany

c)

Poland

d)

Japan

e)

No one knows

16.

What/Who was the first living creature sent to space and reach the Earth's orbit?

a)

Russian astronaut, Yuri Gagarin

b)

American dog, Snoopy

c)

Albert the Monkey, sent by the Americans

d)

Dog Laika, sent by the Soviet Union

e)

Polish cat, Puszek

17.

Adolf Hitler helped to design a car that became really popular after the Second World War. What was the name of the car?

a)

Mercedes

b)

Fiat

c)

Renault

d)

Volkswagen

e)

BMW

18.

What language does the word "chocolate" come from?

a)

French

b)

Spanish

c)

Aztec

d)

Chinese

e)

Portuguese