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Historical figures

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who explored Asia and China in 1271?

a)

Vasco da Gama

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

Marco Polo

2.

Which artist painted The Mona Lisa in 1503?

a)

Leonardo da Vinci

b)

Michelangelo

c)

Raphael

3.

Which English playwright wrote Romeo and Juliet in 1594?

a)

William Shakespeare

b)

Oscar Wilde

c)

Jonathan Swift

4.

Which English scientist discovered the laws of gravity and motion?

a)

Charles Darwin

b)

Isaac Newton

c)

Stephen Hawking

5.

Which Austrian composer (1756 - 1791) wrote his first symphony at the age of 8?

a)

Strauss

b)

Mozart

c)

Schubert

6.

Who discovered Australia in 1770?

a)

James Cook

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

Amerigo Vespucci

7.

Who invented the telephone in 1876?

a)

Thomas Edison

b)

Guglielmo Marconi

c)

Alexander Graham Bell

8.

Who invented the lamp in 1879?

a)

Nikola Tesla

b)

Thomas Edison

c)

Benjamin Franklin

9.

Who invented radio signalling in 1896?

a)

Guglielmo Marconi

b)

Louis Braille

c)

James Watt

10.

Who was the first man who landed on the moon in 1969?

a)

Yuri Gagarin

b)

Neil Armstrong

c)

Edwin Aldrin