World History GK Quiz

1. Adolf Hitler was born in which country?

1. Germany
2. Austria
3. Hungary
4. Nigeria

2. In 1917-18, Iraq gained independence from which empire?

1. Ottoman
2. Sumerians
3. Sumerians
4. None of these

3. Who was the one of the teachers of Alexander the Great?

1. Michelangelo
2. Socrates
3. Plato
4. Aristotle

4. Who was the President of America during American Civil War?

1. Andrew Jackson
2. George Washington
3. Abraham Lincoln
4. James Madison

5. Which explorer discovered Cuba?

1. Marco Polo
2. Amerigo Vespucci
3. Vasco da Gama
4. Christopher Columbus

6. Who was the Emperor of Russia during the Russian Revolution?

1. Nicholas II
2. Nicholas I
3. Alexander II
4. Catherine the Great

7. Who was the first Roman emperor?

1. Claudius
2. Caligula
3. Augustus
4. Nero

8. Who is considered the master of Greek comedy??

1. Philip
2. Aristophanes
3. Sophocles
4. Aeschylus

9. The war criminals of World War II were put into trial in____

1. London
2. Madrid
3. St. Petersburg
4. Nuremburg

10. The American civil war saw the end of which practice?

1. Slavery
2. Monarchy
3. Apartheid
4. LandLordism