Who was the first to sail around the world?
Columbus
Francis Drake
Vasco da Gama
Magellan
In which decade did the Wall Street crash, leading to the Great Depression, occur?
1900s
1920s
1890s
1880s
1930s
1910s
Which country was invaded on September 1, 1939, leading to Britain and France's declaration of war on Germany?
Italy
Austria
Poland
Norway
Which civilization is the Tigris–Euphrates river system associated with?
Which of King Henry VIII's wives was German?
Anne of Cleves
Catherine of Aragon
Catherine Parr
Anne Boleyn
Attila was the leader of which ancient empire?
Hittite Empire
Aksumite Empire
Hunnic Empire
Ptolemaic Empire
Shunga Empire
Median Empire
What was the cause of destruction for three of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
When did the first of the ancient Olympic Games take place?
776 BC
785 BC
773 BC
782 BC
779 BC
788 BC
Which gulf gave its name to the 1991 Gulf War?
Gulf of Maine
Gulf of Oman
Gulf of Mexico
Persian Gulf
What was the first American city to host the Summer Olympics?
Lake Placid
Los Angeles
St. Louis
Atlanta
Which denomination of U.S. currency does Ulysses S. Grant appear on?
To which island did the British exile Napoleon to, after his loss in the Battle of Waterloo?
Ascension Island
Nightingale Island
Saint Helena
Gough Island
The Pony Express was discontinued because of which invention?
Telegraph
Email
Mail
Morse code
Which brothers invented the hot air balloon?
Fulton
Tesla
Franklin
Marconi
Montgolfier
Wright
On what charge was gangster Al Capone eventually convicted?
Jaywalking
Tax evasion
Drug trafficking
Felony murder
Human trafficking
First-degree murder
Which US president was known as "Father of the Constitution"?
James Monroe
Andrew Jackson
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
Which war did the Battle of Naseby take place in?
Thirty Years' War
First English Civil War
Second Barons' War
The Anarchy
Which European country ruled the Philippine Islands as a colony before 1898?
England
Italy
France
Spain
Who produced the first pair of stereo headphones?
Nathaniel Baldwin
Thomas Edison
Jonathan Ive
John C. Koss
Which Scottish bridge's collapse caused a train to fall in the river in 1879?
Glenfinnan Viaduct
Tay Bridge
Forth Road Bridge
Overtoun Bridge
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