Free History Quiz
1. What made the deciphering of hieroglyphics possible and was rediscovered in Egypt in 1799?
The Rosetta Stone
2. Who was the fourth wife of Henry VIII?
Anne of Cleves
3. Who was on the British throne at the time of the Spanish Armada?
Queen Elizabeth I
4. What has been the most common first name for an American First Lady?
Elizabeth (Elizabeth Truman, Elizabeth Monroe and Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Ford)
5. What type of Nobel prize was first awarded in 1969?
Economics
6. Which US President was nicknamed ‘Tricky Dick’?
Richard Nixon
7. The Battle of Edgehill was the first of which conflict?
The English Civil War
8. Which leading member of the Nazi party was commander-in-chief of the Luftwaffe during World War II?
Herman Göring
9. In Roman mythology, who was the Goddess of the moon?
Diana
10. Which airline is the world’s oldest one to still be using its original name?
KLM
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