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Which city was first to reach a population of one million?
Baghdad
Hangzhou
Constantinople
London
How long was the 30 Years War?
31 years
30 years
20 years
10 years
What Soviet satellite was the first to be launched into space in 1957
Sputnik
In what year did Napoleon Bonaparte's reign as Emperor of France begin?
1844
1704
1804
1744
What kind of transport was used by British police for the first time in 1967?
Helicopters
Which German city received the heaviest bombing of WWII in early 1945?
Berlin
Dresden
Hamburg
Munich
In Europe, on the 23rd of August 1939, which two leaders signed a non-aggression pact?
Hitler and Stalin
Which New York City building was the world's tallest when it opened in 1931?
The Empire State Building
Which of these countries did the Soviet Union never invade?
Finland
Sweden
Afghanistan
Poland
Who was the first person to orbit the Earth?
John Glenn
Neil Armstrong
Valentina Tereshkova
Yuri Gagarin
Which of these cities was NOT founded by the Romans?
Cologne
Alexandria
London
Which of these writers was NOT English?
Charles Dickens
Oscar Wilde
Agatha Christie
Jane Austen
Why did whalers hunt sperm whales?
For skin to make clothing
For meat
For oil to make candles
For sport
The spinning jenny was one of the earliest innovations in the Industrial Revolution. What was a spinning jenny?
A water pump
A device for storing energy
A device for making cloth
A steam engine
How many wives did Henry VIII have?
3
1
2
6
What event triggered World War One?
The assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand
The tsar's refusal of an offer to visit Germany
The sinking of the Lusitania
Germany's invasion of Poland
