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Trivia questions about history

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Which city was first to reach a population of one million?

London

Baghdad

Hangzhou

Constantinople

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How long was the 30 Years War?

20 years

30 years

10 years

31 years

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What Soviet satellite was the first to be launched into space in 1957

Sputnik

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In what year did Napoleon Bonaparte's reign as Emperor of France begin?

1704

1744

1844

1804

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What kind of transport was used by British police for the first time in 1967?

Helicopters

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Which German city received the heaviest bombing of WWII in early 1945?

Dresden

Berlin

Munich

Hamburg

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In Europe, on the 23rd of August 1939, which two leaders signed a non-aggression pact?

Hitler and Stalin

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Which New York City building was the world's tallest when it opened in 1931?

The Empire State Building

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Which of these countries did the Soviet Union never invade?

Poland

Finland

Sweden

Afghanistan

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Who was the first person to orbit the Earth?

Valentina Tereshkova

John Glenn

Neil Armstrong

Yuri Gagarin

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Which of these cities was NOT founded by the Romans?

Alexandria

Cologne

London

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Which of these writers was NOT English?

Charles Dickens

Oscar Wilde

Jane Austen

Agatha Christie

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Why did whalers hunt sperm whales?

For oil to make candles

For sport

For skin to make clothing

For meat

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The spinning jenny was one of the earliest innovations in the Industrial Revolution. What was a spinning jenny?

A steam engine

A water pump

A device for making cloth

A device for storing energy

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How many wives did Henry VIII have?

3

1

6

2

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What event triggered World War One?

The sinking of the Lusitania

The tsar's refusal of an offer to visit Germany

Germany's invasion of Poland

The assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand

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