History Quiz

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Question 1: The acronym “EU”, when referring to a group of European nations, stands for what?
Answer a: European Union
Answer b: Early Unit
Answer c: Elite Union
Answer d: The United States Of Europe

Question 2: Walter Raleigh named which US state after Elizabeth I?
Answer a: Virginia
Answer b: Dakota
Answer c: Hawaii
Answer d: Utah

Question 3: What event is known in Gaelic as An Gorta Mor, meaning the Great Hunger?
Answer a: Welsh Heath Uprising
Answer b: Irish Potato Famine
Answer c: French Wine Conundrum
Answer d: Scottish Elm Blight

Question 4: Who was Abraham Lincoln?
Answer a: A British 16th century scientist and politician
Answer b: A U.S. president who won the Civil War and abolished slavery
Answer c: An English 19th century Romantic poet
Answer d: The U.S. President during World War II

Question 5: Who became the new Pope in 2013?
Answer a: Marcus
Answer b: Francis
Answer c: Ellis
Answer d: Lucius

Question 6: Lady Jane “what” was Queen of England for nine days?
Answer a: Ginger
Answer b: Gold
Answer c: Grey
Answer d: Green

Question 7: Who had a fatwa issued against him because of his controversial 1988 novel “The Satanic Verses”?
Answer a: Ayatollah Khomeini
Answer b: Benazir Bhutto
Answer c: Oliver North
Answer d: Salman Rushdie

Question 8: What animal was introduced to Australia in 1788 as food and quickly became, and still are, a serious mammalian pest?
Answer a: The pig
Answer b: The cow
Answer c: The frog
Answer d: The rabbit

Question 9: In which state did George Washington die?
Answer a: Alabama
Answer b: Mississippi
Answer c: North Dakota
Answer d: Virginia

Question 10: What nationality was Wilhelm Rontgen, who discovered X-rays in 1896?
Answer a: German
Answer b: Greek
Answer c: Swedish
Answer d: French