Tag: history

Questions Related to history

Who was the leader of Russia during World War Two?
general knowledge history

  1. Karl Marx

  2. Sean Fitzpatrick

  3. Vladimir I. Lenin

  4. Josef Stalin

  5. Adolf Hitler

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Correct Option: D

Who is credited with being the first European to discover North America?
general knowledge history

  1. Albert Einstein

  2. Christopher Columbus

  3. Captain James Cook

  4. Ferdinand Magellan

  5. Edmund Hillary

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Correct Option: B

The Hundred Years' War (1337-1453) was fought between which two countries?
general knowledge history

  1. New Zealand and Australia

  2. USA and Russia

  3. Germany and England

  4. England and France

  5. Russia and England

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Correct Option: B

The Hundred Years' War (1337-1453) was fought between which two countries?
general knowledge history

  1. New Zealand and Australia

  2. USA and Russia

  3. Germany and England

  4. England and France

  5. Russia and England

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Correct Option: B

Which New Zealander is known as the first person to climb Mt Everest (along with the Nepalese sherpa, Tensing Norgay)?
general knowledge history

  1. Edmund Hillary

  2. Peter Snell

  3. Jack Lovelock

  4. Zinzan Brooke

  5. Ernest Rutherford

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Correct Option: A

What year was the Treaty of Waitangi signed?
general knowledge history

  1. 1860

  2. 1800

  3. 1945

  4. 1840

  5. 1990

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Correct Option: D

When did New Zealand make free primary school education compulsory?
general knowledge history

  1. 1950

  2. 1901

  3. 1840

  4. 1860

  5. 1877

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Correct Option: E

Which country was the first in the world where women voted for the government?
general knowledge history

  1. Great Britain

  2. New Zealand

  3. France

  4. Australia

  5. China

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Correct Option: B

Which modern-day country is the Aztec civilization associated with?
general knowledge history

  1. Mexico

  2. Brazil

  3. USA

  4. South Africa

  5. Chile

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Correct Option: B

Alexander the Great came from which modern-day country?
general knowledge history

  1. Italy

  2. Greece

  3. USA

  4. France

  5. Egypt

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Correct Option: B