If you like this quiz please give us a thumbs up and we will make sure to keep them coming. If you like to play the interactive quiz go to: http://quiz-this.com/quizzes/31012-New_History_Quiz Question 1: What Cold War landmark was dismantled on November 11, 1989? Answer a: Berlin Wall Answer b: Crystal Palace Answer c: Ipatiev House Answer d: Brandenburg Gate Question 2: What agency replaced the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) in 1958? Answer a: NASA Answer b: NSA Answer c: CIA Answer d: FBI Question 3: During which War was 'The Siege of Charleston' fought in the 1770-1780s? Answer a: War of Jenkins' Ear Answer b: American Revolutionary War Answer c: Pontiac's War Answer d: Seven Years' War Question 4: In which city did Julius Caesar die? Answer a: Carthage Answer b: Sbeitla Answer c: Rome Answer d: El Jem Question 5: What famous person said: "Write drunk; edit sober"? Answer a: Ernest Hemingway Answer b: Plato Answer c: William Shakespeare Answer d: Leo Tolstoy Question 6: It is one of the century's great love stories, a king who would sooner surrender his throne than give up the woman he loved. The woman was American divorcee Wallis Simpson. Who was the king? Answer a: Juan Carlos of Spain Answer b: Edward VIII of Great Britain Answer c: Rainier of Monaco Answer d: Hussein of Jordan Question 7: The Siemens-Schuckert D.III plane was used predominately by which country in World War I? Answer a: Germany Answer b: France Answer c: Great Britain Answer d: Italy Question 8: Which of these peoples once ruled Sweden: the Romans, the Vikings, the Mongols or the Britons? Answer a: The Britons Answer b: The Vikings Answer c: The Romans Answer d: The Mongols Question 9: The king had an almost absolute power in Rome. Which word was used to describe this faculty of power? Answer a: Facultas Answer b: Imperium Answer c: Potestas Answer d: Vis Question 10: Which Axis leader was overthrown and arrested in July 1943? Answer a: Adolf Hitler Answer b: Benito Mussolini Answer c: Mao Zedong Answer d: Josef Stalin
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