1 - What political coalition was elected in France in 1936?

The New Politics Coalition

The Popular Front

The Social-Democrats

Labour Reform League

2 - What Russian leader often staged elaborate mock battles when he was a boy?

Ivan III (The Great)

Peter I (The Great)

Ivan IV (The Terrible)

Tsar Alexander III

3 - In which country was the use of the longbow first reported?

Wales

Holland

Hungary

Romania

4 - When did Newfoundland become a part of Canada?

1905

1949

1867

1875

5 - Which of the following was never part of the Britsh Empire?

Zanzibar

Dijbouti

Malta

Cyprus

6 - The Swahili culture is the result of a synthesis of the cultures of costal East Africa and colonizers from:

India

Portugal

Indonesia

Arabia

7 - Which of the following was the immediate cause of the Indian Mutiny in 1857?

The annexation of Oudh by the British after its ruling dynasty was declared lapsed and incompetent to rule

The replacement of Persian with English as the official legal language in British East India Company territories

The decision to adopt Enfield Rifles with cartridges greased in pig and cow tallow that soldiers had to rip open with their teeth

Britain's establishment of the Hindu Dogra Rajputs as rulers of predominantly Muslim Kashmir

8 - Which parts of South America beside Surinam and the isles was colonized by the Dutch at some point?

Guyana and French Guyana

Guyana and a part of the Brazilian Coast

Guyana and the mouth of the La Plata river

Guyana and Uruguay

9 - Which Russian tzar was killed in his bedroom on March 11, 1801?

Alexandre I

Paul I

Peter III

Peter II

10 - After Japan closed itself from foreigners in the 17th century, from which nationality were the only traders who had the right to trade with Japan in the bay of Osaka?

English

Dutch

Spanish

Portuguese

11 - In which modern country does Kapilvastu, birthplace of Buddha, lie?

India

Nepal

China

Bangladesh

12 - What was the capital of the Zulus under King Cetshwayo?

kwa-Zulu

Ulundi

Zimbabwe

Bapedi

13 - What was the capital of the NorthWest Territory in the modern day USA?

Detroit

Dayton

Chillicothe

Chicago

14 - Where did Charles the Bold, last reigning Duke of Burgundy, die?

In Dijon

In Nancy

In London

In Paris

15 - When was Malaysia formed?

1925

1948

1963

1985

16 - Which Brazilian president ordered the construction of Brasília?

Getúlio Vargas

Lula da Silva

Juscelino Kubitschek

Fernando Collor

17 - Which South American country fought against the combined armies of Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay from 1864 to1870?

Columbia

Venezuela

Paraguay

Chile

18 - When did the last emperor of China ascend the throne?

1685

1895

1909

1923

19 - Who was this famous painter?

Rembrandt Rubens Jan Van Eyck Jordaens

20 - At what city did King Henry IV of Germany submit on his knees to the authority of Pope Gregory VII in 1073?

Canossa

Lyons

Milan

Clermont

 

  

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