Do you think you know a lot about history? From Kings and Queens of England through to Presidents of the United States of America?
History can cover a broad range, not just subjects of Kings, Queens and Presidents, but also successful artists through to soccer players.
If it's already happened, it's happened, and it's now in the past, it's history, and could very well be a question in this book.
So put your thinking cap on and look back at history and see how many of these questions you are able to answer, you just need someone to test you.
Each quiz contains ten questions with answers, and there are 180 quizzes.
Examples:
What was Jackie Kennedy’s name before she married John F Kennedy?
- Jackie Onassis
Which country was the first to allow women to vote in 1893?
- New Zealand
Little Boy and Fat Man were the first what?
- Atomic bombs
What is the Roman equivalent of the Greek god Poseidon?
- Neptune
What did British troops destroy in Washington DC in 1814?
- The president's house
What was the name given to the coding machine used by the Germans in world war II?
- Enigma
Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
- John Wilkes Booth
In which decade was the first book in the Harry Potter series published?
- 1990s (30 June 1997)
What name is given to the immense hall for the glorious dead in Norse mythology?
- Valhalla
At which famous sea battle did the Americans defeat the Japanese in 1942 despite their ships being out numbered 3 to 1?
- The battle of Midway
History can cover a broad range, not just subjects of Kings, Queens and Presidents, but also successful artists through to soccer players.
If it's already happened, it's happened, and it's now in the past, it's history, and could very well be a question in this book.
So put your thinking cap on and look back at history and see how many of these questions you are able to answer, you just need someone to test you.
Each quiz contains ten questions with answers, and there are 180 quizzes.
Examples:
What was Jackie Kennedy’s name before she married John F Kennedy?
- Jackie Onassis
Which country was the first to allow women to vote in 1893?
- New Zealand
Little Boy and Fat Man were the first what?
- Atomic bombs
What is the Roman equivalent of the Greek god Poseidon?
- Neptune
What did British troops destroy in Washington DC in 1814?
- The president's house
What was the name given to the coding machine used by the Germans in world war II?
- Enigma
Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
- John Wilkes Booth
In which decade was the first book in the Harry Potter series published?
- 1990s (30 June 1997)
What name is given to the immense hall for the glorious dead in Norse mythology?
- Valhalla
At which famous sea battle did the Americans defeat the Japanese in 1942 despite their ships being out numbered 3 to 1?
- The battle of Midway
