World History Quiz With Answers
Who was it that ran through the streets naked crying
Eureka?
A: Archimedes.
What was the famous clown, Coco's real name?
A: Nikioli Poliakoff.
The first Christmas stamp appeared in what country in 1898?
A: Canada.
The history of fashion design is normally understood to date from 1858 when what happened?
A: The English-born Charles Frederick Worth opened the first true haute couture house in
Paris.
How long ago was wheat domesticated in the Fertile Crescent?
A: Some 10,000 years ago.
Rhodopsis, the original Egyptian Cinderella, had what job?
A: Prostitute
Animals have been used to create “what”, since their discovery in the 18th century?
A: Vaccines.
Mathias Rust landed his Cessna in 1987 at what location?
A: Red Square Moscow.
What is the literal meaning of Magna Carta?
A: Great Charter.
When were the earliest documented instances of
piracy?
A: In the 14th century BC, when the Sea Peoples, a group of
ocean raiders, attacked ships of the Aegean and Mediterranean civilizations.
As early as 258 AD, the Gothic-Herulic fleet ravaged towns on what coasts?
A: The Black Sea and Sea of Marmara.
In the Roman province of Britannia, who was captured and enslaved by Irish pirates?
A: Saint Patrick.
What "temporary measure" was introduced to the UK in 1799?
A: Income Tax.
Super Mario's original name was what?
A: Jumperman.
In 1912 and 1913, the First Balkan War was fought between the Balkan League and whom?
A: The fracturing Ottoman Empire.
In 1449, Thomas Brightfield built London's first what?
A: Lavatory.
Jacques Garnerin made the first what in 1797?
A: Parachute Jump.
Following the Parliamentarian victory over Charles I during the English Civil War, England's Puritan rulers did what?
A: Banned Christmas in 1647.
Who designed the first Iron ship the Great Britain in 1845?
A: I. Kingdom Brunel.
A Japanese artist copied the Mona Lisa in 1983 in what
material?
A: Toast.
What became legal in 1901 in the UK?
A: Boxing.
How long did the Qin dynasty last in China?
A: Only fifteen years, falling soon after the First Emperor's death.
Why did the Emperor Augustus ban his men from wearing silk?
A: It was Effeminate.
What gem was Cleopatra's signet?
A: The Amethyst.
In the ancient Roman Calendar, what was the eighth month?
A: October
Egyptian cuisine has ancient roots, with evidence that
cheese has been made in Egypt since when?
A: 3,000 BC.
What nation built the world’s first chemistry lab in 1650?
A: Netherlands.
Alice Springs, an Australian town, used to be called what
until 1925?
A: Stuart.
What was Attila the Hun called?
A: The Scourge of God.
Lady Chatterley's first name was what?
A: Constance.
In 1629, the Anglican poet John Milton penned what poem?
A: On the Morning of Christ's Nativity, a poem that has since been read by many during Christmastide.