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Multiple Choice History

Can you name answer these multiple choice history questions?
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1. Who was NOT a U.S President?
Alexander Hamilton
James Madison
James Monroe
Thomas Jefferson
2. What was invented by Eli Whitney?
Cotton Gin
Flying Shuttle
Telegraph
Steam Engine
3. How many years did World War II last?
3 years
10 years
17 years
6 years
4. What monument's actual name is the "Flavian Amphitheater"?
O2 Arena
St. Peters Basilica
Colosseum
Parthenon
5. Which of these cities was never destroyed by a fire?
Rome
London
Beijing
Chicago
6. Which of these countries did NOT participate in the First World War?
Bulgaria
Portugal
Italy
Spain
7. What is the function of the Pyramids of Giza?
Temples
Triumphal Monuments
Tombs
Unknown
8. Which of these places did James Cook never reach?
Japan
Hawaii
New Zealand
Indonesia
9. Which of these cities did NOT contain one of the Wonders of the Ancient World?
Athens
Babylon
Alexandria
Giza
10. What country did Charles V rule?
Austro-Hungarian Empire
Spanish Empire
Russian Empire
Holy Roman Empire
11. Who was King of France during the French Revolution?
Louis XVI
Richard III
Henry IV
Louis XIV
12. Which of the following events occurred first?
Cuban Missile Crisis
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
First man lands on the Moon
Yugoslav Wars
13. Who did not rule as a dictator?
Joseph Stalin
Muammar Gaddafi
Hirohito
Simon Bolivar
14. What disease killed 50-100 million people in a single outbreak the early 20th century?
Bubonic Plague
Polio
Tuberculosis
Influenza
15. Who was the first ruler of the Islamic Caliphate?
Muhammad
Al-Hadi
Abu Bakr
Saladin
16. In what year did the Spanish Civil War begin?
1840
1936
1904
1877
17. What did Edmund Hillary do first?
Climb Mt. Everest
Reach the South Pole
Fly around the world in a single trip
Orbit the Moon
18. What was the second country to gain independence in the Americas?
Mexico
Brazil
Haiti
United States
19. Which of these was not one of the four great inventions of China?
Papermaking
Compass
Fireworks
Printing
20. What was the tallest building in the world in 1990?
Empire State Building
Petronas Towers
Sears Tower
Taipei 101
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