History Quiz (10 questions)

History Quiz (10 questions)

Difficulty : Medium-Hard Get 5/10 correct to pass the quiz

Question 1 of 10

52 Americans were held hostage for 444 days in which country in 1980-81?

Question 2 of 10

Which Queen was made Empress of India in 1877?

Question 3 of 10

Which of these battles was fought during World War II?

Question 4 of 10

By what name is Charles Edward Stuart, leader of the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion, more commonly known?

Question 5 of 10

What was the name of Adolf Hitler's attempted coup in 1923?

Question 6 of 10

What was the nationality of philosopher Karl Marx?

Question 7 of 10

Phidias completed a gold and ivory statue of which figure in 430BC?

Question 8 of 10

There is evidence that traders from as far away as Phoenicia came to Cornwall and the Scilly Islands to obtain tin around 1500 BC. Why was tin so important at that time?

Question 9 of 10

In what year did the 1940s Indian Civil War begin?

Question 10 of 10

In which century did the War of the Seventh Coalition take place?