History Quiz

History Quiz

Difficulty : Medium Get 6/10 correct to pass the quiz

Question 1 of 10

What President was in power when Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait and threatened to invade Saudi Arabia?

Question 2 of 10

Which gulf was a battlefield of the 1980–1988 Iran-Iraq War?

Question 3 of 10

In which picturesque Italian city can you marvel at the Sistine Chapel, where Michelangelo spent four years perfecting the art of craning his neck while defying gravity with his paintbrush, ultimately concluding his legendary ceiling workout in 1512?

Question 4 of 10

What was the name of the Oglala Lakota war leader who led the allied Native American tribes with Chief Gall and Sitting Bull at the Battle of the Little Bighorn?

Question 5 of 10

Which of the following was the first President of the United States?

Question 6 of 10

Steffi Graf was a 1980s tennis player from which country?

Question 7 of 10

Under what President was George H.W. Bush serving as Vice-President between the years 1981-1989?

Question 8 of 10

Who was Nicolaus Copernicus?

Question 9 of 10

Which international news agency was founded in London in 1851?

Question 10 of 10

In which century was Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton born?