History Quiz #274
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 14 April 2014
A new history quiz is available each week. Try our daily general knowledge quiz or work through our archive of daily and themed quizzes.
1
Q1.
Who has been Prime Minister of France twice and President of France once?
C
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
Select from the options above.
2
Q2.
Complete Joseph Stalin's famous quotation "One death is a tragedy, one million deaths is a … "
Select from the options above.
3
Q3.
The 520 men and 197 women who arrived in 11 British ships at Botany Bay, Australia, on 26 January 1788, were mostly what?
Select from the options above.
4
Q4.
He was the fourth of 6 children and the oldest surviving, was a choir singer, a painter, a writer, an admirer of Martin Luther, a decorated soldier and a politician. Who was he?
Note: This question was updated in July 2022
Select from the options above.
5
Q5.
What, according to Greek legend, was built at Cnossos, Crete, by Daedalus?
Select from the options above.
6
Q6.
Of up to 20 major extinction events identified in Earth's history, which is considered to have caused the greatest loss of species?
A
Triassic-Jurassic 200 mya
D
Permian-Triassic at the end of the Permian period 251 mya
Select from the options above.
7
Q7.
What century were the four major eruptions of the volcano on Krakatoa, heard some 3,000 miles away and changing global weather patterns and temperatures for years?
Select from the options above.