History Quiz #380
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 25 April 2016
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.
The Rana Plaza collapse in Bangladesh in 2013 was the collapse of what?
A
A residential high-rise
B
An eight-storey garment factory
Select from the options above.
2
Q2.
What name is given to the activities of the specially constituted group of British, American, Russian and French judges that tried NAZI Party leaders and German military commanders after World War II?
Select from the options above.
3
Q3.
What was the first propeller driven ship and the first iron ship to cross the Atlantic?
Select from the options above.
4
Q4.
When was the sculpture of the four faces on Mount Rushmore begun?
Select from the options above.
5
Q5.
Leo Joseph Ryan Jr., the first US congressman to be killed in the line of duty, was murdered where?
Select from the options above.
6
Q6.
Which city was hit by a magnitude 6.2 earthquake about 5 kilometers below its centre at 12:29 a.m. 23 December 1972, killing around 5,000 of the 400,000 population, injuring 20,000 and leaving over 250,000 homeless?
A
Guatemala City, Guatemala.
C
Haiyuan, Ningxia-Gansu, China
Select from the options above.
7
Q7.
In which country did Queen Isabella secure the throne when her opponents (Carlists) were defeated in 1868, following a civil war between those who wanted a king and those who wanted a queen?
Select from the options above.