History Quiz

A fire that raged for four days in 1666 would come to be known as 'The Great Fire' of what city?: London Madrid Paris Rome
Sir Thomas More, Chancellor of England from 1529-1532, was beheaded by what English monarch for refusing to acknowledge the King as the head of the newly formed Church of England?: Edward VI Henry VI Henry VIII James I
What college or university, founded in 1636, is the oldest in the United States?: Harvard Princeton William and Mary Yale
This Russian ruler was the first to take the title Czar (Tsar) of all Russia when he defeated the Tartars (Mongols) in 1547. Who was he?: Alexander I Ivan IV (the Terrible) Nicholas II Peter (the Great)
From 1904 to 1905 Japan was at war. Which country did Japan defeat?: China Great Britain Russia United States
Which French King was known as the 'Sun King'?: King Charles V King Francis II King Louis XIV King Louis XVI
Who was the last Emperor of China?: (Henry) Pu-Yi Chiang Kai Shek Mao Zedong Sun Yat-Sen
Ponce de Leon, 'discoverer' of Florida (1513), was also Governor of what Caribbean island?: Cuba Hispaniola Jamaica Puerto Rico
Who was the first Prime Minister of Australia?: Alfred Deakin Edmund Barton John Howard John Watson
After the Muslim Prophet Muhammad's death in 632 A.D., his father-in-law became the first Caliph of Islam. What was this man's name?: Abu Bakr Avicenna Ibn Battuta Sulayman

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