History - Quiz Number 8

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Number of questions: 26

1 - Which of these countries was NOT a part of the Soviet Union?





2 - What year is considered to be the year that the British Empire ended?





3 - When did the Crisis of the Third Century begin?





4 - America's Strategic Defense System during the Cold War was nicknamed after this famous movie.





5 - Where and when was the first cardboard box made for industrial use?





6 - What was the unofficial name for Germany between 1919 and 1933?





7 - Which historical conflict killed the most people?





8 - Oxford University is older than the Aztec Empire.



9 - What was the name of the planned invasion of Japan towards the end of World War II?





10 - Which WWII tank ace is credited with having destroyed the most tanks?





11 - In 1845, a series of wars named after which indigenous people began in New Zealand?





12 - Which U.S. President was in office when the Gulf War began?





13 - The Battle of the Somme in World War I took place in which country?





14 - The minigun was designed in 1960 by which manufacturer.





15 - What was the code name for the German invasion of the Soviet Union in WW2?





16 - Who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for most of World War II?





17 - What happened on June 6, 1944?





18 - Brezhnev was the 5th leader of the USSR.



19 - What nationality was sultan Saladin?





20 - Which of the following battles is often considered as marking the beginning of the fall of the Western Roman Empire?





21 - The Hundred Years' War was fought for more than a hundred years.



22 - Which country gifted the Statue of Liberty to the United States of America?





23 - Which Louis was known as 'The Sun King of France'?





24 - The Tsar Bomba, the most powerful nuclear bomb ever tested, had a yield of 50 megatons but theoretically had a maximum yield of how much?





25 - "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it" is a quote from French philosopher Voltaire.



26 - Which infamous European traitor was known as "the last person to enter Parliament with honest intentions"?






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