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Multiple Choice History

Can you name answer these multiple choice history questions?
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1. Who was NOT a U.S President?
James Madison
Alexander Hamilton
James Monroe
Thomas Jefferson
2. What was invented by Eli Whitney?
Telegraph
Steam Engine
Flying Shuttle
Cotton Gin
3. How many years did World War II last?
10 years
17 years
6 years
3 years
4. What monument's actual name is the "Flavian Amphitheater"?
Colosseum
O2 Arena
St. Peters Basilica
Parthenon
5. Which of these cities was never destroyed by a fire?
Chicago
London
Rome
Beijing
6. Which of these countries did NOT participate in the First World War?
Spain
Bulgaria
Portugal
Italy
7. What is the function of the Pyramids of Giza?
Triumphal Monuments
Tombs
Unknown
Temples
8. Which of these places did James Cook never reach?
Indonesia
Hawaii
New Zealand
Japan
9. Which of these cities did NOT contain one of the Wonders of the Ancient World?
Giza
Alexandria
Athens
Babylon
10. What country did Charles V rule?
Russian Empire
Austro-Hungarian Empire
Spanish Empire
Holy Roman Empire
11. Who was King of France during the French Revolution?
Richard III
Henry IV
Louis XVI
Louis XIV
12. Which of the following events occurred first?
Yugoslav Wars
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
Cuban Missile Crisis
First man lands on the Moon
13. Who did not rule as a dictator?
Muammar Gaddafi
Joseph Stalin
Simon Bolivar
Hirohito
14. What disease killed 50-100 million people in a single outbreak the early 20th century?
Polio
Bubonic Plague
Tuberculosis
Influenza
15. Who was the first ruler of the Islamic Caliphate?
Saladin
Abu Bakr
Muhammad
Al-Hadi
16. In what year did the Spanish Civil War begin?
1840
1904
1936
1877
17. What did Edmund Hillary do first?
Orbit the Moon
Reach the South Pole
Climb Mt. Everest
Fly around the world in a single trip
18. What was the second country to gain independence in the Americas?
Haiti
Brazil
Mexico
United States
19. Which of these was not one of the four great inventions of China?
Compass
Printing
Papermaking
Fireworks
20. What was the tallest building in the world in 1990?
Sears Tower
Empire State Building
Petronas Towers
Taipei 101
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