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