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Random History #6

How well do you know your history? Let's find out!
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Last updated: March 22, 2023
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1. What weapon is associated with the Retiarius gladiator?
Sword
Trident
Helmet
Nunchucks
2. What was Rome's most popular fish-based condiment called?
Alicium
Spezium
Garum
Sardinium
3. Ferdinand and Isabella sponsored which Genoese explorer?
Christopher Columbus
Henry Hudson
John Cabot
Amerigo Vespucci
4. Which group likely did not have spiked helmets, despite popular conception?
Mongols
Magyars
Vikings
Aztecs
5. Which Russian czar was the last?
Catherine the Great
Alexander the I
Ivan IV
Nicholas II
6. Ellen Sirleaf was the first elected female head of state on which continent?
Africa
Europe
North America
Asia
7. Which of these documents were found in a cave?
95 Thesis
Articles of Confederation
Dead Sea Scrolls
Drawings by Leonardo
8. Shoguns were powerful officials in which country during the 17th-19th centuries?
Indonesia
Japan
Vietnam
India
9. Which nation hosted the Thrilla in Manila boxing match won by Muhammad Ali?
Indonesia
Japan
Sri Lanka
Philippines
10. Which of these people arrived in the Americas before the others?
English
Vikings
Spanish
Romans
11. Nunavut became the third territory of which country in 1999?
Canada
Denmark
Iceland
Russia
12. Which of these women led slaves to freedom in the pre-Civil War USA?
Eleanor Roosevelt
Adria Smith
Harriet Tubman
Kamala Harris
13. The Easter Rebellion led to the independence of what country from the UK?
United States
Australia
Canada
Ireland
14. Which of these women fought for France during the Hundred Years' War
Simone de Beauvoir
Joan of Arc
Edith Piaf
Marie Antoinette
15. Which of these countries was formerly known as East Pakistan?
Bangladesh
Afghanistan
Iran
India
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