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