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
Alexander Hamilton
James Monroe
2. What was invented by Eli Whitney?
Cotton Gin
Steam Engine
Telegraph
Flying Shuttle
3. How many years did World War II last?
17 years
10 years
6 years
3 years
4. What monument's actual name is the "Flavian Amphitheater"?
St. Peters Basilica
Colosseum
Parthenon
O2 Arena
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
Portugal
Italy
Bulgaria
7. What is the function of the Pyramids of Giza?
Triumphal Monuments
Tombs
Temples
Unknown
8. Which of these places did James Cook never reach?
Japan
New Zealand
Indonesia
Hawaii
9. Which of these cities did NOT contain one of the Wonders of the Ancient World?
Babylon
Alexandria
Giza
Athens
10. What country did Charles V rule?
Russian Empire
Holy Roman Empire
Spanish Empire
Austro-Hungarian Empire
11. Who was King of France during the French Revolution?
Henry IV
Louis XIV
Louis XVI
Richard III
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?
Hirohito
Simon Bolivar
Joseph Stalin
Muammar Gaddafi
14. What disease killed 50-100 million people in a single outbreak the early 20th century?
Bubonic Plague
Influenza
Tuberculosis
Polio
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?
1936
1840
1877
1904
17. What did Edmund Hillary do first?
Climb Mt. Everest
Orbit the Moon
Reach the South Pole
Fly around the world in a single trip
18. What was the second country to gain independence in the Americas?
Haiti
Mexico
Brazil
United States
19. Which of these was not one of the four great inventions of China?
Fireworks
Compass
Papermaking
Printing
20. What was the tallest building in the world in 1990?
Taipei 101
Sears Tower
Empire State Building
Petronas Towers
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