History Trivia Quiz

History Trivia Quiz

Question 1 of 10

When Sultan Taimur bin Feisal tried to abdicate in this country, his British puppetmasters refused to allow it. What country is this?

Question 2 of 10

Which woman was nicknamed "the lady of the lamp"?

Question 3 of 10

In the 1600s, Peter the Great, who hated Moscow, moved the capital to what city, only for the Communists to move it back?

Question 4 of 10

What type of show did P T Barnum promote in the 1880s?

Question 5 of 10

Nicolae Ceausescu was ousted as dictator of which country in 1989?

Question 6 of 10

Who forced his Haitian subjects to recite a reworded version of the Lord's Prayer, which began, "Our Doc, who art in the National Palace for life"?

Question 7 of 10

Who led the Argonauts?

Question 8 of 10

Which doctor was nicknamed 'The Angel of Death' for his experiments in Nazi Germany?

Question 9 of 10

A concert by which pop singer was bombed in May 2017?

Question 10 of 10

River Phoenix, who passed away in 1993, was the actor brother of whom?