1. What year did World War II begin?
- A) 1937
- B) 1939
- C) 1941
- D) 1945
Answer: B) 1939
2. The Great Fire of London occurred in which year?
- A) 1666
- B) 1588
- C) 1701
- D) 1750
Answer: A) 1666
3. Who was the first person to set foot on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission in 1969?
- A) Buzz Aldrin
- B) Michael Collins
- C) Neil Armstrong
- D) Yuri Gagarin
Answer: C) Neil Armstrong
4. The fall of the Berlin Wall, symbolizing the end of the Cold War, occurred in which year?
- A) 1987
- B) 1989
- C) 1991
- D) 1993
Answer: B) 1989
5. The Titanic famously sank on its maiden voyage in which year?
- A) 1910
- B) 1912
- C) 1914
- D) 1920
Answer: B) 1912
6. Who was the first president of the United States?
- A) Thomas Jefferson
- B) Abraham Lincoln
- C) George Washington
- D) John Adams
Answer: C) George Washington
7. The Prohibition Era in the United States, which banned the sale and consumption of alcohol, began in 1920 and ended in which year?
- A) 1925
- B) 1930
- C) 1933
- D) 1936
Answer: C) 1933
8. Who was assassinated on April 14, 1865, just days after the end of the U.S. Civil War?
- A) John F. Kennedy
- B) Abraham Lincoln
- C) James A. Garfield
- D) William McKinley
Answer: B) Abraham Lincoln
9. The Renaissance was a cultural movement that began in which country during the 14th century?
- A) France
- B) Spain
- C) Italy
- D) Greece
Answer: C) Italy
10. The French Revolution, a pivotal event in world history, began in which year?
- A) 1775
- B) 1789
- C) 1803
- D) 1815
Answer: B) 1789
11. On which date did the attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan occur, leading the United States to enter World War II?
- A) December 7, 1941
- B) November 11, 1940
- C) August 14, 1942
- D) June 6, 1944
Answer: A) December 7, 1941
12. Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, and later became the first person to win two Nobel Prizes in different fields?
- A) Marie Curie
- B) Rosalind Franklin
- C) Ada Lovelace
- D) Dorothy Hodgkin
Answer: A) Marie Curie
13. The Cuban Missile Crisis, a tense 13-day confrontation between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, took place in which year?
- A) 1959
- B) 1962
- C) 1965
- D) 1969
Answer: B) 1962
14. The Magna Carta, a document that limited the power of the monarchy and is considered a cornerstone of modern democracy, was signed in which year?
- A) 1066
- B) 1215
- C) 1492
- D) 1642
Answer: B) 1215
15. The Hiroshima atomic bombing took place during which year of World War II?
- A) 1943
- B) 1944
- C) 1945
- D) 1946
Answer: C) 1945
16. The Boston Tea Party, a protest against British taxation, took place in which year?
- A) 1765
- B) 1770
- C) 1773
- D) 1776
Answer: C) 1773
17. Which country was the first to grant women the right to vote in 1893?
- A) United States
- B) United Kingdom
- C) New Zealand
- D) Canada
Answer: C) New Zealand
18. Who was the famous Macedonian conqueror who created one of the largest empires in ancient history?
- A) Julius Caesar
- B) Cyrus the Great
- C) Alexander the Great
- D) Genghis Khan
Answer: C) Alexander the Great
19. The Suez Canal, a crucial waterway connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea, was completed in which century?
- A) 16th Century
- B) 18th Century
- C) 19th Century
- D) 20th Century
Answer: C) 19th Century (completed in 1869)
20. The Treaty of Versailles, which officially ended World War I, was signed in which year?
- A) 1917
- B) 1918
- C) 1919
- D) 1920
Answer: C) 1919
