1. Where was Francisco Pizarro born?
a) Trujillo
b) Barcelona
c) Madrid
d) Casablanca
2. When did Francisco Pizarro first set sail from Spain?
a) 12 August 1492
b) 17 June 1536
c) 22 January 1538
d) 10 November 1509
3. Whom did Francisco Pizarro accompany in the discovery of the Pacific?
a) Christopher Columbus
b) Ferdinand Magellan
c) Vasco Nunez de Balboa
d) Vasco da Gama
1) When did George III become the king of UK?
a) 1603
b) 1701
c) 1740
d) 1760
2) To which dynasty George III belong?
a) Lancastrian
b) Hanoverian
c) Tudor
d) Stuart
3) Who persuaded George III to end his relationship with Sarah Lennox and marry Charlotte of Mecklenberg-Strelitz?
a) George Grenville
b) Charles Fox
c) William Pitt the Elder
d) John Stuart
1) When was Corazon Aquino sworn in as President of Philippines?
a) 25 February 1986
b) 4 November 1982
c) 9 August 1994
d) 4 March 1983
2) What was Corazon Aquino’s maiden surname?
a) Cogoangco
b) Arroyo
c) Brown
d) Castello
3) When was Corazon Aquino born?
a) 25 January 1933
b) 4 November 1932
c) 9 August 1924
d) 4 March 1923
1. Who was Catherine Howard’s mother?
a) Joyce Culpepper
b) Agnes Tilney
c) Elizabeth Howard
d) Margaret Mowbray
2. What did Henry Mannox teach Catherine Howard?
a) Latin
b) Music
c) Greek
d) Science
3. To whom was Catherine Howard engaged?
a) Walter Raleigh
b) Nicholas Throckmorton
c) Thomas Culpepper
d) Stephen Gardiner
1) What is the approximate number of islands that comprise the Philippines?
a) 6,000
b) 7,000
c) 8,000
d) 9,000
2) When did the Philippines become independent?
a) 4 July 1776
b) 4 July 1946
c) 14 August 1947
d) 1 January 1984
3) Which country had the Philippines as its colony from 1898 to 1946, except for some years during World War II?
a) Portugal
b) USA
c) UK
d) Belgium
1. When was U Thant elected acting secretary general of United Nations?
a) 1 January 1955
b) 12 April 1956
c) 7 July 1958
d) 3 November 1961
2. When was U Thant born?
a) 22 January 1909
b) 6 May 1912
c) 27 July 1908
d) 26 October 1911
3. Where was U Thant born?
a) Hamolin
b) Tonzang
c) Shwebo
d) Pantanaw
1. Which lake is to the north of Iran?
a) Lake Prespa
b) Lake Lucerne
c) Caspian Sea
d) Dead Sea
2. Which is the capital of Iran?
a) Tehran
b) Shiraj
c) Isfahan
d) Bandar Abbas
3. Which is the currency of Iran?
a) Dirham
b) Dinar
c) Lira
d) Rial
(Frederick Barbarossa is also known as Frederick I.)
1. When was Frederick Barbarossa first elected German king and Holy Roman Emperor?
a) 4 March 1152
b) 10 May 1151
c) 26 July 1145
d) 18 December 1148
2. Which concordat did Frederick Barbarossa violate?
a) Concordat of Bologna
b) Concordat of Tonsberg
c) Concordat of Worms
d) Concordat of Zurich
3. Who crowned Frederick Barbarossa emperor on 18 June 1155?
a) Eugene III
b) Lucius II
c) Celestine V
d) Adrian IV
Philipp Melanchthon was a German reformer, collaborator with Martin Luther, the first systematic theologian of the Protestant Reformation, intellectual leader of the Lutheran Reformation, and an influential designer of educational systems. He stands next to Luther and Calvin as a reformer, theologian, and molder of Protestantism. Along with Luther, he is the primary founder of…
1) When was Gregorian calendar introduced?
a) 1500
b) 1582
c) 1600
d) 1927
2) Who introduced Gregorian calendar?
a) Gregory VII
b) Gregory IX
c) Gregory XI
d) Gregory XIII
3) Which calendar was reformed and replaced by Gregorian calendar?
a) Roman
b) Vikram
c) Julian
d) Chinese