1. When was Yohannes IV emperor of Ethiopia?
a) 1815-1830
b) 1855-1868
c) 1848-1856
d) 1872-1889
2. When was Yohannes IV’s original name?
a) Ras Tafari
b) Idris Pasha
c) Kassa Mercha
d) Farokh Hassan
3. Who was Yohannes IV’s mail rival to the throne of Ethiopia?
a) Sahle Miriam
b) Haile Malakot
c) Haile Selassie
d) Bezebeh
4. When did Yohannes IV declare war on Egypt?
a) 14 January 1869
b) 12 May 1855
c) 19 July 1868
d) 23 October 1875
1) Which of the following is not a leap year?
a) 1896
b) 1900
c) 1904
d) 1908
2) Which Indian Prime Minister was born on 29 February?
a) Jawaharlal Nehru
b) Lal Bahadur Shastri
c) Morarji Desai
d) Inder Kumar Gujral
3) Who took one day from February and added it to July?
a) Julius Caesar
b) Pompey
c) Sulla
d) Cato
1. When was Catherine of Valois born?
a) 15 March 1406
b) 17 April 1404
c) 12 July 1403
d) 27 October 1401
2. Where was Catherine of Valois born?
a) Paris
b) Reims
c) Nantes
d) Amiens
3. When did Catherine of Valois marry Henry V?
a) 5 February 1421
b) 2 June 1420
c) 31 August 1424
d) 14 November 1422
1. When did Benito Mussolini first become the Prime Minister of Italy?
a) 12 January 1914
b) 3 April 1906
c) 5 August 1918
d) 31 October 1922
2. When was Benito Mussolini born?
a) 9 February 1889
b) 3 May 1901
c) 29 July 1883
d) 31 December 1900
3. Where was Benito Mussolini born?
a) Turin
b) Predappio
c) Verona
d) Bari
1. When did Henry VI become king of England?
a) 9 March 1457
b) 14 May 1411
c) 1 September 1422
d) 5 November 1436
2. When was Henry VI born?
a) 28 January 1407
b) 19 June 1401
c) 4 August 1411
d) 6 December 1421
3. Where was Henry VI born?
a) Lancaster
b) York
c) Windsor
d) Pembroke
Richard II was King of England from 1377 until he was deposed in 1399. He was the eighth king of the House of Plantagenet, and the final one of the direct line. Richard’s father, Edward the Black Prince, died in 1376, leaving Richard as heir apparent to King Edward III. Upon the death of his…
1. When was Edward III crowned king of England?
a) 29 January 1327
b) 14 April 1288
c) 19 August 1294
d) 6 December 1299
2. When was Edward III born?
a) 9 March 1271
b) 17 May 1281
c) 27 September 1296
d) 13 November 1312
3. Where was Edward III born?
a) Reims
b) Windsor
c) Nantes
d) Dover
1. When was Maria Theresa born?
a) 1 January 1701
b) 4 July 1704
c) 13 May 1717
d) 12 December 1712
2. Where was Maria Theresa born?
a) Graz
b) Vienna
c) Weiz
d) Liezen
3. When did Maria Theresa marry Francis Stephen (Francis I)?
a) 12 February 1736
b) 14 April 1721
c) 6 August 1719
d) 8 October 1740
1. When was Alexandre Gustave Eiffel born?
a) 5 February 1820
b) 3 May 1821
c) 11 September 1828
d) 15 December 1832
2. Where was Alexandre Gustave Eiffel born?
a) Tolouse
b) Cannes
c) Dijon
d) Agen
3. Why was Eiffel Tower built?
a) As a memorial to Napoleon
b) To celebrate the birth centenary of Louis XIV
c) To celebrate the founding of Merovingian dynasty
d) To commemorate the 100th anniversary of French Revolution
1) When was Lew Wallace born?
a) 26 June 1821
b) 15 March 1844
c) 10 April 1827
d) 14 July 1828
2) Where was Lew Wallace born?
a) Knoxville
b) Brookville
c) Albertville
d) Libreville
3) What was Lew Wallace’s real name?
a) Law Wallace
b) Lewis Wallace
c) George Washington
d) Robert Lee