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1. In what year did the Battle of Hastings take place? (a) 966 (b) 1066 (c) 1166 (d) 1266 2. Who was the English king who died , sparking the conflict? (a) Richard the Lionheart (b) Edward the Confessor (c) William the Conqueror (d) Alfred the Great 3. Which Duke of Normandy invaded England and claimed the throne? (a) Duke Richard I (b) Duke William (c) Duke Godfrey (d) Duke Rollo

1. When did Ivan Pavlov get Nobel Prize for Medicine? a) 1904 b) 1929 c) 1945 d) 1948 2. Where was Ivan Pavlov born? a) Kazan b) Penza c) Ryazan d) Saransk 3. Which university did Ivan Pavlov attend? a) Moscow b) St. Petersburg c) Vienna d) Berlin

1. Which state seceded from the Union first? (a) Virginia (b) South Carolina (c) Georgia (d) Texas 2. What was the main cause of the Civil War? (a) Economic differences between North and South (b) British interference in American affairs (c) Desire for westward expansion (d) A strong federal government 3. The first major battle of the Civil War was fought at: (a) Antietam (b) Gettysburg (c) Fort Sumter (d) Bull Run

1. In which year did the storming of the Bastille prison, a key event of the French Revolution, occur? (a) 1776 (b) 1789 (c) 1793 (d) 1804 2. What were the three social classes of France under theAncien Régime (Old Regime)? (a) Clergy, Nobility, Peasantry (b) Military, Aristocracy, Working Class (c) Merchants, Landowners, Farmers (d) Upper Class, Middle Class, Lower Class 3. What famous document outlined the "rights of man and of the citizen" during the French Revolution? (a) The Declaration of Independence (b) The Magna Carta (c) The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (d) ... Read more

1. Which of the following ideologies formed the basis of the Soviet Union's system during the Cold War? (a) Democracy (b) Fascism (c) Communism (d) Capitalism 2. The Truman Doctrine aimed to: (a) Develop nuclear weapons (b) Contain the spread of communism (c) Rebuild war-torn Europe (d) Form a military alliance with the Soviet Union 3. The Marshall Plan provided economic aid to: (a) The Soviet Union (b) Western European nations (c) Newly independent African colonies (d) Countries defeated in World War II

1. In which year did the Battle of Trafalgar take place? (a) 1798 (b) 1805 (c) 1812 (d) 1821 2. Who was the British commander at the Battle of Trafalgar? (a) Admiral John Jervis (b) Admiral Horatio Nelson (c) Duke of Wellington (d) King George III 3. Which two combined fleets did the British face at Trafalgar? (a) French and Spanish (b) French and Dutch (c) Spanish and Portuguese (d) Russian and Ottoman

1. Which two countries were the main combatants in the Hundred Years' War? (a) England and Spain (b) France and Germany (c) England and France (d) Italy and Austria 2. What was the approximate duration of the Hundred Years' War? (a) 25 years (b) 100 years (c) 200 years (d) 500 years 3. What year did the Hundred Years' War begin? (a) 1200 (b) 1337 (c) 1450 (d) 1500

1. The Trojan War was fought between the Greeks and Trojans over: (a) Land rights (b) The abduction of Helen (c) A religious dispute (d) Trade control 2. Helen of Troy was the wife of: (a) Agamemnon (b) Menelaus (c) Odysseus (d) Achilles 3. The leader of the Greek army during the Trojan War was: (a) Achilles (b) Agamemnon (c) Odysseus (d) Paris

1) When was Samuel Coleridge born? a) 12 August 1778 b) 2 December 1776 c) 4 November 1774 d) 21 October 1772 2) What was Samuel Coleridge’s middle name? a) Bowden b) Taylor c) Smith d) Kennedy 3) Which college did Samuel Coleridge attend? a) St. Augustine’s College b) St. Patrick’s College c) Jesus College d) Trinity College

1. What event is considered the direct cause of World War 2? (a) Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand (b) The Great Depression (c) German invasion of Poland (d) The rise of communism in the Soviet Union 2. Which of the following countries were the main Allied Powers? (a) Germany, Italy, Japan (b) France, Britain, Soviet Union (c) United States, Canada, Mexico (d) China, India, Australia 3. Who was the leader of Nazi Germany during World War 2? (a) Benito Mussolini (b) Joseph Stalin (c) Adolf Hitler (d) Winston Churchill