(This quiz about Alexander III of Macedon (Macedonia) aka Alexander the Great who lived in 4th century BC.)
1) Who of the following philosophers taught Alexander?
a) Aristotle
b) Plato
c) Socrates
d) Heraclitus
2) What was Bucephalus?
a) Alexander’s cat
b) Alexander’s dog
c) Alexander’s horse
d) Alexander’s parrot
3) How old was Alexander when he became king?
a) 10 years
b) 15 years
c) 20 years
d) 40 years
1) To which dynasty did Cleopatra belong?
a) Bonaparte
b) Tudor
c) Stuart
d) Ptolemaic
2) When was Cleopatra born?
a) 100 BC
b) 76 BC
c) 69 BC
d) 58 BC
3) When did Cleopatra become queen for the first time?
a) 98 BC
b) 67 BC
c) 51 BC
d) 44 BC
1) In the Bible who interpreted the dreams of Pharaoh?
a) Joseph
b) Daniel
c) David
d) Samuel
2) The flag of which country has the Star of David?
a) USA
b) Iraq
c) Israel
d) Nepal
3) In which year was Magna Carta signed?
a) 1603
b) 1066
c) 1707
d) 1215
4) When was Carthage destroyed?
a) 149 B.C.
b) 323 B.C.
c) 44 A.D.
d) 70 A.D.
5) Which country is ruled by a single dynasty for more than two thousand years?
a) England
b) Persia
c) Japan
d) Egypt
1) When did World War II begin?
a) 28 June 1914
b) 11 November 1918
c) 3 September 1939
d) 1 June 1941
2) Which country was annexed by Germany and USSR?
a) Czechoslovakia
b) Austria
c) Denmark
d) Poland
3) When did Germany attack USSR?
a) 22 June 1941
b) 14 November 1940
c) 3 December 1939
d) 4 July 1940
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) What is the maximum width of Chile?
a) 100 miles
b) 150 miles
c) 200 miles
d) 1,000 miles
2) Who is the first woman President of Chile?
a) Michelle Bachelet
b) Viviane Cuq
c) Cristina Preito
d) Patricia Soto
3) Which is the southernmost point of South America?
a) Cape Canaveral
b) Cape Horn
c) Cape Kennedy
d) Cape Conrad
1) When did Nigeria become independent?
a) 1945
b) 1948
c) 1957
d) 1960
2) Which is the official language of Nigeria?
a) English
b) Ibo
c) Hausa
d) Swahili
3) Which is the capital of Nigeria?
a) Abuja
b) Lagos
c) Kano
d) Ibadan
1. When was Ferdinand Marcos first sworn in as President of the Philippines?
a) 1 January 1964
b) 6 April 1966
c) 3 August 1968
d) 30 December 1965
2. When was Ferdinand Marcos born?
a) 5 February 1905
b) 8 May 1907
c) 11 September 1917
d) 19 November 1912
3. Where was Ferdinand Marcos born?
a) Cebu
b) Iba
c) Sarrat
d) Jolo
1. When was Harold Wilson’s first term as Prime Minister of UK?
a) 1964-1970
b) 1950-1959
c) 1946-1948
d) 1977-1981
2. When was Harold Wilson born?
a) 14 April 1896
b) 11 March 1916
c) 14 July 1902
d) 3 November 1911
3. Where was Harold Wilson born?
a) Durham
b) York
c) Leicester
d) Huddersfield
1) When was Morarji Desai sworn in as Prime Minister of India?
a) 12 May 1952
b) 12 May 1967
c) 24 March 1977
d) 14 January 1980
2) Which was Morarji Desai’s party when he was Prime Minister?
a) Congress
b) BJP
c) Janata
d) PSP
3) Which unprecedented action was taken by Morarji Desai’s Government soon after it came to power at Centre?
a) Economic reforms
b) Explosion of nuclear bombs
c) Pawning gold with IMF
d) Dismissal of Congress-ruled State Governments where Congress was defeated badly in Lok Sabha elections.
