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📜 History — Quiz 2

10 multiple-choice questions

Question 1 of 10
What civilization built Machu Picchu?
Answer: Inca — Built c. 1450 by the Inca Empire.
Question 2 of 10
In what year did WWI begin?
Answer: 1914 — Started July 28, 1914.
Question 3 of 10
Who was the longest-reigning British monarch?
Answer: Elizabeth II — Elizabeth II reigned 70 years (1952-2022).
Question 4 of 10
What revolution began in 1789?
Answer: French — French Revolution began with the storming of the Bastille.
Question 5 of 10
Who invented the printing press?
Answer: Gutenberg — Johannes Gutenberg, c. 1440.
Question 6 of 10
What ancient city was buried by Vesuvius?
Answer: Pompeii — Pompeii buried in 79 AD.
Question 7 of 10
Who was the first female PM of the UK?
Answer: Thatcher — Margaret Thatcher, 1979-1990.
Question 8 of 10
What treaty ended WWI?
Answer: Versailles — Treaty of Versailles, 1919.
Question 9 of 10
Which pharaoh's tomb was found in 1922?
Answer: Tutankhamun — Howard Carter discovered King Tut's tomb.
Question 10 of 10
What was the Manhattan Project?
Answer: Atomic bomb — US WWII program that developed nuclear weapons.
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