World History Quiz

World History Quiz

Difficulty : Medium Get 6/10 correct to pass the quiz

Question 1 of 10

Where did Margaret Thatcher have her office?

Question 2 of 10

Fireworks were invented in which country?

Question 3 of 10

In which picturesque Italian city can you marvel at the Sistine Chapel, where Michelangelo spent four years perfecting the art of craning his neck while defying gravity with his paintbrush, ultimately concluding his legendary ceiling workout in 1512?

Question 4 of 10

What is the name of the old naval punishment where the victim is tied to a rope and dragged underwater from one side of the ship to the other?

Question 5 of 10

Which Canadian city hosted the 1976 Summer Olympics?

Question 6 of 10

What was the first commercially available RPG?

Question 7 of 10

Which European city saw the first hot air balloon flight?

Question 8 of 10

What is the name of the largest star sapphire in the world which is found in New York City's American Museum of Natural History?

Question 9 of 10

Who was chief of the German police and, later, the Gestapo during World War II?

Question 10 of 10

During which year of the Thirty Years' War was the 'Battle of Lens'?