World History IV
Test your crowd on their world knowledge in our ongoing trivia game series featuring significant moments and figures from centuries of world history.
15 questions · Published December 23, 2024
Trivia questions (5 of 15)
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1. What early South American civilization constructed Machu Picchu in Peru sometime in the 15th century?
Unfortunately, the true history of Machu Picchu is lost to time, as the Inca civilization had no written language or historical records.
- Multiple Choice
2. What European nation has Emmanuel Macron governed as president since 2017?
FUN FACT
President of France Emmanuel Macron's wife is twenty-five years his senior.
- Multiple Choice
3. What Middle Eastern country did former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein invade in August 1990, triggering the Gulf War?
It took Saddam Hussein and the Iraqi army just two days to fully occupy neighboring Kuwait in August 1990.
Allied forces liberated the country in February 1991.
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4. Who is the longest-serving British prime minister of the 20th century?
Even with two separate stints as U.K. prime minster, Winston Churchill's combined eight years is not enough to top Margaret Thatcher's eleven year tenure.
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5. What notorious British serial killer was also known as the "Whitechapel Murderer"?
The cases never solved, legendary serial killer Jack the Ripper is believed to have killed nearly a dozen people in the Whitechapel region of London.
BBC History magazine named Jack the Ripper as the worst Briton of all time in 2006.
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