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The Question Is Still "When?". Quiz

Historical events I've heard about. But do I know when they happened exactly? Thanks to my unlimited ignorance, this is the follow-on of my previous quiz about time-spans.

A multiple-choice quiz by zordy. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
zordy

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
255,563

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

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2142

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Top 20% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. The Punic Wars! They were fought between Romans and Carthaginians, this I know. And I know also that there were three of them. But when? Let's take the first one: when did it start? Hint

476 BC

4 AD

89 BC

264 BC

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Question 2 of 10

2. Ferdinand Magellan: I remember he sailed from Spain to circumnavigate the entire world, but going westward he went as far as the Philippines where he was killed in battle by the natives. The problem is the usual one: I'm not sure in what year or even in what century he died. Hint

1457

1521

1399

1634

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Question 3 of 10

3. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark: my favourite explorers and a great western story. Let me think: they started from Camp Dubois (Illinois) in the year ...?
Hint

1824

1844

1804

1784

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Question 4 of 10

4. The Battle of Culloden. I never studied it at school, but I know it thanks to a very impressive film by Peter Watkins. The Hanoverians beat the Jacobites, but when, exactly?
Hint

1836

1638

1746

1529

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Question 5 of 10

5. Tutankhamun or King Tut: I clearly have in my mind his golden mask. He's the Egyptian king whose tomb was discovered nearly intact and full of treasures, right? But the Egyptian Kingdom lasted so long: how can I know when Tut lived, and when he died? Can you guess the presumed year of his premature end?

Hint

2578 BC

1324 BC

895 BC

3674 BC

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Question 6 of 10

6. Alexander the Great, King of Macedon. He left home with an army and in few years he subdued much of the known world. One of his victories was at Issus, where he defeated King of Persia Darius III for the first time. This is one of the easiest dates to remember for me. So: when was Battle of Issus? Hint

444 BC

666 BC

222 BC

333 BC

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Question 7 of 10

7. The Thirty Years' War. So I know how long it lasted: but when did it start?
Hint

1490-1520

1529-59

1618-48

1712-42

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Question 8 of 10

8. The most famous painting in the world? Mona Lisa, or La Gioconda. Who painted it? Leonardo da Vinci.
Very good. Now another question: when did Leonardo start working on the painting? Hint

1573

1503

1460

1601

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Question 9 of 10

9. The cinema, the Movies, the Magic of the Silver Screen. It all started thanks to the Lumiere Brothers, in France, many, many years ago. But exactly, how many? In what year was the first film shown to a paying audience by those brilliant brothers?
Hint

1915

1875

1895

1905

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Question 10 of 10

10. To end the quiz, I got another date that I've never forgotten since I learnt it at school because it easy to remember. When was Charlemagne crowned Emperor by the Pope? Hint

1100

400

800

1000

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. The Punic Wars! They were fought between Romans and Carthaginians, this I know. And I know also that there were three of them. But when? Let's take the first one: when did it start?

Answer: 264 BC

And the end of the third Punic War was in 146 BC, when Scipio Aemilianus destroyed Carthage.

Answer: 1521

Of course, it all happened after Columbus. The crew of 270 was reduced to 18 at the end of the voyage: one of them was my fellow countryman Antonio Pigafetta who witnessed and described Magellan's death.

3. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark: my favourite explorers and a great western story. Let me think: they started from Camp Dubois (Illinois) in the year ...?

Answer: 1804

Well, of course the expedition started during Jefferson's presidency and shortly after the Lousiana Purchase. The set off on May 14, 1804 and came back to St. Louis, Missouri, on September 23, 1806. Only one man died, of illness, during the dangerous task.

4. The Battle of Culloden. I never studied it at school, but I know it thanks to a very impressive film by Peter Watkins. The Hanoverians beat the Jacobites, but when, exactly?

Answer: 1746

On April 16, the Jacobite forces with the Young Pretender Charles Edward Stuart, were crushed by the English Army led by the Duke of Cumberland who in the aftermath of the struggle earned the nickname of "Butcher".

Answer: 1324 BC

Almost 13 centuries before Cleopatra. Apparently the King died at 18 of gangrene due to a broken leg.

Answer: 333 BC

Alexander died ten years later in Babylon.

7. The Thirty Years' War. So I know how long it lasted: but when did it start?

Answer: 1618-48

It was fought in Europe and ravaged Central Europe in particualr, causing the death of the 15-20% of the entire population.

8. The most famous painting in the world? Mona Lisa, or La Gioconda. Who painted it? Leonardo da Vinci. Very good. Now another question: when did Leonardo start working on the painting?

Answer: 1503

Of course, this is the date guessed by scholars. Leonardo painted it when in France, where he died, in the Amboise Castle, in 1519.

Answer: 1895

Sortie des Usines Lumi�re � Lyon: this was the 45-second-long film, and 1895 is considered the birth year of cinema. An invention that, it is well known, the Lumiere considered of no utility and without a future.

10. To end the quiz, I got another date that I've never forgotten since I learnt it at school because it easy to remember. When was Charlemagne crowned Emperor by the Pope?

Answer: 800

It happened during the Mass on Christmas day. Very easy to remember, even if it is more or less all I know about old Charlemagne.

Source: Author zordy

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