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10 Average Questions about World History

From Asia to the Americas, from Africa to Australia, here's a quiz to test your knowledge of world history.

A multiple-choice quiz by ganguma. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
ganguma

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
323,248

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
2343

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Question 1 of 10

1. Who was the first doctor to perform a heart transplant in Africa? Hint

Joseph Conrad

Christiaan Barnard

Henrik Verwoerd

Mwamshango Lumumba

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Question 2 of 10

2. Members of the French Protestant church inspired by John Calvin. Hint

Voyeur

Eidgenosse

Huguenots

Christiennes

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Question 3 of 10

3. What is the name of the boundary line surveyed between 1763 and 1767 that culturally divides northern and southern United States of America? Hint

The Grant-Douglass Compromise

Durand Line

Mason-Dixon Line

The Lincoln Boundary

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Question 4 of 10

4. What was the nationality of the Latin American revolutionary Che Guevara? Hint

Cuban

Argentinian

Colombian

Bolivian

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which country in colonial Africa did Che Guevara help in its liberation efforts? Hint

Kenya

Democratic Republic of Congo

South Africa

Nigeria

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who was the first European to see mainland Australia? Hint

Willem Janszoon

Thomas Cook

James Cook

Kevin Rudd

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Question 7 of 10

7. With which leader did Yasser Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin share the Nobel Peace Prize? Hint

Shimon Peres

David Ben Gurion

Ariel Sharon

Gamal Abdel Nasser

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Question 8 of 10

8. What is the name of the African-American woman who was the face behind the Montgomery Bus Boycott? Hint

Coretta Scott King

Rosa Parks

Harriet Tubman

Sojouner Truth

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Question 9 of 10

9. What is the name of the ship sunk by the Germany navy in 1915 in an incident that played a key role in turning American opinion against Germany in World War I? Hint

The Titanic

The Lufthansa

The Lusitania

The Luftwaffe

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Question 10 of 10

10. Name of traditional Japanese spy and assassin? Hint

All of these

Shogun

Ninja

Samurai

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who was the first doctor to perform a heart transplant in Africa?

Answer: Christiaan Barnard

Joseph Conrad is best known as the author of 'Heart of Darkness', Henrik Verwoerd was a South African Prime Minister in the apartheid era. Mwamshango Lumumba is a name I've just created!

2. Members of the French Protestant church inspired by John Calvin.

Answer: Huguenots

In French, they are also called 'Calvinists'.

3. What is the name of the boundary line surveyed between 1763 and 1767 that culturally divides northern and southern United States of America?

Answer: Mason-Dixon Line

The Durand Line is the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. The other two don't exist.

4. What was the nationality of the Latin American revolutionary Che Guevara?

Answer: Argentinian

Although he served in the Cuban government with his friend Fidel Castro, Che was Argentinian.

5. Which country in colonial Africa did Che Guevara help in its liberation efforts?

Answer: Democratic Republic of Congo

He stayed in Tanzania for a brief period before crossing Lake Tanganyika into the D.R.C.

6. Who was the first European to see mainland Australia?

Answer: Willem Janszoon

The Dutchman Willem Janszoon was the first to set sight on mainland Australia. James Cook made the first recorded circumnavigation of New Zealand. Kevin Rudd became the Prime Minister of Australia in 2007.

7. With which leader did Yasser Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin share the Nobel Peace Prize?

Answer: Shimon Peres

Ariel Sharon never won the Nobel Peace Prize. David Ben Gurion was the first Israeli Prime Minister. Gamal Abdel Nasser was the Egyptian military leader who overthrew King Farouk.

8. What is the name of the African-American woman who was the face behind the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

Answer: Rosa Parks

She has been called 'Mother of the Modern Day Civil Rights Movement'. Coretta Scott King was the wife of Martin Luther King Junior. Harriet Tubman was a leader of the famous Underground Railroad. Sojouner Truth was a former slave and an author and poet.

9. What is the name of the ship sunk by the Germany navy in 1915 in an incident that played a key role in turning American opinion against Germany in World War I?

Answer: The Lusitania

The Lufthansa is the national airline of Germany. The Luftwaffe was a German air force in World War II.

10. Name of traditional Japanese spy and assassin?

Answer: Ninja

Were also called 'shinobi'.

Source: Author ganguma

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