History Trivia Quiz 13

10 questions · 3 multiple choice · 7 number answers · scored out of 1000

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  1. Number answermedium
  2. Multiple choicevery easy
    Which famous American document begins with "We hold these truths to be self-evident"?
  3. Number answerhard

    Hint: BC, by Romulus and Remus

  4. Number answereasy
  5. Multiple choiceeasy
    Which European explorer's expedition was the first to circumnavigate the globe?
  6. Number answermedium

    Hint: End of the Cold War

  7. Number answerhard
  8. Multiple choicemedium
    Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
  9. Number answerhard

    Hint: Over 3000 years

  10. Number answerhard

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  1. In what year did the American Civil War begin?1,861
  2. Which famous American document begins with "We hold these truths to be self-evident"?The Declaration of Independence
  3. In what year was Rome founded according to legend?753
  4. In what year did the Berlin Wall fall?1,989
  5. Which European explorer's expedition was the first to circumnavigate the globe?Ferdinand Magellan
  6. In what year did the Soviet Union collapse?1,991
  7. In what year was the first telegraph message sent?1,844
  8. Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?Nikita Khrushchev
  9. How many pharaohs ruled ancient Egypt?170
  10. In what year was the Suez Canal nationalized by Egypt?1,956

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