History Trivia Quiz 33

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

Answer everything below, then hit finish for a scored breakdown. Number questions give partial credit for close guesses, so always take a shot.

  1. Number answerhard

    Hint: It lasted only 12 seconds

  2. Number answervery hard
  3. Multiple choicevery easy
    Which country was the first to successfully launch a human into space?
  4. Number answervery hard

    Hint: Ended a major European war

  5. Number answermedium
  6. Multiple choiceeasy
    Which city was buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79?
  7. Number answerhard

    Hint: Treaty of Westphalia

  8. Number answermedium
  9. Multiple choicevery easy
    What wall divided East and West Berlin?
  10. Number answervery easy

    Hint: Chaotic succession

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  1. How many hours did the first powered flight last?0
  2. In what year was the Library of Congress established?1,800
  3. Which country was the first to successfully launch a human into space?Soviet Union
  4. In what year was the Treaty of Utrecht signed ending the War of the Spanish Succession?1,713
  5. In what year did the Chernobyl disaster occur?1,986
  6. Which city was buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79?Pompeii
  7. In what year did the Thirty Years War end?1,648
  8. In what year did the Great Fire of Chicago occur?1,871
  9. What wall divided East and West Berlin?Berlin Wall
  10. How many Roman emperors ruled during the Year of the Four Emperors (69 AD)?4

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