History Trivia Quiz 36

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

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  1. Number answerhard

    Hint: Fall of Constantinople

  2. Number answervery hard
  3. Multiple choiceeasy
    What ancient wonder was located in Egypt?
  4. Number answerhard

    Hint: Edward Jenner's smallpox vaccine

  5. Number answerhard
  6. Multiple choiceeasy
    Who famously crossed the Alps with elephants to attack Rome?
  7. Number answervery hard

    Hint: Alaric's campaign

  8. Number answerhard
  9. Multiple choicehard
    Who was the first person to circumnavigate the globe?
  10. Number answermedium

    Hint: Key to hieroglyphics

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  1. In what year did the Byzantine Empire fall?1,453
  2. In what year did the Renaissance period begin?1,400
  3. What ancient wonder was located in Egypt?Great Pyramid of Giza
  4. In what year was the first vaccine developed?1,796
  5. In what year did the Meiji Restoration begin in Japan?1,868
  6. Who famously crossed the Alps with elephants to attack Rome?Hannibal
  7. How many years did the Visigoths besiege Rome before sacking it in 410 AD?2
  8. In what year did the fall of Constantinople occur?1,453
  9. Who was the first person to circumnavigate the globe?Juan Sebastián Elcano
  10. In what year was the Rosetta Stone found by French soldiers in Egypt?1,799