1. In which year did the Battle of Waterloo take place? June18, 1815 October 26, 1814 March 12, 1815 May 29, 1815

2. When did the USA buy Alaska from Russia? 1869 1874 1865 1867

3. In which year did the Battle of Hastings take place? 1055 1077 1066 1088

4. When did Adolf Hitler write "Mein Kampf"? 1924/1925 1927/1928 1922/1923 1926/1927

5. When was the victory of Poland-Lithuania over the Teutonic Knights at Grünwald (Tannenberg)? 1413 1411 1410 1412

6. When was the Berlin Wall was built? 1959 1961 1955 1945

7. When was the Treaty of Versailles signed? May 8, 1919 April 17, 1919 June 28, 1919 July 20, 1919

8. In which year did John Brown lead his revolt? 1864 1870 1855 1859

9. When was Indira Gandhi murdered? 1984 1986 1987 1985

10. When did J. Edgar Hoover die? June 12, 1972 April 6, 1972 May 2, 1972 December 15, 1971

11. When did the Battle of Midway take place? 1940 1941 1942 1943

12. When did Gorbachev become Soviet leader ? 1985 1983 1984 1987

13. When was the Union of Kalamar signed? 1367 1387 1397 1377

14. When was Roman Emperor Caligula assassinated? 41 AD 29 BC 41 BC 33 BC

15. When did "Black Tuesday" - the crash of the New York stockmarket occur? 1929 1924 1922 1926

16. When did Adolf Hitler commit suicide? April 30, 1945 May 2, 1945 April 28, 1945 April 29, 1945

17. In which year was Louis XVI guillotined? 1791 1787 1789 1793

18. When did the Battle of Pskov take place? 1585 1581 1590 1592

19. In which year was the Polish Cardinal Karol Wojtyla of Krakow elected Pope? 1977 1978 1979 1980

20. When did scientists in Scotland clone a sheep named Dolly? 1995 1999 1998 1996

21. When was the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima? August 16, 1945 September 6, 1945 August 26, 1945 August 6, 1945

22. When did Josef Stalin die? 1952 1955 1954 1953

23. When did the evacuation of Dunkirk in World War II take place? 1939 1941 1940 1942

24. When did Julius Caesar cross the Rubicon? 41 AD 47 BC 49 BC 41 BC

25. When did James Cook die? 1774 1770 1779 1773