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A multiple-choice quiz by juniper21. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
juniper21

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
9,772

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Very Difficult

Avg Score
3 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. Shakespeare was born and Michelangelo died in the same year. What year was this? Hint

1546

1654

1456

1564

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who succeeded Winston Churchill as Prime Minister of England in 1955?

Answer: (Three Words)

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which French king saw the outbreak of the French revolution in 1789? Hint

Louis IX

Louis XV

Louis XVI

Louis XIV

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who killed Spartacus in 71BC?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 5 of 10

5. What was the first name of the Italian composer Puccini? Hint

Alessandro

Paolo

Giacomo

Giuseppe

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Question 6 of 10

6. Originating in the early years of Tsar Alexander II, what is the name commonly given to the earliest Russian form of revolutionay anarchism?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 7 of 10

7. What is the currency of Malaysia? Hint

Shekel

Ringgit

Kyat

Dirham

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Question 8 of 10

8. What is the capital of the Lower Saxony region of Germany? Hint

Hanover

Mannheim

Dortmund

Hamburg

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Question 9 of 10

9. What's the name given to a curve described by certain comets that go round the sun and never return?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 10 of 10

10. Other than our Sun, approximately how far away from the Earth is the nearest star (in light years)? Hint

3.2

4.6

3.8

4.2

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Shakespeare was born and Michelangelo died in the same year. What year was this?

Answer: 1564

William Shakespeare was England's greatest poet and dramatist - 38 plays comprise the Shakespeare canon.

2. Who succeeded Winston Churchill as Prime Minister of England in 1955?

Answer: Sir Anthony Eden

Sir Anthony resigned as foreign secretary of England in 1938 over Chamberlain's negotiations with Mussolini and rebuff to president Roosevelt.

3. Which French king saw the outbreak of the French revolution in 1789?

Answer: Louis XVI

Louis XVI was executed along with his queen Mary Antoinette during the revolution.

4. Who killed Spartacus in 71BC?

Answer: Crassus

Spartacus was a Roman slave and gladiator who escaped and headed a slave insurrection, routing several Roman armies.

5. What was the first name of the Italian composer Puccini?

Answer: Giacomo

Puccini's operas include Manon Lescaut, La Boheme, Tosca and Madam Butterfly.

6. Originating in the early years of Tsar Alexander II, what is the name commonly given to the earliest Russian form of revolutionay anarchism?

Answer: Nihilism

The term 'nihilist' was first used in 1862 by Turgenev in his novel, Fathers and Children.

7. What is the currency of Malaysia?

Answer: Ringgit

8. What is the capital of the Lower Saxony region of Germany?

Answer: Hanover

9. What's the name given to a curve described by certain comets that go round the sun and never return?

Answer: Hyperbola

10. Other than our Sun, approximately how far away from the Earth is the nearest star (in light years)?

Answer: 4.2

The nearest star to Earth is our Sun. The next nearest is Proxima Centuri.

Source: Author juniper21

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