History quiz

  1. Which war was terminated by the treaty of Utrecht in 1713 and that of Rastadt in 1714?
    Don't know
    The Thirty Years' War
    The Spanish Succession War
    The Austrian Succession War
    The Seven Years' War

  2. Who preached the second crusade in 1146?
    Don't know
    Godfrey (Geoffroi) of Bouillon and pope Urban II
    Bernard of Clairvaux and pope Eugene III
    William of Tyr and emperor Frederic I (Barbarossa)
    King (Saint) Louis IX of France

  3. Who was the last (Western) Roman emperor?
    Don't know
    Romulus Augustulus
    Cæsar Augustus
    Hadrian
    Caracalla
    Heliogabalus
    Constantine I (the Great)
    Julian the Apostate
    Theodosius I (the Great)
    Olybrius
    Julius Nepos

  4. Who was the last emperor of the Holy Roman Empire?
    Don't know
    Otto I (the Great)
    Frederic I (Barbarossa)
    Louis V of Bavaria
    Charles V (aka Charles I of Spain)
    Leopold I
    Francis II (aka Francis I of Austria)
    Frederic II of Prussia (the Great)
    William II of Germany

  5. Which city was the capital of the Shôguns in Japan from 1185 (first Shôgun) to 1333?
    Don't know
    Edo (aka Tôkyô)
    Kyôto
    Kamakura
    Nara
    Hiroshima

  6. Who fought at the battle of Marathon in 490BC?
    Don't know
    The Athenians against the Spartans
    The Athenians against the Persians
    The Athenians against the Thebans
    The Spartans agains the Persians
    The Thebans agains the Persians
    The Thebans agains the Spartans

  7. What are the dates of the American Civil War?
    Don't know
    1800–1811
    1810–1819
    1821–1829
    1831–1838
    1841–1847
    1851–1856
    1861–1865
    1871–1874
    1881–1883
    1890–1892


David Madore
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