Practice your trivia skills: History

History

1. What Russian automatic gas-operated assault rifle was developed in the Soviet Union in 1947, and is still popularly used today?

MG 42

M16

RPK

AK-47

2. Who was the first explorer to sail to North America?

Ferdinand Magellan

Christopher Columbus

Amerigo Vespucci

Leif Erikson

3. Which of the following Assyrian kings did NOT rule during the Neo-Assyrian Empire?

Ashur-nasir-pal II

Shamshi-Adad III

Esharhaddon

Shalmaneser V

4. When was the SS or Schutzstaffel established?

March 8th, 1935

April 4th, 1925

September 1st, 1941

February 21st, 1926

5. What year did the Boxing Day earthquake & tsunami occur in the Indian Ocean?

2008

2006

2004

2002