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?

RPK

MG 42

AK-47

M16

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

Ferdinand Magellan

Christopher Columbus

Leif Erikson

Amerigo Vespucci

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

Shamshi-Adad III

Esharhaddon

Shalmaneser V

Ashur-nasir-pal II

4. When was the SS or Schutzstaffel established?

March 8th, 1935

April 4th, 1925

February 21st, 1926

September 1st, 1941

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

2004

2006

2008

2002