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?

AK-47

M16

RPK

MG 42

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

Christopher Columbus

Leif Erikson

Amerigo Vespucci

Ferdinand Magellan

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

Shalmaneser V

Esharhaddon

Shamshi-Adad III

Ashur-nasir-pal II

4. When was the SS or Schutzstaffel established?

September 1st, 1941

February 21st, 1926

March 8th, 1935

April 4th, 1925

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

2008

2004

2006

2002