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

AK-47

RPK

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?

Esharhaddon

Shalmaneser V

Ashur-nasir-pal II

Shamshi-Adad III

4. When was the SS or Schutzstaffel established?

April 4th, 1925

September 1st, 1941

February 21st, 1926

March 8th, 1935

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

2002

2006

2004

2008