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?

M16

RPK

AK-47

MG 42

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

Leif Erikson

Christopher Columbus

Amerigo Vespucci

Ferdinand Magellan

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

Shalmaneser V

Shamshi-Adad III

Ashur-nasir-pal II

Esharhaddon

4. When was the SS or Schutzstaffel established?

February 21st, 1926

September 1st, 1941

March 8th, 1935

April 4th, 1925

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

2002

2004

2008

2006