Practice your trivia skills: History

History

131. In what year did the Great Northern War, between Russia and Sweden, end?

1721

1726

1727

1724

132. During the Spanish Civil War (1936), Francisco Franco fought for which political faction?

Popular Front

Republican Spain

Papal State

Nationalist Spain

133. What is the mnemonic device for remembering the fates of the wives of Henry VIII?

Divorced, Beheaded, Died, Divorced, Beheaded, Surv

Beheaded, Died, Divorced, Divorced, Beheaded, Surv

Died, Beheaded, Divorced, Beheaded, Survived, Divo

Survived, Beheaded, Died, Divorced, Divorced, Behe

134. Which infamous European traitor was known as "the last person to enter Parliament with honest intentions"?

Francis Tresham

Robert Catesby

Everard Digby

Guy Fawkes

135. Who was the first president born in the independent United States?

John Adams

George Washington

James Monroe

Martin Van Buren