Practice your trivia skills: History

History

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

1727

1726

1724

1721

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

Popular Front

Nationalist Spain

Papal State

Republican Spain

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

Beheaded, Died, Divorced, Divorced, Beheaded, Surv

Died, Beheaded, Divorced, Beheaded, Survived, Divo

Divorced, Beheaded, Died, Divorced, Beheaded, Surv

Survived, Beheaded, Died, Divorced, Divorced, Behe

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

Robert Catesby

Guy Fawkes

Everard Digby

Francis Tresham

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

George Washington

James Monroe

Martin Van Buren

John Adams