Practice your trivia skills: History

History

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

1724

1727

1721

1726

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

Popular Front

Papal State

Republican Spain

Nationalist Spain

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

Divorced, Beheaded, Died, Divorced, Beheaded, Surv

Survived, Beheaded, Died, Divorced, Divorced, Behe

Beheaded, Died, Divorced, Divorced, Beheaded, Surv

Died, Beheaded, Divorced, Beheaded, Survived, Divo

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

Robert Catesby

Everard Digby

Francis Tresham

Guy Fawkes

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

James Monroe

John Adams

George Washington

Martin Van Buren