Practice your trivia skills: History

History

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

1721

1726

1724

1727

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

Survived, Beheaded, Died, Divorced, Divorced, Behe

Died, Beheaded, Divorced, Beheaded, Survived, Divo

Beheaded, Died, Divorced, Divorced, Beheaded, Surv

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

Francis Tresham

Everard Digby

Guy Fawkes

Robert Catesby

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

John Adams

George Washington

Martin Van Buren

James Monroe