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History 162802 is a selection of 10 questions. History 162802 is the filename to differentiate it from other History quizzes. Feel free to use any of these questions and answers for your own quizzes. Just keep in mind that you cannot republish them in any format.
1 From which type of London shop did a fire spread on Sunday, 2nd September 1666 that lead to a major conflagration?
A Bakery (The Great Fire started at the bakery of Thomas Farriner in Pudding Lane)
2 Which European country did Zog rule from 1922 to 1939, first as Prime Minister, then President, and finally King?
A Albania
3 Who was the first person pictured on a postage stamp?
A Queen Victoria
4 Who commissioned the Arc de Triomphe in Paris?
A Napoleon I
5 The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand triggered the outbreak of the First World War; what nationality was he?
A Austrian (born in Graz, Austrian Empire)
6 What was the nickname of the best-known crossing point between East Berlin and West Berlin during the Cold War?
A Checkpoint Charlie
7 Crowned in 1485, who was the first Tudor King of England?
A Henry VII
8 What was the name of the Soviet system of forced labour camps during the Stalin era?
A Gulag (Russian: ГУЛаг)
9 Nazi Germany was the Third Reich. Which was the first Reich?
A The Holy Roman Empire from 962 to 1806 (Second Reich was the German Empire from 1871 to 1919)
10 Against which country did the United States declare war in 1898 after the mysterious sinking of the U.S. Navy battleship Maine?
A Spain