1. Who among the following open the land between India and Europe?
Alexander
Arabs
Greek
Iranian
2. In 1612 AD, English fleet beat Portuguese at the battle of______.
Surat
Kerala
Ahmedabad
Malakka
3. Where was this short-lived celebration?
Berlin
Budapest
Paris
Prague
4. In 1459 AD, the Sun City i.e. Jodhpur was founded by_____.
Rao Jodha
Jodha Bai
Man Singh
Rana Pratap
5. Where did these three famously meet?
Geneva
Nuremberg
Potsdam
Yalta
6. This is somewhere between Ibiza and the Norfolk Broads – but where exactly?
Brixton
Camden
Hackney
Saho
7. Which Egyptian ruler undertook extensive building projects, including the construction of the Dayr al-Baḥrī temple, a funerary monument for herself?
Cleopatra
Nefertiti
Merneith
Hatshepsut
8. Gazza’s tears made him the most famous person in the UK for a while, but where was this match played?
Milon
Naples
Rome
Turin
9. One of the most famous fights in history took place where?
Kinshasa
Las Vegas
Manila
Mexico City
10. Nelson Mandela was freed just over 30 years ago. Where was the jail he walked out of to greet cheering crowds?
Paarl, near Cape Town
Robben Island
Sun city, south of Johannesburg
Pretoria Central
11. Where did the Arab spring begin?
Egypt
Libya
Lebanon
Tunisia
12. Which Egyptian queen helped to change Egypt’s traditional polytheistic religion to one that was monotheistic, worshipping the sun god Aton?
Nefertiti
Tausert
Sebeknefru
Merneith
13. Which English town did Malcolm X visit just nine days before he was assassinated?
Halifax
Northampton
Oldham
Smethwick
14. Where are these matchstick men and women?
Birmingham
15. The ‘ziggurats’ in Sumerian Civilization refers to which of the following?
LiverpoolManchesterNewcastle
PrisonMeeting hallSchoolsTemples
16. The barefoot runner, the nasty fall … but in which Olympics did this controversial race take place?
MoscowBarcelonaSeoulLos Angles
17. It’s a wrap! Where did this take place?
Berlin
Moscow
Paris
Stockholm
18. Which of the following was the major invention of the Sumerians which had a large impact on the forming of the first civilization?
WritingZigguratIronChariot
19. This didn’t end well. Where did it all start?
BelgradeSarajevoVersailleVienna
20. This Pablo Picasso masterpiece depicts the carnage of the Spanish civil war in which region?
AsturiasBasque CountryGaliciaCatalonia
21. The shortest war recorded in history between two sovereign powers was between__?
UK and FranceDenmark and UKUK and ZanzibarItaly and France
22. Which famous world leader was accused at the Rivonia Trial?
Martin Luther KingSubhas Chandra BoseNelson Mandela
23. The grandson of Ashoka, who accepted Jainism was __?
SampratiKunalaDasharathaSalisuka
24. Which of the following are ritualistic teachings attached to the hymns of the Vedas?
BrahmanasUpanishadsAranyakasItihasas
25. In the Later Vedic period, who was the god of Shudras?
Pushan
Prajapati
Agni
Indra