Test your knowledge with 10 historic brain teasers
Difficulty : Medium-Easy Get 7/10 correct to pass the quiz
Question 1 of 10
Composer George Frederic Handel was born in which country?
Question 2 of 10
What year did the Persian Gulf War begin with Iraq?
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Question 3 of 10
The Salon de Paris art exhibition opened in which building in 1737?
Question 4 of 10
What was the name of the medieval fortress and prison located in the centre of Paris that was stormed by revolutionaries on 14 July 1789?
Question 5 of 10
William the Conqueror won a landmark battle in which town in 1066?
Question 6 of 10
Who famously shot Lee Harvey Oswald?
Question 7 of 10
Twenty-two leaders of the Nazi party were tried in 1946 in what German city?
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Question 8 of 10
What was Percy Bysshe Shelley best known as?
Question 9 of 10
In 1934, the Shah changed which country's name from Persia?
Question 10 of 10
In which year did World War I begin?
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