History Quiz (Medium Difficulty)

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Question 1 : What spinning invention was named after its creator's daughter?
Correct : Spinning Jenny
Wrong : Spinning Joan
Wrong : Spinning Jane
Wrong : Spinning June

Question 2 : Who was the first ancient Greek to adopt a scientific approach to medicine?
Correct : Hippocrates
Wrong : Euclid
Wrong : Anaxagoras
Wrong : Herodotus

Question 3 : Who was the first European to set foot upon the Hawaiian Islands?
Correct : James Cook
Wrong : Captain Hook
Wrong : Jack Sparrow
Wrong : Blackbeard

Question 4 : Who was Byzantine Emperor from 780 - 797?
Correct : Constantine VI
Wrong : Leo IV the Khazar
Wrong : Nikephoros I
Wrong : Leo III the Isaurian

Question 5 : One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World was a statue of Zeus. Where was it built?
Correct : Olympia
Wrong : Delphi
Wrong : Halicarnassus
Wrong : Giza

Question 6 : Which of these is a nickname for television in the 1950s?
Correct : Golden Age
Wrong : Silver Age
Wrong : Bronze Age
Wrong : Stone Age

Question 7 : Which President did L. Johnson succeed?
Correct : John F. Kennedy
Wrong : Richard Nixon
Wrong : Jimmy Carter
Wrong : Gerald Ford

Question 8 : Which action by Germany in 1939 prompted Britain and France to declare war?
Correct : German attack on Poland
Wrong : German attack on Britain
Wrong : German attack on France
Wrong : German attack on Russia

Question 9 : Who was the most important god of the Vikings?
Correct : Odin
Wrong : Apollo
Wrong : Zeus
Wrong : Ra

Question 10 : Otto von Bismarck was instrumental in the formation of which empire?
Correct : German Empire
Wrong : Holy Roman Empire
Wrong : Austrian Empire
Wrong : Austro-Hungarian Empire

[biljasmiljanic]

Except the first one about some spinning, I knew all other questions, which are hard for someone who is not a historian. I revise it all with my granddaughter who is 7th grade Thank you!!!

[dominicstar]

10/10. Guessed right about Byzantine Emperor

[DanielCope-gw]

9/10, Euclid was the math guy, correct? Hippocrates was the medical guy, hence the Hippocrates oath that all Doctors make. Was he before Euclid?

[dlwyncllorr]

Seriously, you call this "medium difficulty"???? More like easy peasy.