Quiz from the past

Quiz from the past

Question 1 of 10

Whose body was moved to Senatskaya Tower, having been moved from a nearby mausoleum where he shared space with the embalmed body of the leader before him?

Question 2 of 10

Hitler wouldn't let Field Marshal Friedrich von Paulus and his Sixth Army withdraw from the oil-rich Caucasus region, leading to what bloody battle?

Question 3 of 10

Sindhologists study what ancient civilization, formed along a river known locally as Darya-e Sindh?

Question 4 of 10

In 2000, former Coca-Cola executive Vincente Fox broke decades of one-party rule when he became president of which country?

Question 5 of 10

Who was South Africa's last apartheid-era president and Nelson Mandela's deputy president?

Question 6 of 10

How fast were Columbus's ships going when they discovered America?

Question 7 of 10

What Honshu city was hit with an atomic bomb?

Question 8 of 10

Where was the historical region we now call the Fertile Crescent?

Question 9 of 10

The origins of what movement are often traced to 1831, when William Lloyd Garrison founded a Boston periodical called The Liberator?

Question 10 of 10

Before the Allies could attack the Germans along the Somme, they moved first and captured what French city in 1916?

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