Question 1

Who were the earliest known inhabitants of the British Isles?

Accepted Answer

Celts

Answer

Vikings

Answer

Anglo-Saxons

Answer

Romans

Question 2

Who was the first great king of England?

Accepted Answer

Alfred the Great

Answer

Henry VIII

Answer

Richard III

Answer

William the Conqueror

Question 3

What is a group of people called to give a verdict?

Accepted Answer

Trial by jury

Answer

Tribunal

Answer

Grand jury

Answer

Arbitration

Question 4

Who was the last Plantagenet king?

Accepted Answer

Richard III

Answer

Henry VI

Answer

Edward IV

Answer

John

Question 5

What was the war waged by the Castilians to regain Spain from the Moors?

Accepted Answer

Reconquista

Answer

Spanish Civil War

Answer

Inquisition

Answer

Crusades

Question 6

Who lived in Kubla Kahn's court for multiple years before returning home to Italy?

Accepted Answer

Marco Polo

Answer

Ferdinand Magellan

Answer

Niccolò Machiavelli

Answer

Christopher Columbus

Question 7

What was the most important civilization in South America?

Accepted Answer

Inca

Answer

Aztec

Answer

Maya

Answer

Olmec

Question 8

Who conquered the Aztecs?

Accepted Answer

Hernando Cortes

Answer

Juan de Salcedo

Answer

Francisco Pizarro

Answer

Hernan Cortes

Question 9

Who explored the eastern coast of North America?

Accepted Answer

Giovanni de Verrazano

Answer

Jacques Cartier

Answer

Henry Hudson

Answer

John Cabot

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