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Revolutions, inventions and events that shaped today. Test yourself against real players in a fast Modern World History trivia battle: ten questions, ten seconds each, and the quickest right answer scores the most.
Modern World History quiz questions with answers
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Which of these was built first?
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Answer: Great Pyramid of Giza. The Great Pyramid dates to around 2560 BC.
In which year were the first Nobel Prizes awarded?
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Answer: 1901. Alfred Nobel's will dates from 1895; the first prizes were given in 1901.
In which year did Charles Darwin publish On the Origin of Species?
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Answer: 1859. On the Origin of Species was published in November 1859.
In which year did the RMS Titanic sink on its maiden voyage?
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Answer: 1912. The Titanic sank on 15 April 1912 after striking an iceberg.
In which year was the first Space Shuttle launched?
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Answer: 1981. Columbia flew the first shuttle mission, STS-1, in April 1981.
In which year was Dolly the sheep, the first mammal cloned from an adult cell, born?
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Answer: 1996. Dolly was born in Scotland on 5 July 1996.
In which year were East and West Germany reunified?
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Answer: 1990. Germany was reunified on 3 October 1990.
In which year did Isaac Newton publish his Principia?
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Answer: 1687. Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica appeared in 1687.
In which year did Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay first summit Everest?
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Answer: 1953. They reached the summit on 29 May 1953.
Which of these 18th-century events came first?
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Answer: James Watt patents his steam engine. Watt's patent dates from 1769, before 1776, 1788 and 1789.
In which year did Alexander Fleming discover penicillin?
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Answer: 1928. Fleming noticed penicillin's effect on bacteria in 1928.
In which year did Marie Curie win her first Nobel Prize?
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Answer: 1903. She shared the 1903 Physics prize and won Chemistry alone in 1911.
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More than 50 Modern World History questions, checked by the Quix team, and new ones are added regularly. A match draws ten of them.
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