Quiz: Ancient Egypt

Who was the emperor during the conquest of Dacia, resulting in the vast wealth influx to Rome?

What was the main reason for the outbreak of the American Civil War?

Which event is often considered as the beginning of the Cold War?

Meaning “The Senate and the People of Rome” in translation, what four-letter abbreviation did Roman legions bear on their standard?

What was the name of the settlement of colonists that grew up on the site of today's city of New York in the 17th century?

The First Triumvirate was a political alliance between Julius Caesar, Pompey, and whom else?

Which event symbolized the end of the Cold War?

What year did the American Civil War begin?

Who was the British general who defeated Napoleon at Waterloo?

Machu Picchu, discovered in the early twentieth century, is a lost city of which civilization?

Which Viking king became the first ruler of a unified England in 1016?

Who famously sang "Happy Birthday" to JFK at Madison Square Garden in 1962?

Do you know to which pre-Columbian civilization the golden ornament in the photograph, kept in the Metropolitan Museum in the US, is attributed?

Which battle marked the end of Napoleon's rule as the French Emperor?

Where did General Robert E. Lee surrender to General Ulysses S. Grant, effectively ending the Civil War?

The Nazca Lines, a series of ancient geoglyphs, are located in which country?

Which mathematician supposedly had a Eureka moment in the bath?

Which famous pharaoh had over 100 children and reigned for 66 years?

How many of the seven ancient wonders of the world have been lost?

Which amendment abolished slavery in the United States?