1. Which one of these was not a beach landing site in the Invasion of Normandy?

a. Juno
b. Gold
c. !Silver
d. Sword

2. When did the French Revolution begin?

a. !1789
b. 1756
c. 1799
d. 1823

3. Assyrian king Sennacherib039;s destruction of Babylon in 689 BCE was viewed as a

triumph by other Assyrian citizens.
a. !False
b. True

4. quot;I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to
say itquot; is a quote from French philosopher Voltaire.
a. !False
b. True

5. Which infamous European traitor was known as quot;the last person to enter
Parliament with honest intentionsquot;?
a. Robert Catesby
b. Everard Digby
c. !Guy Fawkes
d. Francis Tresham

6. When did Norway get its constitution?

a. 1932
b. 1905
c. 1854
d. !1814

7. In what year did the First World War end?

a. 1912
b. 1914
c. 1916
d. !1918

8. When was the People039;s Republic of China founded?

a. May 7, 1945
b. !October 1, 1949
c. April 3, 1947
d. December 6, 1950

9. Which day did World War I begin?

a. April 28
b. June 28
c. January 28
 d. !July 28

10. Before the American colonies switched to the Gregorian calendar in 1752, on
what date did their new year start?
a. September 25th
b. June 1st
c. !March 25th
d. December 1st

11. Which King of England was faced with the Peasants039; Revolt in 1381?
a. !Richard II
b. Henry IV
c. Edward III
d. Edward II

12. In what year did Texas secede from Mexico?

a. 1844
b. !1836
c. 1838
d. 1845

13. Who rode on horseback to warn the Minutemen that the British were coming during
the U.S. Revolutionary War?
a. Henry Longfellow
b. Nathan Hale
c. !Paul Revere
d. Thomas Paine

1. Who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for most of World War II?
a. Neville Chamberlain
b. Harold Macmillan
c. Edward Heath
d. !Winston Churchill

2. When did the Battle of the Somme begin?

a. August 1st, 1916
b. !July 1st, 1916
c. June 30th, 1916
d. July 2nd, 1916

3. What year did the Boxing Day earthquake amp; tsunami occur in the Indian Ocean?
a. 2008
b. 2002
c. 2006
d. !2004

4. Which WWII tank ace is credited with having destroyed the most tanks?
a. Walter Kniep
b. Otto Carius
 c. Michael Wittmann
d. !Kurt Knispel

5. Which of the following countries was not an axis power during World War II?
a. Japan
b. Italy
c. Germany
d. ! Soviet Union

6. In 1939, Britain and France declared war on Germany after it invaded which
country?
a. !Poland
b. Austria
c. Czechoslovakia
d. Hungary

7. In what year did Kentucky become the 15th state to join the union?
a. 1798
b. 1788
c. 1782
d. !1792

8. The United States of America was the first country to launch a man into space.
a. !False
b. True

9. Before the American colonies switched to the Gregorian calendar in 1752, on what
date did their new year start?
a. December 1st
b. !March 25th
c. June 1st
d. September 25th

10. Who was the first man to travel into outer space twice?
a. Charles Conrad
b. !Gus Grissom
c. Vladimir Komarov
d. Yuri Gagarin

11. In what year did Texas secede from Mexico?

a. !1836
b. 1844
c. 1845
d. 1838

1. Which time signature is commonly known as ldquo;Cut Time?rdquo;

a. !22
b. 68
c. 34
 d. 44

2. Who painted the Sistine Chapel?

a. !Michelangelo
b. Raphael
c. Pablo Picasso
d. Leonardo da Vinci

3. Leonardo da Vinci039;s Mona Lisa does not have eyebrows.

a. !True
b. False

4. Which artistrsquo;s studio was known as 039;The Factory039;?

a. David Hockney
b. !Andy Warhol
c. Roy Lichtenstein
d. Peter Blake

5. What year was the Mona Lisa finished?

a. 1523
b. !1504
c. 1511
d. 1487

6. How many paint and pastel versions of quot;The Screamquot; is Norwegian painter
Edvard Munch believed to have produced?
a. !4
b. 3
c. 2
d. 1

7. Who painted The Starry Night?

a. Pablo Picasso
b. Michelangelo
c. !Vincent van Gogh
d. Leonardo da Vinci

8. Which Van Gogh painting depicts the view from his asylum in
SaintReacute;mydeProvence in southern France?
a. The Sower with Setting Sun
b. !The Starry Night
c. The Church at Auvers
d. Wheatfields with Crows

9. Venus of Willendorf is one of the earliest works of art, depicting the planets
Mars and Venus embrace in the heavens at night.
a. !False
b. True

10. The Statue of Liberty039;s official name is ldquo;Liberty Enlightening the

Worldrdquo;.
a. !True
b. False

11. Who painted the epic mural Guernica?

a. Francisco Goya
b. Henri Matisse
c. Leonardo da Vinci
d. !Pablo Picasso

12. Who painted the biblical fresco The Creation of Adam?

a. Caravaggio
b. Rembrandt
c. !Michelangelo
d. Leonardo da Vinci