10 HARD History Questions

10 HARD History Questions

Question 1 of 10

In which country was pottery invented?

Question 2 of 10

In 1763, France transferred what possession to Spain, only to take it back in time to sell it off to the Americans in 1803?

Question 3 of 10

In 1996, militant Taliban leaders seized the capital of which country?

Question 4 of 10

Who did Josef Stalin set out to eliminate in the "great purge" of 1936?

Question 5 of 10

In what war was the 1939 'Battle of Changsha'?

Question 6 of 10

Under the "don't ask, don't tell" policy, who wasn't supposed to either tell or be asked?

Question 7 of 10

Composer Handel was working in which century?

Question 8 of 10

King Willem-Alexander became ruler of what nation on 30 April 2013?

Question 9 of 10

In 1830, which type of machine was invented for the first time?

Question 10 of 10

The plague is thought to have killed what percentage of Europe in the Middle Ages?

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