Lost Settlements Quiz

Once the capital of the Kingdom of the East Angles, which busy Suffolk port was carried away by coastal erosion?…

1942 Quiz

The arrival of which 42,900-ton German battleship in Norwegian waters posed a grave threat to Allied shipping convoys in January 1942?…

Waterloo Quiz

From which island did the exiled Napoleon escape in February 1815, setting off the chain of events which led to the Battle of Waterloo?…

English Channel Quiz

France and England were once connected by land. River crossings aside, when would it last have been possible to walk between the two?…

Kurdistan Quiz

Between which five present-day countries is the roughly defined geo-cultural territory of Kurdistan mostly now divided?…

Stonehenge Quiz

Which 12th-century chronicler suggested that Stonehenge had originally been transported from Ireland to Salisbury Plain with help from the wizard Merlin?…

Palmyra Quiz

An oasis city surrounded by Syrian desert, Palmyra was an important stop on which trade route?…

Abolitionism Quiz

How many enslaved Africans are estimated to have been forcibly transported to the Americas between the 16th and 19th centuries?…

Shopping Quiz

In which city did Michael Marks and Thomas Spencer open their first retail outlet in 1894?…

Rainforests Quiz

In 1947, it is believed that rainforest covered 14% of land on Earth. What percentage does it now cover?…

South America Quiz

To which other land mass is South America believed to have been joined before the break-up of the supercontinent Pangaea around 225 million years ago?…

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