Only a historian will survive in this Sudden Death Quiz.

Question 1 of 15

Which King of England had six wives?

Question 2 of 15

Which nation's satellite called the Dong Fang Hong 1 is launched into orbit on April 24th 1970?

Question 3 of 15

The volcano Kilauea began slowly erupting in 1983, where is it located?

Question 4 of 15

Mohandas Gandhi was a peace-loving man who led India to independence through what?

Question 5 of 15

In 1979 Israel and which other country signed a peace treaty?

Question 6 of 15

What agreement, signed in 1215 by King John of England, is considered one of the founding documents of modern democracy?

Question 7 of 15

The deadliest earthquake of 2012 occurred in which neighbour of India?

Question 8 of 15

What physical feature was a trademark of Mikhail Gorbachev, who led the Soviet Union from 1985-91?

Question 9 of 15

What is the name of the Catholic cathedral in Paris that is considered one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture?

Question 10 of 15

The 'Battles of Concord and Lexington' were fought during which war?

Question 11 of 15

What country's first post-WWII leader, Alcide De Gasperi, had been arrested by Mussolini but took sanctuary in the Vatican?

Question 12 of 15

The Olympic Games were first enacted by which ancient civilization?

Question 13 of 15

Which one of these inventions or discoveries happened most recently?

Question 14 of 15

Which North American country's highest elevation point, at 5,959 meters, is Mount Logan?

Question 15 of 15

Despite his liberal reforms, Czar Alexander II was killed when Narodnaya Volya (People's Will) threw a bomb into his carriage in 1881. Where?

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