Question 1

In what year did the Berlin Wall fall?

Accepted Answer

1989

Question 2

What was the name of the ancient city that was the capital of the Inca Empire?

Accepted Answer

Cuzco

Question 3

In what year did the United States declare independence from Great Britain?

Accepted Answer

1776

Question 4

What was the name of the famous ship that sank in 1628?

Accepted Answer

Vasa

Question 5

In what year did the Soviet Union launch Sputnik, the first artificial satellite?

Accepted Answer

1957

Question 6

What was the name of the Roman Emperor who reigned in the 1st century AD?

Accepted Answer

Augustus

Question 7

What was the name of the first permanent English settlement in North America?

Accepted Answer

Jamestown

Question 8

In what year did the September 11 attacks occur?

Accepted Answer

2001

Question 9

What was the name of the treaty that ended World War I?

Accepted Answer

Treaty of Versailles

Question 10

The first nuclear power plant was opened in which year?

Accepted Answer

1951

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