Can you name the events, names, people etc?

created by Cortez
  • Enter an answer in the box below
  • Correctly named answers will show up below
  • Click any empty Question or Name, event, person etc to answer for that location
  • Wrong answers in red
  • This quiz has not been verified by Sporcle
10:00
Show Missed Answers  
QuestionName, event, person etc
Who did Bobby Fischer defeat to win the World Chess Championship in 1972?
Bob Ford shot who?
Who was the only English Pope?
Nelson lost which arm and which eye?
Who was King Richard I's Islamic antagonist in the Third Crusade?
How many enemy ships did the British sink or capture at Trafalgar?
Who is also known as the Maid of Orleans?
What is the name of the sea-cook in Robert Louis Stevenson's 'Treasure Island'?
What is Mick Jagger's real Christian name?
In which country is Timbuktu?
What was the name of the German cypher machine used in WWII?
Who wrote 'The Beggar's Opera' in 1728?
Hansen's Disease is another name for...?
Umberto II was the last king of which country?
Lhasa is the capital of which formerly independent country?
Which Roman Emperor is known as 'Little Boots'?
In which city did Mahatma Gandhi train as a lawyer?
The Reign of Terror happened in which country?
'Papa Doc' was President of which country?
What was the pirate Blackbeard's real name?
The line 'Now is the winter of our discontent' comes from which Shakespeare play?
Bob Hope was born in which country?
What's missing? Ulster, Munster, Connaught......?
The Cornhusker State is a nickname for which state?
Highwayman Dick Turpin was hung in which city?
QuestionName, event, person etc
Who invented a seed drill in 1701?
Who founded Xanadu?
What's missing? Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and....?
Over which present day country did the Mughal emperors rule?
Who was Charles II's favourite mistress?
Name the native American John Rolfe married in 1614
Martha Jane Burke is commonly known as who?
Who held the world long jump record 1935-60?
By what other name is the Society of Jesus known?
In what year did SS Titanic sink?
Karl Marx was born in which country?
Who killed Lee Harvey Oswald?
Leon Czolgosz assassinated which American President?
Who wrote about a fictional country called Utopia?
Galileo discovered the moons of which planet?
Name either of the two British PM's who fought a duel.
The infamous Five Points was a district in which US city?
Where was Napoleon born?
In the Old West, what was a 'prairie schooner'?
What were King George V's last words?
Who staged the Beer Hall Putsch in Munich 1923
Who is commonly known as Buffalo Bill?
What was the nickname of Otto von Bismarck?
Istanbul used to be called what?
Name the English poet allegedly killed in a brawl in 1593
You might also like these games:
U.S. Presidents   Ivy League   Famous Wars
There are 2 comments for this game.
(Warning: comments may contain spoilers)

General Knowledge Quiz

  1. by Cortez
  • Created Oct 2, 2011 in History
  • Game Plays 115

Friend Scores and Standings

Loading friend results....