History Quiz

1

100

True or false? 

The CHANNEL TUNNEL l runs beneath the English Channel and links England and France. 

True 

200

True or false? 

Treeless highlands where coarse grasses and low shrubs grow are MOORS. 

True 

300

True or false? 

The highest mountain in the British Isles is Ben SNOWDON. 

Nevis 

400

True or false? 

The Great Famine devastated NORTHERN IRELAND after disease spread among potato plants from 1845 and 1852. 

Ireland 

500

True or false?

Another name for Northern Ireland is the IRISH FREE STATE. 

Ulster 

2

100

The first rule of the united Scots was __________. 

A. C.S. Lewis 

B. John Knox

C. Kenneth MacAlpin

D. Mary, Queen of the Scots

C. Kenneth MacAlpin 

200

The Catholic Monarch of Scotland who faced opposition from the Scottish Protestants was __________. 

A. C.S. Lewis 

B. John Knox 

C. Kenneth MacAlpin 

D. Mary, Queen of the Scots

D. Mary, Queen of the Scots 

300

Irish nationalists and Irish loyalists fought in the _______ over whether Ireland should remain within the United Kingdom. 

A. English Civil War 

B. Falklands War 

C. Irish War of Independence 

D. Troubles 

C. Irish War of Independence 

400

Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland fought in a civil war called The ________________.

A. English Civil War 

B. Falklands War 

C. Irish War of Independence 

D. Troubles 

D. Troubles 

500

London is the capital of ______________. 

England 

3

100

Cardiff is the capital of ___________. 

Wales 

200

Dublin is the capital of _____________. 

Ireland 

300

Belfast is the capital of ____________. 

Northern Ireland