1. In which year did World War II end?

2. Which empire was ruled by Genghis Khan?

3. In what year did the Titanic sink?

4. What year did the Berlin Wall fall?

5. The Great Depression began in which year with the stock market crash?

6. Whose improvements to the steam engine were vital to the Industrial Revolution?

7. Which British official was responsible for drawing the boundary line between India and Pakistan?

8. On which island did Nelson Mandela spend 18 of his 27 years in prison?

9. The modern long-distance race known as the 'Marathon' is named after this battle and covers what approximate distance?

10. On what specific date in the Roman calendar was Julius Caesar assassinated?

11. Which English Queen was on the throne during the defeat of the Spanish Armada?

12. What was the height of Mount Everest confirmed during the mid-20th century?

13. Who was the British archaeologist who discovered King Tut's tomb?

14. Which Egyptian President nationalized the Suez Canal in 1956?

15. Who became the Supreme Leader of Iran following the 1979 revolution?

16. The Dayton Agreement ended the ethnic conflict in which former Yugoslav republic?

17. The Panama Canal connects the Atlantic Ocean with which other ocean?

18. For which Pharaoh was the Great Pyramid of Giza constructed?

19. The legal principle 'an eye for an eye' is most famously associated with which ancient code?

20. Which archaeologist discovered the ruins of Troy in 1871?