Quiz bee

WORLD HIST0RY

EASY QUESTIONS
1, Question: What is the world’s oldest recorded civilization?
Answer: Mesopotamia
2, Question: Who is the king of the Olympian gods in Greek mythology?
Answer: Zeus
3, Question: What was the acronym commonly used for the 2000 software problem that many thought
would cause computers to become inoperable?
Answer: Y2K
4, Question: Which planet was downgraded to a dwarf planet in 2006?
Answer: Pluto
5, Question: The most famous student of Socrates:
Answer: Plato.
AVERAGE QUESTIONS
1, Question:  What does the word Barbarian mean?
Answer: Uncivilized.
2, Question: Which is the coldest place in the world?
Answer: Vostok (Antarctica).
3, Question:  Which Roman Emperor issued the Edict of Milan and ended the persecution of Christians.
He probably, in later life became a Christian himself?
Answer: Emperor Constantine.
4, Question:  Rome was the capital of the Roman Empire. Of what ancient empire was Persepolis, the
ceremonial centre?
Answer: The Persian Empire.
5, Question:  To whom is attributed the construction of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?
Answer: Nebuchadnezzar II.
DIFFICULT QUESTIONS
1, Question: The first human type lived in the old stone age is called:
Answer: Neanderthal.
2, Question: When did the Renaissance start?
Answer: 14th century
3, Question: During World War II, Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy. Which country is
Normandy in?
Answer: France
4, Question: Who was the first Emperor of Rome?
Answer: Augustus
5, Question: What was the name of the Ukrainian nuclear power plant that was the site of a nuclear
disaster in April 1986?
Answer: Chernobyl