Sports Quiz
Test your knowledge about Sports with these trivia questions:
Which ancient civilization is credited with the invention of the wheel around 3500 BC?
- Sumerians
- Egyptians
- Indus Valley Civilization
- Minoans
Which scientist is known for proposing the heliocentric model of the solar system in the 16th century?
- Isaac Newton
- Galileo Galilei
- Nicolaus Copernicus
- Johannes Kepler
What year did the Berlin Wall fall, symbolizing the end of the Cold War?
Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, and in which field?
- Marie Curie - Physics
- Rosalind Franklin - Chemistry
- Ada Lovelace - Mathematics
- Malala Yousafzai - Peace
Which ancient artifact was discovered in 1799 and helped decode Egyptian hieroglyphs?
- The Elgin Marbles
- The Dead Sea Scrolls
- The Rosetta Stone
- The Sphinx
What was the name of the first artificial satellite launched into space, and in what year did it occur?
- Apollo 11 - 1969
- Vostok 1 - 1961
- Sputnik 1 - 1957
- Explorer 1 - 1958
What unusual material was used to create the first known paper in China around 105 AD?
Which famous artist is known for the painting 'The Night Watch', completed in 1642?
- Pablo Picasso
- Vincent van Gogh
- Rembrandt van Rijn
- Claude Monet
What ancient structure is known as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World and was located in Babylon?
- The Colossus of Rhodes
- The Hanging Gardens
- The Statue of Zeus
- The Lighthouse of Alexandria
In what year did the United States purchase Alaska from Russia?