About World History Quiz #849
World History Quiz #849 was the quiz for Thursday, October 29, 2026: 10 questions: 3 easy, 5 medium and 2 hard. Everyone who played World History Quiz that day got the same quiz, and it stays here to play for 60 days.
The questions of World History Quiz #849
- Which period of renewed interest in art and learning began in Italy in the 1300s?
- What was the worldwide economic slump of the 1930s called?
- Which monument was a gift from France to the United States in 1886?
- Which empire had the capital Tenochtitlan, on an island in a lake?
- Which empire built Hadrian's Wall across northern Britain?
- What is the lively decade of jazz and flappers in North America and Europe called?
- What were Columbus's three ships in 1492?
- Which empire, centred in modern Turkey, lasted from about 1299 to 1922?
- Which Chinese admiral led huge treasure fleets across the Indian Ocean in the early 1400s?
- Which country opened the world's first public steam railway between Stockton and Darlington in 1825?
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Other days of World History Quiz
- World History Quiz #850, Oct 30
- World History Quiz #848, Oct 28
- World History Quiz #847, Oct 27
- World History Quiz #846, Oct 26
- Today’s quiz, #851
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