Daily challenge · 3 October 2026
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Question 1
What was the name of the ship Charles Darwin sailed on during his famous voyage around the world?
- A HMS Beagle
- B HMS Victory
- C HMS Endeavour
- D HMS Bounty
Darwin sailed aboard HMS Beagle on its second surveying voyage, from 1831 to 1836.
Question 2
Which ancient people developed cuneiform writing in Mesopotamia?
- A Phoenicians
- B Sumerians
- C Hittites
- D Minoans
The Sumerians developed cuneiform, one of the earliest known writing systems.
Question 3
What was the cursus publicus in the Roman Empire?
- A A state-run courier and transport system
- B A public grain market
- C A military formation used in battle
- D A register of Roman laws
The cursus publicus carried official messages and transported people and goods for the Roman state.
Question 4
During the French Revolution, where did deputies take the Tennis Court Oath in 1789?
- A The Louvre
- B A tennis court at Versailles
- C Notre-Dame Cathedral
- D The Hôtel des Invalides
After being locked out of their usual meeting hall, deputies gathered in an indoor tennis court at Versailles and pledged not to disband until France had a constitution.
Question 5
Which 18th-century English doctor demonstrated that inoculation with cowpox could protect against smallpox?
- A Edward Jenner
- B Joseph Lister
- C William Harvey
- D James Lind
In 1796, Edward Jenner tested the protective effect of cowpox inoculation against smallpox.
Question 6
Which U.S. secretary of state negotiated the 1867 purchase of Alaska from Russia?
- A William H. Seward
- B John Hay
- C Henry Clay
- D James G. Blaine
William H. Seward negotiated the purchase, which is sometimes nicknamed “Seward’s Folly.”
Question 7
What name was given to the 1916 agreement in which Britain and France secretly discussed dividing much of the Ottoman Empire’s Arab territories into spheres of influence?
- A Sykes–Picot Agreement
- B Balfour Declaration
- C Treaty of Sèvres
- D Hussein–McMahon Correspondence
The Sykes–Picot Agreement was negotiated by British diplomat Mark Sykes and French diplomat François Georges-Picot.
Question 8
What was the name of the 1930 campaign in which Gandhi led a march to the sea to protest the British salt tax?
- A Salt March
- B Quit India Movement
- C Swadeshi Movement
- D Khilafat Movement
Gandhi’s Salt March ended at Dandi, where he challenged the British salt laws by making salt.
Question 9
What was the British codename for the 1940 evacuation of Allied troops from Dunkirk?
- A Operation Dynamo
- B Operation Torch
- C Operation Overlord
- D Operation Market Garden
Operation Dynamo evacuated more than 300,000 Allied troops from the Dunkirk area across the English Channel.
Final question
What was the codename for the 1943 Allied conference in Tehran, attended by Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin?
- A Eureka
- B Argonaut
- C Trident
- D Quadrant
The Tehran Conference was given the codename Eureka. Argonaut, Trident, and Quadrant were codenames associated with other Allied conferences.