Hisdates•ComHistorical Facts
Sunday, 17 August 2025
Q: Who was the first democratically elected president of South Africa?
A: Nelson Mandela
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Q: Who were the main combatants of the First Kashmir War?
A: India and Pakistan
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Q: What country was ruled by Pol Pot until he was overthrown by the Vietnamese army in 1979?
A: Cambodia
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Q: How many US vice presidents have gone on to become president?
A: 15, with the most recent being Joe Biden.
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Q: What modern-day countries make up the land once known as the Babylonian Empire?
A: Iraq and Iran
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Q: How many rules are contained in the Code of Hammurabi?
A: 282
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Q: What does the term Khmer Rouge refer to?
A: The Khmer Rouge was the radical Communist movement that violently came to power and ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979.
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Q: What are the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
A: The Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodes, and the Lighthouse of Alexandria
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Q: Who is the most decorated Olympian athlete of all time?
A: Michael Phelps with 28 Olympic medals
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Q: Who was the final ruler of Assyria?
A: Ashur-uballit II
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Q: What was the original name of the Caribbean island that eventually became Haiti and the Dominican Republic?
A: Quisqueya
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Q: Which religion has the following deities: Krishna, Ganesh, Lakshmi, and Shiva?
A: Hinduism
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Q: Who founded Sikhism?
A: Guru Nanak
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Q: Which ancient civilization built the city of Carthage?
A: The Phoenicians of Tyre
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Q: Who is the current president of China?
A: Xi Jinping
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Q: What year was Saigon renamed Ho Chi Minh City?
A: 1975
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Q: What Babylonian king is widely believed to have ordered the construction of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon for his wife, Amytis of Media?
A: Nebuchadnezzar II
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Q: What year did the Titanic sink?
A: 1912
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Q: Who is credited with patenting the telephone?
A: Alexander Graham Bell
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