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Test your history knowledge with our weekly trivia quizzes brought to you by BBC History Magazine, Britain's best-selling history magazine.

Medieval illustration

Medieval quiz

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History quiz – US presidents

Portrait depicting Mary, Queen of Scots.

History quiz – surgeons and Mary, Queen of Scots

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History quiz – prison escapes and the princes in the Tower

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History quiz – Quakers and Kingmakers

Henry VIII. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

History quiz – holidays and Henry VIII

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History quiz – daughters and dukes

A woodcut print of the medieval town of Pisa.

History quiz – shambles, soldiers and medieval towns

A silhouette in front of a fire.

History quiz – Vikings, mobile phones and the Varangian Guard

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History quiz – Chaucer, sailors and the Civil War

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History quiz – Anglo-Saxons, Bright’s disease and the Byzantine army

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History quiz – Dames, JFK and the house of Gonzaga

Sheet music.

History quiz – songs, space stations and capital cities