Quiz

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

The Romanovs, 1913: Nicholas II with his wife and children. (Photo by Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images)

History quiz – The Romanovs

The results of the poll: 100 women who changed the world. (Photos by Getty Images/Alamy)

Quiz: 100 Women Who Changed The World

In this painting from c1650, a witch wields a broomstick as demons and 'familiars' (helpers of witches) congregate before her. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

History quiz – witchcraft and superstition

People praying for relief from the bubonic plague, circa 1350. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Medieval quiz

The White House, Washington, D.C. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

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