History Quiz — Aug 31, 2026

This 17th-century Japanese poet became the greatest master of the short three-line haiku.

Answer: Matsuo Basho

This Mughal emperor commissioned the Taj Mahal as a tomb for his wife Mumtaz Mahal.

Answer: Shah Jahan

This French chemist named oxygen and is called the father of modern chemistry.

Answer: Antoine Lavoisier

This gold-domed Islamic shrine in Jerusalem was completed in the late 7th century.

Answer: Dome of the Rock

This writing system, used for Russian and other Slavic languages, is named after a Byzantine missionary.

Answer: Cyrillic alphabet