Bill O'Reilly: O'Reilly's History Quiz - Test Your Knowledge of the Suez Canal

1. The Suez Canal was opened on November 17, 1869, connecting which two seas?

Mediterranean and Red

Atlantic and Pacific

Red and Dead

Dead and Mediterranean

Mediterranean and Atlantic

2. What country is the Suez Canal in?

Panama

Suez

Egypt

Sudan

England

3. What former emperor first proposed building the Suez canal?

Catherine the Great

William the Conqueror

Stalin

Napoleon

Franz Ferdinand

4. Which government built the canal?

United Kingdom

France

Israel

Egypt

Austria

5. What statue was originally meant for the canal?

Eiffel Tower

Big Ben

London Bridge

Pyramid of Giza

Statue of Liberty

6. The Suez Canal Crisis happened after who nationalized the canal?

Eden

Stalin

Nasser

Truman

Sadat

7. What war shut down the Suez Canal in 1967?

Gulf War

Lebanon War

Iran-Iraq War

Six Day War

Yom Kippur War

8. What canal did de Lesseps try to build in 1881?

Corinth

Panama

Erie

Amsterdam

Danube

9. What famous French designer was convicted on fraud and conspiracy during the 1880s construction of the Panama Canal?

Eiffel

Chanel

Le Corbusier

Givenchy

Haussmann

10. When was the Panama Canal finally completed?

1890

1900

1914

1930

1996