1,500+ History Trivia Questions and Answers

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Put your knowledge of the past to the test with 1,500+ history trivia questions. Make your guess, reveal the options and check each correct answer without leaving the page.

1,500+ History Trivia Questions and Answers

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  1. In what year did television arrive in Colombia?
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    • 1950
    • 1954
    • 1960
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  2. In what year did the "Death of Pablo Escobar" take place?
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    • 1988
    • 1996
    • 1993
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  3. In what year did the assassination attempt on John Paul II take place?
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    • 1973
    • 1981
    • 1990
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  4. In what year did the Challenger space shuttle accident take place?
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    • 1979
    • 1986
    • 1995
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  5. In what year did the Chernobyl nuclear accident occur?
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    • 1986
    • 1989
    • 1991
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  6. In what year did the coup d'etat in Spain known as the 23F take place?
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    • 1971
    • 1981
    • 1991
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  7. In what year did the fall of the Berlin Wall take place?
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    • 1983
    • 1987
    • 1989
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  8. In what year did The Fall of the Soviet Union take place?
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    • 1990
    • 1983
    • 1977
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  9. In what year did the French Revolution begin?
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    • 1789
    • 1753
    • 1785
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  10. In what year did the Fukushima I nuclear accident take place?
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    • 2009
    • 2010
    • 2011
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  11. In what year did the Nazi party come to power?
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    • 1940
    • 1933
    • 1930
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  12. In what year did the Persian Gulf War take place?
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    • 1969
    • 1989
    • 1991
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  13. In what year did the Rwandan genocide occur?
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    • 1984
    • 1994
    • 2004
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  14. In what year did The Salvadoran Civil War begin?
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    • 1980
    • 1985
    • 1990
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  15. In what year did the Spanish Civil War begin?
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    • 1934
    • 1936
    • 1938
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  16. In what year did the Three Mile Island nuclear accident occur?
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    • 1957
    • 1979
    • 1986
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  17. In what year did the Wright brothers carry out the first flight in history?
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    • 1900
    • 1903
    • 1906
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  18. In what year did the Wright brothers get their first motorized flight?
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    • 1889
    • 1901
    • 1903
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  19. In what year did World War I end?
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    • 1945
    • 1914
    • 1939
    • 1918
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  20. In what year did World War I end?
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    • 1914
    • 1916
    • 1917
    • 1918
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  21. In what year does the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake occur?
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    • 2001
    • 2011
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  22. In what year was "The Last Supper" declared a World Heritage Site?
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    • 1950
    • 1960
    • 1980
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  23. In what year was Leonardo da Vinci born?
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    • 1452
    • 1462
    • 1472
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  24. In what year was Mahatma Gandhi killed?
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    • 1939
    • 1944
    • 1948
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  25. In what year was the "Hegira" when Muhammad fled from Mecca to Medina?
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    • 570
    • 604
    • 622
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  26. In what year was the first "WWW" web server created?
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    • 1984
    • 1990
    • 1994
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  27. In what year was the first call made through a mobile phone?
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    • 1973
    • 1975
    • 1980
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  28. In what year was the first Harry Potter movie released?
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    • 1999
    • 2000
    • 2001
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  29. In what year was the first heart transplant performed?
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    • 1967
    • 1977
    • 1987
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  30. In what year was the first Spanish constitution known as "La Pepa" promulgated?
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    • 1712
    • 1912
    • 1812
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  31. In what year was the independence of India finally achieved?
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    • 1947
    • 1955
    • 1963
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  32. In what year was the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) founded?
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    • 1929
    • 1939
    • 1949
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  33. In what year was The Ozone Layer discovered?
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    • 1913
    • 1920
    • 1929
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  34. In what year was the radio used for commercial transmission for the first time?
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    • MCMXXII
    • MCMXIX
    • MCMXXX
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  35. In what year was the Soviet Union created?
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    • 1914
    • 1917
    • 1922
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  36. In what year was the Venezuelan dictator Marco Pérez Jiménez overthrown?
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    • 1962
    • 1958
    • 1965
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  37. In what year was Tutankhamun's Tomb discovered?
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    • 1910
    • 1922
    • 1936
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  38. In which area of the United States did the gold rush arise in 1848?
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    • Nevada
    • Arizona
    • California
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  39. In which century was the vitamin D discovered?
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    • Before 19th Century
    • 19th Century
    • 20th Century
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  40. In which country is the famous city of Alexandria located?
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    • Greece
    • Egypt
    • Morocco
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  41. In which country is the famous city of Sydney located?
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    • Canada
    • Australia
    • U.S.A.
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  42. In which country was Audrey Hepburn born (1919-1993)?
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    • Belgium
    • England
    • Netherlands
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  43. In which country was the battle of San Quentin carried out?
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    • Italy
    • France
    • Spain
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  44. In which dynasty did they build the pyramid of Giza?
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    • In the III.
    • In the IV.
    • In the V.
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  45. In which museum is the Gioconda preserved?
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    • Prado Museum.
    • Guggenhein Museum.
    • Louvre Museum.
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  46. In which state of today’s Union did take place the bloody Battle of Gettysburg, considered the turning point in American Civil War?
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    • West Virginia
    • Kentucky
    • Maryland
    • Pennsylvania
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  47. In which year first chemical battery was invented?
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    • 1799
    • 1812
    • 1800
    • 1995
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  48. In which year flashlight was invented?
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    • 1902
    • 1192
    • 1739
    • 1899
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  49. In which year GPS was invented?
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    • 1934
    • 1973
    • 1957
    • 1976
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  50. In which year the technology to produce rubber was created?
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    • 1866
    • 1847
    • 1844
    • 1884
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