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

Start with any question below. Make your guess, reveal the available options, then check which answer is correct. You can work through a few questions at a time or choose a longer set for a history trivia session.

  1. Khmer Rouge is the name by which a Cambodian guerrilla organization was known: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  2. Kidnapped by Hades who forces her to marry him, she becomes the queen of the Underworld:
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    • Persephone
    • Demeter
    • Rhea
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  3. La Estoria de España is a historical book that was written on the initiative of:
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    • Alfonso X the Wise
    • Sancho IV el Bravo
    • Ferdinand III the Saint
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  4. Ladon was a thousand-headed dragon: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  5. Lady Murasaki
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    • wrote what's considered the world's first novel, The Tale of Genji
    • Along with her sister Emily, author of key early 19th century novels by women
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  6. Lake Compounce, opened in 1846 in Connecticut, U.S., is the oldest amusement park in the world still in operation: Yes or no?
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    • Yes
    • No
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  7. Last president born in the 18th century:
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    • Franklin Pierce.
    • James Buchanan.
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  8. Latin American marxist revolutionary Ernesto “Che” Guevara was born in Bolivia: Yes or no?
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    • Yes
    • No
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  9. Leader of the Haitian Revolution who proclaimed independence (1804) and became its first ruler:
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    • Dutty Boukman
    • Toussaint Louverture
    • Jean-Jacques Dessalines
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  10. Legend has it that Pegasus was afraid of his own shadow, so to tame him he had to be prevented from seeing it: True or false?
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    • True.
    • False, this legend corresponds to Bucephalus.
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  11. Lélape, the dog that always caught its prey when hunting, was a gift from Zeus to Europa: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  12. Lenin's birth name was Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  13. Leonardo da Vinci was born in the 16th century: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  14. Leonardo da Vinci was born in Vinci: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  15. Let's get started! How did World War II start on September 1, 1939?
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    • Japan threatens Germany, and Germany invades.
    • With Germany's invasion of Poland.
    • Russia attacks the Soviet Union, so Germany threatens it.
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  16. Let's get started! In which nation was the first FIFA World Cup held (1930)?
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    • Italy
    • Uruguay
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  17. Let's get started! Who was traditionally considered the father of history?
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    • Sophocles
    • Herodotus
    • Xenophon
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  18. Let's start with Charles Darwin was:
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    • Naturalist
    • Biologist
    • Bioanalyst
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  19. Let's start, how many years did the Hundred Years War last?
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    • 102 years
    • 110 years
    • 116 years
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  20. Little Boy was the name of the plane that carried the nuclear bombs: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  21. Long before the Germans, the British were the first to use rockets in India, late 18th century: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  22. Los Angeles was the first city of the U.S. that hosted the Olympic Games: Yes or no?
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    • Yes
    • No
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  23. Louis Pasteur was a:
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    • Biologist
    • Physicist
    • Chemist
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  24. Louis XV, who succeeded Louis XIV in the 18th century as the King of France, was his great-grandson: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  25. Lunar God is:
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    • Min
    • Nut
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  26. Maat's laws are:
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    • Commandments.
    • Obligations of the gods.
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  27. Magpie I of Leon was nicknamed:
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    • The Reckless
    • The Emperor
    • The Great
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  28. Mahatma Gandhi's birth name:
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    • Maneka Sanjay Gandhi
    • Feroze Jehangir Gandhi
    • Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
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  29. Main activity carried out by men during the Paleolithic.
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    • Agriculture and livestock.
    • Hunting, fishing and gathering.
    • Fishing and pottery.
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  30. Main author of the Declaration of Independence of the United States (1776):
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    • John Adams
    • Thomas Jefferson
    • Benjamin Franklin
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  31. Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi, in what year did they win the Nobel Peace Prize?
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    • 2012
    • 2010
    • 2014
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  32. Many fail in this question… Who is referred to as the most prolific composer ever in music history?
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    • Antonio Vivaldi
    • Johann Sebastian Bach
    • Franz Schubert
    • Georg Philipp Telemann
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  33. Maria Reiche, famous for her research and conservation of the Nazca lines, better known as:
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    • The Lady of the Pampas
    • The famous Nazca
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  34. Marie Antoinette, the guillotined Queen of France, was born the Archduchess of what country?
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    • Prussia
    • Italy
    • Austria
    • Spain
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  35. Marie Curie
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    • Abbess, mystic and visionary, composer of music and writer of books on many secular and religious topics
    • Mother of modern physics, two-time Nobel Prize winner
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  36. Marie Curie was buried with honors on the:
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    • Pantheon in Paris.
    • Cemetery Powązki.
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  37. Marie Curie was the first woman to hold the position of professor at the University of Paris: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  38. Martin Luther King was a:
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    • Minister
    • Doctor
    • Lawyer
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  39. Martin Luther's German translation of the Bible was released in 1522: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  40. Mary Church Terrell
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    • Environmentalist, educator
    • Civil rights leader, founder of National Association of Colored Women
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  41. Mary Stuart was the Queen of which country (1542-1567)?
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    • England
    • Scotland
    • France
    • Germany
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  42. Mata Hari was a spy of Dutch origin: True or false?
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    • True
    • False, she was of French origin.
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  43. Matilde Hidalgo Navarro was the first woman to vote in:
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    • Peru
    • Chile
    • Columbia
    • Ecuador
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  44. Matoaka is the real name of___.
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    • Geronimo Apache
    • Pocahontas
    • Joseph de los Nez Perce
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  45. Memnon
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    • Demigod
    • A Human King
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  46. Memphis was established as the capital of Egypt in the Third Dynasty: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  47. Menes founded the city of Cairo as the capital of Egypt: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  48. Michelangelo Buonarroti.
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    • Politician
    • Lawyer
    • Architect
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  49. Michelangelo was Leonardo's teacher: True or false?
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    • True.
    • False, it was Verrocchio.
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  50. Middle level. What priest, later saint, founded the first popular Christian school in Europe?
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    • José de Calasanz
    • Ignacio de Loyola
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