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. Thanatos is the personification of:
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    • The Sun.
    • The memory.
    • Death without violence.
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  2. The ________________ is the largest and deadliest battle for U.S. troops to date, with more than 80,000 U.S. casualties.
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    • Battle of Britain
    • Battle of the Ardennes
    • Operation Barbarossa
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  3. The "Salvator Munti" was painted by:
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    • Verrocchio
    • Leonardo
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  4. The “Estoria de España” was be first extended history book of Spain in Old Spanish language. Which Castile king had the initiative to write and publish it?
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    • Alfonso X (“The Wise”)
    • Sancho IV (“The Brave”)
    • Ferdinand III (“The Saint”)
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  5. The 3rd estate along with some nobles and clergy created which group to solve the economic crisis?
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    • National Constituent Assembly
    • Estates-general
    • Bourgeois Militia
    • Legislative Assembly
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  6. The 38th parallel has served as the dividing line of Korea since 1902: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  7. The Academy was the philosophical school founded by Aristotle: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  8. The ancient city of Babylon is located in:
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    • Iraq
    • Iran
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  9. The Ancient Roman Civilization was divided in three periods: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  10. The annexation of Egypt to the Roman Republic took place during the
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    • Last civil war of the Republic
    • First Civil War of the Republic
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  11. "The Annunciation" is a type of painting:
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    • Oil painting.
    • Pastel.
    • Watercolor.
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  12. The answer for the next one could surprise you. In which Olympic Games was made the first TV broadcast in history?
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    • Berlin (Germany), 1936
    • Los Angeles (USA), 1932
    • Helsinki (Finland), 1952
    • London (Great Britain), 1948
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  13. The Antonine dynasty was the longest living dynasty in the Roman Empire: True or false?
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    • True.
    • False, it was the Julius-Claudius Dynasty.
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  14. The Arab Spring occurred between:
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    • 2007 and 2010
    • 2010 and 2013
    • 2013 and 2016
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  15. The Armenian genocide was carried out during the:
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    • World War I.
    • World War II.
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  16. The Armenian Holocaust is considered the first modern genocide: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  17. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914 that led to World War I, occurred in Sarajevo: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  18. The Athenians beat the Persians at the Marathon of the Sands: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  19. The attack on RMS Lusitania was the reason why World War I broke out: True or false?
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    • True.
    • False, was the murder of Archduke Francisco Fernando.
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  20. The Aztec king who received Cortés was:
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    • Atahualpa
    • Axayácatl
    • Moctezuma
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  21. "The Baptism of Christ" was a painting made by Leonardo with Verrocchio: True or false?
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    • True.
    • False, it was "La Belle Ferroniere".
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  22. The battle of Arica (1880) occurred during the Chaco War: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  23. The Battle of Breitenfeld (1631) occurred in the context of the Hundred Years' War: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  24. The Battle of Dunkirk (1940) was a military operation that took place during the First World War: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  25. The Battle of Farsalia was a decisive confrontation of the First Civil War of the Roman Republic: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  26. The battle of Guadalete took place in:
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    • The Scandinavian peninsula.
    • The Iberian Peninsula.
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  27. The battle of Heraclea began:
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    • The Pyrrhic Wars.
    • The Samnite Wars.
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  28. The battle of Iwo Jima was codenamed Operation Detachment: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  29. The Battle of Junin was one of the last confrontations in the process of independence of:
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    • Peru
    • Colombia
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  30. The Battle of Jutland took place during World War II (1939-1945): True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  31. The battle of Kursk is also called Operation Citadel: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  32. The Battle of Lepanto took place in:
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    • Greece
    • Turkey
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  33. The Battle of Marathon occurred during:
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    • The first greco-persian war
    • The second greco-persian war
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  34. The battle of Pichincha occurred in the process of independence of:
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    • Bolivia
    • Ecuador
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  35. The battle of Salamis occurred during the:
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    • First Greco-Persian war
    • Second Greco-Persian war
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  36. The Battle of San Jacinto (1836) was a decisive event in the fight for Texas independence: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  37. The battle of Stalingrad is ranked the bloodiest in the history of mankind: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  38. The Battle of the Alamo is the name of the famous battle where Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  39. The Battle of Thermopylae, in which Greece fought against Persian troops, took place in the year of 420 BC: Yes or no?
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    • Yes
    • No
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  40. The Battle of Trenton took place during the:
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    • Civil War.
    • World War I.
    • American War of Independence.
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  41. The Bessemer process which significantly boosted the Industrial Revolution is used to produce what material?
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    • Aluminium
    • Bronze
    • Steel
    • Wrought Iron
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  42. The birth name of the heroine La Pola was Policarpa Salavarrieta Rios: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  43. The Bismarck, the famous German battleship, was sunk during World War II: True or false?
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    • True
    • False, it was in World War I
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  44. The Boeing B-29 Superfortress that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima en 1945 was called Enola Gay: Yes or no?
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    • Yes
    • No
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  45. The bombing of Dresden took place towards the end of World War I: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  46. The bombing of Dresden took place towards the end of World War II: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  47. The British Empire had the most casualties during World War I (1914-1918): True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  48. The bubonic plague (Black Death) is estimated to have killed how many people in England?
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    • 40%
    • 80%
    • 25%
    • 15 %
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  49. The bust of Nefertiti was made by the royal sculptor Thutmose: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  50. The capital letter sigma (Σ) is used as:
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    • An inn in physics.
    • Variance in statistics.
    • Summation in mathematics.
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