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. The largest epidemic of the bubonic plague in Europe was in the fourteenth century: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  2. The last pharaoh was a woman, who?
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    • Hatshepsut
    • Cleopatra VII
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  3. The League of Nations was created for...
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    • Guaranteeing equality in war.
    • Guaranteeing peace.
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  4. The letter omicron (Ο ο) literally means "small O": True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  5. The lighthouse of Alexandria is estimated to be how tall?
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    • 50 meters
    • 75 meters
    • 125 meters
    • 100 meters
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  6. The Lighthouse of Alexandria was built in the 3rd century B.C., it was 134 meters high and its architect was Sostratus of Cnido: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  7. The longest battle of World War II was the ___________________, which lasted from 1939 to 1945.
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    • Operation Torch
    • Battle of the Atlantic
    • Battle of Britain
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  8. "The Madonna of the Carnation" was another of the works of the well-known Leonardo Da Vinci: True or false?
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    • True.
    • False.
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  9. The main capital of the Old Empire was:
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    • Thebes
    • Menfis
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  10. The main food of the Mayans was:
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    • Wheat
    • Corn
    • Barley
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  11. The Marco Polo Bridge incident (1937) marked the beginning of the first Sino-Japanese War: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  12. The Marseillaise is___.
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    • a palace ordered to be built by Louis XIV.
    • the national anthem of France.
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  13. The material from which tools were made in the Paleolithic period.
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    • Stones and metals.
    • Stones and animal bones.
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  14. The Mayan story of the creation of the Quiché is the Popol Vuh: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  15. The Mayans saw the cenotes or natural wells as gateways to a supernatural world inhabited by Chaac: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  16. The Mexican Revolution began in the year:
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    • 1900
    • 1905
    • 1910
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  17. The missile crisis was a conflict between: Cuba, Russia and the U.S. during the year 1962: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  18. The Mongol Empire was at its prime in -
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    • 12th Century
    • 13th Century
    • 14th Century
    • 11th Century
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  19. The Montgolfier brothers are considered the inventors of the hot-air balloon: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  20. The most famous of the Cyclops, son of Poseidon and nymph Thoosa is:
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    • Polyphemus
    • Hephaestus
    • Eusturis
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  21. The Muiscas, an aboriginal people of America, were also called Chibchas: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  22. The name of Alexander The Great’s horse was Incitatus: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  23. The name of the city of Vienna during the Roman conquest was Vindobona: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  24. The name of the first plane to drop an atomic bomb:
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    • Bockscar
    • Enola Gay
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  25. The nations involved in the war formed two opposing alliances. What were they called?
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    • The Allies and The United Nations
    • The Communist Parties and the Allies
    • The Nazi Reich and the Allies
    • The Axis and The Allies
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  26. The nations involved in the WWII formed two opposing alliances. What were they called?
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    • The Allies and The United Nations
    • The Communist Parties and the Allies
    • The Nazi Reich and the Allies
    • The Axis and The Allies
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  27. The naval Battle of Salamis in 480 BC resulted in a decisive victory of the Greeks over the Persian Empire: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  28. The New Empire begins with:
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    • The reunification of Egypt under Amosis I
    • The arrival on the throne of the sovereigns of Libyan origin
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  29. The Night of the Broken Glass happened in:
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    • Poland
    • Italy
    • Germany
    • France
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  30. The ninth crusade ended in a Muslim victory: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  31. The Normandy landing took place in Germany: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  32. The nornas are the ones who control the destiny of the people by weaving a loom for each one.
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    • Correct
    • Incorrect
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  33. The Nuremberg Trials were where Nazi leaders were tried: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  34. The oldest parliament institution in the world belongs to Iceland: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  35. The oldest surviving religious texts found date back to -
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    • 2500 - 2400 BCE
    • 2000 - 1900 BCE
    • 300 - 200 BCE
    • 0 - 100 AD
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  36. The olive tree was considered a gift from which God/Goddess?
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    • Athena
    • Poseidon
    • Hera
    • Zeus
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  37. The Olympic Games revived in Athens in which century?
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    • Before 19th Century
    • 19th Century
    • 20th Century
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  38. The only U.S. president who was not elected, either by popular vote or by electoral vote:
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    • Bill Clinton.
    • Gerald Ford.
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  39. The Opium Wars were two wars that pitted the British and Japanese empires against each other: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  40. The oppression of some Muslim women happens because:
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    • In Islam, men and women are not viewed as equals before God, in terms of both receiving different reward and accountability for their actions.
    • In some countries, people follow certain cultural practices and traditions which are oppresive to women
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  41. The Orange Revolution took place in Russia: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  42. The Ottoman Empire’s fall came as an aftermath of World War I (1914-1918): True or false?
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    • True
    • False, Turkey didn’t even take part in the conflict.
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  43. The palace of the Tuileries in Paris was burned down during what event in French history?
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    • The French Revolution, 1789
    • The Paris Commune, 1871
    • St. Bartholomew’s Day massacre, 1572
    • February Revolution, 1848
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  44. The people of Egypt called their country Kemet: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  45. The period known as Pax Romana:
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    • The period of greatest splendour of Ancient Rome
    • The decline of Ancient Rome
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  46. The period of Nazi Germany is also called:
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    • Third Reich
    • Fourth Reich
    • Second reich
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  47. The pharaohs were considered almost divine beings, in the early stages identified with the god:
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    • Horus
    • Isis
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  48. The pharaohs were considered as the living embodiment of which god?
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    • Ra
    • Thoth
    • Horus
    • Osiris
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  49. The phrase "Don't open your lips if you are not sure that what you are going to say is more beautiful than silence" is a proverb of:
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    • Arabia
    • China
    • Japan
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  50. The phrase "Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon catches up with it" belongs to:
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    • Henry Ford.
    • Benjamin Franklin.
    • Thomas Alva Edison.
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