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. What is the symbol of the goddess Aphrodite?
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    • The Dove
    • The Pig
    • The Owl
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  2. What is the translation of (Arbeit macht frei) written on many of the entries to the concentration camps?
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    • You work or you die.
    • Work makes you free.
    • The work chosen for you.
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  3. What is Yggdrasil?
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    • The birthplace of the Vikings.
    • A temple.
    • A tree.
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  4. What kind of belief did the Mayans have?
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    • Polytheistic
    • Monotheistic
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  5. What kind of voice did Montserrat Caballe have?
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    • Lyric soprano
    • Light Mezzo Soprano
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  6. What kind of voice did the eminent singer Maria Callas (1923-1977) have?
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    • Soprano
    • Baritone
    • Contralto
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  7. What king of Britain was nicknamed “The Sailor King”?
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    • George II
    • George III
    • William IV
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  8. What man built an ark to survive the flood?
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    • John
    • Jonah
    • Noah
    • Jacob
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  9. What marks the end of prehistory?
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    • The practice of animal husbandry.
    • The practice of trade.
    • The invention of writing.
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  10. What monarch had the longest reign in European history?
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    • Elizabeth II, UK
    • Franz Joseph I, Austria-Hungary
    • Ferdinand III, Sicily
    • Louis XIV of France
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  11. What monster is beheaded by Perseus?
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    • Hydra
    • Medusa
    • Centaur
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  12. What name was given to an ancient computer-like device discovered by divers in a Greek island in 1900?
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    • Coso artifact
    • Baghdad battery
    • Antikythera mechanism
    • Aiud aluminum artifact
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  13. What nation in Africa was the first to gain its independence in 1847?
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    • South Africa
    • Egypt
    • Liberia
    • Guinea
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  14. What palace is known as the seat of the British Monarch?
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    • St. James’s Palace
    • Buckingham Palace
    • Kensington Palace
    • Clarence House
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  15. What pictorial technique did Leonardo create?
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    • Gouache.
    • Sfumato.
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  16. What political system prevailed in Western Europe in the Middle Ages?
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    • Capitalism
    • Feudalism
    • Communism
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  17. What politician served as sole president of the Confederate States of America?
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    • John Pope
    • Jefferson Davis
    • Abraham Lincoln
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  18. What popular actor uttered the phrase "All I want for Christmas is another movie with Audrey Hepburn"?
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    • Cary Grant.
    • Gregory Peck.
    • Humphrey Bogart.
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  19. What son of Uranus fought his father?
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    • Cronus
    • Ocean
    • Ceo
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  20. What spurred full-scale U.S. involvement on the ground in Vietnam?
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    • Certain events at My Lai
    • The assassination of the president Kennedy
    • The incident in the Gulf of Tonkin
    • Change of government in the Soviet Union
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  21. What state was John F. Kennedy born in?
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    • Texas
    • California
    • Massachusetts
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  22. What structures were used at the entrances of temples to the sun god and ascribed with magical powers of protection?
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    • Obelisks
    • Stone arches
    • Sphinx sculptures
    • Monuments of Ra
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  23. What three European countries signed an alliance called the Triple Entente?
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    • Germany, Russia, Italy
    • Italy, Austria, Poland
    • Austria, Germany, Italy
    • France, Britain, Russia
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  24. What Titan gave fire to men?
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    • Atlas
    • Helios
    • Prometheus
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  25. What treaties ended the Thirty Years' War and the Eighty Years' War?
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    • Peace of Westphalia.
    • Peace of Augsburg.
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  26. What treaty ended the Great War?
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    • The Treaty of Saint Germain.
    • The Treaty of Versailles.
    • The Treaty of Trianon.
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  27. What triggered the beginning of the World War II ?
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    • The USA invading Mexico
    • Hitler's dictatorship in Germany
    • Nazi troops invading Poland
    • USA declaring the war to Germany
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  28. What type of government did the North Vietnamese want when the war started?
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    • Democratic
    • Communist
    • Republic
    • None of the above
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  29. What was Callisto?
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    • A Goddess
    • A Gorgon
    • A Nymph
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  30. What was Lélape?
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    • A javelin that never missed.
    • A dog that always caught its prey when hunting.
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  31. What was Marlon Brando's last movie?
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    • Apocalypse Now
    • The Score
    • Superman: The Movie
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  32. What was Operation Weserübung?
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    • Strategy to invade Russia.
    • German invasion of Poland.
    • German assault on neutral Denmark and Norway.
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  33. What was Pancho Villa's real name?
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    • José Doroteo Arango Arámbula.
    • Francisco Plutarco Elias Campuzano.
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  34. What was the birth name of the famous boxer Muhammad Ali (1942-2016)?
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    • Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr.
    • George Edward Foreman, Jr.
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  35. What was the bloodiest battle of all Napoleonic Wars?
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    • Battle of Leipzig
    • Battle of Borodino
    • Battle of Hohenlinden
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  36. What was the capital of the Viceroyalty of Nueva Granada?
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    • Santa Fe de Bogotá
    • Kings City
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  37. What was the civilization that caused the definitive fall of Constantinople?
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    • Ottoman Empire.
    • Persian Empire.
    • Kingdom of Franco.
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  38. What was the creator god of the Mayans?
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    • Chaac
    • Hunab ku
    • Itzamná
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  39. What was the famous pet brought by James I and VI when he ascended the throne?
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    • Elephant
    • Lion
    • Tiger
    • Shark
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  40. What was the first African country to gain its independence?
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    • Ghana
    • Angola
    • Mozambique
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  41. What was the first city in the United States to host the Olympic Games?
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    • Atlanta, Georgia
    • Los Angeles, California
    • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    • St. Louis, Missouri
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  42. What was the first cloned animal in history?
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    • A sheep
    • A frog
    • A mouse
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  43. What was the first country in the world that granted women the right to vote?
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    • New Zealand
    • Great Britain
    • Sweden
    • United States
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  44. What was the first film that director Tim Burton and actor Johnny Depp worked on together (1990)?
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    • Edward Scissorhands.
    • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
    • The legend of the headless horseman.
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  45. What was the goal of Nazi Germany's September Campaign?
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    • Invade Poland
    • Electing Adolf Hitler as Supreme Leader of Germany
    • Invade Russia
    • Invade Great Britain
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  46. What was the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
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    • A war announcement
    • The requirement of Viet Cong POWS to be held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
    • Allowance of military forces without formal act of the Congress
    • Funding for building ships in the Gulf of Tonkin
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  47. What was the imperial color since Julius Caesar? It's a symbol of power and only the emperor can use it.
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    • Red
    • Purple
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  48. What was the Jamestown settlement?
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    • The location of the first Thanksgiving
    • The first permanent English settlement in the Americas
    • The lost colony of British settlers
    • The summer-break accomodation of the US president
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  49. What was the last country to surrender in World War II?
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    • Japan
    • Germany
    • Italy
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  50. What was the main economic activity of the Maya?
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    • Trade
    • Agriculture
    • Livestock
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