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. What's the name of Odin's spear?
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    • Gungnir
    • Tamir
    • Cenir
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  2. What's the name of the home of the gods?
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    • Asgard
    • Rasgard
    • Midgard
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  3. What's the name of Thor's palace?
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    • Fensalir
    • Bilskirnir
    • Breiðablik
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  4. When Charles II died without offspring, he extinguished the Spanish branch of the Habsburgs: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  5. When did Catholicism start to replace old Celtic polytheism in Ireland:
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    • 2th century AD
    • 4th century AD
    • 7th century AD
    • 9th century AD
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  6. When did French revolution began?
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    • August 14th 1789
    • July 14th 1789
    • August 17th 1785
    • July 17th 1779
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  7. When did Germany finally surrender?
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    • 13 August 1961
    • 8 May 1945
    • Germany never surrendered.
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  8. When did humans start agriculture?
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    • 23000 years ago
    • 20000 years ago
    • 3600 BCE
    • 1st Century
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  9. When did the British East India Company hand over control over India to the British Crown forming the British Raj?
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    • 1858
    • 1758
    • 1803
    • 1846
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  10. When did the House of Tudor come into power?
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    • 1485
    • 1456
    • 1503
    • 1533
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  11. When did the Treaty of Union involve the kingdoms of Scotland, England, and Wales, to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain?
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    • 1693
    • 1726
    • 1707
    • 1801
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  12. When did the World War I begin?
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    • 1918
    • 1916
    • 1914
    • 1911
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  13. When is St. Patrick's Day celebrated?
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    • March 17th.
    • April 17th.
    • July 17th.
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  14. When Isabella the Catholic died, Ferdinand II of Aragon married:
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    • Louise of Savoy.
    • Germaine of Foix.
    • Eleanor of Austria.
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  15. When Perseus kills Medusa, two beings emerge from her body when she dies: Pegasus, the winged horse, and ____.
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    • Jason, the leader of the Argonauts
    • Khrysaor, the hero of the golden sword
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  16. When the Titanic was built, it became the fastest ship in the world: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  17. When was 3D printing invented?
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    • 2010
    • 1984
    • 2002
    • 1991
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  18. When was camera invented -
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    • Late 19th Century
    • Early 20th Century
    • Late 20th Century
    • 18th Century
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  19. When was India's independence achieved?
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    • 1944
    • 1947
    • 1952
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  20. When was Martin Luther King Jr. born?
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    • Before 19th Century
    • 19th Century
    • 20th Century
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  21. When was Napoleon Bonaparte crowned as the Emperor of France?
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    • 2nd December 1804
    • 22nd July 1797
    • 4th October 1799
    • 18th May 1804
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  22. When was Pablo Picasso born?
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    • Before 19th Century
    • 19th Century
    • 20th Century
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  23. When was Pearl Harbor attacked?
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    • 1939
    • 1940
    • 1941
    • 1942
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  24. When was Robespierre executed?
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    • 28th July 1794
    • 16th October 1793
    • 21st January 1793
    • 19th June 1794
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  25. When was the explosive TNT invented?
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    • Before 19th Century
    • 19th Century
    • 20th Century
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  26. When was the first ever Baroque opera performed, and where?
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    • 1598, Spain
    • 1597, Italy
    • 1596, France
    • 1599, Italy
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  27. When was the first ever piece of recorded music found?
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    • 700 BCE
    • 700 AD
    • 1000 CE
    • 14th Century
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  28. When was the first Nobel Prize awarded?
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    • Before 19th Century
    • 19th Century
    • 20th Century
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  29. When was the first photo of earth taken from space?
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    • 1965
    • 1966
    • 1975
    • 1946
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  30. When was the First republic, officially the French Republic officially declared?
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    • September 22nd 1792
    • September 5th 1793
    • July 22nd 1792
    • August 17th 1792
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  31. When was the first working airplane invented?
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    • Before 19th Century
    • 19th Century
    • 20th Century
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  32. When was the lighter invented?
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    • Before 19th Century
    • 19th Century
    • 20th Century
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  33. When was the New Labour Party elected?
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    • 2001
    • 2005
    • 1993
    • 1997
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  34. When was the theory of relativity published by Albert Einstein?
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    • Before 19th Century
    • 19th Century
    • 20th Century
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  35. When was the vaccine for Mumps developed?
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    • Before 19th Century
    • 19th Century
    • 20th Century
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  36. When was the vending machine invented?
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    • Before 19th Century
    • 19th Century
    • 20th Century
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  37. When was Uranium discovered?
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    • Before 19th Century
    • 19th Century
    • 20th Century
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  38. When were the French fries invented?
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    • Before 19th Century
    • 19th Century
    • 20th Century
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  39. Where did Leonardo make the mural "The Last Supper"?
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    • In the convent "Santa María de las Gracias".
    • In the Basilica of the Holy Cross.
    • In the Sistine Chapel.
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  40. Where did men live during the Paleolithic?
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    • Manufactured houses.
    • Caves.
    • Palafittes.
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  41. Where did the Battle of Thermopylae take place?
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    • Spain
    • Greece
    • Mongolia
    • None of the above
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  42. Where did the Boxer Rebellion (1899-1901) occur?
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    • Russia
    • China
    • Japan
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  43. Where did the Euromaidan take place?
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    • Ukraine
    • Bulgaria
    • Czech Republic
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  44. Where did the first Carlist war (1833-1839) take place?
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    • Spain
    • England
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  45. Where did the Sandinista Revolution (1979-1990) take place?
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    • Panama
    • Nicaragua
    • Guatemala
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  46. Where do virtuous mortals go when they die?
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    • Asphodel Fields
    • Elysian Fields
    • The Tartar
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  47. Where is the staircase of the Plaza de España located?
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    • Rome
    • Madrid
    • Venice
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  48. Where was Dolly the sheep cloned?
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    • Scotland
    • USA
    • China
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  49. Where was John F. Kennedy when he was murdered?
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    • Washington
    • Dallas
    • Florida
    • Utah
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  50. Where was Martin Luther born?
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    • Noyon, France.
    • Roccasecca, Italy.
    • Eisleben, Germany.
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