1,500+ History Trivia Questions and Answers

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1,500+ History Trivia Questions and Answers

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  1. Where was Pablo Picasso born?
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    • Malaga
    • Seville
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  2. Where was the metric system, the decimalized way of counting and weighing, invented in 1793?
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    • France
    • Germany
    • Austria
    • Sweden
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  3. Where was the scientist born?
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    • Moscow, Russia.
    • Warsaw, Czarate of Poland.
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  4. Where was the Temple of Artemis, which is considered as one of the ancient wonders of the world located?
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    • Olympus
    • Ephesus
    • Nafplion
    • Mycenae
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  5. Where were the first Olympic Games of the Modern Era held?
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    • In Athens
    • In Olympia
    • In Sparta
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  6. Which agreement formally ended the American Revolutionary War and recognized U.S. independence?
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    • The Treaty of Versailles
    • The Treaty of Ghent
    • The Treaty of Paris of 1783
    • The Jay Treaty
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  7. Which amendment abolished slavery in the United States?
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    • 13th Amendment
    • 14th Amendment
    • 15th Amendment
    • 19th Amendment
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  8. Which American island was first conquered by the Spanish?
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    • Virgin Islands.
    • St. Lucia.
    • St. Dominic.
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  9. Which American president decided to buy the Louisiana Territory?
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    • John Adams.
    • Thomas Jefferson.
    • John Quincy Adams.
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  10. Which American president founded the CIA?
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    • Harry S. Truman.
    • Franklin D. Roosevelt.
    • Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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  11. Which American president was in charge during the Great Depression of 29?
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    • John Adams
    • Martin Van Buren
    • Herbert Hoover
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  12. Which American victory is most closely linked to France’s decision to enter a formal alliance with the United States?
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    • The Battle of Bunker Hill
    • The Battle of Trenton
    • The Siege of Yorktown
    • The Battles of Saratoga
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  13. Which army provoked the fall of Byzantium with the capture of Constantinople in 1453?
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    • The Russians
    • The Persians
    • The Arabs
    • The Ottomans
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  14. Which army won the famous Battle of Agincourt (1415) during the Hundred Years War?
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    • The French
    • The Flemish
    • The Germans
    • The English
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  15. Which artistic movement developed first?
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    • Cubism
    • Rococo
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  16. Which battle does Anzac Day specifically commemorate?
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    • Ypres
    • Gallipoli
    • Qurna
    • The Somme
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  17. Which battle in known as the first of the three brilliant English victories in the Hundred Year’s War?
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    • Battle of Crecy
    • Battle of Poiters
    • Battle of Agincourt
    • Battle of Castillon
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  18. Which battle in the Southern theater is associated with Daniel Morgan’s tactical use of militia and Continental troops in depth?
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    • Camden
    • Guilford Courthouse
    • King’s Mountain
    • Cowpens
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  19. Which battle in the year 655 AD significantly contributed the Christianisation of the British Isles?
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    • Battle of Winwaed
    • Battle of Dun Nechtain
    • Battle of Heaven field
    • Battle of Elendun
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  20. Which book was written by Niccolo Machiavelli?
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    • The ocean and the future king
    • Moby Dick
    • Tom Sawyer
    • The prince
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  21. Which branch of the military did John. F. Kennedy serve in during World War II?
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    • Army
    • Navy
    • Coast Guard
    • Medical Corps
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  22. Which British policy allowed customs officials to use broad search powers that James Otis famously opposed in the early 1760s?
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    • Letters of marque
    • Navigation bonds
    • Writs of assistance
    • Impressment warrants
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  23. Which century saw the first ever documentation of pirates?
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    • 14th Century
    • 16th Century
    • 18th Century
    • 17th Century
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  24. Which city-state first introduced democracy in Greece?
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    • Crete
    • Sparta
    • Athens
    • Corinth
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  25. Which countries were belligerents in famous Battle of Waterloo,1815?
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    • France, Austria and Russia
    • France, Great Britain and Prussia
    • France, Poland and Belgium
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  26. Which countries were responsible for the creation of the atomic bomb?
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    • USA, France, Canada
    • USA, UK, Canada
    • USA, Germany, Canada
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  27. Which country did the American colonies fight against in the Revolutionary War?
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    • Spain
    • Great Britain
    • France
    • Mexico
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  28. Which country gave the Statue of Liberty to the United States?
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    • France
    • England
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  29. Which country helped Germany invade Poland?
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    • China
    • Italy
    • Spain
    • The Soviet Union
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  30. Which country led the process of industrialization?
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    • Germany
    • England
    • France
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  31. Which country ruled Vietnam for decades prior to the Vietnam War?
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    • Cambodia
    • England
    • France
    • China
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  32. Which country ruled Vietnam for decades prior to the Vietnam War?
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    • Russia
    • England
    • France
    • China
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  33. Which country suffered the most casualties among the population (military and civilians)?
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    • USSR
    • England
    • France
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  34. Which daughter of the Curie couple would later be awarded a Nobel Prize in Chemistry?
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    • Ève Curie.
    • Irène Joliot-Curie.
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  35. Which document begins with the words “We the People”?
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    • The Declaration of Independence
    • The Bill of Rights
    • The United States Constitution
    • The Federalist Papers
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  36. Which document written by George Mason in 1776 strongly influenced later American rights language?
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    • The Albany Plan of Union
    • The Articles of Confederation
    • The Federalist Papers
    • The Virginia Declaration of Rights
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  37. Which element did she discover first?
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    • Radio
    • Polonium
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  38. Which English Monarch along with Alfred the Great has received the epithet “Great”?
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    • Henry II
    • Henry VII
    • Cnut
    • Edward IV
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  39. Which English monarch signed the Magna Carta in the year 1215?
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    • John, King of England
    • Henry III
    • Eleanor of Aquitaine
    • Richard I
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  40. Which European city was called Aquincum during the Roman conquest?
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    • Munich
    • Lyon
    • Coventry
    • Budapest
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  41. Which event is considered as the beginning of the French revolution?
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    • French soldiers returning from American colonies
    • The storming of Bastille
    • Death of Louis XV
    • The end of the Seven years war.
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  42. Which event led the U.S. to enter World War II ?
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    • Nazi Party invading Poland
    • Soviet Union helping Hitler invade Poland
    • The Pearl Harbor Attack
    • Sinking of the Lusitania
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  43. Which fashion designer is considered the creator of the female tuxedo in the sixties?
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    • Christian Dior.
    • Karl Lagerfeld.
    • Yves Saint Laurent.
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  44. Which film is remembered as Barbra Streisand's cinema debut?
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    • Funny Girl.
    • Hello, Dolly!
    • A Star Is Born.
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  45. Which foreign country gave the Viet Cong early warnings of U.S. forces as they approached?
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    • China
    • The U.S.S.R.
    • Thailand
    • Japan
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  46. Which French naval action helped trap Cornwallis’s army at Yorktown by preventing British relief by sea?
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    • The Battle of Ushant
    • The Battle of the Chesapeake
    • The Battle of Cape St. Vincent
    • The Battle of Quiberon Bay
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  47. Which god gave the name Heracles to the well-known hero?
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    • Apollo
    • Hermes
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  48. Which god was the patron of the Delphic oracle (the most famous oracle of antiquity)?
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    • Ares
    • Apollo
    • Poseidon
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  49. Which goddess is the temple of Dendera dedicated to?
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    • Nephthys
    • Isis
    • Hathor
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  50. Which Greek hero had the nickname “Tamer of Horses" ?
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    • Heracles
    • Bellerophon
    • Artemis
    • Hector
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