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. Artemis was the Greek goddess of the hunt, the moon, and nature: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  2. As an empire, the Romans never set foot in which of these countries?
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    • Ireland
    • France
    • Britain
    • Portugal
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  3. Asclepius is the god of:
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    • Trade and rhetoric
    • Medicine and healing
    • Steppes, shepherds and flocks
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  4. Aside from the Spaniards, what European adventurers established themselves in Venezuela during the conquest to make profit at the beginning of 16th century?
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    • Dutch traders
    • French explorers
    • German merchants
    • Portuguese sailors
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  5. At the beginning of the 18th century, the British government passed five acts to control the excessive consumption of what product among the lower classes?
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    • Gin
    • Tobacco
    • Tea
    • Opium
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  6. At what age did Vincent Van Gogh pass away?
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    • Thirty-two years old.
    • Thirty-seven years old.
    • Forty-one years old.
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  7. At what age does Curie die?
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    • Fifty-two years old.
    • Sixty-six years old.
    • Seventy-four years old.
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  8. At what age is it said that Jesus of Nazareth died?
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    • XXIX
    • XXX
    • XXXIII
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  9. Athena is the goddess of:
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    • Youth.
    • Wisdom.
    • Virginity.
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  10. Athena is the goddess of:
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    • Youth
    • Wisdom
    • Virginity
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  11. Athena never married or had lovers, so she kept a perpetual virginity: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  12. Athena was also known as:
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    • Atemia.
    • Pallas Athena.
    • Artemis.
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  13. Attila, who commanded an army of barbarian invaders in 5th century Europe, was the King of the Avars: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  14. Augustus, born under the name Caius Octavian Turin, was the first Roman emperor and he had the longest reign in history: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  15. Auschwitz was:
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    • An extinct language of the tribes that inhabited North America.
    • A complex formed by several concentration and extermination camps.
    • A typical dish of the colonies that originated in Poland.
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  16. Aviator Charles Lindbergh made the first non-stop transatlantic flight in history (in 1927): True or false?
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    • True
    • False, John Alcock and Arthur Brown made the first non-stop transatlantic flight.
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  17. Back to 20th century… Who was the leader that launched the Cultural Revolution in China (1966-1976)?
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    • Sun Yat-sen
    • Chiang Kai-shek
    • Mao Zedong
    • Li Zongren
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  18. Back to Middle Ages… The Black Death, also konwn as the Great Plague, started to kill Europeans in what year?
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    • 1289
    • 1325
    • 1347
    • 1426
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  19. Bangladesh emerged as a sovereign nation in 1971 after breaking away and achieving independence from India: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  20. Barbara Jordan
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    • First Southern African American woman elected to Congress
    • Legendary saint and martyr
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  21. Beer was a prized drink for the Egyptians: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  22. Before going solo, George Michael was part of the "Wham!" duo: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  23. Before he became president, Bill Clinton was governor of the state of:
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    • Mississippi
    • Louisiana
    • Texas
    • Arkansas
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  24. Before reunification (1990), West Germany’s federal capital was in:
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    • Frankfurt am Main
    • West Berlin
    • Cologne
    • Bonn
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  25. Before the pyramids, what was the name of the funeral structures?
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    • Pastabas
    • Castabas
    • Mastabas
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  26. Before the sinking of the ocean liner, there was a reported incident. Do you remember what it was?
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    • There was a blackout.
    • A turbine got stuck.
    • A coal warehouse caught fire.
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  27. Before the unification, the name Democratic Republic of Vietnam designated:
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    • South Vietnam
    • North Vietnam
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  28. Bernardo Alberto Houssay, an Argentine physician, was the first Latin American Nobel Prize winner in science: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  29. Besides being a politician, Abraham Lincoln was:
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    • A lawyer.
    • An architect.
    • A historian.
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  30. "Birth and death are not two different states, but two aspects of the same state." Who said this?
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    • Lao-Tse
    • Confucius
    • Mahatma Gandhi
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  31. Bob Dylan's birth name is Robert Allen Zimmerman: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  32. Boudica fought against the US occupation: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  33. Boudica was a warrior queen of the Iceni: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  34. Brazil was in the past a colony of which European country?
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    • France
    • Spain
    • Belgium
    • Portugal
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  35. Britain’s first atomic bomb test in 1952 received the name of Operation Hurricane: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  36. British engineer Robert Watson-Watt's radio-wave device was designed to be a weapon, but it actually became what kind of technology?
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    • Microwave
    • Sonar
    • Radar
    • Solar
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  37. Brutus was the son of Servilia, the lover of the Caesar: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  38. By what other name is the American civil war known?
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    • Succession War
    • Secession War
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  39. By what other name is the Holodomor known?
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    • Ukrainian Genocide.
    • Rwandan Genocide.
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  40. By what other name is the Pacific War known (1879-1883)?
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    • Chaco War
    • Pork War
    • Guano and Salitre War
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  41. By what other name is the War of Austrian Succession known (1740-1748)?
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    • Palatinate War
    • Pragmatic War
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  42. By what other name is the work "Head of a Woman" known?
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    • The scruffy.
    • The repelled.
    • The disheveled.
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  43. Caliburn was another name of the sword in the stone, according to the Arthurian legend: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  44. California was the state in U.S. where the first oil well was drilled: Yes or no?
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    • Yes
    • No
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  45. Cambridge is the second oldest English-speaking university: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  46. Canada was founded in the 18th century: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  47. Capital of France in 1878.
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    • Versailles
    • Paris
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  48. Carlism is a Spanish political movement: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  49. “Carry out random acts of kindness with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you”
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    • Princess Diana
    • Pope John Paul II
    • Mahatma Gandhi
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  50. Carthage was an ancient city in North Africa, in the current territory of Tunisia: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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