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. Who was the governor and commander of the Bastille’ garrison?
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    • Bernard Rene de Launey
    • Pierre Augustin Hulin
    • Jacques Necker
    • Jean-Sylvain Bailly
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  2. Who was the inventor that launched the first hot air balloon carrying a human?
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    • The Montgolfier brothers
    • Benjamin Franklin
    • The Wright brothers
    • Robert Fulton
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  3. Who was the King of Britain when Napoleon was defeated in Waterloo (1815)
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    • George II
    • William IV
    • George III
    • George IV
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  4. Who was the King with the shortest reign in history (his rule lasted only 20 minutes)?
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    • Christian II of Sweden
    • Louis XIX of France
    • Edgar II of England
    • Michael II of Russia
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  5. Who was the last emperor of China?
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    • Puyi
    • Chun
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  6. Who was the last emperor of the Western Roman Empire?
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    • Zeno
    • Romulus Augustulus
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  7. Who was the last empress of China?
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    • Jin Yunying
    • Wan Rong
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  8. Who was the last king of Portugal?
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    • Emmanuel II.
    • Charles I.
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  9. Who was the last king of Rome?
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    • Tarquinius the Magnificent
    • Romulus
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  10. Who was the last queen of Italy?
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    • Maria Jose de Braganza.
    • Maria Jose of Belgium.
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  11. Who was the last queen of Italy?
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    • Mary Joseph of Belgium.
    • Margaret Theresa of Savoy.
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  12. Who was the leader of Japan during WWII?
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    • Emperor Meiji
    • Emperor Hirohito
    • Emperor Akihito
    • Mao Zedong
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  13. Who was the leader of military campaigns of the Mongol Empire at the turn of the 13th century?
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    • Hitler
    • Genghis Khan
    • Ming
    • Bleda
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  14. Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during World War II ?
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    • Vladimir Lenin
    • Joseph Stalin
    • Karl Marx
    • Otto von Bismarck
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  15. Who was the leader of the Spartans at the Battle of Thermopylae?
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    • Anaxandrides II.
    • Plistarch.
    • Leonidas I.
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  16. Who was the main promoter and writer of the Chilean Civil Code (1856)?
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    • Andrés Bello
    • Diego Portales
    • Bernardo O'Higgins
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  17. Who was the Messenger of the Gods?
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    • Hermes
    • Hestia
    • Heracles
    • None of the above
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  18. Who was the murderer of John F. Kennedy?
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    • James Earl Ray
    • Lee Harvey Oswald
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  19. Who was the only American president who has been a prisoner of war?
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    • John Adams
    • Andrew Jackson
    • Thomas Jefferson
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  20. Who was the only survivor of the Frank family?
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    • Otto Frank, the father.
    • Edith Frank, the mother.
    • Margot Frank, the older sister.
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  21. Who was the Preserver in the Holy Trinity if Hinduism?
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    • Vishnu
    • Ganesha
    • Brahma
    • Shiva
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  22. Who was the President of the United States during the attacks of September 11, 2001?
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    • Bill Clinton
    • George W. Bush
    • George H. W. Bush
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  23. Who was the prime minister who, after much agonising, took Britain into the war?
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    • Winston Churchill
    • Henry Campbell-Bannerman
    • Andrew Bonar Law
    • Herbert Henry Asquith
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  24. Who was the principal author of the Olive Branch Petition adopted by the Second Continental Congress in 1775?
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    • Thomas Jefferson
    • Samuel Adams
    • John Dickinson
    • Patrick Henry
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  25. Who was the student of Plato?
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    • Socrates
    • Pythagoras
    • Alexander the Great
    • Aristotle
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  26. Who was the treasurer of the disciples?
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    • Matthew
    • Judas
    • John
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  27. Who was the U.S. president when Pearl Harbor was attacked?
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    • Richard Nixon
    • Franklin D. Roosevelt
    • Dwight Eisenhower
    • Herbert Hoover
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  28. Who was the U.S. president when the U.S. sent its first combat troops to Vietnam during the war?
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    • Richard Nixon
    • Franklin D. Roosevelt
    • Lyndon Johnson
    • John F. Kennedy
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  29. Who was the US president during the war of 1812?
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    • thomas Jefferson
    • John Adams
    • James Madison
    • George Washington
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  30. Who was the vice president during George Washington's term?
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    • John Adams.
    • James Madison.
    • Thomas Jefferson.
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  31. Who was the wife of Perseus and mother of the Perseids?
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    • Cassiopeia
    • Gorgophone
    • Andromeda
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  32. Who was the youngest king to ascend throne?
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    • Henry IV
    • Edward III
    • Richard II
    • Henry VI
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  33. Who was Zeus' favorite son? (BESIDES Heracles)
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    • Apollo
    • Hermes
    • Ares
    • Dionysus
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  34. Who was Zeus' wife and sister?
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    • Hera
    • Demeter
    • Hestia
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  35. Who were the belligerents in the Chaco War?
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    • Peru and Colombia.
    • Bolivia and Paraguay.
    • Chile against Peru and Bolivia.
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  36. Who were the belligerents of the Acre and Purus Wars?
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    • Bolivia and Brazil.
    • Chile and Argentina.
    • Paraguay and Uruguay.
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  37. Who were the belligerents?
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    • The Union and the Confederation
    • The Thirteen Colonies and the British Empire
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  38. Who were the Dioscuros?
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    • The gods of revenge
    • Two famous twin heroes
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  39. Who were the first European settlers established in the southern tip of Manhattan, New York City, in the 17th century?
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    • The French
    • The British
    • The Dutch
    • The Irish
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  40. Who were the first Europeans to read and write?
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    • The Minoans.
    • The festos.
    • The Petras.
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  41. Who won the Battle of Cajamarca (1532 AD) which resulted in the largest shift of power in the South American history?
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    • Inca Empire
    • Thlaxcalan Empire
    • Portuguese Navy
    • Spanish Conquistadors
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  42. Who won The Battle of Catalaunian Plains (451 AD) which saw early major alliances among empires for the stability in Europe?
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    • Western Roman Empire
    • Franks
    • Hunnish Empire
    • German Foederati
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  43. Who won the Battle of Constantinople (1453 AD) that resulted is disruption of centuries old trade routes?
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    • Orhan Celebi
    • Mehmed II
    • Constantine IX
    • Theodore II
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  44. Who won the Battle of Gaugamela (331 BC) which was a major turning point in Alexander’s conquest?
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    • Scythians
    • Egyptians
    • Achaemenid Empire
    • Macedonian Empire
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  45. Who won the Battle of Hastings (1066 AD) which would set the English Kingdom as we know today and established the current Royal family of the United Kingdom?
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    • Harald Hardrada
    • Tostig Godwinson
    • William of Normandy
    • Harold Godwinson
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  46. Who won the Battle of Hsupeng (1948) which resulted in the formation of modern day China?
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    • Republic of China
    • Communist Party of China
    • People’s Republic of China
    • Soviet Union
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  47. Who won the Battle of Kohima (1944) which is considered as the Stalingrad of East?
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    • Azad Hind
    • Burma
    • British Raj
    • Empire of Japan
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  48. Who won the Battle of Marathon (490 BC) which was the turning point in the Greco-Persian wars?
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    • Sparta
    • Persian Empire
    • Athens
    • Egypt
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  49. Who won the Battle of Marne (1914) which resulted in the drawn out time of World War 1 which was supposed to end by Christmas?
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    • France
    • Germany
    • Italy
    • Austria
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  50. Who won the Battle of Milvian Bridge(312 AD) that led to the acceptance of Christianity by the Roman civilization?
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    • Maxentius
    • Constantine I
    • Augustus
    • Licinius
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