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. Carthage, totally destroyed by the Romans in 146 BC, existed in today’s Tunisia, North Africa: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  2. Cassandra was the daughter of Hecuba and Priam, kings of:
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    • Crete
    • Troy
    • Mycenae
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  3. Catherine Howard died on February 13, 1542: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  4. Catherine Parr, the last of King Henry VIII’s six wives, survived him: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  5. Catherine the Great of Russia
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    • Patron of art and philosophy, abdicated on conversion to Roman Catholicism
    • Expanded Russia's borders and promoted westernization and modernization
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  6. Centaur Chiron was Achilles' tutor: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  7. Character that was key to the German defeat in the First World War.
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    • William II
    • Ferdinand Jean Marie Foch
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  8. Charles I was the King of which country (1625-1649)?
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    • Germany
    • Spain
    • England
    • Norway
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  9. Charles I was the last king of Portugal: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  10. Charles VII was crowned King of France thanks to the help of Joan of Arc: True or false?
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    • True.
    • False, it was Philip VI.
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  11. Charlie Chaplin died at the age of 95 in the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  12. Charlie Chaplin made his first cinematic appearance in the film Making a Living (1914): True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  13. Che Guevara died in:
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    • Bolivia
    • Cuba
    • Venezuela
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  14. Cheops is buried in the largest of the Egyptian pyramids: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  15. Cheops was the first pharaoh of ancient Egypt: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  16. Chinese mythology shares with the traditions of other origins the myth of the Universal Flood or great flood: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  17. Choi Hong Hi, also known as General Choi, is the founder of Taekwondo: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  18. Christmas was abolished by the English Parliament in 1647: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  19. Chrysler was the first automobile manufacturer to implement the assembly line for mass production for entire units: Yes or no?
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    • Yes
    • No
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  20. Clara Barton
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    • Founder of the Red Cross
    • First woman to graduate from medical school (M.D.) and a pioneer in educating women in medicine
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  21. Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K 581 is composed by which of these Classical era Composers?
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    • Johann Nepomuk Hummel
    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    • Ludwig van Beethoven
    • Joseph Haydn
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  22. Cleopatra VII was the last queen of ancient Egypt: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  23. Click on the name of the ship in which the first British arrived in America:
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    • Speedwell
    • Mayflower
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  24. Coalition Wars are commonly known as:
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    • Medical wars
    • Punic Wars
    • None of the above
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  25. Colors of the 4 horses of the Apocalypse.
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    • Yellow, red, black, white.
    • White, scarlet, yellow, black.
    • Lead, white, black, yellow.
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  26. Commissioned by Pope Leo X, Michelangelo decorated the vault of the Sistine Chapel: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  27. Communists fought French colonists in the beginning of what war?
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    • World War I
    • World War II
    • Vietnam War
    • French Revolution
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  28. Conrad II was the king of which country (1024-1039)?
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    • Poland
    • Lithuania
    • Germany
    • Italy
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  29. Constantine legalized Christianity and put an end to the persecution of Christians: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  30. Corazon Aquino
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    • President of Philippines, reform political candidate
    • Prime Minister of India, also the daughter, mother, and mother-in-law of other Indian politicians
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  31. Crono is the personification of:
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    • Old age.
    • Time.
    • Destiny.
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  32. Cronus is the epitome of:
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    • Old age.
    • Time.
    • Fate.
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  33. Curie was the first person to receive two Nobel Prizes in different specialties. In which of these categories did she not win?
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    • Physics
    • Chemistry
    • Medicine
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  34. Daedalus
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    • A Demigod
    • A Human Craftsman
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  35. Deep abyss used as a dungeon of suffering and a prison for the Titans:
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    • Dungeon
    • Tartarus
    • Acadia
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  36. Demeter is the goddess of:
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    • The Agriculture.
    • The underworld.
    • The wild animals.
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  37. Demeter is the goddess of:
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    • Agriculture.
    • The underworld.
    • The wild animals.
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  38. Diego Armando Maradona won the 1986 Soccer World Cup with the Argentine national team: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  39. Diomedes' mares ate human flesh: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  40. Dionysios Solomos
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    • A Demigod
    • A Human Poet
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  41. Dionysus is the god of:
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    • Wine.
    • Dream.
    • West wind.
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  42. Dionysus is the god of:
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    • Wine.
    • Sleep.
    • Wind from the west.
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  43. Do you remember the name of the captain of the ship Titanic?
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    • Edward Smith.
    • Horatius da Gama.
    • James Cook.
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  44. During mummification, which organ was not removed from the body?
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    • Brain
    • Heart
    • Kidneys
    • Liver
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  45. During the 19th century, which was the largest empire?
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    • German empire
    • British Empire
    • Spanish Empire
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  46. During the Austro-Turkish War of 1788 a mistake caused the Austrian army to attack itself, losing 10,000 men: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  47. During the Crimean War, the league formed by the Ottoman Empire, France, the United Kingdom and the kingdom of Sardinia battled against:
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    • The Russian Empire
    • The German Empire
    • The Byzantine Empire
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  48. During the First World War, Marie Curie created the first radiology centres for military use: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  49. During the Franco regime...
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    • The agriculture and livestock industry was mainly dedicated to exports.
    • Agriculture and livestock farming was modernized with technology and fertilizer.
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  50. During the magnicide, Julius Caesar was stabbed 23 times: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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