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. During the whole conflict, were there more civilian or battle-related deaths?
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    • Civilian casualties
    • Battle-related deaths
    • Equal number
    • It's impossible to tell to that extent
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  2. During which war did the Battle of the Stirling Bridge occur?
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    • First War of independence of Scotland.
    • Second Irish War of Independence.
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  3. During World War II, the _________ launched 9,000 paper "wind-boat weapons" and rubberized silk balloons carrying incendiary and anti-personnel bombs to the United States.
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    • Japanese
    • Chinese
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  4. During World War II, when she was a princess, Queen Elizabeth II worked as a volunteer in what field?
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    • Paramedic
    • Nurse
    • Switchboard operator
    • Military mechanic
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  5. During World War II, who was leading the United Kingdom?
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    • Winston Churchill.
    • Margaret Thatcher.
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  6. 5 dynasties reigned in the archaic period of Egypt: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  7. Easy! "Careless Whisper" (1984) was the first solo single by:
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    • David Bowie.
    • George Michael.
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  8. Easy! Which of these characters has not won a Nobel Peace Prize?
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    • Mikhail Gorbachev
    • Teresa of Calcutta
    • Winston Churchill
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  9. Edward I of England was known as the Long Legs: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  10. Edward I wanted that his body should be boiled after death, and his bones taken into battle against the Scots. True or False?
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    • True
    • False
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  11. “Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction”
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    • Bill Gates
    • John F. Kennedy
    • Mahatma Gandhi
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  12. Egyptian name for Osiris:
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    • Usir
    • Oris
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  13. Eight of the presidents were born in the state of Virginia and seven in Ohio: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  14. El aguador de Sevilla is one of the most outstanding works of the youth of___.
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    • Salvador Dalí
    • Pablo Picasso
    • Diego Velázquez
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  15. El Grito de Dolores is the speech that starts the War of Independence:
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    • Of Chile.
    • Of Mexico.
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  16. Eleanor of Aquitaine was Queen consort of which of the following countries (1137-1152)?
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    • France
    • Spain
    • Luxembourg
    • Switzerland
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  17. Elizabeth I of England was nicknamed "Elizabeth the Bloody": True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  18. Elizabeth I of England was the fifth and last monarch of the Tudor dynasty: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  19. Elpis is the Greek deity who personifies hope: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  20. “Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery. None but ourselves can free our minds”
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    • Bob Marley
    • Mother Teresa of Calcutta
    • Robbin Williams
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  21. Emily Dickinson
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    • Her poetic style left a significant legacy on 20th Century poetry
    • A primary organizer for the last winning years of women's suffrage
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  22. Emily Murphy
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    • Theorist and writer whose Ms. Magazine helped shape the "second wave"
    • The first woman magistrate in the British Empire
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  23. Emperor Justinian I was the son of a:
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    • Aristocrat
    • Farmer
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  24. Empires: Romans, Persians and Macedonians invaded Egypt in ancient history: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  25. England’s royal House of Tudor was born from the union of the House of York with the House of Lancaster: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  26. Enigma is the name of the machine used by the Germans to encrypt their messages and make them an indecipherable code for the Allies: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  27. Enlightened despotism arose to increase real power: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  28. Enriqueta Basilio, a Mexican athlete, was the first woman in history to carry the Olympic torch and light the cauldron: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  29. Enver Hoxha was a communist dictator of:
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    • Albania
    • Georgia
    • Armenia
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  30. Eos is the goddess of:
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    • Dawn.
    • Immortality.
    • Sexual attraction.
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  31. Eos is the goddess of:
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    • Aurora.
    • Immortality.
    • Sexual attraction.
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  32. Epimetheus saw with delay things that had already happened: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  33. Erebo is the god of:
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    • Intelligence.
    • The sky and the thunder.
    • Darkness and shadow.
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  34. Érebo is the god of:
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    • The intelligence.
    • The sky and thunder.
    • The darkness and the shadow.
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  35. Erik the Red founded the first Viking settlement in Greenland: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  36. Eritrea's war of independence lasted almost 30 years: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  37. Eros is often represented carrying:
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    • A trident
    • An olive plant
    • A lyre or a bow and an arrow
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  38. Europe was a woman of origin:
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    • Phoenician
    • Sumerian
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  39. Eva Perón was the first woman president of Argentina: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  40. Every April 12, Cosmonautics Day is celebrated in honor of the first manned space trip (1961): True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  41. "Everyday we know more and understand less." Who pronounced this phrase?
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    • Nikola Tesla.
    • Albert Einstein.
    • Stephen Hawking.
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  42. Fanny Mendelssohn is the sister of the also composer Felix, who appropriated his works including his song Italia, the favourite song of Queen Victoria: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  43. Female impersonators of revenge who pursued those guilty of certain crimes:
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    • Typhoons
    • Nymphs
    • Erinias
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  44. Ferdinand II was the Emperor of which of the following countries (1619-1637)?
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    • England
    • Spain
    • Roman Empire
    • Portugal
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  45. Fernando Álvarez de Toledo y Pimentel (1507-1582) was called the Grand Duke of Alba: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  46. First animated feature film produced by Walt Disney (1937):
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    • Bambi
    • Fantasy
    • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
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  47. First invasion of the Vikings to Ireland took place in what year?
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    • 693
    • 795
    • 914
    • 1013
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  48. First known person to propose the heliocentric model of the Solar System, placing the Sun, not the Earth, at the center of the known universe.
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    • Aristarchies of SamosAristarchies of Samos
    • Nicolas CopernicusNicolas Copernicus
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  49. First Persian empire and also the most extensive:
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    • Sassanid
    • Elamite
    • Achaemenid
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  50. First person to calculate the circumference of the Earth:
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    • Eudoxus of Cnido
    • Aristarchus of Samos
    • Eratosthenes of Cyrene
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