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. First published in 1880, England’s first telephone directory had already more than 500 names and addresses: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  2. Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, was famous due to her achievements in the Franco-Prussian war: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  3. For starters, how many letters make up the Greek alphabet?
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    • 24
    • 26
    • 28
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  4. For the ancient Egyptians, who was the first pharaoh?
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    • Nermer
    • Ramses I
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  5. For which country did Mata Hari perform espionage work during World War I?
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    • Russia
    • France
    • Germany
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  6. Founded in 1088, the oldest university in the world still in operation is:
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    • Salamanca, Spain
    • Oxford, UK
    • Bologna, Italy
    • Heidelberg, Germany
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  7. Francisco de Miranda was known as The Grand Marshal of Ayacucho: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  8. Francisco Pizarro was ___.
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    • The Conqueror of Peru
    • The Conqueror of Colombia
    • The Conqueror of Venezuela
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  9. Frederick I Barbarossa was Holy Roman Emperor of the ____ Empire.
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    • Ottoman
    • Germanicus
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  10. From 1582, the Gregorian calendar replaced the Julian calendar in Catholic countries: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  11. "From the union of Agrippina and I only a monster can come out" which character is attributed this sentence.
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    • Cneo Domitius Enobarbus
    • Nero
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  12. Galatea nymph of the sea married to Peleo and mother of Achilles: True or false?
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    • True.
    • False, the name of Achilles' mother is Tetis.
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  13. Ge'ez is an extinct language spoken in the Kingdom of Aksum: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  14. Genghis Khan was a:
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    • Builder
    • Governor
    • Warrior
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  15. George I was the Emperor of which of the following Balkan country (1863-1913)?
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    • Bulgaria
    • Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • Greece
    • Slovakia
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  16. George Washington began his term on April 30, 1789 and ended on March 4, 1797: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  17. Giants with 100 arms and 50 heads, sons of Gaea and Uranus:
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    • Hecatonchires
    • Titans
    • Chimeras
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  18. Gift of the goddess Gaea to the goddess Hera on the occasion of her union with the god Zeus:
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    • Gold crown.
    • Golden apples.
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  19. Glauco was a combatant who participated in the Trojan War: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  20. God of embalming.
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    • Anubis
    • Horus
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  21. God who is represented by a bull's head:
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    • Apis
    • Anukis
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  22. Goddess creator of the sky and the stars:
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    • Shu
    • Nut
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  23. Goddess of love, dance and music.
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    • Hathor
    • Isis
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  24. Gravitation was discovered in -
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    • 17th Century
    • 18th Century
    • 19th Century
    • 15th Century
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  25. Greek letter symbol of Psychology and Psychiatry:
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    • Ρ ρ (rho)
    • Ψ ψ (psi)
    • Υ υ (epsilon)
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  26. Greek mythology, who are the divine descendants of Gea (the earth) and Uranus (the sky)?
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    • The gods of Olympus
    • Nymphs
    • Titans
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  27. Greek mythology, who was the principal of the first generation of titans?
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    • Rea
    • Chrono
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  28. Hades the guardian of the underworld, the lord of the underworld kingdom, the king of the dead, his other name is Pluto: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  29. Hades, in spite of being the god of the underworld, is not the one who judges souls, but the three demigods Radamantis, Éaco and Minos: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  30. Hammurabi was king of:
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    • Babylon
    • Phenicia
    • Persia
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  31. Harald Bluetooth was the king of which country (958-987)?
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    • Sweden
    • Finland
    • Denmark
    • Iceland
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  32. Harold II was England’s last Saxon King: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  33. Harry S. Truman ordered the atomic bomb attack: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  34. Harry Truman took part in the Yalta Conference (February 1945) in which Britain, the US, and the Soviet Union discussed Europe’s postwar reorganization: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  35. Hathor is the goddess of:
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    • The Nile.
    • Love.
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  36. Hathor is the wife of:
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    • Horus
    • Amon
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  37. Hatshepsut
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    • Pharaoh of Egypt who took male powers for herself
    • Last pharaoh of Egypt, active in Roman politics
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  38. Hatshepsut was the first queen to wear the vulture's crown: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  39. “Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow know what you truly want to become”
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    • Steve Jobs
    • Richard Branson
    • Mark Zuckerberg
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  40. He created the first electrochemical battery using zinc, copper and an electrolyte
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    • James Watt
    • Alessandro Volta
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  41. He created the first process to produce color photographs
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    • James Clerk Maxwell
    • Charles Babbage
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  42. He developed and innovated in a wide range of products, from the electric light bulb to the phonograph and the moving image camera.
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    • Thomas Alva Edison
    • Nikola Tesla
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  43. He developed the petroleum fuel propulsion automobile
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    • William Cullen
    • Karl Benz
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  44. He invented fluorescent light, the induction motor, three-phase electricity and alternating current.
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    • Nikola Tesla
    • John Harrison
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  45. He invented the industrial loom, which was used in the mass production of textiles.
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    • Sir Richard Arkwright
    • Sir Humphrey Davy
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  46. He invented the pedal bicycle
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    • Louis Braille
    • Kirkpatrick Macmillan
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  47. He prophesied to Paris the evils that Helena's kidnapping would bring to his homeland, what god are we referring to?
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    • Nereus
    • Eritia
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  48. He started the first stage of the Mexican War of Independence with an act known as the Grito de Dolores:
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    • Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla.
    • Miguel Dominguez.
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  49. He was accused by the authorities of the Athenians Democracy of corrupting the youth and not recognizing the gods.
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    • Socrates
    • Aristotle
    • Plato
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  50. He was Emperor of France and King of Italy after the French Revolution: Yes or no?
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    • YesYes
    • NoNo
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