History picture quiz. Can you recognize these figures?

QUIZ: History picture quiz
QUIZ: History picture quiz

History picture quiz. Can you recognize these historical figures from one picture? The funny thing about this quiz is that false responses gave us more trouble than the right ones.

Go ahead, test your memory and have fun. Average score: 9/15. I hope you can do better. Do you want to find out? Don’t hesitate, let’s play.

Human memory has a striking characteristic of remembering things better with pictures as compared to words. It was proven several decades ago that most of the people can remember more than 2,000 pictures with at least 90% accuracy when they are tested with recognition tests after several days, even if they have a short presentation time during learning about a picture.


Click on the “LET’S PLAY” button to reveal the first question of the quiz


A picture is of more worth than words. Many people have very good photo recognition memory even if they see the picture after a very long time.

Remembering faces is also an excellent ability but some people cannot remember a face and can mistake people for their appearance. Trying to recognize people from the picture can be an interesting and fun activity.

Famous historical figures picture quiz. Picture trivia questions

Almost everyone knows about different historical figures and famous personalities and they can recognize them by their picture. To have fun with historical pictures, we have a quiz here to check whether you can recognize these personalities from their pictures or not.

If you claim, you know most of the historical figures, this quiz is a light and interesting test for testing your memory ability to recognize and remember faces with their names.

You’ll increase your knowledge while having fun with these pictures and in the end, you’ll know the right answers to every question so that you can attempt the quiz again with 100% accuracy.

History picture quiz. Can you recognize these figures?

You’ll get the new information by attempting this quiz and even you can take pictures of these pictures on your phone and can have fun with friends later by asking them the same question you answered here. So, start recalling your memory by playing this interesting educational game.


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    • Emperor Wilhelm II, Germany
    • Nicholas II, Tsar of Russia
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    • Virginia Woolf, British writer
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    European politician at the time of World War II

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    • Édouard Daladier, French Prime Minister
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    • Anne of Britanny, Queen of France
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