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Historytrivia questionsthey offer an engaging and exciting way to explore the fascinating narratives of the past. These thought-provoking questions allow us to test our knowledge and uncover lesser-known facts about important events, influential figures, and cultural phenomena that have shaped our world.
From ancient civilizations to modern revolutions, historical trivia challenges us to delve into the depths of human history, encouraging us to learn, discover and appreciate the rich tapestry of our collective heritage. With each question, we embark on a journey through time, unraveling the complexities and surprises hidden in the annals of the past.
To make things a little easier, we've divided the questions into different sections covering American history, European history, world history, ancient history, and modern history.
So let's embark on this spiritual adventure and unlock the secrets of history through the lens of trivia.
143 history trivia questions to test your knowledge
American history trivia questions
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1. When was theDeclaration of independencesigned;
August 2, 1776.
2. What was the bloodiest one-day battle during the American Civil War?
The Battle of Antietam.
3. What year did the video game Crash take place in North America?
1983.
4. Who was the first president of the United States of America?
Jorge Washington.
5. The United States boughtAlaskaFrom which country?
Russia.
6. When and where was John F. Kennedy assassinated?
Dallas, Texas, November 22, 1963.
7. What year did New Mexico become a state?
1912.
8. What era marked the transition from agricultural practices to industrial practices?
The industrial revolution.
9. Fallingwater House, located in Pennsylvania, was designed by which architect?
10. Which US president had a house called the Hermitage?
André Jackson.
11. How long did it take to build the Empire State Building in New York?
One year and 45 days.
12. What was the original name of New York City?
New Amsterdam.
13. In 1961, a US B-52 crashed and nearly detonated two 4m nuclear bombs over which US city?
Goldsboro, North Carolina.
14. What do the stripes on the American flag represent?
The original 13 colonies.
15. In 1927, who became the first person to fly solo and nonstop across the Atlantic?
Charles Lindbergh.
16. What were the names of the two Native American leaders who led the Lakota Sioux and Cheyenne warriors into battle against Lieutenant Colonel George Custer's troops at the Battle of the Little Bighorn?
Crazy horse and sitting bull.
17. On what date was America founded?
4th of July 1776.
18. Where was civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. born?
Atlanta, Georgia.
19. What year did Texas break away from Mexico?
1836.
20. What are the four presidentsMonte Rushmore?
George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson e Theodore Roosevelt.
21. Finish the Line President Franklin D. Roosevelt said during his speech on the attack on Pearl Harbor: “Yesterday, December 7, 1941…”
"A date that will live in infamy."
22. What was the first state to secede from the Union?
Carolina do Sul.
23. Who are the earliest ancestors of Native Americans?
Paleo-Indians.
24. When did the American Revolution take place?
1775-1783.
25. Which group of immigrants from England settled in the United States after they decided to break with the Church of England?
puritans.
26. Who was the first man to step on the moon?
Neil Armstrong.
27. What was the first state to legalize same-sex marriage?
Massachusetts.
28. What state is the Liberty Bell located in?
Pennsylvania.
29. Who was the first American to win aNobel Prize of Peace?
Theodore D. Roosevelt.
30. What was the route across the American continent that many Americans used to travel to the West Coast during the 19th century?
The Oregon Trail.
31. Who served as president of the Confederation?
Jefferson Davis.
32. What year did child labor laws begin in the United States?
1938.
33. What famous music festival was held in New York from August 15th to 18th, 1969?
34. How many American presidents were assassinated and what are their names?
Quatro: Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield, William McKinley e John F. Kennedy.
35. When did Christopher Columbus discover America?
October 12, 1492.
36. What was the name of the battle in the Pacific between the US Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy in June 1942?
Battle of Midway.
37. When was the firstSuper Bowlhe played
January 15, 1967.
38. In what year did the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) come into effect?
1994.
39. Who designed and built the White House?
James Hoban.
40. What name was Bill Clinton born with?
William Jefferson Blythe IV.
41. How many people were killed in the Boston Massacre?
Cinco.
42. What is the name of Barack Obama's Vice President who became President of the United States?
Joe Biden.
43. How many original British colonies were there in America?
13.
44. What race was Pocahontas?
The Powhatan Tribal Nation.
45. Who was the first president to declare war?
James Madison declared war on the British in 1812.
46. When was the first US dollar printed?
1862.
47. Who was the first president to be impeached?
President Andrew Johnson in 1868.
48. What was gangster Al Capone convicted of?
Tax evasion.
49. When did Henry Ford's Model T hit the market?
1908.
50. What was the date of the Black Tuesday stock market crash?
October 24, 1929.
Trivia questions about European history
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51. In what year did the First World War start?
1910.
52. How many years did the 100 years war last?
116 years.
53. What is considered the greatest empire in history?
The Mongol Empire.
54. In what year did Hitler commit suicide?
1945.
55. What is Napoleon's birthplace?
Corsica.
56. Who developed the idea of the communist party in Imperial Russia?
Vladimir Lenin.
57. What is the name of the first bridge built over the River Thames in London?
London Bridge.
58. Algeria gained its independence from which country in 1962?
France.
59. Who was the first chancellor of united Germany in 1871?
Otto von Bismark.
60. In which prison did the revolutionaries who participated in the French Revolution in 1789 escape?
The Bastille.
61. How long did the Siege of Leningrad last until it was broken in 1944?
872 dias.
62. In which European city was Julias Ceaser born?
Roma.
63. What was the surname of Russian rulers from the 17th century until the 1917 revolution?
Romanov.
64. What famous battle took place on Sunday, June 18, 1815?
The Battle of Waterloo.
65. In what year did the French Revolution begin?
1789.
66. How many wives did Henry VIII have?
Six.
67. What did the abbreviation RMS mean inRMS Titanicem 1912?
Royal Mail Ship.
68. In which country did Easter take place in 1916?
Ireland.
69. When was the European Union founded?
November 1, 1993.
70. Who was the last tsar of Russia?
Nicholas II.
71. What year did the Berlin Wall fall?
1989.
72. In which country was Joseph Stalin born?
Agriculture.
73. What was the deadly virus known as Yersinia Pestis most commonly called?
A Peste Negra (a Peste).
74. How old was Queen Elizabeth II when she was crowned Queen of England?
27.
75. What was the name of the Ukrainian nuclear power plant that was the site of a nuclear disaster in April 1986?
76. How many Celtic languages are still spoken today?
Six.
Trivia questions about world history
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77. What was the shortest war in human history?
The war between England and Zanzibar.
78. What is the last dynasty in China?
Dinastia Qing.
79. What was the name of the first space shuttle that went into space?
Columbia Space Shuttle
80. Who is called the Napoleon of Iran?
Nader Shah.
81. What was the name of the research ship that Charles Darwin traveled on?
O Beagle.
82. Which country has the oldest dynasty still ruling?
Japan.
83. What was the name of the international group created to maintain world peace after World War I?
The league of nations.
84. When heRMS Titanicsink?
April 14, 1912.
85. Who invented the light bulb?
Thomas Edson.
86. During which war was Korea divided into two different countries?
SECOND WORLD WAR.
87. When did the Mexican Revolution start?
November 20, 1910.
88. Cuzco, Machu Pichu is a famous place located in which country?
Peru.
89. Which world leader is famous for “little red book”;
Mao Zedong ou Mao Zedong.
90. In what year did Libya gain independence from Italy?
1951.
91. Where was the first newspaper created?
Germany.
92. Which mountaineer and his Sherpa became the first men to conquer Mount Everest?
Sir Edmund Hillary e Tenzing Norgay.
93. In what year did the Vietnam War end?
1975.
94. Who are the natives of Aotearoa (New Zealand)?
O Maori.
95. When was the People's Republic of China founded?
1872.
96. Between whom was the Korean War fought?
North Korea and South Korea.
97. In which country did Albert Einstein live before moving to the United States?
Germany.
98. When did Canada leave the confederation to become its own nation?
July 1, 1867.
99. What was the first country to grant women the right to vote, in 1893?
New Zealand.
100. What was the name of the military government that ruled Japan from 1603 to 1868?
Tokugawa period, also known as the Edo period.
101. When did the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro land in Peru?
1532.
102. What is the only country in Southeast Asia that was not colonized by Europeans?
Thailand.
103. Which Russian astronaut was the first man to perform a spacewalk?
Alexei Leonov.
104. What is the modern name of Van Diemen's Land?
tasmania.
Ancient History Questions
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105. What is the oldest civilization in the world?
Mesopotamia.
106. What country did the Aztec civilization originate from?
Mexico.
107. Who was the first ruler of the Mongol Empire?
Gêngis Khan.
108. When did Alexander the Great conquer Egypt?
332 aC
109. What were the ancient trade routes that connected Eastern and Western Eurasia called?
110. Which dynasty was considered the Golden Age of Chinese history?
A Tang Dynasty.
111. When did the construction of the Great Wall of China begin?
7th century BC
112. Which Italian city was destroyed by the eruption of Vesuvius?
113. Who ruled the period known as the Golden Age of Rome?
Augustus Caesar
114. In which city was one of the original Seven Wonders of the Ancient Worlds, the "Hanging Gardens" found?
Babylon.
115. What ancient figure is often considered the founder of Western philosophy?
Socrates
116. What was modern Istanbul, Turkey called when it was the capital of the Byzantine Empire?
Constantinople.
117. Where were the first Summer Olympics held?
Athens, Greece 1896.
118. What is another name for the Great Pyramid in Egypt?
Giza, Khufu.
119. When Christopher Columbus sailed to America, what was the first region he reached?
The Bahamas archipelago.
120. Which Athenian leader introduced the concept of democracy?
Cleisthenes.
121. Who is known as "the Father of History?"
Herodotus.
122. To which Greek goddess was the Parthenon dedicated?
Athens.
123. How old was King Tutankhamun when he died?
19.
124. What fabric was invented in Ancient China?
That.
125. What are the seven wonders of the ancient world?
The Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodes and the Lighthouse of Alexandria.
Modern History Trivia Questions
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126. What year did the Tokyo subway Sarin attack take place?
1995.
127. What was the first sport played on the moon?
Gulf.
128. Between which years Australia “stolen generations" to happen?
1905-1970.
129. In what year did the Cuban Missile Crisis occur?
1962.
130. Who is the first woman to go into space?
Valentina Tereskova.
131. In what year was the euro adopted by the European Union?
2002.
132. When was the Concorde supersonic jet withdrawn from all commercial flights?
October 24, 2003.
133. In what year did scientists complete a map of the human genome?
2000.
134. Who won the 2022 FIFA World Cup on penalties?
Argentina.
135. What incident in 1962 nearly led to a nuclear conflict between the US and Russia?
The Cuban Missile Crisis.
136. Which city hosted the 2008 Summer Olympics?
Beijing.
137. Which body of water was polluted when thedeep water horizonDid the oil rig explode on April 20, 2010?
The Gulf of Mexico.
138. In 2013, two bombs exploded near the finish line of which famous race?
The Boston Marathon.
139. What nickname was given to the secret informant who provided important details about US President Richard Nixon's involvement in the Watergate scandal?
Deep Throat.
140. Who was arrested in 2008 for the biggest Ponzi Scheme fraud?
Bernardo Madoff.
141. Which famous painting was stolen from a Norwegian museum in 2004?
The cryby Edvard Munch.
142. What was the name of the cruise ship that ran aground off the coast of Isola de Giglio, Italy, in 2012?
Costa Concordia.
143. In which country did Nelson Mandela become president in the 1990s?
South Africa.
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