Baseball was created in which century?

19th Click to see the answer

Horatio Nelson is most famous for which battle?

Trafalgar

The Industrial Revolution resulted in many people moving to where?

Cities

Who invented blue jeans?

Levi Strauss

What was Catherine, tsaritsa of Russia who ruled for 34 years, known as?

The Great

The light bulb was invented by whom?

Thomas Edison

Which type of 'print' was invented in 1840?

Blueprint Click to see the answer

Where was Abraham Lincoln assassinated?

Theater

Louis Braille developed a writing system for the blind in 1829 consisting of what?

Dots

In 1829, which device was invented to aid writing?

Typewriter

What do people wrongly think Marie Antoinette told the people to eat?

Cake

How did Marie Antoinette of France die?

Execution

Which commodity made John D. Rockefeller very wealthy?

Oil

What was Marie Curie most famous for being?

Scientist

Crazy 'what' was the name of a famous 19th century Sioux leader?

Horse

In which state was Coca-Cola invented?

Georgia Click to see the answer

Which energy source was important for the advances of the Industrial Revolution?

Coal

What was Martha Jane Canary better known as?

Calamity Jane

Why did the Carlist Wars occur in Spain?

Female Monarch

Which 'Tea Party' occurred in 1773?

Boston

Who was George Washington's vice-president?

John Adams

Which instrument was invented in 1709?

Piano

Karl Marx was influential in which political movement?

Communism

Which Empire fell in the 19th Century?

Ottoman

Which of these was a kind of balloon invented in 1783?

Hot Air

The American Civil War was held between which two parts of the United States?

North and South

Napoléon Bonaparte was emperor of which country?

France

Which type of code was invented in 1838?

Morse

In which country was the guillotine invented?

France

Which invention, which contains mercury, was invented in 1724?

Thermometer

Louis Pasteur created an innovation which affects which kind of drink today?

Milk

Which mountain erupted in Japan in 1707?

Fuji

When was the very first photograph taken?

1814

Alexander Graham 'who' invented the telephone?

Bell

Charles Darwin mainly worked in which branch of science?

Biology

Which US state had a gold rush from 1848 to 1855?

California

Which method of storing food was invented in 1810?

Tin Can Click to see the answer

What was the name of Queen Victoria's husband?

Albert

Where did a massive earthquake occur in 1755, destroying 85% of the city's buildings?

Lisbon

Edward Jenner created a vaccine for what in 1796?

Smallpox

What was the first name of Abraham Lincoln's wife?

Mary

What was the name of Marie Antoinette's husband?

Louis XVI

George Washington Carver's discoveries helped in the production of what?

Crops Click to see the answer

What did Charles Goodyear invent in 1839?

Rubber Vulcanization

In which field was George Eastman an innovator?

Photography

What was the first US state to enter the union?

Delaware

What was Australia formerly called?

New Holland

Which part of the British Empire was captured for them in 1800?

Malta

What featured on the flag of the Chinese Qing dynasty?

Dragon

In which field was William Herschel most famous?

Astronomy

In which year was the Eiffel Tower completed?

1889

To which political party did George Washington belong?

None Click to see the answer

What was William F. Cody better known as?

Buffalo Bill

Marie Antoinette of France was born in which country?

Austria

Which of these did Benjamin Franklin NOT invent?

Sextant

The first shipment of what reached Amsterdam in 1712?

Coffee

What was the first ever railway called when introduced in England? Stockton and…?

Darlington

In the 17th century, what was Immanuel Kant famous for being?

Philosopher

In which year did the American Civil War start?

1861

Which of these was a period of Japanese history which ended in 1867?

Edo

What made Eng and Chang Bunker so famous?

Conjoined Twins

What was Wolfgang Mozart's middle name?

Amadeus

For how many years did Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom reign?

64

In which field was James Watt most famous in the 18th century?

Economics

In which field was Leonhard Euler famous in the 18th century?

Mathematics

David Bushnell invented a very early version of what in 1776?

Submarine

In which year did Jack the Ripper commit his murders in London?

1888

What was the Mackintosh when invented in 1823?

Rain Coat

Who was the last American president of the 19th century, sworn in during 1897?

William McKinley Click to see the answer

In which year did construction begin on the White House?

1792

Who wrote 'Pride and Prejudice', first published in 1813?

Jane Austen

In which area of London did Jack the Ripper commit his murders?

Whitechapel

What was the name of Marie Antoinette of France's palace?

Versailles

What was British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli's profession before taking office?

Writer

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom had the title of 'Empress of…' what?

India Click to see the answer

What was the last name of Alessandro, the man who invented the battery?

Volta

What did the Meiji Restoration restore in Japan?

Imperial Rule

Who led the Confederates during the American Civil War?

Jefferson Davis

The American Civil War lasted just over how many years?

4

What kind of water did Joseph Priestly invent in 1767?

Carbonated

Lithography, invented in 1798, is a method of doing what?

Printing

What did President Andrew Jackson do when someone tried to assassinate him?

Hit Him with Cane

Which part of Victorian clothing might a crinoline have supported?

Skirt

Big Ben was built in London in 1858. What is Big Ben, technically?

A Bell

William Henry McCarty, Jr was better known as what?

Billy the Kid

To which political party did Abraham Lincoln belong?

Republican

Dracula', first published in 1897, was written by whom?

Bram Stoker

Most of the former Kingdom of Prussia is located in which modern-day country?

Germany