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