General History Trivia
Question: In what year did the United States declare its independence from Great Britain?
Answer: 1776
Question: Ranier III came to the throne of which small state in 1949?
Answer: Monaco
Question: What was the last major battle of the American Revolution?
Answer: The Battle of Yorktown
Question: What was the language of the Moors, who lived in Spain until 1492?
Answer: Arabic
Question: Who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during World War II?
Answer: Winston Churchill
Question: What was invented by Louis Braille?
Answer: Writing System
Question: What was the surname of Thomas, inventor of the electric light bulb?
Answer: Edison
Question: Explorer Vasco da Gama came from which country?
Answer: Portugal
Question: The Roman military defensive move of 'testudo' takes its name from which animal?
Answer: Tortoise
Question: What word means events told in date order?
Answer: Chronological
Question: Which US city was called Yerba Buena until 1847?
Answer: San Francisco
Question: Rosa Parks made her bus protest in which US state?
Answer: Alabama
Question: In which US city did Washington make the first State of the Union address?
Answer: New York
Question: Which US state was originally called New Netherlands?
Answer: New Jersey
Historical Figures & Movements Trivia
Question: King Tut is the nickname of a ruler from which country?
Answer: Egypt
Question: What was the name of the initiative launched by John F Kennedy to send American volunteers to developing countries to provide assistance?
Answer: The Peace Corps
Question: Which U S president issued the Emancipation Proclamation?
Answer: Abraham Lincoln
Question: Who was the first person to sign the Declaration of Independence?
Answer: John Hancock
Question: Marshal Tito was a post-WW2 leader of which European country?
Answer: Yugoslavia
Question: Which General led the Confederate forces in the US Civil War?
Answer: Lee
Question: In American history, who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence?
Answer: Thomas Jefferson
Question: Which 11th-century Scottish king is the subject of a Shakespeare play?
Answer: Macbeth
Question: Principia Mathematica was a 1687 work by which world-famous thinker?
Answer: Newton
Question: The Finnish Civil War in 1918 was a battle for independence from which country?
Answer: Russia
Question: Countries around which body of water were hit by a tsunami in December 2004?
Answer: Indian Ocean
Question: The use of which technology was restricted to the US military until 2000?
Answer: GPS
Question: What was the name of the anti-government protests which shook the Arab world in 2010?
Answer: Arab Spring
Question: In which country were the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989?
Answer: China
Question: The Watergate scandal involved an office building in which US city?
Answer: Washington DC
Question: Which country sent ships in an Armada to invade England in 1588?
Answer: Spain
Question: The Santa Fe trail led from Missouri to which state?
Answer: New Mexico
Question: Fidel Castro is a former President and Prime Minister of which country?
Answer: Cuba
Question: Hugo Chavez was elected President of which country in 1998?
Answer: Venezuela
Question: Which US President announced sanctions against the USSR when it invaded Afghanistan?
Answer: Carter
Question: Emperor Theodosius II was in charge of which empire?
Answer: Byzantine
Question: What was Aristotle's job in Ancient Greece?
Answer: Philosopher
Question: The Viet Cong fought in a conflict in which country?
Answer: Vietnam
Question: Which of the Nobel prizes did Nelson Mandela win?
Answer: Peace
Question: Princess Victoria, heir to the throne of which country got married in 2010?
Answer: Sweden
Question: Which hurricane devastated New Orleans in 2005?
Answer: Katrina
Question: Anne of Denmark was crowned Queen of which other country in 1590?
Answer: Scotland
Question: The British surrendered to Washington at Yorktown in which state?
Answer: Virginia
Question: Which ancient city was famous for its Hanging Gardens?
Answer: Babylon
Question: The Ionian islands became part of which country in 1864?
Answer: Greece
Question: People in which part of the world built traditional shelters called tepees?
Answer: North America
Question: The Jacobins were the driving force behind which country's revolution?
Answer: France
Question: What was the surname of Janet, the first female US Attorney General?
Answer: Reno
Question: Lederhosen are traditional German shorts made from which material?
Answer: Leather
Question: Which was the first country to put a man into space?
Answer: Soviet Union
Question: Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne, and Tituba were accused of which crime in Salem in 1692?
Answer: Witchcraft
Question: The Sino-Japanese war was fought between Japan and which country?
Answer: China
Question: Tokugawa Ieyasu was the founder of a ruling dynasty in which country?
Answer: Japan
Question: Tenochtitlan was the capital of which Empire?
Answer: Aztec
Question: What did Charles Blondin cross on a tightrope in 1859?
Answer: Niagara Falls
Question: What is a nickname for William Shakespeare?
Answer: Bard
Question: Which country hosted the first Eurovision song contest?
Answer: Switzerland
Question: The Battle of Hamburger Hill was a feature of which conflict?
Answer: Vietnam War
Question: What was the first name of US President Coolidge?
Answer: Calvin
Question: In 1840, a French colony became established in Akaroa in which country?
Answer: New Zealand
Question: What was the generic term for North America after it was first discovered?
Answer: New World
Question: What was the term for people who rushed to California to look for gold?
Answer: Prospectors
Question: President James Monroe was from which US state?
Answer: Virginia
Question: Hessians were soldiers from which country who came to fight in America?
Answer: Germany
Question: Leonid Brezhnev was a 20th century leader of which country?
Answer: Soviet Union
Question: Which term refers to the USSR and Americans stockpiling nuclear weapons?
Answer: Arms Race
Question: The Molotov Cocktail is named after a foreign minister from which country?
Answer: Soviet Union
Question: Which European is credited with discovering America?
Answer: Columbus
Question: Edo is the former name of which world capital?
Answer: Tokyo
Question: The first African football World Cup was held in 2010 in which country?
Answer: South Africa
Question: The 'Livre Tournois' was the currency in which country before an 18th century revolution?
Answer: France
Question: Empress Wu was the only female leader of which country?
Answer: China
Question: Boers came into conflict with Xhosa people in which country?
Answer: South Africa
Question: What is the name of the Space Shuttle which broke up on launch in 1986?
Answer: Challenger
Question: Which Civil Rights leader was the face of the Nation of Islam?
Answer: Malcolm X
Question: In World War 2, what was a Spitfire?
Answer: Fighter Plane
Question: In which UK city was Queen Elizabeth I crowned in 1559?
Answer: London
Question: Scientist Galileo Galilei is one of the most famous people from which country?
Answer: Italy
Question: Kennedy was elected to the US parliament in 1946 to represent which state?
Answer: Massachusetts
Question: Britain transported convicts to which country, starting in 1840?
Answer: Australia
Question: What was the term for the UK's adoption of a new currency in 1970?
Answer: Decimalization
Question: What was the name of Hitler and Mussolini's political ideology?
Answer: Fascism
Question: Botany Bay was an early British colony in which country?
Answer: Australia
Question: Kurdistan was a troubled region in Turkey and which other country?
Answer: Iraq
Question: What was the first name of Elizabethan explorer Raleigh?
Answer: Walter
Question: What is the name of Bill Clinton's only daughter?
Answer: Chelsea
Question: In which mountain range was the Incan Empire based?
Answer: Andes
Question: The 'Lost Colony' of Roanoke was in which US state?
Answer: Virginia
Question: Which country's economy went through a restructuring called perestroika in the 1980s?
Answer: Soviet Union
Question: The Royal Family of which country financed Christopher Columbus's expeditions?
Answer: Spain
Question: The Wright brothers, the first people to make a powered flight, were which nationality?
Answer: American
Question: What was the first name of former US diplomat Mr Kissinger?
Answer: Henry
Question: During World War 2, Charles de Gaulle led the French resistance from which country?
Answer: United Kingdom
Question: The Great Smoky Mountains National Park was opened in 1940 in which state?
Answer: Tennessee
World History Trivia
Question: Which country issued the world's first paper money in around 1024?
Answer: China
Question: Which country introduced the ruble as the world's first decimal currency in 1704?
Answer: Russia
Question: What event prompted the United States to enter World War II?
Answer: The attack on Pearl Harbor
Question: In which country did the Romans build Hadrian's Wall?
Answer: England
Question: Tartan is a traditional fabric associated with which country?
Answer: Scotland
Question: Apartheid was a government policy in which 20th-century country?
Answer: South Africa
Question: Who was the first person to walk on the moon?
Answer: Neil Armstrong
Question: Minamoto Yoritomo took the throne of which country in 1192?
Answer: Japan
Question: In which year did Great Britain officially leave the European Union?
Answer: 2020
Question: The city of Babylon stood on the banks of which river?
Answer: Euphrates
Question: Assyrian people came from which part of the world?
Answer: Middle East
Question: The Duchy of Burgundy eventually became part of which larger country?
Answer: France
Question: The Ionian islands became part of which country in 1864?
Answer: Greece
Question: People in which part of the world built traditional shelters called tepees?
Answer: North America
Question: What was the generic term for North America after it was first discovered?
Answer: New World
Question: Empress Wu was the only female leader of which country?
Answer: China
Question: In which mountain range was the Incan Empire based?
Answer: Andes
Question: Kurdistan was a troubled region in Turkey and which other country?
Answer: Iraq
Question: The Royal Family of which country financed Christopher Columbus's expeditions?
Answer: Spain
Question: During the 1950s, the US carried out nuclear testing in which state?
Answer: Nevada
Question: Which of the Nobel prizes did Nelson Mandela win?
Answer: Peace
Question: The Molotov Cocktail is named after a foreign minister from which country?
Answer: Soviet Union
Question: Which term refers to the USSR and Americans stockpiling nuclear weapons?
Answer: Arms Race
Question: The 'Livre Tournois' was the currency in which country before an 18th-century revolution?
Answer: France
Question: Which country hosted the first Eurovision song contest?
Answer: Switzerland
Ancient History Trivia
Question: What was the name of a wheeled vehicle pulled by horses in ancient Rome?
Answer: Chariot
Question: What is the name of the ancient Egypt writing system?
Answer: Hieroglyphics
Question: Goa was a colony of which European nation in India?
Answer: Portugal
Question: Catherine of Aragon, first wife of Henry VIII, was from which country?
Answer: Spain
Question: Which civilization used hieroglyphics to communicate in writing?
Answer: Egyptian
Question: Romulus Augustulus was the last emperor of which Empire?
Answer: Roman
Question: What crime was Joan of Arc accused of?
Answer: Witchcraft
Historical Cultures Trivia
Question: Maori is the name given to the native people of which country?
Answer: New Zealand
Question: What did the Cree trade with Europeans in Canada in the 17th century?
Answer: Furs
Question: Cree Native Americans lived in which modern-day country?
Answer: Canada
Question: The Hittites were an ancient civilization that flourished in which region?
Answer: Anatolia (modern-day Turkey)
Question: The Mayan civilization was known for its advanced system of writing using hieroglyphics in which region?
Answer: Mesoamerica (Central America)
Question: The Phoenicians were known for their seafaring and trading empire in which part of the world?
Answer: Mediterranean region
Question: The Gupta Empire was a golden age of art, science, and mathematics in which ancient civilization?
Answer: India
Question: The ancient city of Carthage was a powerful trading empire located in which modern-day country?
Answer: Tunisia
Question: The Shang Dynasty was an early Chinese civilization known for its development of a system of writing using which characters?
Answer: Oracle bones
Question: The Indus Valley Civilization was an ancient civilization that thrived in which region of the Indian subcontinent?
Answer: Pakistan and northwest India
Question: The Minoans were an ancient civilization that flourished on which island in the Mediterranean Sea?
Answer: Crete
Question: The ancient city of Pompeii was preserved and buried by the eruption of which volcano in 79 AD?
Answer: Mount Vesuvius
Question: The Olmec civilization is considered the oldest major civilization in which region of the Americas?
Answer: Mesoamerica (Mexico)
Question: The ancient city of Petra, famous for its rock-cut architecture, is located in which modern-day country?
Answer: Jordan
Question: The Celts were an ancient people who inhabited which regions of Europe?
Answer: Mainly Western and Central Europe
Question: The Maurya Empire was an ancient Indian empire founded by which emperor?
Answer: Chandragupta Maurya
Question: The ancient city of Teotihuacan, known for its impressive pyramids, is located in which modern-day country?
Answer: Mexico
Question: The Etruscans were an ancient civilization that thrived in which region of Italy?
Answer: Central Italy
Politics Trivia
Question: Which title did Kate Middleton take when she got married?
Answer: Duchess of Cambridge
Question: Faisal replaced Saud on the throne of which Middle Eastern country in 1964?
Answer: Saudi Arabia
Question: The government of which country imposed the Stamp Act on American colonists in 1765?
Answer: United Kingdom
Question: What year was the White House completed?
Answer: 1800
Question: Which US President approved the dropping of the Atomic bomb on Japan?
Answer: Truman
Question: Queen Victoria's husband came from which European country?
Answer: Germany
Question: How many states make up the United States of America?
Answer: 50
Question: Politician Yitzhak Rabin became leader of which country in 1992?
Answer: Israel
Question: Who was British Prime Minister through the 1980s?
Answer: ThatcherPrincess Victoria, heir to the throne of which country got married in 2010?
Question: In what year was the U S Constitution signed?
Answer: 1787
Question: The British surrendered to Washington at Yorktown in which state?
Answer: Virginia
Question: Which hurricane devastated New Orleans in 2005?
Answer: Katrina
Question: The Cold War was primarily a conflict between which two superpowers?
Answer: The United States and the Soviet Union