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Questions 100

Answers

1
The original Coca Cola formula contained what?
Morphine
Barley
Cocaine
Hickory
2
What was the original color worn on St. Patrick's day?
Orange
Blue
Green
Red
3
The beaver is the national animal of what nation?
Denmark
Norway
Canada
Sweden
4
What were Gulags?
Soviet concentration camps
Soviet farms
Soviet military bases
Soviet ports
5
In the Ottoman empire, their rulers were called what?
Sultans
Emperors
Caesars
Kings
6
What is the largest country in Africa by population?
Eygpt
Nigeria
Sudan
Algeria
7
What crime was Al Capone convicted of in 1931?
Racketeering
Drug smuggling
Murder
Tax evasion
8
How many Catherines did King Henry VIII marry?
2
3
1
4
9
Who is the youngest man to be the U.S. President?
Bill Clinton
Ulysses S. Grant
JFK
Theodore Roosevelt
10
How many symphonies did Ludwig van Beethoven write?
9
6
4
106
11
What country was the first to give women the right to vote in 1893?
Great Britain
Australia
New Zeland
U.S.
12
This sect of knights was infamous during the crusades, what were they called?
The Free Masons
The Knights Templar
The Knights of the Round Table
The Crusaders
13
Who painted the "Scream"?
Pablo Picasso
Edvard Munch
Salvador Dali
Claude Monet
14
The secret project by the U.S. to make atomic bombs to use in World War II was called?
The Washinton Project
Project Mercury
The Atom Project
The Manhattan Project
15
What is the world's smallest country?
Sealand
Marshall Islands
The Vatican
Liechtenstein
16
Who was the first African American woman, to win an Oscar?
Oprah Winfrey
Hallie Berry
Whoopi Goldberg
Hattie McDaniel
17
During world war II, what nation did Imperial Japan attack first?
Soviet Union
Hawaii
China
U.S.
18
What year did India gain its independence?
1947
1949
1940
1945
19
Which empire was the first to build a zoo?
The Egyptian Empire
The Ottoman Empire
The Aztec Empire
The Roman Empire
20
Who was the first woman, to run for the U.S. Presidency?
Susan b. Anthony
Hillary Clinton
Victoria Woodhull
Mary Wollstonecraft
21
During the feudal period, what was Japan's capital?
Nagoya
Kyoto
Osaka
Tokyo
22
Who wrote the Communist Manifesto?
Joseph Stalin
Karl Marx
Leon Trotsky
Vladimir Lenin
23
What state was the first to secede from the U.S. in 1860?
Tennennesse
Mississipi
Georgia
South Carolina
24
Who invented the lightning rod?
Leonardo Divinci
Thomas Edison
Nikola Telsa
Benjamin Franklin
25
Who was the first ruler of Hawaii?
Kamehameha I
Kalakaua
Kaiulani
Kamehameha III
26
The oral poems called haiku originate from what country?
Korea
China
Japan
Taiwan
27
Which nation was the first to have a man-made object land on the moon?
Canada
U.S.
U.S.S.R.
China
28
Where was the prophet Muhammad born?
Mecca
Istanbul
Judea
Calcutta
29
The American author Mark Twain's real name was
Samuel Clemens
Charles Dickens
Walt Whitman
Robert Frost
30
What was the first toy advertised on Television?
G.I. Joe
Barbie Doll
Mr. Potato Head
Slinky Dog
31
What does U.S.S.R stand for?
Union of Socialist States of Russia
United Sovereign Socialist Republic
United States of Socialist Republics
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
32
Who was the first ruler of the Mongol Empire?
Genghis Kahn
Kublai Khan
Sun Tzu
Atilla the Hun
33
What is the name of the Sword in the Stone?
Excalibur
Anduril
Sting
The Sword
34
What year did Fidel Castro die?
2014
1961
2016
2015
35
What is the oldest piece of fictional literature in the world?
The Odyssey
Beowulf
The Art of War
The Epic of Gilgamesh
36
Who was the only U.S. President to never live in the White House?
John Adams
George Washington
Andrew Jackson
Abraham Lincoln
37
At its height, what was the slave population in the U.S?
2,000,000
500,000
1,000,000
4,000,000
38
Who had the largest signature on the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
John Hancock
John Adams
39
In what country did Buddhism originate?
India
Tibet
Korea
China
40
What year did the first Academy Awards Ceremony take place?
1925
1929
1935
1926
41
In 1901, what country gained its independence?
Cuba
India
Australia
Ireland
42
What country was Marie Antoinette Archduchess of?
Russia
France
Austria
Germany
43
What is the world's most popular board game?
Scrabble
Chess
Monopoly
Checkers
44
The icon Pancho Villa was famous for his leadership during?
The Mexican Revolution
The Spanish-American War
The American Civil War
The Mexican-American War
45
In which war did the U.S. take the most causalities?
World War Two
World War One
American Civil War
American Revolution
46
Which of these African tribes became notorious for their prowess in war?
Maasai
Xhosa
Zulu
San Bushman
47
In Norse mythology, the end times were said to happen as one event called?
Rapture
Judgement Day
The apocalypse
Ragnorak
48
First permanent British settlement in the New World?
Jamestown
Pittsburgh
Plymouth
Salem
49
In 1867, the U.S. purchased Alaska from who?
France
Canada
Great Britain
Russia
50
Who suggested "Hello" when answering a telephone?
Thomas Edison
The guy who answers
Alexander Graham Bell
Nikola Telsa
51
What is the world's best selling book?
Harry Potter
Reader's Digest
The Bible
The Quran
52
Until 1939, the country Thailand was called?
The East Indies
Manchuria
Indochina
Siam
53
The continent Asia is subdivided into how many countries?
48
115
50
75
54
What city did Robert E. Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant in?
Washinton D.C.
Richmond
Jamestown
Appomattox
55
How did Alexander the Great solve the puzzle of the Gordian Knot?
He cut it with a sword
He untied it
He did a google search
He pulled it apart
56
How many many U.S. Presidents have there been?
45
44
43
42
57
Who was the first African American to play in the MLB?
Nat Northington
Moses Fleetwood Walker
Jackie Robinson
Jack Johnson
58
What is another name for the U.S. flag?
the patriot
ole stripes
Flagpole
Old glory
59
In what city was Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated in?
Nashville
Birmingham
Montgomery
Memphis
60
Which of these was China's longest-ruling dynasty?
Huang
Qin
Zhou
Xia
61
What era in Europe lasted from 1300 to 1700?
The Classical Era
The Renaissance Period
The Baroque Period
The Romantic Era
62
How pairs of relatives have been U.S. Presidents?
4
2
3
6
63
Who was the longest ruling monarchy in Britain before Elizabeth II?
Edward III
James IV
Victoria
George III
64
Who was the first U.S. billionaire?
John D. Rockefeller
J.P. Morgan
Andrew Carnegie
Cornelius Vanderbilt
65
What country takes up a whole continent?
India
China
Australia
Russia
66
Who is considered the first philosopher?
Homer
Socrates
Thales
Aristotle
67
In miles, how long is the Great Wall of China
2540
1240
1450
3900
68
Who died in the ides of March?
Julius Caesar
Plato
Jesus
Mohammed
69
What does ZIP stand for in U.S. postal?
Zone Index Plot
Zone Improvement Plan
Zone Indication Plan
Zebra Identity Play
70
What is the largest city in modern India by population?
Chennai
Mumbai
Kolkata
New Dehli
71
At what theater did Shakespeare's plays routinely perform at?
Teatro La Fenice
The Globe Theatre
The Royal Opera House
Vienna State Opera
72
Who was is the only Tennessee governor to die in office?
Austin Peay
John Sevier
Bill Haslam
Andrew Johnson
73
What two monarchies was Czar Nicholas II related to?
Ferdinand, and Victor Emmanuel III
George V, and Wilhelm II
Victor Emmanuel III, and Wilhelm II
Ferdinand, and George V
74
Who did Martin Luther King Jr. base his model of pacifism after?
Albert Einstein
Frederick Douglas
Mahatma Gandhi
W.EB. Dubois
75
What was the first World Series Game?
Atlanta Braves vs. New York Yankees
Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Chicago Cubs
New York Yankees vs. Chicago Cubs
Boston Red Sox vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
76
What was King Tut's real name?
Khufu
Tutankhamun
Rameses
Amenhotep
77
Who was the first Pope of Rome?
Linus
Paul
Peter
Gregory
78
What country was Joseph Stalin born in?
Ukraine
Georgia
Russia
Austria
79
What killed Socrates?
Crucifixion
Plato
Cancer
Hemlock
80
What caused a famine in Ireland during 1815?
Religious persecution
Natural disasters
The potato
War
81
What was this famous mouses' original name before Walt Disney changed it to Mickey?
Walter
Mortimer
Mason
Milo
82
On July 14, 1789, this prison was stormed. What was it called?
The Bastille
Tower of London
Auschwitz
Alcatraz
83
What was the Roman name for the goddess Hecate?
Artemis
Venus
Trivia
Athena
84
Who lead the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917?
Joseph Stalin
Vladimir Lenin
Leon Trotsky
Karl Marx
85
The first Modern Olympic Games were held in Athens, Greece in what year?
1900
1896
1910
1885
86
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire made up what faction in World War I?
The Allies
The Axis Powers
The Central Powers
The Confederacy
87
What city in Modern day Turkey was renamed Istanbul after the Ottoman Empire conquered it?
Venice
Vienna
Rome
Constantinople
88
At sixteen he married Marie Antionette, who is he?
Louis XIII
Louis XVI
Napoleon III
Louis XVIII
89
The Roman numeral "L" stands for what number?
150
55
50
25
90
Who in feudal japan wielded the most power?
The Samurai
The Daimao
The Shogun
The Emperor
91
Who painted the Sistine Chapel
Donatello
Leonardo DaVinci
Raphael
Michelangelo
92
How tall was Napoleon Bonaparte?
"5,7"
"4,5"
"5,1"
"4,0"
93
Which nation was the first to reach the south pole?
Norway
UK
Russia
U.S.
94
What was the first personal computer?
Commodore PET
Apple Lisa
Altair 8800
Apple II
95
Who wrote the U.S. Constitution?
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Alexander Hamilton
James Madison
96
Which gods are the planets of our galaxy named after?
Greek
Roman
Chinese
Norse
97
What tribe was the interpreter Sacagawea from?
Cherokee
Chickasaw
Navajo
Shoshone
98
Which of these European actors was famous for playing Dracula?
Conrad Veight
Claude Rains
Bela Lugosi
Peter Lorre
99
What is the oldest spoken language that is still used today?
Arabic
Mandarin
Hebrew
latin
100
When did Tennessee become a state?
1861
1800
1796
1790

History Trivia Flashcards | StudBud

History Trivia

100 termsStudBud Administration6,082 plays

A trivia game that covers different topics, and areas of history.

Flashcards100 cardsFPractice quizPHost liveL

Questions 100

Answers

1
The original Coca Cola formula contained what?
Morphine
Barley
Cocaine
Hickory
2
What was the original color worn on St. Patrick's day?
Orange
Blue
Green
Red
3
The beaver is the national animal of what nation?
Denmark
Norway
Canada
Sweden
4
What were Gulags?
Soviet concentration camps
Soviet farms
Soviet military bases
Soviet ports
5
In the Ottoman empire, their rulers were called what?
Sultans
Emperors
Caesars
Kings
6
What is the largest country in Africa by population?
Eygpt
Nigeria
Sudan
Algeria
7
What crime was Al Capone convicted of in 1931?
Racketeering
Drug smuggling
Murder
Tax evasion
8
How many Catherines did King Henry VIII marry?
2
3
1
4
9
Who is the youngest man to be the U.S. President?
Bill Clinton
Ulysses S. Grant
JFK
Theodore Roosevelt
10
How many symphonies did Ludwig van Beethoven write?
9
6
4
106
11
What country was the first to give women the right to vote in 1893?
Great Britain
Australia
New Zeland
U.S.
12
This sect of knights was infamous during the crusades, what were they called?
The Free Masons
The Knights Templar
The Knights of the Round Table
The Crusaders
13
Who painted the "Scream"?
Pablo Picasso
Edvard Munch
Salvador Dali
Claude Monet
14
The secret project by the U.S. to make atomic bombs to use in World War II was called?
The Washinton Project
Project Mercury
The Atom Project
The Manhattan Project
15
What is the world's smallest country?
Sealand
Marshall Islands
The Vatican
Liechtenstein
16
Who was the first African American woman, to win an Oscar?
Oprah Winfrey
Hallie Berry
Whoopi Goldberg
Hattie McDaniel
17
During world war II, what nation did Imperial Japan attack first?
Soviet Union
Hawaii
China
U.S.
18
What year did India gain its independence?
1947
1949
1940
1945
19
Which empire was the first to build a zoo?
The Egyptian Empire
The Ottoman Empire
The Aztec Empire
The Roman Empire
20
Who was the first woman, to run for the U.S. Presidency?
Susan b. Anthony
Hillary Clinton
Victoria Woodhull
Mary Wollstonecraft
21
During the feudal period, what was Japan's capital?
Nagoya
Kyoto
Osaka
Tokyo
22
Who wrote the Communist Manifesto?
Joseph Stalin
Karl Marx
Leon Trotsky
Vladimir Lenin
23
What state was the first to secede from the U.S. in 1860?
Tennennesse
Mississipi
Georgia
South Carolina
24
Who invented the lightning rod?
Leonardo Divinci
Thomas Edison
Nikola Telsa
Benjamin Franklin
25
Who was the first ruler of Hawaii?
Kamehameha I
Kalakaua
Kaiulani
Kamehameha III
26
The oral poems called haiku originate from what country?
Korea
China
Japan
Taiwan
27
Which nation was the first to have a man-made object land on the moon?
Canada
U.S.
U.S.S.R.
China
28
Where was the prophet Muhammad born?
Mecca
Istanbul
Judea
Calcutta
29
The American author Mark Twain's real name was
Samuel Clemens
Charles Dickens
Walt Whitman
Robert Frost
30
What was the first toy advertised on Television?
G.I. Joe
Barbie Doll
Mr. Potato Head
Slinky Dog
31
What does U.S.S.R stand for?
Union of Socialist States of Russia
United Sovereign Socialist Republic
United States of Socialist Republics
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
32
Who was the first ruler of the Mongol Empire?
Genghis Kahn
Kublai Khan
Sun Tzu
Atilla the Hun
33
What is the name of the Sword in the Stone?
Excalibur
Anduril
Sting
The Sword
34
What year did Fidel Castro die?
2014
1961
2016
2015
35
What is the oldest piece of fictional literature in the world?
The Odyssey
Beowulf
The Art of War
The Epic of Gilgamesh
36
Who was the only U.S. President to never live in the White House?
John Adams
George Washington
Andrew Jackson
Abraham Lincoln
37
At its height, what was the slave population in the U.S?
2,000,000
500,000
1,000,000
4,000,000
38
Who had the largest signature on the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
John Hancock
John Adams
39
In what country did Buddhism originate?
India
Tibet
Korea
China
40
What year did the first Academy Awards Ceremony take place?
1925
1929
1935
1926
41
In 1901, what country gained its independence?
Cuba
India
Australia
Ireland
42
What country was Marie Antoinette Archduchess of?
Russia
France
Austria
Germany
43
What is the world's most popular board game?
Scrabble
Chess
Monopoly
Checkers
44
The icon Pancho Villa was famous for his leadership during?
The Mexican Revolution
The Spanish-American War
The American Civil War
The Mexican-American War
45
In which war did the U.S. take the most causalities?
World War Two
World War One
American Civil War
American Revolution
46
Which of these African tribes became notorious for their prowess in war?
Maasai
Xhosa
Zulu
San Bushman
47
In Norse mythology, the end times were said to happen as one event called?
Rapture
Judgement Day
The apocalypse
Ragnorak
48
First permanent British settlement in the New World?
Jamestown
Pittsburgh
Plymouth
Salem
49
In 1867, the U.S. purchased Alaska from who?
France
Canada
Great Britain
Russia
50
Who suggested "Hello" when answering a telephone?
Thomas Edison
The guy who answers
Alexander Graham Bell
Nikola Telsa
51
What is the world's best selling book?
Harry Potter
Reader's Digest
The Bible
The Quran
52
Until 1939, the country Thailand was called?
The East Indies
Manchuria
Indochina
Siam
53
The continent Asia is subdivided into how many countries?
48
115
50
75
54
What city did Robert E. Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant in?
Washinton D.C.
Richmond
Jamestown
Appomattox
55
How did Alexander the Great solve the puzzle of the Gordian Knot?
He cut it with a sword
He untied it
He did a google search
He pulled it apart
56
How many many U.S. Presidents have there been?
45
44
43
42
57
Who was the first African American to play in the MLB?
Nat Northington
Moses Fleetwood Walker
Jackie Robinson
Jack Johnson
58
What is another name for the U.S. flag?
the patriot
ole stripes
Flagpole
Old glory
59
In what city was Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated in?
Nashville
Birmingham
Montgomery
Memphis
60
Which of these was China's longest-ruling dynasty?
Huang
Qin
Zhou
Xia
61
What era in Europe lasted from 1300 to 1700?
The Classical Era
The Renaissance Period
The Baroque Period
The Romantic Era
62
How pairs of relatives have been U.S. Presidents?
4
2
3
6
63
Who was the longest ruling monarchy in Britain before Elizabeth II?
Edward III
James IV
Victoria
George III
64
Who was the first U.S. billionaire?
John D. Rockefeller
J.P. Morgan
Andrew Carnegie
Cornelius Vanderbilt
65
What country takes up a whole continent?
India
China
Australia
Russia
66
Who is considered the first philosopher?
Homer
Socrates
Thales
Aristotle
67
In miles, how long is the Great Wall of China
2540
1240
1450
3900
68
Who died in the ides of March?
Julius Caesar
Plato
Jesus
Mohammed
69
What does ZIP stand for in U.S. postal?
Zone Index Plot
Zone Improvement Plan
Zone Indication Plan
Zebra Identity Play
70
What is the largest city in modern India by population?
Chennai
Mumbai
Kolkata
New Dehli
71
At what theater did Shakespeare's plays routinely perform at?
Teatro La Fenice
The Globe Theatre
The Royal Opera House
Vienna State Opera
72
Who was is the only Tennessee governor to die in office?
Austin Peay
John Sevier
Bill Haslam
Andrew Johnson
73
What two monarchies was Czar Nicholas II related to?
Ferdinand, and Victor Emmanuel III
George V, and Wilhelm II
Victor Emmanuel III, and Wilhelm II
Ferdinand, and George V
74
Who did Martin Luther King Jr. base his model of pacifism after?
Albert Einstein
Frederick Douglas
Mahatma Gandhi
W.EB. Dubois
75
What was the first World Series Game?
Atlanta Braves vs. New York Yankees
Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Chicago Cubs
New York Yankees vs. Chicago Cubs
Boston Red Sox vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
76
What was King Tut's real name?
Khufu
Tutankhamun
Rameses
Amenhotep
77
Who was the first Pope of Rome?
Linus
Paul
Peter
Gregory
78
What country was Joseph Stalin born in?
Ukraine
Georgia
Russia
Austria
79
What killed Socrates?
Crucifixion
Plato
Cancer
Hemlock
80
What caused a famine in Ireland during 1815?
Religious persecution
Natural disasters
The potato
War
81
What was this famous mouses' original name before Walt Disney changed it to Mickey?
Walter
Mortimer
Mason
Milo
82
On July 14, 1789, this prison was stormed. What was it called?
The Bastille
Tower of London
Auschwitz
Alcatraz
83
What was the Roman name for the goddess Hecate?
Artemis
Venus
Trivia
Athena
84
Who lead the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917?
Joseph Stalin
Vladimir Lenin
Leon Trotsky
Karl Marx
85
The first Modern Olympic Games were held in Athens, Greece in what year?
1900
1896
1910
1885
86
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire made up what faction in World War I?
The Allies
The Axis Powers
The Central Powers
The Confederacy
87
What city in Modern day Turkey was renamed Istanbul after the Ottoman Empire conquered it?
Venice
Vienna
Rome
Constantinople
88
At sixteen he married Marie Antionette, who is he?
Louis XIII
Louis XVI
Napoleon III
Louis XVIII
89
The Roman numeral "L" stands for what number?
150
55
50
25
90
Who in feudal japan wielded the most power?
The Samurai
The Daimao
The Shogun
The Emperor
91
Who painted the Sistine Chapel
Donatello
Leonardo DaVinci
Raphael
Michelangelo
92
How tall was Napoleon Bonaparte?
"5,7"
"4,5"
"5,1"
"4,0"
93
Which nation was the first to reach the south pole?
Norway
UK
Russia
U.S.
94
What was the first personal computer?
Commodore PET
Apple Lisa
Altair 8800
Apple II
95
Who wrote the U.S. Constitution?
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Alexander Hamilton
James Madison
96
Which gods are the planets of our galaxy named after?
Greek
Roman
Chinese
Norse
97
What tribe was the interpreter Sacagawea from?
Cherokee
Chickasaw
Navajo
Shoshone
98
Which of these European actors was famous for playing Dracula?
Conrad Veight
Claude Rains
Bela Lugosi
Peter Lorre
99
What is the oldest spoken language that is still used today?
Arabic
Mandarin
Hebrew
latin
100
When did Tennessee become a state?
1861
1800
1796
1790