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History Trivia (Long)
History Trivia (Long)
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A trivia game that covers different topics, and areas of history.
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1
What year did Fidel Castro die?
1961
1990
2016
2001
2
What is the largest city in modern India by population?
Mumbai
Kolkata
New Dehli
Chennai
3
Which gods are the planets of our galaxy named after?
Norse
Chinese
Greek
Roman
4
What killed Socrates?
Hemlock
Plato
Crucifixion
Cancer
5
What country takes up a whole continent?
Australia
India
China
Russia
6
How many Catherines did King Henry VIII marry?
4
1
3
2
7
What was this pharaoh's name?
Amenhotep
Tutankhamun
Rameses
Khufu
8
How tall was Napoleon Bonaparte?
"4,5"
"4,0"
"5,1"
"5,6"
9
Who led the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917?
Vladimir Lenin
Leon Trotsky
Joseph Stalin
Karl Marx
10
What is the oldest piece of fictional literature in the world?
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Beowulf
The Art of War
The Odyssey
11
Who died during the Ides of March?
Mohammed
Elizabeth I
Julius Caesar
Empress Theodora
12
In miles, how long is the Great Wall of China
10,000
3000
500
1450
13
Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
Raphael
Michelangelo
Leonardo DaVinci
Donatello
14
During World War II, what nation did Imperial Japan attack first?
Hawaii
U.S.
Soviet Union
China
15
The Roman numeral "L" stands for what number?
50
25
150
55
16
Which of these African tribes became notorious for their prowess in war?
Zulu
Maasai
Xhosa
San Bushman
17
What city in Modern day Turkey was renamed Istanbul after the Ottoman Empire conquered it?
Vienna
Rome
Constantinople
Venice
18
What was the Roman name for the goddess Hecate?
Venus
Athena
Artemis
Trivia
19
The icon Pancho Villa was famous for his leadership during?
The Spanish-American War
The Mexican Revolution
The Mexican-American War
The American Civil War
20
How many many U.S. Presidents have there been?
43
45
44
42
21
Until 1939, the country Thailand was called ____.
The East Indies
Siam
Manchuria
Indochina
22
At what theater were Shakespeare's plays routinely performed?
Vienna State Opera
The Royal Opera House
The Globe Theatre
Teatro La Fenice
23
Who invented the lightning rod?
Leonardo Divinci
Nikola Telsa
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Edison
24
What is the oldest spoken language that is still used today?
Arabic
latin
Hebrew
Mandarin
25
Where did Robert E. Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant?
Washington D.C.
Richmond
Jamestown
Appomattox
26
Who wrote the U.S. Constitution?
John Adams
Alexander Hamilton
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
27
Who was the only U.S. President to never live in the White House?
John Adams
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Jackson
28
The original Coca Cola formula contained which of the following?
Barley
Morphine
Cocaine
Hickory
29
Who had the largest signature on the Declaration of Independence?
John Hancock
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
John Adams
30
What year did India gain its independence?
1949
1945
1940
1947
31
Who was the longest ruling monarch in Britain before Elizabeth II?
Victoria
George III
Edward III
James IV
32
First permanent British settlement in the New World?
Pittsburgh
Plymouth
Salem
Jamestown
33
In Norse mythology, the event said to bring the end of days is called...
Rapture
Judgement Day
2020
Ragnorak
34
What is the world's smallest country?
Luxembourg
Liechtenstein
Malta
The Vatican
35
Which nation was the first to reach the south pole?
UK
Russia
Norway
U.S.
36
Who painted the "Scream"?
Pablo Picasso
Claude Monet
Edvard Munch
Salvador Dali
37
What country was Marie Antoinette Archduchess of before she became Queen of France?
Germany
France
Austria
Russia
38
What title did rulers of the Ottoman Empire hold?
Sultans
Caesars
Czars
Shahs
39
Who were the first to build a zoo?
Romans
Ottomans
Egyptians
Aztecs
40
Who was the first Pope of Rome?
Gregory
Paul
Peter
Linus
41
Who wielded the most power in feudal Japan?
The Shogun
The Daimyo
The Emperor
The Samurai
42
Where was the Prophet Muhammad born?
Mecca
Istanbul
Calcutta
Judea
43
What caused a famine in Ireland during 1815?
Natural disasters
War
Religious persecution
The potato
44
Which country was the first to give women the right to vote in 1893?
Great Britain
U.S.
Australia
New Zealand
45
On July 14, 1789, this prison was stormed. What was it called?
Alcatraz
Auschwitz
The Bastille
Tower of London
46
In what country did Buddhism originate?
India
Tibet
Korea
China
47
What era in Europe lasted from about 1300 to 1600?
The Baroque Period
The Romantic Era
The Classical Era
The Renaissance Period
48
Who inspired Martin Luther King Jr.'s form of peaceful protest?
Albert Einstein
W.EB. Dubois
Mahatma Gandhi
Frederick Douglas
49
Which group first populated the Hawaiian islands?
British
Polynesians
Americans
Japanese
50
Who was the first African American woman to win an Oscar?
Whoopi Goldberg
Oprah Winfrey
Hallie Berry
Hattie McDaniel
51
To which tribe did the interpreter Sacagawea belong?
Chickasaw
Navajo
Shoshone
Cherokee
52
The secret project by the U.S. to make atomic bombs to use in World War II was called:
Project Mercury
The Washinton Project
The Atom Project
The Manhattan Project