8th gr 3/19/25 History etc Trivia

Question 1

which author coined over 1700 words?

Accepted Answer

shakespeare

Question 2

Who is known as the 'Queen of Pop'?

Accepted Answer

Madonna

Question 3

the longest movie ever made was 35 days long

Accepted Answer

True

Question 4

Who was the sixteenth US president?

Accepted Answer

Abraham Lincoln

Question 5

America told the french to take back the stat of liberty last week

Accepted Answer

False

Question 6

Who is the author of the shortest novel ever written?

Accepted Answer

Hemingway

Question 7

Which river is the longest in the world?

Accepted Answer

Nile

Question 8

Which country gifted the Statue of Liberty?

Accepted Answer

France

Question 9

Who was the last Tudor monarch?

Accepted Answer

Elizabeth I

Question 10

Who starred in the movie 'Pretty Woman'?

Accepted Answer

Julia Roberts

Question 11

Who supposedly discovered America in 1492?

Accepted Answer

Christopher Columbus

Question 12

Which desert is the largest in the world?

Accepted Answer

Sahara

Question 13

Who painted the Mona Lisa?

Accepted Answer

Leonardo da Vinci

Question 14

In literature, the setting is ...

Accepted Answer

the time and location in which a story takes place.

Question 15

Trump has fired half of the US Department of Education?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

Who was the first female pharaoh?

Accepted Answer

Hatshepsut

Question 17

Who won the first American Idol?

Accepted Answer

Kelly Clarkson

Question 18

True or false: The Renaissance began in Italy

Accepted Answer

True

Question 19

How much does steve love history?

Accepted Answer

Absolutely love it!

Question 20

Who played Jack in Titanic?

Accepted Answer

Leonardo DiCaprio

Question 21

Which empire was known for samurai?

Accepted Answer

Japanese

Question 22

Which queen had six husbands?

Accepted Answer

Catherine of Aragon

Question 23

Which actor starred in Enola Holmes?

Accepted Answer

mil bob brown

Question 24

True or false: Mount Everest is in India

Accepted Answer

False

Question 25

Which of the following was NOT a new weapon in WWI?

Accepted Answer

Rocket Launcher

Question 26

Which city hosted the first Olympics?

Accepted Answer

Athens

Question 27

Who wrote 'The Odyssey'?

Accepted Answer

Homer

Question 28

Who is known as the 'King of Rock and Roll'?

Accepted Answer

Elvis Presley

Question 29

Trump has stopped secret service protection for joe bidén

Accepted Answer

False

Question 30

True or false: Rihanna is from Barbados

Accepted Answer

True

Question 31

True or false: Cleopatra was Egyptian

Accepted Answer

False

Question 32

What was the Roman Empire's capital?

Accepted Answer

Rome

Question 33

Who is the lead singer of U2?

Accepted Answer

Bono

Question 34

Which country has the most islands?

Accepted Answer

Sweden

Question 35

Who was the first man on the moon?

Accepted Answer

Neil Armstrong

Question 36

Which dynasty built the Great Wall?

Accepted Answer

Ming

Question 37

Tom Hanks paid for many scenes to be included in Forrest Gump

Accepted Answer

True

Question 38

True or false: Napoleon was French

Accepted Answer

False

Question 39

Which explorer circumnavigated the globe?

Accepted Answer

Ferdinand Magellan

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