History trivia questions
1731 multiple-choice History trivia questions with four options and the answer.
- In what year did the following events take place: Jonas Salk began testing his polio vaccine on volunteers, including his wife, his children and himself. The first animal, a tadpole, was cloned. The New York Yankees defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers in the World Series.
- Which one of these events did not happen in the same year as the others?
- Who was the first person to be U.S. President of 50 states?
- Which of these events did not occur in 1957?
- Who commanded the three B-52 Stratofortresses which made the first globe-circling nonstop flight in 1957?
- Which list contains only countries which formed the European Economic Community?
- Which Ohio-born singer was famous with the hits Music! Music! Music!, Molasses, Molasses, and Youll Never Get Away?
- Which of these events did not happen in 1950?
- Which one of these events did not happen in 1955?
- Which of the following statements is not correct?
- One of the most famous cases of poisoning is that of the Bulgarian Georgi Markov, who was poisoned by ricin. The latter was inserted into his body through this.
- One of the most popular fictional cases of poisoning occurs in the movie Arsenic and Old Lace, based on a play by this playwright.
- A fictional case of poisoning is observed in Agatha Christies And Then There Were None. In the novel, this character dies of poisoning.
- Arsenic became a popular murder weapon in the Middle Ages, because symptoms resembled those of this disease.
- There is a theory that Napoleon Bonaparte was poisoned with this substance.
- Until the French Revolution, this torture device was used to execute those accused of treason. It was also used on nobles to provide a swift and humane death.
- This instrument of torture was thrust into the victims’ chin and sternum rendering them motionless.
- This pyramid-shaped seat was used to extract confessions from the victims who were placed on top of it.
- This torture device was used to rip the victim’s flesh to shreds. Once this was accomplished, the victim would be left to dangle alive, with arms bound, left at the mercy of flies and other insects.
- This mobile chamber was used all over Europe as a final resting place for criminals who survived other torture devices. The victims of this device would often starve to death.
- This device was commonly used on witches who were believed to be carrying the Satan’s child.
- He was one of the founders of the YIPPIES and helped announce the candidacy of Pigasus the Pig in Chicago during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Who was the author of Steal This Book?
- Just like Ivory Soap, his product was supposed to be over 99% pure. This gentleman, the grandson of a United States Senator, was the first underground chemist to produce pure LSD in mass quantity. Who was the sound man and chemist for the Grateful Dead?
- What woman became the third female to make the FBIs 10 Most Wanted List on August 18th 1970 when she went on the run after her alleged participation in the kidnapping and murder of Judge Harold Harley from the Marin County Hall of Justice?
- In 1970, in a span of 72 hours, how many women made the FBIS 10 Most Wanted List?
- Tin soldiers and Nixon coming Were finally on our own. are the beginning lyrics of a Neil Young song about one states national guard firing into a group of student protesters. On what college campus did a tragic shooting leave four college students dead?
- Name the first great Greek tragic playwright who is now acknowledged as the Father of Drama?
- Which Greek historian is known as the Father of History?
- Which Athenian politician and general led the disastrous attack on Spartan bases in Sicily?
- Who was the father of Alexander the Great?