History trivia questions
1731 multiple-choice History trivia questions with four options and the answer.
- He was the inventor of condensed milk. In 1874 he died in Texas, in a county which was posthumously named after him.
- What was the real name of General Stonewall Jackson?
- Before the Civil War, Stonewall Jackson was a professor of artillery and natural philosophy at which institute of higher learning?
- General Jackson acquired his nickname of Stonewall at which Civil War battle?
- Which general gave Stonewall Jackson his nickname?
- During the early months of 1862, General Stonewall Jackson led a successful campaign in which region?
- Stonewall Jackson was wounded by his own men at which battle?
- Stonewall Jacksons mortal wound necessitated the amputation of which limb?
- Where was Stonewall Jacksons body buried?
- General Stonewall Jackson did not participate at which of these battles?
- The first evidence of human existence in Europe dates back to approximately how many years ago?
- Homer set his epics in the last phase of the Bronze Age in ancient Greece. What is this phase called?
- Alexander the Great is a son of this European ruler.
- The First Triumvirate was a secret pact in Ancient Rome aimed at controlling the Republic. It was formed in the mid-1st century BC by three great men - Pompey, Crassus, and who else?
- Under what ruler was Christianity officially acknowledged in the Roman Empire?
- In 395 the Roman Empire was divided into two: the Western Roman Empire centered around Ravenna, and the Eastern Roman Empire centered around Constantinople. Who was the last emperor of a united Roman Empire?
- The Roman empire was revived when Pope Leo III crowned a king of the Franks as Imperator Augustus on 25 December 800. Under what name is this king known?
- The Black Death, one of the deadliest infectious diseases in history, took the lives of between 25-50 million people in Europe. What writer depicts the lives of people at that time?
- Who started the movement of Protestant Reformation in Europe?
- In what country did the Industrial Revolution start?
- What did Joseph Woodland and Bernard Silver patent in 1952?
- In the early 1950s, which of the following became the third country to have an atomic bomb?
- Which event did not occur in the same year as the other three?
- Which event did not occur in the 1950s?
- In 1957 Jimmy Hoffa became president of which union?
- Which US space ship discovered the Van Allen Radiation Belt in 1958?
- What was Elvis Presleys first motion picture?
- In the 1958 NFL Championship Game, the Colts played against the Giants. Which statement is untrue about the game?
- The Boston Celtics were the dominant professional basketball team in the 1950s. Which one of these never played for the Celtics in the 1950s?
- On which show did Elvis Presley make his first TV appearance?