History trivia questions
1731 multiple-choice History trivia questions with four options and the answer.
- Which one of these was not part of the Million Dollar Quartet, formed in 1956 by Sun Records?
- What society, that inhabited southern Mesopotamia, is widely regarded as the earliest civilization on Earth?
- The Rosetta stone helped scientists to decipher the alphabet of this ancient civilization.
- On what Mediterranean island did the Minoan civilization arise?
- What was the predominating religion in the Achaemenid Empire, one of the first Persian empires?
- Which was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America?
- This civilization arose in Central Mexico and its members spoke the Nahuatl language .
- Harappan was the mature phase of this civilization that flourished in the river valleys in Sindh province of Pakistan, extending westward into Balochistan province, and in West India.
- According to legend, Ancient Rome was founded by the brothers Romulus and Remus who were raised by what animal?
- Four colossal statues guard the temple Abu Simbel of what Egyptian pharaoh?
- What was the first civilization to make use of the alphabet that is believed to be the ancestor of all modern alphabets?
- WWII began on September 1, 1939, when Germany invaded this country.
- On September 1, 1957, this Grammy Award - winning singer was born. She began her career as lead singer for the Miami Sound Machine.
- The passenger pigeon was one of the most common birds in the world- it is estimated that there were about five billion in the United States alone. The last passenger pigeon died on September 1, 1914 in this zoo.
- On September 1, 1985, at a depth of 2 miles (3,8 km), south-east of Newfoundland, the wreck of the Titanic was discovered. Jean-Louis Michel was one of the two people who led the expedition. He was the other one.
- On September 1, 2004, in a small Russian town, armed terrorists took hundreds of schoolchildren and adults hostage. What was the name of the town?
- The first Crusade was initiated by Emperor Alexius I, when he appealed to Pope Urban II for help in defending against the Muslims. Alexius I was the ruler of this great empire.
- The Kingdom of Jerusalem was established after the first Crusade. Godfrey of Bouillon was chosen to be King, but he refused the title and took this one instead.
- The Fourth Crusade (1202–1204) was called upon by Pope Innocent II and was originally intended to retake Jerusalem by conquering this country.
- The crusaders considered themselves sort of pilgrims and so, before joining a Crusade, they swore a vow to do this.
- The military power of the Teutonic Order was broken after the Battle of Grunwald, after a defeat by these two countries.
- This largest Christian military order was established in the aftermath of the First Crusade and is widely known as this.
- The four events in this question took place on February 4. However, one of the pairs (event - the year in which it happened) is wrong.
- One of these events did not take place on March 19.
- The mass suicide in Jonestown took place on this day in 1978.
- One of these events did not take place during December.
- One of these events did not take place on a summer day.
- 1783 Treaty of Paris was signed on this day.
- Magellan set out on his voyage around the world on this day.
- In 1799, Napoleon began his campaign to conquer the Ottoman Empire, but was eventually defeated at this city.