History trivia questions
1731 multiple-choice History trivia questions with four options and the answer.
- The English Navigation Acts were a series of laws which restricted foreign shipping. Resentment against the Navigation Acts was a cause for which war?
- What precipitated the 1969 six-day war between El Salvador and Honduras?
- In the Battle of Gaugamela, 331 B.C. , Alexander the Great of Macedonia defeated which king?
- F. D. Toussaint Louverture, a freed self-educated slave, was one of the leaders of which uprising?
- What conflict was initiated by a self-proclaimed mystic, named Hong Xiuquan, who claimed that he was the new Messiah?
- In this 751 A.D. military conflict between Islamic forces and Chinese forces, the Chinese were completely defeated.
- This conflict, which lasted from 1839 to 1842, is regarded as a trade-inspired war between Great Britain and the Qing Empire in China.
- The Great Northern War was the war fought between a coalition of Russia, Denmark-Norway and Saxony-Poland one side and Sweden on the other side. The coalition attacked Sweden in what year?
- The Battle of Crécy, which took place on 26 August 1346, was one of the most important battles of a war conflict between which two countries?
- In this film, the Vietnam War veteran, played by Roy Scheider experienced a war flashback, involving the execution of an enemy soldier.
- What was the name of the 1989 film, directed by Brian De Palma, in which a Vietnamese girl is kidnapped, raped and murdered by US troops?
- In this movie the main character experiences a flashback in which he is tied in a crucifying position and being slowly slashed with a large knife.
- Which country occupied Vietnam from the end of WW II to 1954, setting the scene for a civil war between North and South Vietnam?
- The Henry House can be found on which Civil war battlefield?
- Elkhorn Tavern is located on which battlefield?
- Hornets Nest is associated with which battlefield?
- The Burnside Bridge is related to which Civil War battlefield?
- The Maryes Heights are a landmark, found on which battlefield?
- On which battlefield was Lookout Mountain a dominant feature?
- Farmland, owned by the McPherson family, the Cordori family, the Spangler family, the Culp family, and the Rose family is part of which battlefield?
- Where was the Mule Shoe located?
- The Crater is a famous landmark, located on which battlefield?
- Where is the Field of Lost Shoes located?
- On what date did the Mayflower leave port?
- Before its trans-Atlantic voyage the Mayflower was a merchant ship travelling between England and other European countries. What was its primary cargo?
- It is estimated that the crew of the Mayflower consisted of how many people?
- What is the Mayflowers estimated length?
- How wide was the Mayflower estimated to be?
- How many days did it take the Mayflower to make the crossing from England to America?
- How many passengers were aboard the Mayflower when it crossed the Atlantic?