History trivia questions
1731 multiple-choice History trivia questions with four options and the answer.
- In what month of 1941 did Nazi Germanys invasion of the Soviet Union start?
- Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, who in 1961 became the first human to enter outer space, died in 1968. What was the cause of his death?
- American astronaut John Glenn piloted the first American manned orbital mission, aboard Friendship 7 on February 20, 1962. What actor performed a song, dedicated to him?
- This Russian cosmonaut was likely to have been the third or fourth person in space, but was dismissed from the cosmonaut corps in 1963, because of drunkenness and disorderly behavior at Chkalovskiy station.
- The first person who lost his life in a space flight was the Soviet cosmonaut, Vladimir M. Komarov. How did he die?
- What astronaut almost drowned in 1961, when his Liberty Bell 7 capsule sank upon splashdown in the Pacific Ocean?
- On September 23, 1999, the Mars Climate Orbiter, whose mission was to study the Martian weather, climate, and water, crashed on the Martian surface, instead of starting to orbit around the planet. What was the reason for this accident?
- Which of these statements about the state of the human body during space flights has been proven?
- On February 1, 2003, during the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, the entire seven-member crew died. However, something on the shuttle survived the crash. What was it?
- Name the first state to secede from the Union.
- Who was the first person in space?
- Who is the first president of the U. S. in the 21st century?
- The battle that is generally considered the turning point of the Pacific War was fought on and near this island.
- The Doolittle raid was the first time the US bombed Japan in the Pacific War. The bombers were launched from an aircraft carrier but the Japanese did not know where the bombers came from. What place did President Roosevelt facetiously name as the place where the bombers had come from?
- Where did the Japanese and Americans fight for about six months in 1942 before the Japanese were finally defeated and their advance in the Solomon Islands stopped?
- In what sea were the combined naval forces of the US, Britain, Netherlands and Australia decisively defeated by the Japanese Navy as they advanced in Southeast Asia in 1942?
- The kamikaze, Japanese suicide planes that crashed into Allied ships, first made a systematic appearance in 1944 during the fighting near this location.
- This island, captured by US forces in 1944, was close enough for B29 bombers to fly round trip to Japan. A major air base was built there from which many B29 bombing attacks were launched and the planes carrying the atomic bombs took off.
- What was the only major city in the Pacific theater of operations in which there was major urban warfare between US and Japanese forces?
- This Japanese city had a large section burned out in a fire storm started by a large B29 air raid in March 1945. Although statistics are inadequate to judge conclusively, the raid may have killed as many people in one night as were killed by the atomic bomb at Hiroshima.
- The British and their allies were shocked in 1942 when the Japanese captured a British colonial city that was supposed to be so well fortified as to be immune to attack. What was that city?
- The last major battle of World War Two was also the one that caused the most casualties to the US and their allies (mostly British) in the Pacific War. Where was this battle fought?
- During World War Two, General MacArthurs US forces, with help from Australian forces, methodically and skillfully drove the Japanese from the second largest island in the world. What is that island?
- In 1944 the US Navy air arm effectively destroyed the Japanese naval air power by sinking three Japanese aircraft carriers and shooting down about 600 Japanese planes in a battle the Americans nicknamed the turkey shoot. In what sea, which gives the battle its name, did this happen?
- In what body of water was a naval battle fought in 1942 in which, for the first time in history, the ships of both sides never saw each other?
- How long did Hitlers Third Reich last?
- Adolf Hitlers father, Alois, changed his last name to Hitler. What was his original last name?
- What was the code name for the invasion of Japan during WWII, which was never undertaken due to the end of the war?
- Which of these countries was not neutral during WWII?
- Who was Geli Raubel?