History trivia questions
1731 multiple-choice History trivia questions with four options and the answer.
- What was the name of the airplane that dropped the a-bomb over Nagasaki on August 9, 1945?
- Who led the Vichy regime in France during WWII?
- What is the name of the last Inca Emperor, who defeated his older half-brother in a civil war and took the throne?
- What was the language of the Inca Empire, used by the Catholic Church to preach to Indians in the Andes area?
- This American explorer, a former member of the US Senate, rediscovered the Inca settlement of Machu Picchu.
- This Spanish conquistador, the founder of the City of Lima, conquered the Inca Empire.
- This kingdom, the largest in the Late Intermediate period of the cultural history of Peru, was eventually conquered by the Inca Empire in 1493.
- The Battle of Cajamarca, in which the last Inca emperor was captured, took place in which year?
- Who was the god of mountains in the Inca mythology?
- What did the Inca officials wear in order to indicate their status?
- How many provincial regions did the Inca Empire have?
- This title, which in English means the only one, was used by the ruler of the Inca Empire.
- What was the scene of the last major battle of the Peloponnesian War?
- This town, after which an Olympic event was named, was the site of a battle where the Athenian army defeated the Persians in 490 BC.
- In early 6th century BC, the city states of Akragas, Gela, and Syracuse sent ships to the city of Himera in west Sicily, where they defeated an invading force coming from where?
- What was the result of the Athenian invasion of Syracuse during the Peloponnesian War?
- A story says that a Spartan wife gave this advice to her husband, upon his departure for the battlefield.
- Which of the following city states was not on the territory of present-day Greece?
- To what dynasty did Cleopatra, the last Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt, belong?
- How did Cleopatra present herself to Julius Caesar when he seized the Egyptian capital in 48 BC ?
- During Cleopatras reign it was believed that she was the re-incarnation and embodiment of this goddess of wisdom.
- Cleopatras son by Julius Caesar, who reigned, as a child, jointly with his mother, was nicknamed Caesarion. What does Caesarion mean?
- What future emperor of the Roman Empire had Cleopatra and Julius Caesars son, Caesarion, executed?
- Cleopatra formed an alliance with Mark Anthony, one of the triumvirs who ruled Rome following Caesars death. How many children did Mark Anthony and Cleopatra have?
- Who wrote the tragedy Antony and Cleopatra, which centers on Cleopatra and Mark Antonys relationship from the time of the Parthian War until Cleopatras suicide?
- Who defeated Mark Antony and Cleopatra at the Battle of Actium, the last engagement in the Final War of the Roman Republic?
- After Cleopatra and Anthonys death, who became guardian of their children?
- How did Cleopatra commit suicide according to ancient sources?
- The word Calendar comes form Latin kalendae. What does this word mean?
- The internationally accepted civil calendar is called Gregorian. After who was it named?