History trivia questions
1731 multiple-choice History trivia questions with four options and the answer.
- Although it looks a lot like the World War II bazooka, the US Army Javelin anti-armor weapon has this advantage over other weapons of its type.
- Which is the odd one out?
- Which of these European nations did not come under Soviet domination in the five years following the end of World War Two?
- In 1946 George Kennan, a Russian specialist in the US embassy in Moscow, sent a long telegram to Washington. His telegram was very persuasive and is given much credit for the US adopting this kind of policy.
- What was the main purpose of the Truman Doctrine, that was first announced in 1947?
- Why did President Truman relieve General MacArthur of command of UN forces in the Korean War?
- Who did Soviet leader Joseph Stalin appoint as his successor before his death in 1953?
- How long did the United States keep the monopoly on the atomic bomb?
- Which of the following is the best reason why the KMT (Nationalists) under Chiang Kai-shek were defeated by the communists in the civil war following World War Two and forced to flee to Taiwan in 1949?
- Name the military alliance made up of the Soviet Union and the communist nations of Eastern Europe.
- What two US Presidents served during the first decade of the Cold War?
- What European nation received US aid to try to put down the communist insurgency in Indochina in the late 1940s and early 1950s?
- For a few years in the mid-1950s relations between the Soviet Union and the United States became less tense. What is this period of time called?
- Which of these were known as Stalins Organs?
- Who was in charge of the 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade during operation Market Garden?
- How many Americans were killed in the capture of Makin Atoll in 1943?
- What was the nickname of the Italian Royal Army officer who led military expeditions in Africa during World War II?
- What two Japanese carriers attacked the Aleutian islands on June 3rd 1942?
- What general was killed by shrapnel in the Battle of Okinawa in 1945?
- Where did Joseph Goebbels, one of Hitlers closest associates, earned his PH.D.?
- Where did General Mark Wayne Clark die?
- Who developed the deadly V-2 combat rocket during World War II and where was it built?
- In the Middle Ages this type of complexion was very fashionable and everybody was trying to achieve it.
- During the Dark Ages, this magical ingredient was put into creams because it helped people achieve the desired complexion.
- It was believed in the Middle Ages that dilated pupils are infinitely enchanting. To dilate their pupils people used the juice of this plant as eye drops.
- In the Middle Ages, the large forehead was considered a sign of grandeur and wisdom thats why people used this common method to enlarge their foreheads.
- This hair color was very fashionable in medieval times. Women applied special mixtures to their hair and stayed in the sunlight for hours to achieve it.
- Which of the following is true about medieval makeup?
- What did people do in medieval times to make their skin appear more translucent?
- These marks were a huge craze in the Middle Ages.