History trivia questions
1731 multiple-choice History trivia questions with four options and the answer.
- The Battle of Lone Pine was an important battle of the Gallipoli campaign. How many Anzacs died to capture Lone Pine?
- Which of these triggered World War I in 1914?
- Following the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, which army opened the Western Front by invading Belgium and Luxembourg?
- What was the name of the decisive conflict between the Russian Empire and the German Reich which opened the Eastern front on August 1914?
- What is the other name of the Dardanelles Campaign of 1915, which resulted in a major victory of the Ottoman Empire against combined British and French forces?
- This San Francisco native, who was the Mayor of San Francisco at the time of the 1906 earthquake and fire, was also the first Union Labor mayor in US history.
- What memorial was dedicated on May 30, 1922?
- What state became the 32nd state of the Union on May 11, 1858?
- What blockbuster movie opened on May 25, 1977?
- What did Levi Strauss receive a patent for on May 20, 1873?
- On May 23, 1934, bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were gunned down in this state.
- On May 14, 1904, the first Olympic Games to be held in the U.S. opened in what city?
- This Yankee legends consecutive game streak of 2,130 came to an end on May 2, 1939.
- Hong Kong ceded to the British and John F. Kennedy was inaugurated on this day.
- The U.S. acquired Spanish Florida on the 22th day of this month in 1819.
- Just one of these events took place on October 13.
- Three of these events took place at the beginning of the year in which they occurred. Which is the odd one?
- The first volume of this novel was published on September 30, 1868.
- One of these four people was not born on April 1.
- In what month are the World Health Day and Buddhas Birthday celebrated?
- Patriot Day is celebrated in this month in the USA, in memory of the casualties in the September 11 attacks.
- In this month Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is celebrated in the United States and Australia Day is celebrated in Australia.
- This is the World Blindness Awareness Month, and Halloween is celebrated on its last day. It is also called Red because of the Russian revolution of 1917.
- In this month, Julius Caesar was killed, and International Womens Day and Saint Patricks Day are celebrated.
- In this month the USA celebrates its Independence Day.
- Napoleon Bonaparte was born in this month, which marks the official end of the Second World War.
- Valentines Day is celebrated in this month, which is also Black History Month in Canada and the United States.
- In many countries Labor Day is observed in this month, which is also dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary in Roman Catholic tradition.
- Thermopylae, the site of the historic Battle of Thermopylae, was what type of area?
- Which of these statements is true about the Battle of Artemisium?