History trivia questions
1731 multiple-choice History trivia questions with four options and the answer.
- In the ancient Greek society, these women were high-class entertainers, much like the Japanese geisha.
- This ancient Greek, despite having a speech impediment, was one of the greatest orators in his time.
- This ancient Greek wrote The Histories, a document considered the first work of history in Western literature.
- This ancient Greek philosopher, a teacher of Aristotle, was the founder of the Academy in Athens.
- This ancient Greek playwright was the earliest of the three classical Greek tragedians, the other two being Sophocles and Euripides.
- Which structure served as a market place in an acnient Greek polis or city-state?
- The 1998 film, Theres Something About Mary, helped make this model turned actress one of the highest paid actresses in Hollywood. Who said Is that ...is that hair gel?
- This world famous haute couture designer moved to Miami when he was selected as the costume designer for Miami Vice. What designer was gunned down outside his house by spree killer Andrew Cunanan?
- Always a bridesmaid and never a bride. No more! What daytime soap actress won an Emmy for her role as Erica Kane on her 19th try?
- Many in Hollywood were nervous when this lady was arraigned on charges of pandering and tax evasion on August 9, 1993. Who was known as the Hollywood Madam or Madam to the Stars?
- Which of these movies won all five of the top categories: Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director and Best Screenplay?
- This invention by Karl Benz in 1886 revolutionized the world of transportation and soon became the main means of transport globally.
- This invention was first used in 1969 at UCLA as a means of communication between engineers and scientists associated with academics or government. It was not available for public use until the 1990’s.
- In 1908, this city became the first in the United States to institute chlorination of its water. Prior to this the death rate due to water born diseases, such as typhoid fever and cholera, were extremely high.
- When did telephone companies first begin establishing trial networks, that use fibre instead of copper cables to carry live telephone traffic?
- The invention of the internal combustion engine greatly increased the demand for which natural resource?
- In 1955, Borax III became the first nuclear power plant to utilize nuclear fission to supply an entire town with electricity. Which town was that?
- The first use of air conditioning for personnel comfort was in 1902, in which New York City building?
- In 1895, this German physicist invented the use of electromagnetic radiation to take images of bones and organs inside the human body, which later led to the invention of the X-Ray Machine.
- Which Academy Award winning American actor who died in 2003 played Ed Norton on The Honeymooners?
- This flamboyantly-dressed announcer on The Price Is Right died on October 27th, 2003 in Los Angeles.
- This western character actor was in the role of Deputy Jake in Support Your Local Sheriff with James Garner. Before his death on 20 October 2003, he often played the villain in westerns and openly said it was because of his lazy eye.
- This sassy matronly housekeeper on Give Me A Break! was 54 when she died in 2003.
- The most famous battle of the Hundred Years War between England and France resulted in a massive French army being defeated by a much smaller English army, led by King Henry V. Where did this battle take place?
- What battle of 1781 resulted in a decisive victory of the American army against Great Britain and caused the British government to negotiate an end of the American Revolutionary War?
- It began on July 1st, 1916, and is considered by many, the most devastating battle of World War I, resulting in more than one million casualties.
- What city-state was the primary rival of Athens during the Peloponnesian war of 431 BC?
- During the Wars of Scottish Independence, this 1314 battle resulted in a decisive Scottish victory over England.
- The First Indochina War came to a dramatic and unexpected end when over 7,000 French soldiers were killed at which small Vietnamese village?
- Which battle of the Korean War in started on September 15, 1950 when United States marines launched a massive attack on a South Korean port?