History trivia questions
1731 multiple-choice History trivia questions with four options and the answer.
- Which of the following was Brazil was a former colony under?
- In which war did the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki occur?
- Which of these landmarks is not included in the original 'Seven Wonders of the Ancient World'?
- What war did George Orwell famously volunteer for and nearly died in?
- What year did World War II end?
- Which famous military commander marched an army, which included war elephants, over the Alps during the Second Punic War?
- What year did World War I begin?
- How old was Adolf Hitler when he died?
- In what year did the Wall Street Crash take place?
- In 1453, which important city fell?
- Who discovered Penicillin?
- What was the first sport to have been played on the moon?
- How many manned moon landings have there been?
- Who was the first ruler of Haiti after the country had gained its independence?
- In which year did the Invasion of Kuwait by Iraq occur?
- Who rode on horseback to warn the Minutemen that the British were coming during the U.S. Revolutionary War?
- How many Sister Ships were related to the TItanic?
- Which German field marshal was known as the `Desert Fox`?
- These two countries held a commonwealth from the 16th to 18th century.
- Which of the following countries was not an axis power during World War II?
- Who was the first prime minister of Canada?
- In what year did the nuclear power plant in Chernobyl melt down?
- Which country was Josef Stalin born in?
- Which of these countries remained neutral during World War II?
- Which famous world leader is famed for the saying, "Let them eat cake", yet is rumored that he/she never said it at all?
- To what political party did Abraham Lincoln belong when elected POTUS?
- Which one of these was not a beach landing site in the Invasion of Normandy?
- Who was the first American in space?
- How long did World War II last?
- What country joined the EU in 2013?