History trivia questions
1731 multiple-choice History trivia questions with four options and the answer.
- Which of the following battles is often considered as marking the beginning of the fall of the Western Roman Empire?
- What was the name of the first permanent English settlement in America?
- In the War of the Pacific (1879 - 1883), Bolivia lost its access to the Pacific Ocean after being defeated by which South American country?
- The minigun was designed in 1960 by which manufacturer.
- Who was the first mammal successfully launched into Earth's orbit?
- When did Norway get its constitution?
- Which Apollo mission was the last one in NASA's Apollo program?
- In what prison was Adolf Hitler held in 1924?
- What day did the Battle of Gettysburg begin?
- Which Nazi General was known as the "Desert Fox"?
- Who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
- In what year did the Berlin Wall fall?
- In 1845, a series of wars named after which indigenous people began in New Zealand?
- Who was the leader of Sweden in the Great Northern War?
- Which of these countries was NOT a part of the Soviet Union?
- What number does the Roman numeral "D" stand for?
- What historical event was Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture referencing?
- Which American civilization is the source of the belief that the world would end or drastically change on December 21st, 2012?
- Who tutored Alexander the Great?
- The Little Entente was an alliance formed against which nation?
- Which of the following is not in the Indo-European language family?
- Which of the following Assyrian kings did NOT rule during the Neo-Assyrian Empire?
- On which day did the attempted coup d'etat of 1991 in the Soviet Union begin?
- The creator of the Enigma Cypher and Machine was of what nationality?
- What was Genghis Khan's real name?
- As poverty and racial tensions pushed African-Americans out of the southern US, many of them moved north in an event known as what?
- Joseph Stalin had a criminal past doing what?
- What year is considered to be the year that the British Empire ended?
- Which of the following countries was the first to send an object into space?
- Who led France during the "Reign of Terror" ?