History trivia questions
1731 multiple-choice History trivia questions with four options and the answer.
- Which of these landmarks could not be found on the Gettysburg battlefield?
- This twenty-year-old was the only civilian killed during the Battle of Gettysburg.
- This 70-year-old citizen of Gettysburg grabbed his rifle during the first day of the battle and joined the Unions Iron Brigade. Not surprisingly, he was the only civilian to take part in the battle itself.
- General Lees three corps commanders at Gettysburg were Longstreet, A.P. Hill and who else?
- This Union general was killed by a sniper on the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg.
- This cavalry officer commanded the Union cavalry at Gettysburg.
- WW II started on September 1, 1939 when Germany invaded which country?
- At the beginning of WW II, The British and the French were so surprised by the swiftness of the German attack on its neighbor that for some time no response ensued. This period lasted till May, 1940 and is known by what name?
- This operation, led by General Dwight Eisenhower, was launched on 8 November 1942 and it was aimed at gaining control over Morocco and Algeria.
- The Tripartite Pact was signed on September 27, 1940 by Germany, Italy and Japan. Later, three more countries joined - Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria. When did Bulgaria join the pact?
- This May 1942 battle was the first one to be fought only by aircraft carriers.
- Even though mainland Britain was not actually invaded in World War II, it had prepared a resistance movement, known under what name?
- Who accepted the surrender of the German military forces in Northwest Germany, Holland and Denmark on May 4, 1945?
- Which plane was the first operational turbojet to take part in WW II?
- During World War I Germany built and used one of the biggest guns in military history, Big Bertha. It fired 2,100 lb (820 kg) shells at a range of 15 km (9.3 miles) and was used in the assault of Verdun. Big Bertha was named after this member of the designers family.
- Even though Bertha was a formidable gun, this one was even bigger. Paris Gun was used to bombard Paris during World War I. What was its main purpose?
- During World War I and II, this German family created some of the biggest guns in the world. In the years of WW I they sold cannons to the the Entente as well as the Central Powers. Their work became the center for German rearmament after 1933 (when Hitler came to power).
- Six gigantic guns were created during World War II, with the help of general Karl Baker. They were called Karl Monsers and were used in the Brest-Litovsk and Warsaw uprisings. What was their other deployment during the War?
- Gerald Bull took part in another supergun program - project Babylon. He supplied the plans for a series of gigantic guns, but fortunately only one of them (the smallest one) was completed. This person commissioned the project.
- The 1990s introduced us all to grunge music. Which popular grunge band are known for their 1994 song Black Hole Sun?
- On what cartoon from the 90s did we meet the characters Tommy, Angelica, and Chuckie?
- This independent horror film tells the story of 3 student filmmakers who get lost in the woods and are tormented by a legend witch.
- In what year did the popular sitcom, Friends, first air?
- Which movie star was featured in the only movie about the Vietnam War that was made during the war?
- This Hollywood veteran played Sgt. Muldoon in a 1968 movie about the war in Vietnam.
- This 1978 movie was about a group of American soldiers who went to fight in Vietnam. They could get out of combat if they threw a soccer match, but they refused to do so.
- This actor, who starred in the movie Good Morning, Vietnam, also acted in the TV series Walker: Texas Ranger.
- Which Vietnam movie featured Tom Cruise, Tom Berenger and Willem Dafoe?
- Who directed the 1986 movie Platoon?
- Who directed the 1989 movie Casualties of War?