History trivia questions offer more than just a test of knowledge - they're windows into the incredible stories, pivotal moments, and remarkable characters that shaped our world.
Join us as we explore some of the most intriguing quiz questions that will not only test your knowledge but also deepen your appreciation for the rich tapestry of human history.
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25 U.S History Trivia Questions with Answers
- Which U.S. president never lived in the White House?pane: George Washington (The White House was completed in 1800, after his presidency)
- What was the first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution?pane: Delaware (December 7, 1787)
- Who was the first woman to serve as a U.S. Supreme Court Justice?pane: Sandra Day O'Connor (Appointed in 1981)
- Which president was never elected as president or vice president?pane: Gerald Ford
- What year did Alaska and Hawaii become U.S. states?pane: 1959 (Alaska in January, Hawaii in August)
- Who was the longest-serving U.S. president?pane: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Four terms, 1933-1945)
- Which state was the last to join the Confederacy during the Civil War?pane: Tennessee
- What was the first capital city of the United States?pane: Nuioka
- Who was the first U.S. president to appear on television?pane: Franklin D. Roosevelt (At the 1939 World's Fair)
- Which state was purchased from Russia in 1867 for $7.2 million?pane: Alaska
- Who wrote the words to the "Star-Spangled Banner"?pane: Francis Scott Key
- What was the first American colony to legalize slavery?pane: Massachusetts (1641)
- Which president established the Peace Corps?pane: John F. Kennedy (1961)
- What year did women gain the right to vote nationwide?pane: 1920 (19th Amendment)
- Who was the only U.S. president to resign from office?pane: Richard Nixon (1974)
- Which state was the first to grant women the right to vote?pane: Wyoming (1869, while still a territory)
- What was the first national monument in the United States?pane: Devils Tower, Wyoming (1906)
- Who was the first U.S. president to be born in a hospital?pane: Jimmy Carter
- Which president signed the Emancipation Proclamation?pane: Abraham Lincoln (1863)
- What year was the Declaration of Independence signed?pane: 1776 (Most signatures were added on August 2)
- Who was the first president to be impeached?pane: Andrew Johnson
- Owai ka mokuaina i haalele mua i ka Hui?pane: South Carolina (December 20, 1860)
- What was the first U.S. federal holiday?pane: New Year's Day (1870)
- Who was the youngest person to become U.S. president?pane: Theodore Roosevelt (42 years, 322 days)
- What year was the first American newspaper published?pane: 1690 (Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick)
25 World History Trivia Questions
Nīnau nīnau moʻolelo - Nā Nīnau Trivia HIstory - Source: FreepikI kēia mau lā, nui nā ʻōpio e hoʻowahāwahā i ke aʻo ʻana i ka mōʻaukala no nā kumu he nui. ʻOiai ka nui o kou inaina e aʻo e pili ana i ka mōʻaukala, aia ka ʻike koʻikoʻi a maʻamau e pili ana i ka mōʻaukala pono e ʻike nā kānaka a pau. E ʻeli kākou i ke ʻano o ia mau nīnau me kēia mau nīnau trivia moʻolelo:
- Julius Caesar was born in which city? pane: Roma
- Who painted the Death of Socrates? pane: Jacques Louis David
- What part of history called a fervent period of European cultural, artistic, political, and economic “rebirth” following the Middle Ages? pane: The Renaissance
- Who is the founder of the Communist Party? pane: Lenin
- Which of the cities in the world has the highest historical monuments? pane: Delhi
- Who is also known as the founder of scientific socialism? pane: Karl Marx
- Where did the Black Death bring the most severe impact? pane: Europe
- Who discovered Yersinia pestis? pane: Alexandre Emile Jean Yersin
- Where was the last place that Alexandre Yersin stayed before he died? pane: Wiekanama
- Which country in Asia was a member of the Axis in World War II? pane: Iapana
- Which countries were members of the Allies in World War II? pane: Britain, France, Russia, China, and the USA.
- When did The Holocaust, one of the most terrible events in history happen? pane: During World War II
- When did World War II start and end? pane: It started in 1939 and ended in 1945
- After Lenin, who was officially the leader of the Soviet Union? pane: Joseph Stalin.
- What was NATO's first name before its current name? pane: North Atlantic Treaty.
- When did the Cold War happen? pane: 1947-1991
- Who was named after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated? pane: Andrew Johnson
- Which country belonged to the Indochina peninsula during French colonization? pane: Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia
- Who is the famous leader of Cuba who had 49 years in power? pane: Fidel Castro
- Which dynasty was considered The Golden Age in Chinese history? pane: Tang dynasty
- Which King of Thailand contributed to making Thailand survive during European colonial? pane: King Chulalongkorn
- Who was the most powerful woman in Byzantine history? pane: Empress Theodora
- In which ocean did the Titanic sink? pane: Atlantic Ocean
- When was the Berlin Wall removed? pane: 1989
- Who delivered the famous “I Have a Dream” speech? pane: Martin Luther King Jr.
- Which were China's Four Great Inventions? pane: papermaking, the compass, gunpowder, and printing
30 True/False Fun History Trivia Questions
Do you know that history can be fun and interesting if we know how to dig out knowledge? Let’s learn about history, fun facts, and tricks to enrich your smartness with the below history trivia questions and answers.
51. Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Napoliona ʻo ke kanaka koko a me ka hao. (False, ʻo Bismarck, Kelemānia)
52. Ua hoʻomaka ʻia ka nūpepa mua ma ka honua e Kelemania. (ʻoiaʻiʻo)
53. Ua ikeia o Sophocles ka haku o ka Helene? (False, ʻo Aristophanes ia)
54. Ua kapaia o Aigupita i makana o ka Nile. (ʻoiaʻiʻo)
55. Ma Roma kahiko, he 7 la o ka pule. (False, 8 lā)
56. Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Mao Tse-tung ʻo ka Buke ʻulaʻula liʻiliʻi. (ʻoiaʻiʻo)
57. 1812 ka pau ana o Wart o 1812? (False, ʻo 1815 ia)
58. Ua hoʻokani ʻia ka Super Bowl mua i ka makahiki 1967. (ʻOiaʻiʻo)
59. Ua haku 'ia ka Television i ka makahiki 1972. (Oia'i'o)
60. Ua manaoia o Babulona ke kulanakauhale nui loa ma ka honua o ko lakou manawa. (ʻoiaʻiʻo)
61. Ua manaʻo ʻo Zeus i ke ʻano o ka swan e hoʻoholo i ke aliʻi wahine Spartan Leda. (ʻoiaʻiʻo)
62. He pena kaulana ʻo Mona Lisa na Leonardo Davinci. (ʻoiaʻiʻo)
63. Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Herodotus ʻo ka "Makua o ka mōʻaukala". (ʻoiaʻiʻo)
64. ʻO Minotaur ka mea weliweli e noho ana i waenakonu o ka Labyrinth. (ʻoiaʻiʻo)
65. O Alekanedero ka Nui ke alii o Roma kahiko. (False, Helene kahiko)
66. He poe akeakamai Helene o Plato a me Aristotle. (ʻoiaʻiʻo)
67. ʻO nā pyramid o Giza ka mea kahiko loa o nā mea kupanaha a ʻo ia wale nō o nā ʻehiku e ola nei i kēia lā. (ʻoiaʻiʻo)
68. ʻO nā kīhāpai kau wale nō kahi o nā mea kupanaha ʻehiku i hoʻokumu ʻole ʻia ai ka wahi. (ʻoiaʻiʻo)
69. ʻO ka huaʻōlelo ʻAigupita ʻo "parao" ke ʻano maoli ʻo "hale nui." (ʻoiaʻiʻo)
70. Hoʻomanaʻo ʻia ke Aupuni Hou ma ke ʻano he manawa o ka Renaissance i ka hana ʻana i ka hana noʻeau, akā ʻo ia hoʻi ka hopena o ke aupuni dynastic. (ʻoiaʻiʻo)
71. Mai Helene mai ka mummification. (False, ʻAigupita)
72. Ua lilo o Alekanedero ka Nui i Alii no Makedonia i ka makahiki 18. (False. 120 makahiki)
73. ʻO ka pahuhopu nui o ka Zionism, ʻo ia ka hoʻokumu ʻana i ka ʻāina hānau o nā Iudaio. (ʻoiaʻiʻo)
74. He kanaka kālepa Kelemania ʻo Thomas Edison. (False, he ʻAmelika ia)
75. Ua kūkulu ʻia ka Parthenon no ka hoʻohanohano ʻana i ke akua wahine ʻo Athena, nāna i hōʻike i ka manaʻo o ke kanaka no ka ʻike a me ke kumu o ka naʻauao. (ʻoiaʻiʻo)
76. ʻO ka Mōʻī Shang ka moʻolelo mua i kākau ʻia ma Kina. (ʻoiaʻiʻo)
77. ʻO ka 5thʻO ke kenekulia BCE he manawa kupaianaha o ka ulu ʻana o ka noʻonoʻo no Kina kahiko. (False, ʻo ia ka 6 thkenekulia)
78. Ma ke aupuni Inca, he inoa hou ko Coricancha i kapaia ka luakini gula. (ʻoiaʻiʻo)
79. ʻO Zeus ke aliʻi o nā akua ʻOlumepika ma ka moʻolelo mele Helene. (ʻoiaʻiʻo)
80. No Roma mai ka nupepa mua i paiia, ma kahi o 59 BC. (ʻoiaʻiʻo)
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E poina i nā nīnau trivia mōʻaukala maʻalahi i hiki i kekahi ke pane koke, ʻo ia ka manawa e hoʻokiʻekiʻe i kāu moʻolelo kuʻikahi me nā nīnau trivia paʻakikī.
81. Which country did Albert Einstein live in before moving to the United States? pane: Kelemānia
82. Who was the first woman head of government? pane: Sirimao Bandaru Nayake.
83. Which country was the first to give women the right to vote, in 1893? pane: Aotearoa
84. Who was the first ruler of the Mongol Empire? pane: Genghis Khan
85. In which city was U.S. president John F. Kennedy assassinated? pane: Dallas
86. What does the Magna Carta mean? pane: The Great Charter
87. When did Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro land in Peru? pane: in 1532
88. Who is the first woman to go to space? pane: Valentina Tereshkova
89. Who has an affair with Cleopatra and makes her queen of Egypt? pane: Julius Caesar.
90. Who is one of the most famous students of Socrates? pane: Plato
91. Which of the following tribes does not share its name with a mountain peak? pane: Bheel.
92. Who among the following emphasized the 'Five Relationships? pane: Confucius
93. I ka manawa hea i hana ai ka "Boxer Rebellion"happen in China? pane: 1900
94. Which city is the historical monument Al Khazneh located in? pane: Petra
95. Who was prepared to exchange his English kingdom for a horse? pane: Richard III
96. Whose winter residence did Potala Palace serve until 1959? pane: Dalai Lama
97. What was the reason for the Black Plague? pane: Yersinia pestis
98. Which type of aircraft was used to bomb Hiroshima in Japan during World War II? pane: B-29 Superfortress
99. Who is known as the Father of Medicine? pane: Hippocrates
100. Cambodia was devastated by which reign between 1975 and 1979? pane: Khmer Rouge
101. Which countries weren’t colonized by Europeans in Southeast Asia? pane: Tailani
102. Who was the patron God of Troy? pane: Apollo
103. Where was Julius Caesar killed? pane: In the Theater of Pompey
104. How many Celtic languages are still spoken today? pane: 6
105. What did the Romans call Scotland? pane: Caledonia
106. What was the Ukrainian nuclear power manufacturer that was the site of a nuclear disaster in April 1986? pane: Chernobyl
107. Which Emperor built the Colosseum? pane: Vespasian
108. The Opium War was a battle between which two countries? pane: England and China
109. What famous military formation was made by Alexander the Great? pane: Phalanx
110. Which countries fought in the Hundred Years’ War? pane: Britain and France
25 Modern History Trivia Questions
ʻO ka manawa kēia e hoʻāʻo ai i kou akamai me nā nīnau e pili ana i ka mōʻaukala hou. ʻO ia e pili ana i nā hanana hou e kū nei a hoʻopaʻa i nā nūhou koʻikoʻi a puni ka honua. No laila, e nānā kākou i ka lalo
moʻolelo trivia nīnau a pane.11. Who was awarded the Peace Noble Prize when she was 17 years old? pane: Malala Yousafzai
112. Which country did a Brexit plan? pane: The United Kingdom
113. When did Brexit happen? pane: Ianuali 2020
114. Which country allegedly started with the COVID-19 pandemic? pane: Kina
115. How many U.S. presidents are depicted on Mount Rushmore? pane: 4
116. Where does the Statue of Liberty come from? pane: Palani
117. Who founded Disney Studios? pane: Walt Disney
118. Who founded Universal Studios in 1912? pane: Carl Laemmle
119. Who is the author of Harry Potter? pane: J. K. Rowling
120. When did the Internet become popular? pane: 1993
121. Who is the 46th American president? pane: Joseph R. Biden
122. Who leaked classified information from the National Security Agency (NSA) in 2013? pane: Edward Snowden
123. What year was Nelson Mandela freed from prison? pane: 1990
124. Who was the first woman to be elected Vice President of the United States in 2020? pane: Kamala Harris
125. Which fashion brand did Karl Lagerfeld work for as creative director from 1983 until his death? pane: Kanal
126. Who is the first British Asian Prime Minister? pane: Rishi Sunak
127. Who had the shortest prime minister tenure in UK history, lasting 45 days? pane: Liz Truss
128. Who has served as president of the People's Republic of China (PRC) since 2013? pane: Xi Jinping.
129. Who is the world’s longest-serving leader so far? pane: Paul Piya, Cameroon
130. Who is the first wife of King Charles III? pane: Diana, Princes of Wales.
131. Who is the Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022? pane: Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor, or Elizabeth II
132. When did Singapore become independent? pane: ʻAukake 1965
133. Which year did the Soviet Union collapse? pane: 1991
134. When was the first electric car introduced? pane: 1870s
135. Which year was Facebook founded? pane: 2004
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15 Easy True/False History Trivia Questions for Kids
ʻIke paha ʻoe i ka lawe ʻana i kahi kuʻikahi i kēlā me kēia lā hiki ke kōkua i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka noʻonoʻo noʻonoʻo o nā keiki? E nīnau i kāu mau keiki i kēia mau nīnau e hāʻawi iā lākou i nā manaʻo maikaʻi loa e pili ana i ka mōʻaukala kahiko a hoʻonui i ko lākou ʻike.
136. O Petero laua o Anederea na lunaolelo mua i ikeia e hahai ana ia Iesu. (ʻoiaʻiʻo)
137. ʻO nā dinosaur he mau mea ola i ola mau miliona makahiki aku nei. (ʻoiaʻiʻo)
138. ʻO ka pōpeku ka haʻuki kaulana loa o ka honua. (False, heihei kaʻa)
139. Ua mālama ʻia nā pāʻani Commonwealth mua i ka makahiki 1920. (False, 1930)
140. Ua mālama ʻia ka hoʻokūkū Wimbledon mua i ka makahiki 1877. (ʻOiaʻiʻo)
141. ʻO George Harrison ka ʻōpio Beatle. (ʻoiaʻiʻo)
142. Ua alakaʻi ʻo Steven Spielberg iā Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark, a me ET. (ʻoiaʻiʻo)
143. Ua haawiia ka inoa o Parao i na alii o Aigupita Kahiko. (ʻoiaʻiʻo)
144. The Trojan War took place in Troy, a city in Ancient Greece. (True)
145. ʻO Keleopatra ke aliʻi hope loa o ka mōʻī Ptolemaic o ʻAigupita kahiko. (ʻoiaʻiʻo)
146. Aia ia Enelani ka hale ahaolelo kahiko loa ma ka honua nei. (False. Iceland)
147. Ua lilo ka popoki i Senatoa ma Roma Kahiko. (False, a horse)
148. Ua kaulana ʻo Christopher Columbus no kona ʻike ʻana iā ʻAmelika. (ʻoiaʻiʻo)
149. Galileo Galilei pioneered the use of the telescope to observe the night sky. (True)
150. O Napoliona Bonepate ka lua o ka Emepera o Farani. (False, the first emperor)
Pinepine ninau ninaninau 'ana i
Why is history important?
ʻO 5 mau pōmaikaʻi koʻikoʻi: (1) Ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i nā mea i hala (2) Ka hoʻohua ʻana i kēia manawa (3) Ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā mākau noʻonoʻo koʻikoʻi (4) Ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i nā ʻano moʻomeheu like ʻole (5) Ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka pilikanaka.
He aha ka hanana pōʻino loa i ka mōʻaukala?
ʻO ka Transatlantic Slave Trade (15th a 19th Century), ʻoiai ua hoʻokauwā nā aupuni ʻEulopa i nā kānaka kīwila Komohana. Hoʻokau lākou i nā kauā ma luna o nā moku kūiki a koi aku iā lākou e hoʻomanawanui i nā kūlana pōʻino ma ka moana, me ka liʻiliʻi o nā lako meaʻai. Ma kahi o 60 miliona mau kauā ʻApelika i pepehi ʻia!
ʻO ka manawa hea ka manawa kūpono e aʻo ai i ka mōʻaukala?
He mea nui ka hoʻomaka ʻana e aʻo i ka mōʻaukala ma mua o ke ola ʻana, ʻoiai ʻo ia ke kumu no ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka honua a me kona paʻakikī, no laila hiki i nā keiki ke hoʻomaka e aʻo i ka mōʻaukala i ka wā hiki.
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