150 History Trivia Questions to Conquer World History | 2025 Edition

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25 U.S History Trivia Questions with Answers

1. Which U.S. president never lived in the White House?
   Et respondendum est,: George Washington (The White House was completed in 1800, after his presidency)
2. What was the first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution?
   Et respondendum est,: Delaware (December 7, 1787)
3. Who was the first woman to serve as a U.S. Supreme Court Justice?
   Et respondendum est,: Sandra Day O'Connor (Appointed in 1981)
4. Which president was never elected as president or vice president?
   Et respondendum est,: Gerald Ford
5. What year did Alaska and Hawaii become U.S. states?
   Et respondendum est,: 1959 (Alaska in January, Hawaii in August)
6. Who was the longest-serving U.S. president?
   Et respondendum est,: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Four terms, 1933-1945)
7. Which state was the last to join the Confederacy during the Civil War?
   Et respondendum est,: Tennessee
8. What was the first capital city of the United States?
   Et respondendum est,: Urbs Novum Eboracum
9. Who was the first U.S. president to appear on television?
   Et respondendum est,: Franklin D. Roosevelt (At the 1939 World's Fair)
10. Which state was purchased from Russia in 1867 for $7.2 million?
    Et respondendum est,: Alaska
11. Who wrote the words to the "Star-Spangled Banner"?
    Et respondendum est,: Francis Scott Key
12. What was the first American colony to legalize slavery?
    Et respondendum est,: Massachusetts (1641)
13. Which president established the Peace Corps?
    Et respondendum est,: John F. Kennedy (1961)
14. What year did women gain the right to vote nationwide?
    Et respondendum est,: 1920 (19th Amendment)
15. Who was the only U.S. president to resign from office?
    Et respondendum est,: Richard Nixon (1974)
16. Which state was the first to grant women the right to vote?
    Et respondendum est,: Wyoming (1869, while still a territory)
17. What was the first national monument in the United States?
    Et respondendum est,: Devils Tower, Wyoming (1906)
18. Who was the first U.S. president to be born in a hospital?
    Et respondendum est,: Jimmy Carter
19. Which president signed the Emancipation Proclamation?
    Et respondendum est,: Abraham Lincoln (1863)
20. What year was the Declaration of Independence signed?
    Et respondendum est,: 1776 (Most signatures were added on August 2)
21. Who was the first president to be impeached?
    Et respondendum est,: Andrew Johnson
22. Qui status primus ab Unione secessit?
    Et respondendum est,: South Carolina (December 20, 1860)
23. What was the first U.S. federal holiday?
    Et respondendum est,: New Year's Day (1870)
24. Who was the youngest person to become U.S. president?
    Et respondendum est,: Theodore Roosevelt (42 years, 322 days)
25. What year was the first American newspaper published?
    Et respondendum est,: 1690 (Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick)

25 World History Trivia Questions

Hodie, multi iuvenes propter abundantiam de causis historiam discendi ignorant. Quamvis quantum oderis de historia discere, magna est et communis cognitio ad historiam pertinentia quam omnes homines scire debent. Effodamus quid sint cum sequenti historia nugis quaestionibus et responsionibus;

25. Julius Caesar was born in which city? Et respondendum est,: Roma
26. Who painted the Death of Socrates? Et respondendum est,: Jacques Louis David
27. What part of history called a fervent period of European cultural, artistic, political, and economic “rebirth” following the Middle Ages? Et respondendum est,: The Renaissance
28. Who is the founder of the Communist Party? Et respondendum est,: Lenin
29. Which of the cities in the world has the highest historical monuments? Et respondendum est,: Delhi
30. Who is also known as the founder of scientific socialism? Et respondendum est,: Karl Marx
31. Where did the Black Death bring the most severe impact? Et respondendum est,: Europa
32. Who discovered Yersinia pestis? Et respondendum est,: Alexandre Emile Jean Yersin 
33. Where was the last place that Alexandre Yersin stayed before he died? Et respondendum est,: Viet Nam
34. Which country in Asia was a member of the Axis in World War II? Et respondendum est,: Iaponiae
35. Which countries were members of the Allies in World War II? Et respondendum est,: Britain, France, Russia, China, and the USA.
36. When did The Holocaust, one of the most terrible events in history happen? Et respondendum est,: During World War II
37. When did World War II start and end? Et respondendum est,: It started in 1939 and ended in 1945
38. After Lenin, who was officially the leader of the Soviet Union? Et respondendum est,: Joseph Stalin.
39. What was NATO's first name before its current name? Et respondendum est,: North Atlantic Treaty.
40. When did the Cold War happen? Et respondendum est,: 1947 1991,
41. Who was named after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated? Et respondendum est,: Andrew Johnson
42. Which country belonged to the Indochina peninsula during French colonization? Et respondendum est,: Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia
43. Who is the famous leader of Cuba who had 49 years in power? Et respondendum est,: Fidel Castro
44. Which dynasty was considered The Golden Age in Chinese history? Et respondendum est,: Tang dynasty
45. Which King of Thailand contributed to making Thailand survive during European colonial? Et respondendum est,: King Chulalongkorn
46. Who was the most powerful woman in Byzantine history? Et respondendum est,: Empress Theodora
47. In which ocean did the Titanic sink? Et respondendum est,: Atlantic Ocean
48. When was the Berlin Wall removed? Et respondendum est,: 1989
49. Who delivered the famous “I Have a Dream” speech? Et respondendum est,: Martin Luther King Jr.
50. Which were China's Four Great Inventions? Et respondendum est,:  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. Napoleon homo sanguinis et ferrei notus est. (Falsum est Bismarck, Germania)

52. Prima diurna in mundo ab Germania inchoata sunt. (Verum)

53. Sophocles Graecis magistro notus est? (Falsum est Aristophanes)

54. Aegyptus Nili donum appellatur. (Verum)

55. Romae antiquitus 7 dies per week sunt. (falsus, 8 dies);

56. Mao Tse-tung agnoscitur sicut Liber Rubeus. (Verum)

57. 1812 est finis Wart 1812? 1815.

58. Primum Super Crater in 1967. lusit (vera)

59. Televisionem inventa anno 1972.

60. Babylon maxima urbs in mundo sui temporis existimatur. (Verum)

61. Iovem oloris formam ad deducendam Ledam reginam Lacedaemoniorum sumpsit. (Verum)

62. Mona Lisa pictura insignis est Leonardo Davinci. (Verum)

63. Herodotus notus est "pater historiae". (Verum)

64. Minotaurus monstruosus est in medio Labyrintho residens. (Verum)

65. Alexander Magnus rex antiquae Romae fuit. (False, Ancient Greek)

66. Plato et Aristoteles philosophi Graeci fuerunt. (Verum)

67. Pyramides Gizae sunt antiquissima prodigiorum et solae ex septem existentia hodie substantialiter. (Verum)

68. Horti Pendens una tantum sunt de Septem Miraculis pro quibus locus definitive statutus non est. (Verum)

69. Verbum Aegyptium pharao proprie significat domum magnam. (Verum)

70. Novum Regnum memoratur ut tempus Renascentiae in arte creationis, sed etiam ut finis dominationis dynasticae. (Verum)

71. Mummification e Graecia venit. (Falsum, Aegyptus)

72. Alexander Magnus rex Macedonum factus est annos XVIII.

73. Sionismi propositum principale fuit ut patriam Iudaeam fundaret. (Verum)

74. Thomas Edison erat investitor et negotiator Germanus. (Falsus est American)

75. Parthenon in honorem deae Minervae aedificatum est, quae humanam scientiam et sapientiae studium repraesentavit. (Verum)

76. Shang dynastia Sinarum prima historia exposita est. (Verum)

77. 5 .^thSaeculum aCn erat mirabile tempus incrementi philosophici pro antiquis Sinis. (falsum est 6 ^thsaeculum)

78. In Imperio Incapa, Coricancha habuit alio nomine Templum Aureum. (Verum)

79. Jupiter est rex deorum Olympiorum in mythologia Graeca. (Verum)

80. Folia prima prodierunt ab urbe Roma, circa 59 a.C.n. (Verum)

30 Hard History Trivia Questions and Answers

Historiae triviae obliviscere quaestiones faciles quas quis cito respondere potest, tempus est historiae tuae quiz provocare difficilioribus quaestionibus historiae nugis.

81. Which country did Albert Einstein live in before moving to the United States? Et respondendum est,: Germania

82. Who was the first woman head of government? Et respondendum est,: Sirimao Bandaru Nayake.

83. Which country was the first to give women the right to vote, in 1893? Et respondendum est,: Novae Zelandiae

84. Who was the first ruler of the Mongol Empire? Et respondendum est,: Genghis Khan

85. In which city was U.S. president John F. Kennedy assassinated? Et respondendum est,: Dallas

86. What does the Magna Carta mean? Et respondendum est,: The Great Charter

87. When did Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro land in Peru? Et respondendum est,: in 1532

88. Who is the first woman to go to space? Et respondendum est,: Valentina Tereshkova

89. Who has an affair with Cleopatra and makes her queen of Egypt? Et respondendum est,: Julius Caesar.

90. Who is one of the most famous students of Socrates? Et respondendum est,: Plato

91. Which of the following tribes does not share its name with a mountain peak? Et respondendum est,: Bheel.

92. Who among the following emphasized the 'Five Relationships? Et respondendum est,: Confucius

93. Quando fecit "Pugilator Rebellionis""happen in China?  Et respondendum est,: 1900

94. Which city is the historical monument Al Khazneh located in? Et respondendum est,: Petra

95. Who was prepared to exchange his English kingdom for a horse? Et respondendum est,: Richard III

96. Whose winter residence did Potala Palace serve until 1959? Et respondendum est,: Dalai Lama

97. What was the reason for the Black Plague? Et respondendum est,: Yersinia pestis

98. Which type of aircraft was used to bomb Hiroshima in Japan during World War II? Et respondendum est,: B-29 Superfortress

99. Who is known as the Father of Medicine? Et respondendum est,: Hippocrates

100. Cambodia was devastated by which reign between 1975 and 1979? Et respondendum est,: Khmer Rouge

101. Which countries weren’t colonized by Europeans in Southeast Asia? Et respondendum est,: Thailandia

102. Who was the patron God of Troy? Et respondendum est,: Apollo

103. Where was Julius Caesar killed? Et respondendum est,: In the Theater of Pompey

104. How many Celtic languages are still spoken today? Et respondendum est,: 6

105. What did the Romans call Scotland? Et respondendum est,: Caledonia

106. What was the Ukrainian nuclear power manufacturer that was the site of a nuclear disaster in April 1986? Et respondendum est,: Chernobyl

107. Which Emperor built the Colosseum? Et respondendum est,: Vespasian

108. The Opium War was a battle between which two countries? Et respondendum est,: England and China

109. What famous military formation was made by Alexander the Great? Et respondendum est,: Phalanx

110. Which countries fought in the Hundred Years’ War? Et respondendum est,: Britain and France

25 Modern History Trivia Questions

Tempus est experiendi acumen tuum cum interrogationibus de historia moderna. Est de recentibus eventis eventis ac pervulgandis maximis nuntiis circa mundum. Ita, scriptor reprehendo sicco inferius

11. Who was awarded the Peace Noble Prize when she was 17 years old? Et respondendum est,: Malala Yousafzai

112. Which country did a Brexit plan? Et respondendum est,: The United Kingdom

113. When did Brexit happen? Et respondendum est,: Ianuarii 2020

114. Which country allegedly started with the COVID-19 pandemic? Et respondendum est,: Sina

115. How many U.S. presidents are depicted on Mount Rushmore? Et respondendum est,: 4

116. Where does the Statue of Liberty come from? Et respondendum est,: Gallia

117. Who founded Disney Studios? Et respondendum est,: Walt Disney

118. Who founded Universal Studios in 1912? Et respondendum est,: Carl Laemmle

119. Who is the author of Harry Potter? Et respondendum est,: J. K. Rowling

120. When did the Internet become popular? Et respondendum est,: 1993

121. Who is the 46th American president? Et respondendum est,: Joseph R. Biden

122. Who leaked classified information from the National Security Agency (NSA) in 2013? Et respondendum est,: Edward Snowden

123. What year was Nelson Mandela freed from prison? Et respondendum est,: 1990

124. Who was the first woman to be elected Vice President of the United States in 2020? Et respondendum est,: Kamala Harris

125. Which fashion brand did Karl Lagerfeld work for as creative director from 1983 until his death? Et respondendum est,: Channel

126. Who is the first British Asian Prime Minister? Et respondendum est,: Rishi Sunak

127. Who had the shortest prime minister tenure in UK history, lasting 45 days? Et respondendum est,: Liz Truss

128. Who has served as president of the People's Republic of China (PRC) since 2013? Et respondendum est,: Xi Jinping.

129. Who is the world’s longest-serving leader so far? Et respondendum est,: Paul Piya, Cameroon

130. Who is the first wife of King Charles III? Et respondendum est,: 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? Et respondendum est,:  Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor, or Elizabeth II

132. When did Singapore become independent? Et respondendum est,: August MMXVII

133. Which year did the Soviet Union collapse? Et respondendum est,: 1991

134. When was the first electric car introduced? Et respondendum est,: 1870s

135. Which year was Facebook founded? Et respondendum est,: 2004

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136. Petrus et Andreas primi apostoli noti sunt sequi Jesum. (Verum)

137. Dinosauri creaturae sunt quae decies centena milia annorum vixerunt. (Verum)

138. Eu est ludus popularis mundi spectator. (False, Auto Racing)

139. Ludi Reipublicae primi anno 1920. (False, 1930).

140. Primum Wimbledon torneamentum anno 1877. habitum est.

141. Georgius Harrison natu minimus Beatle. (Verum)

142. Stephanus Spielberg direxit Jaws, populatores arcae amissae, ET. (Verum)

143. Titulus pharaonis impositus est principibus Aegypti Antiquae. (Verum)

144. The Trojan War took place in Troy, a city in Ancient Greece. (True)

145. Cleopatra fuit ultima dynastiae Ptolemaicae Aegypti antiquae princeps. (Verum)

146. Anglia vetustissimum parlamentum mundi habet. (False. Island)

147. Feles senator Romae antiquae factus est. (falsus, equus)

148. Christophorus Columbus notus fuit ob Americam inventionem. (Verum)

149. Galileo Galilei pioneered the use of the telescope to observe the night sky. (True)

150. Napoleon Bonaparte regis Francorum secundum imperatorem. Falsus primus imperator.

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