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25 U.S History Trivia Questions with Answers
- Which U.S. president never lived in the White House?
karabo: George Washington (The White House was completed in 1800, after his presidency) - What was the first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution?
karabo: Delaware (December 7, 1787) - Who was the first woman to serve as a U.S. Supreme Court Justice?
karabo: Sandra Day O'Connor (Appointed in 1981) - Which president was never elected as president or vice president?
karabo: Gerald Ford - What year did Alaska and Hawaii become U.S. states?
karabo: 1959 (Alaska in January, Hawaii in August) - Who was the longest-serving U.S. president?
karabo: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Four terms, 1933-1945) - Which state was the last to join the Confederacy during the Civil War?
karabo: Tennessee - What was the first capital city of the United States?
karabo: New York City - Who was the first U.S. president to appear on television?
karabo: Franklin D. Roosevelt (At the 1939 World's Fair) - Which state was purchased from Russia in 1867 for $7.2 million?
karabo: Alaska - Who wrote the words to the "Star-Spangled Banner"?
karabo: Francis Scott Key - What was the first American colony to legalize slavery?
karabo: Massachusetts (1641) - Which president established the Peace Corps?
karabo: John F. Kennedy (1961) - What year did women gain the right to vote nationwide?
karabo: 1920 (19th Amendment) - Who was the only U.S. president to resign from office?
karabo: Richard Nixon (1974) - Which state was the first to grant women the right to vote?
karabo: Wyoming (1869, while still a territory) - What was the first national monument in the United States?
karabo: Devils Tower, Wyoming (1906) - Who was the first U.S. president to be born in a hospital?
karabo: Jimmy Carter - Which president signed the Emancipation Proclamation?
karabo: Abraham Lincoln (1863) - What year was the Declaration of Independence signed?
karabo: 1776 (Most signatures were added on August 2) - Who was the first president to be impeached?
karabo: Andrew Johnson - Ke naha efe e bileng ea pele ea ho ikarola ho Union?
karabo: South Carolina (December 20, 1860) - What was the first U.S. federal holiday?
karabo: New Year's Day (1870) - Who was the youngest person to become U.S. president?
karabo: Theodore Roosevelt (42 years, 322 days) - What year was the first American newspaper published?
karabo: 1690 (Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick)
25 World History Trivia Questions
Mehleng ena, bacha ba bangata ba hlokomoloha histori ea ho ithuta ka mabaka a mangata. Leha u hloile ho ithuta ka nalane hakae, ho na le tsebo ea bohlokoa le e tloaelehileng e amanang le nalane eo batho bohle ba tlamehang ho e tseba. Ha re bone hore na ke eng ka lipotso le likarabo tse latelang tsa nalane ea nalane:
- Julius Caesar was born in which city? karabo: Roma
- Who painted the Death of Socrates? karabo: Jacques Louis David
- What part of history called a fervent period of European cultural, artistic, political, and economic “rebirth” following the Middle Ages? karabo: The Renaissance
- Who is the founder of the Communist Party? karabo: Lenin
- Which of the cities in the world has the highest historical monuments? karabo: Delhi
- Who is also known as the founder of scientific socialism? karabo: Karl Marx
- Where did the Black Death bring the most severe impact? karabo: Europe
- Who discovered Yersinia pestis? karabo: Alexandre Emile Jean Yersin
- Where was the last place that Alexandre Yersin stayed before he died? karabo: Vietnam
- Which country in Asia was a member of the Axis in World War II? karabo: Japane
- Which countries were members of the Allies in World War II? karabo: Britain, France, Russia, China, and the USA.
- When did The Holocaust, one of the most terrible events in history happen? karabo: During World War II
- When did World War II start and end? karabo: It started in 1939 and ended in 1945
- After Lenin, who was officially the leader of the Soviet Union? karabo: Joseph Stalin.
- What was NATO's first name before its current name? karabo: North Atlantic Treaty.
- When did the Cold War happen? karabo: 1947-1991
- Who was named after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated? karabo: Andrew Johnson
- Which country belonged to the Indochina peninsula during French colonization? karabo: Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia
- Who is the famous leader of Cuba who had 49 years in power? karabo: Fidel Castro
- Which dynasty was considered The Golden Age in Chinese history? karabo: Tang dynasty
- Which King of Thailand contributed to making Thailand survive during European colonial? karabo: King Chulalongkorn
- Who was the most powerful woman in Byzantine history? karabo: Empress Theodora
- In which ocean did the Titanic sink? karabo: Atlantic Ocean
- When was the Berlin Wall removed? karabo: 1989
- Who delivered the famous “I Have a Dream” speech? karabo: Martin Luther King Jr.
- Which were China's Four Great Inventions? karabo: 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 e tsejoa e le Monna oa Mali le Tšepe. (Bohata, ke Bismarck, Jeremane)
52. Koranta ea pele lefatšeng e qalile ke Jeremane. (Nnete)
53. Sophocles o tsejoa e le monghali oa Segerike? (Leshano, ke Aristophanes)
54. Egepeta e bitsoa Mpho ea Noka ea Nile. (Nnete)
55. Roma ea boholo-holo, ho na le matsatsi a 7 ka beke. (Bohata, matsatsi a 8)
56. Mao Tse-tung o tsejoa ka hore ke Bukana e Khubelu. (Nnete)
57. 1812 ke pheletso ea Ntoa ea 1812? (Bohata, ke 1815)
58. Super Bowl ea pele e ile ea bapaloa ka 1967. (Nnete)
59. Thelevishene e qapiloe ka 1972. (Nnete)
60. Babylona e nkoa e le motse o moholo ka ho fetisisa lefatšeng mehleng ea bona. (Nnete)
61. Zeus o ile a nka sebōpeho sa khantši ho thetsa mofumahali oa Spartan Leda. (Nnete)
62. Mona Lisa ke setšoantšo se tummeng sa Leonardo Davinci. (Nnete)
63. Herodotus o tsejoa e le "Ntate oa histori". (Nnete)
64. Minotaur ke sebōpuoa se tšabehang se lulang bohareng ba Labyrinth. (Nnete)
65. Alexandere e Moholo e ne e le morena oa Roma ea boholo-holo. (Bohata, Segerike sa boholo-holo)
66 Plato le Aristotle e ne e le bo-rafilosofi ba Bagerike. (Nnete)
67. Liphiramide tsa Giza ke tsa khale ka ho fetisisa mehlolo, 'me ke eona feela ea tse supileng tse teng kajeno. (Nnete)
68. Lijarete tsa Hanging ke tsona feela tsa Mehlolo tse Supileng tseo sebaka se sa kang sa theoa ka mokhoa o hlakileng. (Nnete)
69. Lentsoe la Egepeta "faro" ha e le hantle le bolela "ntlo e kholo." (Nnete)
70. 'Muso o Mocha o hopoloa e le nako ea Tsosoloso pōpong ea bonono, empa hape e le qetello ea puso ea dynastic. (Nnete)
71. Ho sesa ho tsoa Greece. (Bohata, Egepeta)
72. Alexandere e Moholo e ile ea e-ba Morena oa Macedon a le lilemo li 18. (Bohata. Lilemo tse 120)
73. Sepheo se seholo sa Bosione e ne e le ho Theha naha ea Bajuda. (Nnete)
74. Thomas Edison e ne e le motseteli oa Jeremane le mohoebi. (Bohata, ke Moamerika)
75. Parthenon e ne e hahiloe ka tlhompho ea molimotsana Athena, ea neng a emela tabatabelo ea motho ea ho fumana tsebo le bohlale bo loketseng. (Nnete)
76. Leloko la Shang ke nalane ea pele e tlalehiloeng ea China. (Nnete)
77. Tse 5thlekholo la lilemo BCE e ne e le nako e makatsang ea kholo ea filosofi bakeng sa Chaena ea boholo-holo. (Bohata, ke 6 thlekholo la lilemo)
78. Pusong ea Inca, Coricancha e ne e e-na le lebitso le leng le bitsoang Temple of Gold. (Nnete)
79. Zeuse ke morena oa melimo ea Olympian litšōmong tsa Bagerike. (Nnete)
80. Likoranta tsa pele tse hatisitsoeng li tsoa Roma, hoo e ka bang ka 59 BC. (Nnete)
30 Hard History Trivia Questions and Answers
Lebala lipotso tse bonolo tsa nalane ea nalane eo mang kapa mang a ka e arabang kapele, ke nako ea ho phahamisa phephetso ea lipotso tsa nalane ka lipotso tse thata tsa nalane ea nalane.
81. Which country did Albert Einstein live in before moving to the United States? karabo: Jeremane
82. Who was the first woman head of government? karabo: Sirimao Bandaru Nayake.
83. Which country was the first to give women the right to vote, in 1893? karabo: New zealand
84. Who was the first ruler of the Mongol Empire? karabo: Genghis Khan
85. In which city was U.S. president John F. Kennedy assassinated? karabo: Dallas
86. What does the Magna Carta mean? karabo: The Great Charter
87. When did Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro land in Peru? karabo: in 1532
88. Who is the first woman to go to space? karabo: Valentina Tereshkova
89. Who has an affair with Cleopatra and makes her queen of Egypt? karabo: Julius Caesar.
90. Who is one of the most famous students of Socrates? karabo: Plato
91. Which of the following tribes does not share its name with a mountain peak? karabo: Bheel.
92. Who among the following emphasized the 'Five Relationships? karabo: Confucius
93. "Boxer Rebellion e etsahetse neng"happen in China? karabo: 1900
94. Which city is the historical monument Al Khazneh located in? karabo: Petra
95. Who was prepared to exchange his English kingdom for a horse? karabo: Richard III
96. Whose winter residence did Potala Palace serve until 1959? karabo: Dalai Lama
97. What was the reason for the Black Plague? karabo: Yersinia pestis
98. Which type of aircraft was used to bomb Hiroshima in Japan during World War II? karabo: B-29 Superfortress
99. Who is known as the Father of Medicine? karabo: Hippocrates
100. Cambodia was devastated by which reign between 1975 and 1979? karabo: Khmer Rouge
101. Which countries weren’t colonized by Europeans in Southeast Asia? karabo: Thailand
102. Who was the patron God of Troy? karabo: Apollo
103. Where was Julius Caesar killed? karabo: In the Theater of Pompey
104. How many Celtic languages are still spoken today? karabo: 6
105. What did the Romans call Scotland? karabo: Caledonia
106. What was the Ukrainian nuclear power manufacturer that was the site of a nuclear disaster in April 1986? karabo: Chernobyl
107. Which Emperor built the Colosseum? karabo: Vespasian
108. The Opium War was a battle between which two countries? karabo: England and China
109. What famous military formation was made by Alexander the Great? karabo: Phalanx
110. Which countries fought in the Hundred Years’ War? karabo: Britain and France
25 Modern History Trivia Questions
Ke nako ea ho leka bohlale ba hau ka lipotso mabapi le nalane ea sejoale-joale. E mabapi le liketsahalo tsa morao-rao tse etsahalang le ho rekota litaba tsa bohlokoahali lefatšeng ka bophara. Kahoo, a re hlahlobeng ka tlase
histori trivia lipotso le likarabo.11. Who was awarded the Peace Noble Prize when she was 17 years old? karabo: Malala Yousafzai
112. Which country did a Brexit plan? karabo: The United Kingdom
113. When did Brexit happen? karabo: January 2020
114. Which country allegedly started with the COVID-19 pandemic? karabo: China
115. How many U.S. presidents are depicted on Mount Rushmore? karabo: 4
116. Where does the Statue of Liberty come from? karabo: Fora
117. Who founded Disney Studios? karaboTlhaloso: Walt Disney
118. Who founded Universal Studios in 1912? karabo: Carl Laemmle
119. Who is the author of Harry Potter? karabo: J. K. Rowling
120. When did the Internet become popular? karabo: 1993
121. Who is the 46th American president? karabo: Joseph R. Biden
122. Who leaked classified information from the National Security Agency (NSA) in 2013? karabo: Edward Snowden
123. What year was Nelson Mandela freed from prison? karabo: 1990
124. Who was the first woman to be elected Vice President of the United States in 2020? karabo: Kamala Harris
125. Which fashion brand did Karl Lagerfeld work for as creative director from 1983 until his death? karabo: Channel
126. Who is the first British Asian Prime Minister? karabo: Rishi Sunak
127. Who had the shortest prime minister tenure in UK history, lasting 45 days? karabo: Liz Truss
128. Who has served as president of the People's Republic of China (PRC) since 2013? karabo: Xi Jinping.
129. Who is the world’s longest-serving leader so far? karabo: Paul Piya, Cameroon
130. Who is the first wife of King Charles III? karabo: 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? karabo: Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor, or Elizabeth II
132. When did Singapore become independent? karabo: La 1965 Phato
133. Which year did the Soviet Union collapse? karabo: 1991
134. When was the first electric car introduced? karabo: 1870s
135. Which year was Facebook founded? karabo: 2004
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15 Easy True/False History Trivia Questions for Kids
Na ua tseba hore ho etsa lipotso letsatsi le leng le le leng ho ka thusa ho ntlafatsa bokhoni ba bana ba ho nahana? Botsa bana ba hao lipotso tsena ho ba fa maikutlo a molemo ka ho fetisisa ka histori ea nakong e fetileng le ho atolosa tsebo ea bona.
136. Petrose le Andrease ke baapostola ba pele ba tsebahalang ba ho latela Jesu. (Nnete)
137. Li-Dinosaurs ke libōpuoa tse phetseng lilemong tse limilione tse fetileng. (Nnete)
138. Papali ea bolo ke papali e tsebahalang haholo ea bashebelli lefatšeng. (Bohata, Peiso ea Auto)
139. Lipapali tsa pele tsa Commonwealth li etsahetse ka 1920. (False, 1930)
140. Tlhōlisano ea pele ea Wimbledon e ile ea tšoaroa ka 1877. (Nnete)
141. George Harrison e ne e le Beatle e monyenyane ka ho fetisisa. (Nnete)
142. Steven Spielberg o ile a laela Mehlahare, Bahlaseli ba Areka e Lahlehileng, le ET. (Nnete)
143. Lebitso la Faro le ile la fuoa babusi ba Egepeta ea Khale. (Nnete)
144. The Trojan War took place in Troy, a city in Ancient Greece. (True)
145. Cleopatra e ne e le ’musi oa ho qetela oa lesika la Ptolemaic la Egepeta ea boholo-holo. (Nnete)
146. Engelane e na le paramente ea khale ka ho fetisisa lefatšeng. (Bohata. Iceland)
147. Katse e ile ea fetoha Senator Roma ea Boholo-holo. (Bohata, pere)
148. Christopher Columbus o ne a tsebahala ka ho sibolla Amerika. (Nnete)
149. Galileo Galilei pioneered the use of the telescope to observe the night sky. (True)
150. Napoleon Bonaparte e ne e le moemphera oa bobeli oa Fora. (Bohata, moemphera oa pele)
Lipotso Asked hangata
Why is history important?
Melemo ea bohlokoa ea 5 e kenyelletsa: (1) Ho utloisisa se fetileng (2) Ho theha sejoale-joale (3) Ho nts'etsapele tsebo ea ho nahana ka botebo (4) Ho utloisisa phapang ea setso (5) Ho khothaletsa boikopanyo ba sechaba.
What was the most tragic event in history?
The Transatlantic Slave Trade (15th to 19th Century), ha mebuso ea Europe e etsa makhoba a baahi ba Afrika Bophirima. Ba ile ba kenya makhoba likepeng tse patisaneng ’me ba a qobella ho mamella maemo a hlobaetsang leoatleng, a e-na le lijo tse fokolang. Ho ile ha bolaoa makhoba a ka bang limilione tse 60 a Maafrika!
Nako e ntle ea ho ithuta histori ke efe?
Ho bohlokoa ho qala ho ithuta nalane esale pele bophelong, kaha e fana ka motheo oa ho utloisisa lefatše le mathata a lona, kahoo bana ba ka qala ho ithuta nalane kapele kamoo ba ka khonang.