What is the name of the ancient Inca city located high in the Andes?
Answer
Machu Picchu
83042 Easy Trivia Questions
83042 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
Which large Preclassic Maya site is located in the Mirador Basin?
Answer
El Mirador
Which Maya ruler's elaborate tomb was found in Palenque's Temple of the Inscriptions?
Answer
Pakal the Great
What symbol did the Maya use to represent zero in their numerals?
Answer
A shell glyph
What is the name of the Maya writing system using glyphs?
Answer
Maya hieroglyphs
How many months did the Maya Haab' calendar contain?
Answer
18 months
What sport did the Maya play in their stone courts?
Answer
Mesoamerican ballgame
What was the name of the colonial protest group that dumped tea into Boston Harbor?
Answer
Sons of Liberty
What river did George Washington cross on Christmas night 1776?
Answer
Delaware River
In which city did the Continental Congress meet in 1774?
Answer
Philadelphia
What pamphlet by Thomas Paine swayed public opinion toward independence?
Answer
Common Sense
Who was the British commander who surrendered at Yorktown?
Answer
Charles Cornwallis
On what date did the Battles of Lexington and Concord occur?
Answer
April 19, 1775
Who said, 'I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country'?
Answer
Nathan Hale
Who was the first African American killed in the Boston Massacre?
Answer
Crispus Attucks
Which colony was the first to renounce its allegiance to King George III?
Answer
Rhode Island
In what year did the Boston Massacre occur?
Answer
1770
How many original colonies were there?
Answer
13
What river did George Washington cross to attack Trenton?
Answer
Delaware River
Which battle is known for the order 'Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes'?
Answer
Battle of Bunker Hill
Who was the first person to sign the Declaration of Independence?
Answer
John Hancock
What city was the site of the Boston Massacre in 1770?
Answer
Boston
What was the name of the pamphlet by Thomas Paine that encouraged independence?
Answer
Common Sense
What event involved colonists dumping tea into Boston Harbor?
Answer
Boston Tea Party
Who commanded the Continental Army?
Answer
George Washington
What document formally ended the American Revolutionary War?
Answer
Treaty of Paris
Which battle is considered the first military engagement of the Revolution?
Answer
Battles of Lexington and Concord
Who was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?
Answer
Thomas Jefferson
In what year did the American Revolution begin?
Answer
1775
Which British monarch was the first to be styled Emperor of India?
Answer
Queen Victoria
Which British colony was the site of the Boston Tea Party?
Answer
Massachusetts
Which British general won the Battle of Plassey in 1757?
Answer
Robert Clive
Which British prime minister was known as the 'Iron Duke'?
Answer
Duke of Wellington
Which British explorer was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe?
Answer
Francis Drake
Which overseas territory is the southernmost British territory?
Answer
British Antarctic Territory
Which act in 1774 closed the port of Boston?
Answer
Boston Port Act
Which British explorer was killed in Hawaii in 1779?
Answer
James Cook