32309 Easy Trivia Questions
32309 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
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?
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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
Which British king was known as the 'Father of the British Navy'?
Answer
Henry VIII
Which act in 1765 imposed direct taxes on the American colonies?
Answer
Stamp Act
Which region in South Africa was the first British colony?
Answer
Cape of Good Hope
What was the name of the first British colony in the Pacific?
Answer
New South Wales
Which British prime minister oversaw the abolition of the slave trade in 1807?
Answer
William Grenville
Which British monarch granted a charter to the East India Company in 1600?
Answer
Elizabeth I
Which war ended British rule in the American colonies?
Answer
American Revolutionary War
Who was the monarch when the British Empire abolished slavery in 1833?
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William IV
Which act in 1773 sparked the Boston Tea Party?
Answer
Tea Act
Which ocean was called the 'British Lake' during the empire?
Answer
Indian Ocean
Which British company ruled India until 1858?
Answer
East India Company
What was the name of the Persian capital built by Cyrus the Great?
Answer
Pasargadae
Which Persian king conquered the Lydian Empire?
Answer
Cyrus the Great
What was the name of the dynasty that ruled the Achaemenid Empire?
Answer
Achaemenid dynasty
Which empire preceded the Achaemenid Empire in Persia?
Answer
Median Empire
Which Persian empire was founded by Arsaces I in 247 BC?
Answer
Parthian Empire
What is the name of the supreme deity in Zoroastrianism?
Answer
Ahura Mazda
What is the central religious text of Zoroastrianism?
Answer
Avesta