509+ History Trivia Questions with Answers

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How many names did the first telephone book have in 1878?

  • 50
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With what Russian spacecraft did the space shuttle Atlantis dock in 1995?

  • Mir
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Winston Churchill ordered the restocking of which animal at Gibraltar in 1942?

  • Barbary Ape
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Whose famous tomb was opened in Egypt in 1922?

  • King Tut's
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Whom did Britain's Prince Charles marry on July 29, 1981?

  • Diana Spencer
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Who wrote the 95 theses against the Catholic Church?

  • Martin Luther
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Who won the Spanish-American War?

  • United States
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Who will replace the Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf when he dies or resign?

  • Princess Victoria
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Who were the two leaders of Chile's Independence movement from 1810 until 1818?

  • Bernardo O'Higgins And Jose De San Martin
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Who went on a six-day "fast to the death" to protest British actions in 1932?

  • Mohandas Gandhi
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Who was the WWI soldier that was also a poet?

  • Wilfred Owen
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Who was the top Australian flying ace in WWI?

  • Robert Little
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Who was the Russian czar assassinated in 1881?

  • Alexander II
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Who was the Roman guardian of entrances and exits?

  • Janus
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Who was the only U.S. Marine ace of the Korean War?

  • John Bolt
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Who was the only ace from the U.S. Navy in the Korean War?

  • Guy Bordelon
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Who was the most famous female pilot of the early 20th century?

  • Amelia Earhart
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Who was the leading ace for Norway in WWII?

  • Svein Heglund
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Who was the last Filipino general to surrender to the Americans during the Filipino-American war?

  • General Miguel Malvar
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Who was the last Emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire?

  • Karl I
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Who was the Israeli Prime Minister during the 1973 war?

  • Golda Meir
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Who was the Greek God of Love?

  • Eros
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Who was the grandson of Genghis Khan?

  • Kublai Khan
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Who was the first to be Governor of Hong Kong?

  • Sir Henry Arthur Blake
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Who was the first supreme ruler of Norway?

  • Harald Fairhair
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Who was the first Prime Minister of Great Britain?

  • Robert Walpole
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Who was the first Prime Minister of Australia?

  • Edmund Barton
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Who was the first Pharaoh of Egypt?

  • Menes
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Who was the first European to sail into New York Harbor?

  • Henry Hudson
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Who was the first Chinese leader to use the term "Emperor" or "Huang Ti"?

  • Chin Shih Huang
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Who was the famous botanist who traveled with Captain Cook on his first voyage?

  • Joseph Banks
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Who was the dictator of Romania from 1965 to 1989?

  • Ceausescu
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Who was the Czech foreign minister who died mysteriously following the Communist coup in that country in 1948?

  • Jan Masaryk
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Who was the creator of the Mongol empire?

  • Genghis Khan
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Who was the Confederate spy who became a bodyguard for the Pope at the Vatican?

  • John Surratt
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Who was the captain of the "Pinta" on Christopher Columbus' voyage in 1492?

  • Martin Alonso Pinzon
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Who was the British Navy Minister during WW1?

  • Winston Churchill
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Who was Prime Minister of Canada during World War II?

  • William Lyon Mackenzie King
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Who was Odette Sansom in World War II?

  • Female British Spy
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Who was nicknamed the "Iron Chancellor" and known as the unifier of Germany?

  • Otto Von Bismarck
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Who was known as the "Mad Monarch"?

  • George III
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Who was known as a pioneer in aviation and disappeared over the mid-Pacific in 1937?

  • Amelia Earhart
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Who was in charge of the German Luftwaffe during World War II?

  • Hermann Goering
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Who was George H. W. Bush's Vice President?

  • Dan Quayle
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Who was first chosen to be Nasser's Vice President and was once President?

  • Anwar Sadat
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Who was Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman better known as?

  • Nellie Bly
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Who was Australia's Prime Minister at the time of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor?

  • John Curtin
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Who was arrested after killing at least 34 people on the Australian island of Tasmania in 1996?

  • Martin Bryant
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Who voted for the first time in the elections for the National Assembly of Kuwait in 2006?

  • Women
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Who took over as the top civilian administrator of Iraq in May 2003?

  • Paul Bremer
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