101 History Trivia Questions to Expand Your Information Empire

Marco Polo was from which Italian city?

What was the political belief of the Bolsheviks?

Ranier III came to the throne of which small state in 1949?

A 1971 crush caused the death of fans in a football ground in which UK city?

Éamon de Valera was a 20th century political leader in which country?

Which city was the capital of the Ottoman Empire?

The Great Depression of the 1930s started with a stock market crash in which country?

Wakan Tanka is the supreme being of which Native American group?

A cartoon called ‘Plane Crazy’ was the first appearance of which famous character?

Actress Jayne Mansfield was killed in a car crash in which state in 1967?

Which country voted to leave the European Union in 2016?

Who took the British throne after Edward VII?

Which 19th century leader was nicknamed ‘Little Corporal’?

John McCain served as senator for which US state?

The Oslo Peace Accords were signed between the PLO and which country’s government?

Which country approved a new red and white flag design in 1965?

Churchill said a curtain of which metal divided capitalist and communist Europe?

What was the name of the ship which came to rescue Titanic survivors?

The 2010 Arab Spring started with a revolt in which country?

What was the first name of President Eisenhower?

What fabric gives its name to the ancient Europe to Asia trade route?

Which nation influenced European countries in the Eastern Bloc?

Which US President had twins called Barbara and Jenna?

Robert Mugabe became leader of which country in 1980?

The US re-established diplomatic links with which island in 2016?

Singer Sonny Bono was mayor of which Californian city?

Which words did Washington add to the official Oath of Office?

Alexandra Palace reopened in which city in 1875, rebuilt after a fire?

What is the first name of Alabama civil rights campaigner Ms Boynton?

King Tut is the nickname of a ruler from which country?

Zulus measured their wealth in which animals?

Where is the site of the Battle of Culloden?

Silvio Berlusconi was a 20th century leader in which country?

What was the name of the daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon?

Which President signed the Emancipation Declaration in 1863?

The 1750s Seven Year’s War was fought between Britain and which country?

Who was chosen as leader of the British Labour party in 1994?

What did a tallow chandler make?

Who founded the National Woman Suffrage Association with Susan B Anthony?

Farrier is an old term for someone who looked after the feet of which animal?

Constantine II was the last monarch of which European country?

Ugo Cavallero commanded the Army of which country in WW2?

Which title did Philip Mountbatten take when he married Princess Elizabeth?

Louis Pasteur developed a way of making which liquid safe to drink?

Dogger Bank, Caporetto, and Marne were battles in which conflict?

George Bush signed a nuclear treaty with which Russian leader in 1993?

Which Russian historical figure was known as ‘The Terrible’?

Which US President delivered the Gettysburg Address?

Which European country was famous for high quality linen items?

Napoleon was exiled to which Mediterranean island in 1814?

Which European country has the world’s oldest existing monarchy?

Estonia was part of which country until 1991?

What was the first name of British explorer Raleigh?

General Robert E Lee was born in which US state?

Which country introduced the ruble as the word’s first decimal currency in 1704?

President General Antonio López de Santa Anna was defeated at which famous battle?

Which country was ruled by the Vichy government during WW2?

Which color of tiles were used to build Imperial palaces in ancient China?

The Battle of Stalingrad was part of which larger conflict?

Who was the first former First Lady to be appointed to the US cabinet?

In which month of 1969 did Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon?

Which Civil Rights leader made the famous ‘I have a dream’ speech?

A Caliph was the leader of which sort of religious state?

Crazy Horse fought his last battle against US forces at Wolf Mountain in which state?

Paul Revere warned the residents of which US city that the British were coming?

Anne Frank spent most of her life in which European city?

Jean-maker Levi Strauss emigrated to the US from which European country?

Egypt became part of which Empire after the death of Cleopatra?

Who was the British king at the time of US independence?

What was the Eastern Roman Empire known as?

Which US city was called Yerba Buena until 1847?

Emil Zapotek was a famous athlete in the 1950s from which country?

NASA launched the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph in 2013 to study what?

The California Star was the first newspaper published in which US city?

The term ‘Blitz’ usually refers to the German bombing of which city?

Africa’s oldest university was established in which country in 1873?

Al-Andalus was an Islamic-controlled region in which modern European country?

Which Empire laid siege to the island of Malta in 1565?

Which country issued the world’s first paper money in around 1024?

Which was the second state after Massachusetts to legalize same-sex marriage?

Ferdinand Magellan was an explorer from which country?

Joseph Smith founded which church in New York, before moving it to Utah?

What did Nicola Salvi famously design in 1629?

The Politburo was the ruling group of which country?

Blitzkrieg is a term for bombing which comes from which language?

On which island did the dodo become extinct in the 17th century?

In which city did the US Congress meet for the first time in 1789?

2004 saw the first same-sex marriages in which US state?

What was Gandhi’s job before being a civil rights campaigner?

James K Polk was from which state?

The Provisional IRA called a ceasefire in which part of the UK in 1994?

The Nazi party came to power in which country in the 1930s?

Bill Gates stepped down as which company’s boss in 2000?

Smyrna was a strategically-important city in which modern day country?

Osama Bin Laden declared war against which country in 1996?

Rosa Parks made her bus protest in which US state?

Which word is used to describe the US before the Civil War?

Which was the first US state to ratify Prohibition in 1918?

Solidarity was a 20th century trade union in which European country?

Woodstock music festival was held in which US state in August 1969?

The Lorraine Motel, where Luther King was shot, is now a what?