101 World History Trivia Questions For All The Global Citizens

1. In Roman Numerals what does LXX stand for?

2. In the past, what was a 'jakes'?

3. The Dalai Lama fled from Tibet to which nearby country in 1959?

4. In his lifetime, Louis XVI of France had two what?

5. In what year was Facebook founded?

6. In which century was Joan of Arc burned at the stake?

1. In what year was St Paul's Cathedral completed?

2. In which decade did John Glenn become the first American in space?

3. In which country was Bonnie Prince Charlie born?

4. In December 1989 the Brandenburg Gate reopened, uniting two halves of which city?

5. In what year did Russian troops occupy Afghanistan?

6. In the past, who or what were Tommy's?

1. Israel, France and which other country led a military attack on Egypt during the Suez Crisis?

2. What was the name for military leaders of Japan between the 12th and 19th centuries?

3. In what year did Germany occupy Austria?

4. In Tudor times, what was a farthingale?

5. Sirimavo Bandaranaike of which country became the world's first female Prime Minister?

6. Ariel Sharon was a former politician from which country?

1. In what year was US President Millard Fillmore born?

2. Mikhail Gorbachev became leader of the Soviet Union in which decade?

3. Of which ancient people was Attila the leader?

4. The Tamil Tigers were an extremist group from which country?

5. Marco Polo was a citizen of which city?

6. Which Duke beat Napoleon at Waterloo?

1. The Great Wall of China was built to keep which people from invading?

2. In which century did Nelson triumph at Trafalgar?

3. The territory of the ancient kingdom of Mesopotamia is located in which modern day country?

4. What was the codename given to the project to develop the atomic bomb?

5. What was the surname of sufragette campaigners Emmeline, Christabel and Sylvia?

6. In which century was the Great Depression?

1. In which country were antibiotics first used?

2. Shaka was a 19th century leader of which famous African tribe?

3. How many ponies did the Pony Express use weekly?

4. Who was the first wife of King Henry VIII?

5. In 1958, Fidel Castro overthrew President Batista in which country?

6. In which century was the Norman Conquest of England?

1. Dionysus was the Greek god of which drink?

2. The Princes in the Tower were supposedly murdered in which London building?

3. In February 1990, 160 million bottles of what were withdrawn from sale?

4. In which harbor did the Mary Rose sink in 1545?

5. In which decade was Dolly the Sheep cloned?

6. In Stalin's USSR, what was as 'kolkhoz'?

1. What was the occupation of Spartacus in ancient Rome?

2. In which century did the Boston Tea Party occur?

3. In which century did Henry V fight at Agincourt?

4. In what year was US President Zachary Taylor born?

5. For how many years was Leonid Brezhnev leader of the Soviet Union?

6. In what year did the Rainbow Warrior sink?

1. In olden times, what did a 'colporteur' sell?

2. In which country was Leon Trotsky murdered?

3. 1980 saw shipyard workers in Gdansk in which country go on strike?

4. Alexander the Great was an ancient ruler of which country?

5. Josephine, vicomtesse de Beauharnais, married which famous leader?

6. In what year was US President Abraham Lincoln born?

1. Sunni and Shia are the two major branches in which world religion?

2. Maximilien Robespierre led which country at the end of the 18th century?

3. Great Train robber Ronnie Biggs escaped from prison and fled to which country?

4. Who fought the 100 years war?

5. In the past, who or what was an 'anchoress'?

6. In what year did the Mayan Long-count calendar end?

1. Former UN Secretary General Javoer Perez de Cuellar was from which South American country?

2. In what year was UNESCO founded?

3. In which country was the longbow invented?

4. In what year was the laser printer invented?

5. What was Hillary Clinton's profession before going into politics?

6. How many km long was the Berlin Wall?

1. What was the name of the investment plan to help Europe recover from WW2?

2. Alexander the Great of which country conquered Egypt in 332 BC?

3. The Battle of Midway was a sea battle during which war?

4. In ancient times, which country was known as Gaul?

5. In which century did the Titanic sink?

6. Blogs were originally called what?

1. Ötzi was a man from which age discovered in 1991?

2. What was the name of the policy to try to contain WW2 by agreeing to some of Hitler's demands?

3. On what type of paper did the Egyptians write?

4. In which century was the Wall Street Crash?

5. Which European island was awarded the George Cross for bravery in 1942?

6. The Battle of Kursk was part of which larger conflict?

1. Victorian killer Jack the Ripper haunted the streets of which city?

2. Who was the last of the British Stuart monarchs?

3. In what century were post boxes invented?

4. Paul Revere was famous for warning the residents of which US city that the British were coming?

5. Who was US President during the First World War?

6. In Tudor times, Venetians were another name for which item of clothing?

1. The Khmer Rouge were the communist forces of which Asian country?

2. Explorer Francisco Pizarro defeated the Inca Empire and founded which modern day city?

3. In which European country have the most major land battles been fought?

4. In which country did the rumba originate?

5. How many writing Bronte sisters were there?

6. Who was the last Tsar of Russia?

1. Who led the 1745 Jacobite rebellion?

2. In what year did the Tudor Age begin?

3. In China, what color does a bride traditionally wear?

4. Interpol was founded in 1923 in which city?

5. How many ancient wonders of the world were there?

6. Which explorer had ships called Pinta, Santa Maria and Niña?

1. Which country adopted the Weimar Constitution in 1919?

2. In Victorian Britain, what was a Jacquard?

3. In which century was the Magna Carta signed?

4. In which country did bridge originate?

5. Who was known as The Lady with the Lamp?