History trivia questions and answers
The Quickfire pack has 50 History questions, all written in English and Spanish. Here are 15 of them. Hosts get the full set, ready to put on a TV with players answering on their phones.
Tap a question to reveal the answer. The sample runs from very easy to very hard, like the pack itself. Showing 15 of 50 questions.
What year did Christopher Columbus sail to America?Very easy
Answer: 1492.
Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?Very easy
Answer: John Wilkes Booth.
Who was the leader of Nazi Germany?Very easy
Answer: Adolf Hitler.
What was the Black Death?Easy
Answer: Bubonic plague.
Who led the Indian independence movement?Easy
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi.
Joan of Arc lifted the English siege of which French city in 1429?Easy
Answer: Orléans.
What was the Trail of Tears?Intermediate
Answer: Forced relocation of Native Americans.
In what year did the Boston Tea Party take place?Intermediate
Answer: 1773.
Who was the architect of the Taj Mahal?Intermediate
Answer: Ustad Ahmad Lahori.
The Meiji Restoration of 1868 restored imperial rule in which country?Hard
Answer: Japan.
Which Chinese leader launched the Cultural Revolution in 1966?Hard
Answer: Mao Zedong (Mao).
What were the Crusades?Hard
Answer: Religious wars for Jerusalem.
Who published the Ninety-five Theses in 1517, sparking the Protestant Reformation?Very hard
Answer: Martin Luther.
Which European power fought China in the First Opium War (1839-1842)?Very hard
Answer: Britain (the United Kingdom).
Which married American couple was executed in 1953 for passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union?Very hard
Answer: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg (the Rosenbergs).
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