Hard History Questions
72 questionsTest your knowledge with 72 hard history trivia questions. Each question includes multiple choice options and the correct answer.
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From 1940 to 1942, what was the capital-in-exile of Free France ?
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B. Brazzaville
The pantheon in Rome was used to worship what god?
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A. Any god they wanted
The Second Boer War in 1899 was fought where?
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D. South Africa
What was the last colony the UK ceded marking the end of the British Empire?
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B. Hong Kong
How long did the Warsaw Uprising during World War II last?
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D. 63 Days
In addition to his career as an astrologer and "prophet", Nostradamus published a 1555 treatise that included a section on what?
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C. Making jams and jellies
What did the abbreviation "RMS" stand for in the RMS Titanic in 1912?
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C. Royal Mail Ship
The ontological argument for the proof of God's existence is first attributed to whom?
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A. Anselm of Canterbury
Who is the creator of the soft drink, Dr. Pepper?
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B. Charles Alderton
What was Napoleon Bonaparte's name before he changed it?
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D. Napoleone di Buonaparte
How many women joined the United States Armed Services during World War II?
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C. 350,000
Which one of these rulers did not belong to the Habsburg dynasty?
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D. Philip V
When did Lithuania declare independence from the Soviet Union?
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D. March 11th, 1990
The Hagia Sophia was commissioned by which emperor of the Byzantine Empire?
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C. Justinian I
When did Spanish Peninsular War start?
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B. 1808
Who was the first man to travel into outer space twice?
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B. Gus Grissom
List the following Iranic empires in chronological order:
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C. Median, Achaemenid, Parthian, Sassanid
When did Canada leave the confederation to become their own nation?
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C. July 1st, 1867
What was the code name for the Allied invasion of Southern France on August 15th, 1944?
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A. Operation Dragoon
What did the first vending machines in the early 1880's dispense?
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C. Post cards
Which U.S. president was said to have been too honest to lie to his father about chopping down a cherry tree?
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B. George Washington
Bohdan Khmelnytsky was which of the following?
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C. Leader of the Ukrainian Cossacks
Which English king was married to Eleanor of Aquitaine?
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B. Henry II
Which is the hull NO. of the Fletcher class destroyer Fletcher?
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B. DD-445
Which country did the Eureka Rebellion, an 1856 battle against colonial rule, take place in?
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A. Australia
Toussaint Louverture led a successful slave revolt in which country?
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C. Haiti
Which countries participated in the Lobster War?
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C. France and Brazil
The Bohemian Revolt (1618-1620) started after Protestants in Prague did what to their Catholic Lords Regents?
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D. Threw them out of a window
When was Adolf Hitler appointed as Chancellor of Germany?
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B. January 30, 1933
After the 1516 Battle of Marj Dabiq, the Ottoman Empire took control of Jerusalem from which sultanate?
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B. Mamluk
What was the real name of the Albanian national leader Skanderbeg?
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B. Gjergj Kastrioti
Which of the following was not one of Joseph Stalin's ten blows during World War II?
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D. Vistula-Oder Offensive
The Battle of Hastings was fought in which year?
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A. 1066
Which of the following physicists did NOT work on the Manhattan project?
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C. Murray Gell-Mann
During the Wars of the Roses (1455 - 1487) which Englishman was dubbed "the Kingmaker"?
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C. Richard Neville
What was the name of the spy ring that helped the United States win the Revolutionary War?
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A. Culper Ring
In the year 1900, what were the most popular first names given to boy and girl babies born in the United States?
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B. John and Mary
What is the name of the Boeing B-29 that dropped the 'Little Boy' atomic bomb on Hiroshima?
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A. Enola Gay
When was the SS or Schutzstaffel established?
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A. April 4th, 1925
What age was King Henry V when he died?
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A. 35
The ancient city of Chichén Itzá was built by which civilization?
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C. Mayans
On which day did ARPANET suffer a 4 hour long network crash?
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C. October 27, 1980
Who was the President of the United States during the signing of the Gadsden Purchase?
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C. Franklin Pierce
What year was Canada founded in?
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D. 1867
The main objective of the German operation "Case Blue" during World War II was originally to capture what?
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A. Caucasus
Who assassinated President James A. Garfield?
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A. Charles Guiteau
With which Greek philosopher would you associate the phrase, "I know that I know nothing"?
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D. Socrates
The son of which pope supposedly held a lecherous fête involving 50 courtesans in the papal palace?
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A. Alexander VI
In which year did the Tokyo Subway Sarin Attack occur?
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B. 1995
Which day did World War I begin?
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C. July 28