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