Medium History Questions
146 questionsTest your knowledge with 146 medium history trivia questions. Each question includes multiple choice options and the correct answer.
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What were the first states to break away from Yugoslavia?
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C. Slovenia, Croatia
John Moses Browning, the designer of the M1918 BAR (Browning Automatic Rifle) was a part of which religion?
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D. Mormon
What was Genghis Khan's real name?
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C. Temüjin
In what year was the video game company Electronic Arts founded?
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B. 1982
When did construction of the Suez Canal finish?
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D. 1869
Which of the following battles is often considered as marking the beginning of the fall of the Western Roman Empire?
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A. Battle of Adrianople
Joseph Smith was the founder of what religion?
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D. Mormonism
When did Norway become free from Sweden?
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C. 1905
In what year did Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin land on the moon?
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C. 1969
The creator of the Enigma Cypher and Machine was of what nationality?
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C. German
Which of his six wives was Henry VIII married to the longest?
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B. Catherine of Aragon
The seed drill was invented by which British inventor?
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D. Jethro Tull
The Herero genocide was perpetrated in Africa by which of the following colonial nations?
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D. Germany
On which day did the attempted coup d'etat of 1991 in the Soviet Union begin?
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A. August 19
In what year did the North American Video Game Crash occur?
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C. 1983
What is the name of the US Navy spy ship which was attacked and captured by North Korean forces in 1968?
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D. USS Pueblo
On what day did Germany invade Poland?
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D. September 1, 1939
What date was the first flight of the P-40 Warhawk?
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D. October 14 1938
When did the British hand-over sovereignty of Hong Kong back to China?
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C. 1997
What was the name of the planned invasion of Japan towards the end of World War II?
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C. Operation Downfall
Which country gifted the Statue of Liberty to the United States of America?
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B. France
What was the code name for the German invasion of the Soviet Union in WW2?
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A. Operation Barbarossa
When was the United States National Security Agency established?
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D. November 4, 1952
The crown of the Empire State Building was originally built for what purpose?
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A. Airship Dock
Which country had an "Orange Revolution" between 2004 and 2005?
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D. Ukraine
What was the unofficial name for Germany between 1919 and 1933?
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D. Weimar Republic
In what prison was Adolf Hitler held in 1924?
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C. Landsberg Prison
Which historical conflict killed the most people?
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D. World War II
How many years did the Hundred Years' War last?
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C. 116
In what year did the Berlin Wall fall?
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B. 1989
During which American Civil War campaign did Union troops dig a tunnel beneath Confederate troops to detonate explosives underneath them?
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C. Siege of Petersburg
Who was the only US President to be elected four times?
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B. Franklin Roosevelt
Which of the following Assyrian kings did NOT rule during the Neo-Assyrian Empire?
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D. Shamshi-Adad III
Which of the following is NOT classified as a Semetic language?
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D. Sumerian
Which Roman Emperor led the Roman Empire to reach its maximum territorial extent?
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D. Trajan
When did O, Canada officially become the national anthem?
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D. 1980
What is the mnemonic device for remembering the fates of the wives of Henry VIII?
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C. Divorced, Beheaded, Died, Divorced, Beheaded, Survived
Under which name was Rodrigo Borgia made Pope?
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A. Alexander VI
What was the transfer of disease, crops, and people across the Atlantic shortly after the discovery of the Americas called?
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A. The Columbian Exchange
The fraudelent doctor John R. Brinkley acummulated great fame and wealth in the early 1900s offering what service?
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B. Goat testicles transplant
In what year did Texas secede from Mexico?
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A. 1836
Who was the first explorer to sail to North America?
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D. Leif Erikson
America's Strategic Defense System during the Cold War was nicknamed after this famous movie.
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D. Star Wars
All of the following are names of the Seven Warring States EXCEPT:
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C. Zhai (翟)
Which infamous European traitor was known as "the last person to enter Parliament with honest intentions"?
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C. Guy Fawkes
What number does the Roman numeral "D" stand for?
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D. 500
What year did Skoal, a smokeless Tobacco company, release their first line of Pouches, known as "Skoal Bandits"?
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C. 1983
Who was the last Roman emperor in the Year of Four Emperors (69 AD)?
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C. Vespasian
When did Jamaica recieve its independence from England?
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B. 1962
Which of the following Presidents of the United States was assassinated?
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D. William McKinley