Medium History Questions
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Which of these countries was NOT a part of the Soviet Union?
The correct answer is A. Afghanistan
Which of these founding fathers of the United States of America later became president?
The correct answer is B. James Monroe
The Korean War started in what year?
The correct answer is C. 1950
Who tutored Alexander the Great?
The correct answer is A. Aristotle
Which of the following countries was the first to send an object into space?
The correct answer is B. Germany
What is the name of the ship which was only a few miles away from the RMS Titanic when it struck an iceberg on April 14, 1912?
The correct answer is A. Californian
What year is considered to be the year that the British Empire ended?
The correct answer is D. 1997
When was the People's Republic of China founded?
The correct answer is D. October 1, 1949
When did the United States formally declare war on Japan, entering World War II?
The correct answer is A. December 8, 1941
Which Nation DID NOT have a Colony in Modern-day America?
The correct answer is B. Portugal
Which of the following snipers has the highest amount of confirmed kills?
The correct answer is C. Simo Häyhä
In relation to the British Occupation in Ireland, what does the IRA stand for.
The correct answer is C. Irish Republican Army
What was the total length of the Titanic?
The correct answer is D. 882 ft | 268.8 m
According to scholarly estimates, what percentage of the world population at the time died due to Tamerlane's conquests?
The correct answer is D. 5%
Which king was killed at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485?
The correct answer is D. Richard III
When did Norway get its constitution?
The correct answer is A. 1814
How old was Lyndon B. Johnson when he assumed the role of President of the United States?
The correct answer is C. 55
Who is attributed credit for recording the epic poem The Odyssey?
The correct answer is B. Homer
Which of these facilities was not present on the Titanic?
The correct answer is A. Fainting room
When Christopher Columbus sailed to America, what was the first region he arrived in?
The correct answer is D. The Bahamas Archipelago
When was "The Gadget", the first nuclear device to be detonated, tested?
The correct answer is C. July 16, 1945
The Panama Canal was finished under the administration of which U.S. president?
The correct answer is D. Woodrow Wilson
Which American civilization is the source of the belief that the world would end or drastically change on December 21st, 2012?
The correct answer is C. The Mayans
Who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
The correct answer is B. Gavrilo Princip
Which U.S. President was famously 'attacked' by a swimming rabbit?
The correct answer is B. Jimmy Carter
When did the Crisis of the Third Century begin?
The correct answer is B. 235 AD
What was the name of one of the surviving palaces of Henry VIII located near Richmond, London?
The correct answer is C. Hampton Court
What nationality was sultan Saladin?
The correct answer is C. Kurdish
Who was the first president born in the independent United States?
The correct answer is D. Martin Van Buren
Which building was set aflame on August 24th, 1812?
The correct answer is D. The White House
In what year did the First World War end?
The correct answer is D. 1918
Which Louis was known as 'The Sun King of France'?
The correct answer is B. Louis XIV
Which Las Vegas casino was originally constructed and operated by mobster Bugsy Siegel?
The correct answer is A. The Flamingo
Against which country did the Dutch Republic fight the Eighty Years' War?
The correct answer is D. Spain
Which of these countries was sea charted in 1500 by the Portuguese maritime explorations?
The correct answer is A. Brazil
The Battle of the Somme in World War I took place in which country?
The correct answer is B. France
Which Apollo mission was the last one in NASA's Apollo program?
The correct answer is D. Apollo 17
Which WWII tank ace is credited with having destroyed the most tanks?
The correct answer is A. Kurt Knispel
Joseph Stalin had a criminal past doing what?
The correct answer is C. Robbing Trains
Which U.S. President was in office when the Gulf War began?
The correct answer is A. George H. W. Bush
The Tsar Bomba, the most powerful nuclear bomb ever tested, had a yield of 50 megatons but theoretically had a maximum yield of how much?
The correct answer is A. 100 Megatons
In the War of the Pacific (1879 - 1883), Bolivia lost its access to the Pacific Ocean after being defeated by which South American country?
The correct answer is C. Chile
How many times was Albert Einstein married in his lifetime?
The correct answer is D. Twice
During the Mongolian invasions of Japan, what were the Mongol boats mostly stopped by?
The correct answer is D. Typhoons
In what year was the famous 45 foot tall Hollywood sign first erected?
The correct answer is C. 1923
Where and when was the first cardboard box made for industrial use?
The correct answer is A. England, 1817
Adolf Hitler was born on which date?
The correct answer is B. April 20, 1889
What happened on June 6, 1944?
The correct answer is C. D-Day
What historical event was Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture referencing?
The correct answer is C. The Napoleonic Wars
In what year was the last natural case of smallpox documented?
The correct answer is A. 1977