Medium History Questions

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Question 101medium

The Spitfire L.F. Mk IX had what engine?

A.Griffon 65

B.Merlin 50

C.Merlin 66

D.Merlin X

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. Merlin 66

Question 102medium

Which Greek god was the god of the Sun?

A.Hades

B.Helios

C.Poseidon

D.Zeus

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. Helios

Question 103medium

What year did the Battle of Agincourt take place?

A.1401

B.1415

C.1422

D.1463

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. 1415

Question 104medium

In which years did the Battle of Gallipoli take place?

A.1914 - 1915

B.1914 - 1918

C.1915 - 1916

D.1915 - 1918

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. 1915 - 1916

Question 105medium

What was the capital of South Vietnam before the Vietnam War?

A.Hanoi

B.Ho Chi Minh City

C.Hue

D.Saigon

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. Saigon

Question 106medium

Which U.S. president took part in the Potsdam Conference, where the Allies reached a peace settlement with Germany?

A.Dwight D. Eisenhower

B.Franklin D. Roosevelt

C.Harry S. Truman

D.Herbert Hoover

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. Harry S. Truman

Question 107medium

Which of the following is not in the Indo-European language family?

A.English

B.Finnish

C.Hindi

D.Russian

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. Finnish

Question 108medium

What is the oldest US state?

A.Delaware

B.Maine

C.Rhode Island

D.Virginia

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. Delaware

Question 109medium

What disease crippled President Franklin D. Roosevelt and led him to help the nation find a cure?

A.Cancer

B.HIV

C.Meningitis

D.Polio

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. Polio

Question 110medium

What event marked the start of World War II?

A.Battle of Britain (1940)

B.Invasion of Normandy (1944)

C.Invasion of Poland (1939)

D.Invasion of Russia (1942)

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. Invasion of Poland (1939)

Question 111medium

When did L. L. Zamenhof first publish "Unua Libro", the first publication describing his international language Esperanto?

A.1887

B.1897

C.1905

D.1915

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. 1887

Question 112medium

Who crowned Charlemagne as Holy Roman Emperor on Christmas Day in 800?

A.Pope Leo III

B.Pope Stephen V

C.Pope Urban IV

D.Pope Valentine

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. Pope Leo III

Question 113medium

One of the deadliest pandemics, the "Spanish Flu", killed off what percentage of the human world population at the time?

A.1 to 3 percent

B.3 to 6 percent

C.6 to 10 percent

D.less than 1 percent

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. 3 to 6 percent

Question 114medium

What Russian automatic gas-operated assault rifle was developed in the Soviet Union in 1947, and is still popularly used today?

A.AK-47

B.M16

C.MG 42

D.RPK

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. AK-47

Question 115medium

In 1961, an American B-52 aircraft crashed and nearly detonated two 4mt nuclear bombs over which US city?

A.Conway, Arkansas

B.Goldsboro, North Carolina

C.Hicksville, New York

D.Jacksonville, Florida

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. Goldsboro, North Carolina

Question 116medium

Who was the first Chancellor of a united Germany in 1871?

A.Fredrick the 2nd

B.Kaiser Wilhelm

C.Otto Von Bismark

D.Robert Koch

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. Otto Von Bismark

Question 117medium

Which country was an allied power in World War II?

A.Germany

B.Italy

C.Japan

D.Soviet Union

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. Soviet Union

Question 118medium

Who was the leader of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia ?

A.Aleskandar Petrovic

B.Josip Broz Tito

C.Karadjordje Petrovic

D.Milos Obilic

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. Josip Broz Tito

Question 119medium

Which Nazi General was known as the "Desert Fox"?

A.Erwin Rommel

B.Gerd von Rundstadt

C.Heinz Guderian

D.Wilhelm Keitel

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. Erwin Rommel

Question 120medium

Which dictator killed the most people?

A.Adolf Hitler

B.Joseph Stalin

C.Kim Il Sung

D.Mao Zedong

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. Mao Zedong

Question 121medium

In what dialogue did Socrates defend himself to the court of Athens?

A.The Apology

B.The Euthyphro

C.The Laws

D.The Republic

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. The Apology

Question 122medium

What year did Australia become a federation?

A.1899

B.1901

C.1910

D.1911

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. 1901

Question 123medium

What is the bloodiest event in United States history, in terms of casualties?

A.Battle of Antietam

B.D-Day

C.Pearl Harbor

D.September 11th

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. Battle of Antietam

Question 124medium

What year did the Boxing Day earthquake & tsunami occur in the Indian Ocean?

A.2002

B.2004

C.2006

D.2008

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. 2004

Question 125medium

What year did the Vietnam War end?

A.1967

B.1969

C.1975

D.1978

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. 1975

Question 126medium

What was the name of the chemical that was dropped on Vietnam during the Vietnam war?

A.Agent Orange

B.Hydrogen Cyanide

C.Mustard Gas

D.Phosgene

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. Agent Orange

Question 127medium

On which aircraft carrier did the Doolitte Raid launch from on April 18, 1942 during World War II?

A.USS Enterprise

B.USS Hornet

C.USS Lexington

D.USS Saratoga

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. USS Hornet

Question 128medium

In which year did the First World War begin?

A.1914

B.1917

C.1930

D.1939

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. 1914

Question 129medium

What was the bloodiest single-day battle during the American Civil War?

A.The Battle of Antietam

B.The Battle of Gettysburg

C.The Battles of Chancellorsville

D.The Siege of Vicksburg

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. The Battle of Antietam

Question 130medium

After his loss at the Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon Bonaparte was exiled to which island?

A.Canary

B.Corsica

C.Elba

D.St. Helena

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. St. Helena

Question 131medium

Which of these 1900s tanks were designed and built BEFORE the others?

A. Panzer IV

B.Cromwell

C.M4 Sherman

D.Renault FT

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. Renault FT

Question 132medium

When did the Battle of the Bulge end?

A.August 6, 1945

B.December 16, 1944

C.December 7, 1941

D.January 25, 1945

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. January 25, 1945

Question 133medium

The United States Army Air Corps became the United States Air Force on what date?

A.December 14, 1946

B.November 08, 1944

C.October 27, 1945

D.September 18, 1947

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. September 18, 1947

Question 134medium

The Fallingwater House, located in Pennsylvania, was designed by which architect?

A.Antoni Gaudi

B.Frank Gehry

C.Frank Lloyd Wright

D.Le Corbusier

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. Frank Lloyd Wright

Question 135medium

The minigun was designed in 1960 by which manufacturer.

A.Colt Firearms

B.General Electric

C.Heckler & Koch

D.Sig Sauer

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. General Electric

Question 136medium

Which of the following ancient Near Eastern peoples still exists as a modern ethnic group?

A.Assyrians

B.Babylonians

C.Elamites

D.Hittites

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. Assyrians

Question 137medium

Who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for most of World War II?

A.Edward Heath

B.Harold Macmillan

C.Neville Chamberlain

D.Winston Churchill

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. Winston Churchill

Question 138medium

The Thirty Years War ended with which treaty?

A.Peace of Prague

B.Peace of Westphalia

C.Treaty of Paris

D.Treaty of Versailles

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. Peace of Westphalia

Question 139medium

In which year was Constantinople conquered by the Turks?

A.1435

B.1440

C.1453

D.1454

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. 1453

Question 140medium

What year were the Marian Reforms instituted in the Roman Republic?

A.102 CE

B.107 BCE

C.264 BCE

D.42 BCE

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. 107 BCE

Question 141medium

On which day did construction start on "The Pentagon", the headquarters for the United States Department of Defense?

A.January 15, 1943

B.June 15, 1947

C.September 11, 1941

D.September 2, 1962

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. September 11, 1941

Question 142medium

In 1845, a series of wars named after which indigenous people began in New Zealand?

A.Aborigines

B.Māori

C.Papuans

D.Polynesians

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. Māori

Question 143medium

In what year did Kentucky become the 15th state to join the union?

A.1782

B.1788

C.1792

D.1798

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. 1792

Question 144medium

When was the Grand Patriotic War in the USSR concluded?

A.August 9th, 1945

B.December 11th, 1945

C.May 9th, 1945

D.September 2nd, 1945

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. May 9th, 1945

Question 145medium

In World War I, what was the name of the alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria?

A.Authoritarian Alliance

B.The Axis Powers

C.The Central Powers

D.The Federation of Empires

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. The Central Powers

Question 146medium

During what war did the "Cuban Missile Crisis" occur?

A.Cold War

B.Revolutionary War

C.World War I

D.World War II

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. Cold War

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