History Trivia Quiz

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All History Topics

Every topic links to sample questions you can preview before you play — each one stocked from easy warm-ups through to expert-level stumpers.

• Age of Exploration
• Alexander Hamilton
• Alexander the Great
• America Before Columbus
• American Westward Expansion
• Ancient China
• Ancient Egyptian Civilization
• Ancient Greek Civilization
• Ancient India
• Ancient Mesopotamia
• Ancient Rome
• Archaeology Fundamentals
• Benjamin Franklin
• Cliodynamics
• Famous Battles
• Famous Moments of US Presidents
• Famous Shipwrecks
• Famous Voyages
• George Washington
• Heraldry
• History of China
• History of Japan
• Inca Civilization
• Indus Valley Civilization
• Industrial Revolution
• James Madison
• John Adams
• Julius Caesar
• Lost Cities
• Lost Treasures
• Mayan Empire and Civilization
• Medieval English History
• Medieval History
• Napoleon Bonaparte
• Phoenician Civilization
• Richard Nixon
• Secret Societies and Their Secrets
• The Age of the Enlightenment
• The American Civil War
• The American Revolution
• The Aztec Empire
• The British Empire
• The Byzantine Empire
• The Cold War
• The Comanche Empire
• The Crusades
• The Dutch East India Company
• The French Revolution
• The Great Shogunates
• The Habsburgs
• The History of Australia
• The History of Piracy
• The House of Medici
• The Merovingians
• The Mongol Empire
• The Renaissance
• The Roman Empire
• The Romanovs
• The Silk Road
• The Third Reich
• The Tudor Dynasty
• Theodore Roosevelt
• Thomas Jefferson
• Viking History
• World War I History
• World War II History

Sample History Quiz Questions

A mix of easy, medium and hard — questions run from warm-up to expert, so there's a real challenge at every level. Think you know the answers? Play to find out.

1. 1.This Italian explorer sailed west for Spain in 1492 and landed in the Caribbean, believing he had reached Asia.

   Difficulty: Easy
   • Christopher Columbus
   • Amerigo Vespucci
   • Marco Polo
   • John Cabot

   From Age of Exploration Trivia →

2. 2.This Caribbean island, struck by a devastating hurricane in 1772, was the birthplace of one of America's most influential Founding Fathers.

   Difficulty: Medium
   • Jamaica
   • Barbados
   • Puerto Rico
   • Nevis

   From Alexander Hamilton Trivia →

3. 3.This treaty proposal offered Alexander all Persian territory west of the Euphrates plus a massive ransom, which he rejected in favor of total conquest.

   Difficulty: Hard
   • Darius's peace offer
   • Euphrates Treaty
   • Persian compromise
   • Western settlement

   From Alexander the Great Trivia →

4. 4.This ancient civilization built the famous cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde in present-day Colorado.

   Difficulty: Easy
   • Ancestral Puebloans
   • Aztecs
   • Incas
   • Olmecs

   From America Before Columbus Trivia →

5. 5.This 1890 massacre at a South Dakota creek saw U.S. soldiers kill approximately 250-300 Lakota men, women, and children, marking the end of the Indian Wars.

   Difficulty: Medium
   • Wounded Knee Massacre
   • Sand Creek Massacre
   • Bear River Massacre
   • Camp Grant Massacre

   From American Westward Expansion Trivia →

6. 6.This late Ming text documented Chinese technologies from agriculture to metallurgy, lamenting China's neglect of practical knowledge.

   Difficulty: Hard
   • Nongzheng Quanshu
   • Qimin Yaoshu
   • Tiangong Kaiwu
   • Yingzao Fashi

   From Ancient China Trivia →

7. 7.This title was given to the supreme rulers of ancient Egypt, who were considered living gods on Earth.

   Difficulty: Easy
   • Emperor
   • Sultan
   • Pharaoh
   • Caesar

   From Ancient Egyptian Civilization Trivia →

8. 8.This mythological creature with a human head and lion's body posed riddles to travelers near Thebes.

   Difficulty: Medium
   • Minotaur
   • Centaur
   • Chimera
   • Sphinx

   From Ancient Greek Civilization Trivia →