History
General Knowledge - 87 questions
1. When did the Ancient Egyptian civilization begin?
Answer: Over 5,000 years ago.
2. What is the name of the famous ancient Greek philosopher known for his contributions to Western philosophy?
Answer: Socrates.
3. Which Chinese dynasty built the Great Wall of China?
Answer: The Qin dynasty.
4. Who is credited with discovering America in 1492?
Answer: Christopher Columbus.
5. How long did the Hundred Years' War between England and France last?
Answer: 116 years.
6. Which event triggered the start of World War I?
Answer: The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
7. Who was the first female prime minister of the United Kingdom?
Answer: Margaret Thatcher.
8. What was the name of the first space shuttle to orbit the Earth?
Answer: The Space Shuttle Columbia.
9. When did the Industrial Revolution begin?
Answer: In the late 1700s.
10. Which ruler is known as the 'Sun King' of France?
Answer: Louis XIV.
11. Who was the first African American to become president of the United States?
Answer: Barack Obama.
12. What is the significance of the Magna Carta?
Answer: It established the principle of the rule of law and limited the power of the monarchy in England.
13. Who were the two main sides in the Cold War?
Answer: The United States and the Soviet Union.
14. When did the Berlin Wall fall?
Answer: November 9, 1989.
15. Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
Answer: Marie Curie.
16. In which year did the Titanic sink?
Answer: 1912.
17. Who was the first man to walk on the moon?
Answer: Neil Armstrong.
18. Who was the first female pharaoh of ancient Egypt?
Answer: Hatshepsut.
19. What was the name of the Mayan civilization's most famous city?
Answer: Tikal.
20. Who was the founder of Christianity?
Answer: Jesus Christ.
21. Who was the first female elected president in the world?
Answer: Vigdís Finnbogadóttir of Iceland.
22. Who was the first emperor of the Roman Empire?
Answer: Augustus Caesar.
23. Which famous explorer discovered the Pacific Ocean?
Answer: Ferdinand Magellan.
24. When was the Magna Carta signed?
Answer: In 1215.
25. What is the name of the first permanent English settlement in the United States?
Answer: Jamestown.
26. Which country gifted the Statue of Liberty to the United States?
Answer: France.
27. When did World War II end?
Answer: 1945.
28. What was the name of the infamous ship that sank in 1912 during its maiden voyage?
Answer: The Titanic.
29. Who was the first African American to win the Nobel Peace Prize?
Answer: Martin Luther King Jr.
30. What was the main catalyst for the French Revolution?
Answer: Financial crisis and inequality between the social classes.
31. Who was the first female prime minister of India?
Answer: Indira Gandhi.
32. When did the Black Death spread throughout Europe, killing millions of people?
Answer: In the 14th century.
33. What was the name of the Trung sisters who led a rebellion against Chinese rule in ancient Vietnam?
Answer: Trung Trac and Trung Nhi.
34. When did the Cold War officially end?
Answer: 1991.
35. Who is known as the 'Father of Physics'?
Answer: Isaac Newton.
36. Who is considered the 'Father of the United States'?
Answer: George Washington.
37. What was the name of the first computer?
Answer: The ENIAC.
38. When did the Great Depression begin?
Answer: In October 1929.
39. When was the League of Nations established?
Answer: 1920.
40. What was the first human empire?
Answer: The Akkadian Empire.
41. When did the Renaissance period begin?
Answer: In the 14th century.
42. Who built the Taj Mahal in India?
Answer: Emperor Shah Jahan.
43. What was the name of the first permanent English colony in North America?
Answer: Roanoke.
44. Who is credited with developing the theory of evolution?
Answer: Charles Darwin.
45. When did the American Civil War take place?
Answer: 1861-1865.
46. What was the name of the longest reigning monarch in British history?
Answer: Queen Elizabeth II.
47. Who was the first person to circumnavigate the globe?
Answer: Ferdinand Magellan.
48. When did the United States declare independence from Great Britain?
Answer: July 4, 1776.
49. Who is known as the 'Father of Geometry'?
Answer: Euclid.
50. What was the name of the German political party responsible for the Holocaust during World War II?
Answer: The Nazi Party.
51. When did the Spanish Inquisition begin?
Answer: 1478.
52. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Answer: Thomas Jefferson.
53. What was the name of the first atomic bomb ever dropped?
Answer: 'Little Boy' was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945.
54. When was the Battle of Hastings, where William the Conqueror defeated King Harold II and became King of England?
Answer: 1066.
55. Who was the first female astronaut?
Answer: Valentina Tereshkova.
56. What was the name of the first successful revolution in history?
Answer: The Glorious Revolution in England in 1688.
57. When did the Spanish Civil War take place?
Answer: 1936-1939.
58. Who was the first president of the United States?
Answer: George Washington.
59. What was the name of the war that resulted in the creation of the United States of America?
Answer: The American Revolutionary War.
60. When did the Ottoman Empire fall?
Answer: 1922.
61. Who were the first European settlers in Australia?
Answer: The British.
62. When did European countries begin colonizing Africa?
Answer: In the late 19th century.
63. Who was the first female president of Ireland?
Answer: Mary Robinson.
64. When did the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés conquer the Aztec Empire in Mexico?
Answer: In 1521.
65. Who was the first female chancellor of Germany?
Answer: Angela Merkel.
66. Who was the first female ruler of Russia?
Answer: Catherine the Great.
67. What was the name of the code used by Native American tribes during World War II to send secret messages for the U.S. military?
Answer: The Navajo Code.
68. When did the Industrial Revolution end?
Answer: In the early 20th century.
69. Who was the first president of Russia after the fall of the Soviet Union?
Answer: Boris Yeltsin.
70. What was the name of the ancient trade route that connected Europe to Asia?
Answer: The Silk Road.
71. When did the Age of Exploration begin?
Answer: In the 15th century.
72. Who was the first female prime minister of Pakistan?
Answer: Benazir Bhutto.
73. What was the name of the Russian revolution that led to the creation of the Soviet Union?
Answer: The October Revolution of 1917.
74. When did the Korean War take place?
Answer: 1950-1953.
75. Who is considered the 'Father of Chinese Communism'?
Answer: Mao Zedong.
76. When did the African slave trade begin?
Answer: In the 15th century.
77. When did the Russian Revolution take place?
Answer: In 1917.
78. Who were the main leaders of the Allied Powers in World War II?
Answer: The United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union.
79. When did the Normandy invasion of World War II take place?
Answer: June 6, 1944.
80. Who were the two main leaders of the Axis Powers in World War II?
Answer: Germany's Adolf Hitler and Japan's Emperor Hirohito.
81. When did the American Revolution take place?
Answer: 1775-1783.
82. Who was the first African American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature?
Answer: Toni Morrison.
83. When did the French and Indian War take place?
Answer: 1754-1763.
84. What is the name of the treaty that ended World War I?
Answer: The Treaty of Versailles.
85. When was the first successful flight by the Wright Brothers?
Answer: In 1903.
86. Who was the first female president of Argentina?
Answer: Isabel Martínez de Perón.
87. What is the name of the palace in France that was the residence of the French monarchy until the French Revolution?
Answer: The Palace of Versailles.