History quiz
Dates, rulers, turning points — from antiquity to the Berlin Wall.
History is an extra category. The questions on this page are free to play; inside a duel it belongs to the paid part — six other categories stay free forever.
Which god was responsible for the realm of the dead in ancient Egypt?
More History questions
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Which employers' association president was kidnapped and murdered by the RAF in 1977?
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- Hanns Martin Schleyer
- Juergen Ponto
- Siegfried Buback
- Alfred Herrhausen
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Which empire conquered Constantinople in 1453?
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- The Ottoman Empire
- The Byzantine Empire
- The Holy Roman Empire
- The Mongol Empire
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In which architectural style, blending Gothic and Renaissance maritime motifs, was Lisbon's Belem Tower built?
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- Manueline
- Baroque
- Rococo
- Byzantine
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Robert R. Livingston sat on the five-member committee that drafted the Declaration of Independence but never did what?
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- Sign the final document
- Attend the Continental Congress
- Travel to Philadelphia
- Publicly support independence
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In which Sydney park was Edmund Barton sworn in as Australia's first Prime Minister?
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- Centennial Park
- Hyde Park
- The Royal Botanic Garden
- Prince Alfred Park
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How many atomic bombs were dropped on Japan during World War II?
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- Two
- One
- Three
- Four
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In which country did extremists carry out genocide against the Tutsi minority over roughly 100 days in 1994?
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- Burundi
- Uganda
- Rwanda
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
True or false?
Same material, different game — in a duel this one runs without a clock, but with an explanation after every reveal.
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Napoleon Bonaparte lost his last decisive battle at Waterloo in 1815.
Reveal Reveal
True.
On 18 June 1815, Napoleon was defeated in Belgium by the troops of Wellington and Bluecher. Afterwards he was exiled to the Atlantic island of St Helena, where he died in 1821.
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Christopher Columbus reached the American mainland on his first voyage.
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False.
On his first voyage in 1492, Columbus initially landed on islands in the Caribbean, not on the mainland.
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In the 17th century, the City of London proper covered about 420 acres.
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False.
It covered about 700 acres (2.8 km²).
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Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus both died in 121 BC when their land reform failed in the Senate.
Reveal Reveal
False.
Tiberius Gracchus was killed as early as 133 BC in riots over his land distribution; his brother Gaius not until 121 BC. Both reform attempts aimed to distribute the ager publicum to poorer citizens.
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