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History Trivia

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What war inspired the Game of Thrones series?

a)

War of the Roses

b)

The 100 Year War

c)

The War of Spanish Succession

d)

Seven Years' war

2.

What is the name of cursed diamond Marie Antoinette had before she died?

a)

The Hope Diamond

b)

The Collary Diamond

c)

The Black Diamond

d)

The Devil's Diamond

3.

Where is the Statue Liberty in this picture?

a)

Lake Mendota

b)

Lake Superior

c)

Lake Michigan

d)

Lake Menona

4.

What did the French first think about the Eiffel Tower?

a)

They hated it

b)

They loved it

c)

They didn't care

d)

No one know

5.

Who won "The Great Emu War"

a)

The Emus

b)

The Australians

c)

The Americans

d)

The Eagles

6.

How many wives did Henry VIII have?

a)

6

b)

4

c)

2

d)

10

7.

What were the name of the tanked ships Admiral Yi used against the Japanese army from 1592-98?

a)

Turtle ships

b)

Lion Turtle ships

c)

Tank ships

d)

Submarines

8.

What was Catherine the Great's original name?

a)

Sophie

b)

Anne

c)

It never changed

d)

Katerine

9.

What is the shortest presidency in the world?

a)

Pedro Lascuráin

b)

William Henry Harrison

c)

Zachery Taylor

d)

Enrique Peña Nieto

10.

What color did ninjas wear?

a)

Black

b)

Gray

c)

Blue

d)

Their master's colors

11.

When was the first video game created?

a)

1958

b)

1960

c)

1974

d)

1955

12.

When did hockey goalies start wearing masks?

a)

1959

b)

1875

c)

1979

d)

1930

13.

Who is the longest reigning monarch

a)

Elizabeth II

b)

Margrethe II

c)

Carl XVI

d)

Hassanal Bolkiah

14.

Which scientist created the periodic table?

a)

Dmitri Mendeleev

b)

John Newlands

c)

John Dalton

d)

Enrest Rutherford

15.

What did people use to drink thinking it would make them better?

a)

Mercury

b)

Lead

c)

Coal

d)

Oil

16.

What was the first colored movie?

a)

Cupid Angling

b)

Gone with the Wind

c)

The Wizard of OZ

d)

Disney

17.

What is the name of the psychologist at UW Madison that did experiments on monkeys?

a)

Harry Harlow

b)

Sigmund Freud

c)

B.F. Skinner

d)

Carl Jung

18.

Dracula was inspired by which historical figure?

a)

Vlad Tepes

b)

No one

c)

Mary, Queen of Scots

d)

Ivan the Terrible

19.

How did Wilhelm Roentgen discover x rays

a)

By accident

b)

After 10 years of research

c)

He didn't discover it

d)

With his wife