349 Mostly Asked Intermediate Level History Questions and Answers
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Intermediate History Questions and Answers
Question 1
Who was the 40th president of the USA, in term during the period 1981–1989?
Answer: Ronald Reagan
Question 2
Who was the 2nd president of the USA, in term during the period 1797–1801?
Answer: John Adams
Question 3
Which Country's Royalty Paid For Christopher Columbus 's First Voyage Across The Atlantic?
Answer: Spain
Question 4
Prior to 1935 what was Iran known as?
Answer: Persia
Question 5
Yorkshireman William Strickland is believed to have brought the first _______ to Britain from North America in 1526?
Answer: Turkey
Question 6
Who was the ruler of the USSR from 1917-22?
Answer: Lenin
Question 7
Who was the most famous leader of the Carthaginians?
Answer: Hannibal
Question 8
Who Was The First Roman Emperor?
Answer: Augustus
Question 9
Who was the first dog in space?
Answer: Laika
Question 10
Who was assassinated on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas?
Answer: President John F. Kennedy
Question 11
Who Commanded The Confederate Armies During The American Civil War?
Answer: Robert E.Lee
Question 12
Which Institution Was Founded By The Roman Catholic Church In The 13th Century To Root Out Heresy?
Answer: The Inquisition
Question 13
Which country was split into two zones by the Yalta agreement?
Answer: Germany
Question 14
What was the war between Argentina and Great Britan over?
Answer: Falkland Islands
Question 15
What colour is Santa Claus's belt?
Answer: Black
Question 16
Peter Jackson Is Responsible For Directing Which Famous Trilogy?
Answer: The Lord Of The Rings
Question 17
In What Year Did Mikhail Gorbachev Become Leader Of The Soviet Union?
Answer: 1985
Question 18
In America, what became the 49th state to enter the union in 1959?
Answer: Alaska
Question 19
In 1953, Stalin Died. Who ultimately succeeded him as the leader of the Soviet Union?
Answer: Khrushchev
Question 20
Who was assassinated on Nov. 22, 1963?
Answer: John F Kennedy
Question 21
Who discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen?
Answer: Howard Carter
Question 22
Which wall did the Romans build to keep out marauding Scots?
Answer: Hadrian's Wall
Question 23
Which racist organisation was formed in Tennessee in 1865?
Answer: The Ku Klux Klan
Question 24
Which new country was formed in 1971 at the end of a conflict between Pakistan and India?
Answer: Bangladesh
Question 25
Which major international organization was created in 1945?
Answer: The United Nations
Question 26
Which French Ruler Was Finally Defeated In 1815?
Answer: Napoleon
Question 27
Which Roman Emperor made his horse a senator?
Answer: Caligula
Question 28
Which country was awarded The George Cross, the highest civilian award for bravery bestowed by the British government, in 1942?
Answer: Malta
Question 29
Where did The Mayflower take the pilgrims?
Answer: America
Question 30
When Did The Storming Of The Bastille Take Place?
Answer: 1789
Question 31
What year was NASA founded?
Answer: 1958
Question 32
What was the nationality of Rasputin?
Answer: Russian
Question 33
What was the name of the son of Cleopatra & Julius Caesar?
Answer: Caesarion
Question 34
What was the instrument of execution during the "Reign of Terror"?
Answer: Guillotine
Question 35
What war followed the original 'shot heard round the world'?
Answer: The war of American independence
Question 36
To which ancient civilization did Hannibal belong?
Answer: Carthage
Question 37
What is the Roman numeral for fifty?
Answer: L
Question 38
What happened on the 21st July 1969?
Answer: First Manned moon landing
Question 39
From which French port did 200,000 British troops flee in 1940?
Answer: Dunkirk
Question 40
Which US President had the first name 'Calvin'?
Answer: Calvin Coolidge
Question 41
Which Queen of France was beheaded in 1793?
Answer: Marie Antoinette
Question 42
Which fighters began a bout by saying, 'Hail Emperor, those about to die salute you'?
Answer: Gladiators
Question 43
The Eldest Sons Of The Kings Of Which Country Had The Title 'Dauphin'?
Answer: France
Question 44
What was Sir Henry Morgan famous for in the 17th century?
Answer: Pirate
Question 45
Who won the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize for her work among the poor?
Answer: Mother Teresa
Question 46
On May 1st 1931 the world's then tallest building was opened in New York City. Which building was it?
Answer: The Empire State Building
Question 47
In which year was the Berlin Wall constructed?
Answer: 1961
Question 48
In which country was paper money first used?
Answer: China
Question 49
In What Year Did World War I End?
Answer: 1918
Question 50
In What Year Did India Gain Independence From The United Kingdom?
Answer: 1947
Question 51
In the 15th century, what was the war between the houses of Lancaster and York?
Answer: War of the Roses
Question 52
How old was John F. Kennedy when he became president?
Answer: 43
Question 53
Who was stabbed by Cassius?
Answer: Julius Caesar
Question 54
Which President of the USA infamously allowed the bugging of the Democratic Committee headquarters?
Answer: Richard Nixon
Question 55
At the time of Julius Caesar, who was the ruler of Egypt?
Answer: Cleopatra
Question 56
What was the name of the first artificial satellite to be launched into space?
Answer: Sputnik
Question 57
In the Christmas song 'Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas' what "will be out of sight"?
Answer: Troubles
Question 58
In 1447, Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press. What was the first book he produced?
Answer: The Bible
Question 59
Who was the first Norman King of England?
Answer: William
Question 60
Which Viking Chief Founded The Norse Colonies On Greenland?
Answer: Erik The Red
Question 61
When was the detonation of first Soviet Atomic Bomb?
Answer: 1949
Question 62
In which year was the Iranian Revolution?
Answer: 1979
Question 63
Which new communication technology was introduced in the 1830's and 1840's?
Answer: Telegraph
Question 64
What was the name of the first atomic bomb used in combat?
Answer: Little Boy
Question 65
In which century did the Thirty Years' War take place?
Answer: 17th century
Question 66
Which of the following was a major scientific discovery of the 17th century?
Answer: Newton's Laws of Motion
Question 67
The 17th century saw the rise of which type of art movement?
Answer: Baroque
Question 68
What type of food was the most important staple of the Aztec diet?
Answer: Maize
Question 69
In which year did the Russian Revolution begin?
Answer: 1917
Question 70
In which year did the Cold War between the U.S. and Soviet Union begin?
Answer: 1947
Question 71
In which year did the first atomic bomb drop in Hiroshima, Japan?
Answer: 1945
Question 72
Which of these wars was fought to gain independence from Great Britain?
Answer: American Revolutionary War
Question 73
Which English king was known as 'The Lionheart'?
Answer: Richard I
Question 74
What war was the USA involved in between 1950 and 1953?
Answer: Korean War
Question 75
What is the name given to the period of European history prior to the Renaissance?
Answer: Middle Ages
Question 76
When did the Ottoman Empire reach its greatest territorial extent?
Answer: 1683
Question 77
Which leader was known as 'The Father of Modern China'?
Answer: Mao Zedong
Question 78
What was the official language of the Holy Roman Empire?
Answer: Latin
Question 79
Who was the founder of the Holy Roman Empire?
Answer: Charlemagne
Question 80
What religion was practiced by the Holy Roman Empire?
Answer: Catholicism
Question 81
Who was the last president of the Soviet Union?
Answer: Gorbachev
Question 82
What are the earliest pictorial symbols used by the Egyptians to represent writing called?
Answer: Hieroglyphics
Question 83
Which U.S. territory was attacked 18 years before it became a state in 1959?
Answer: Hawaii
Question 84
While cruising down what river in 1542 was Francisco de Orellana attacked by female warriors that gave it its name?
Answer: Amazon
Question 85
Who piloted a plane across the Pacific Ocean from Hawaii to the American mainland in 1935?
Answer: Amelia Earhart
Question 86
From 1949 to 1963, Konrad Adenauer served as the first chancellor of which country?
Answer: West Germany
Question 87
What is the name given to the USA's failed 1961 invasion of Cuba?
Answer: Bay of Pigs
Question 88
What is the only state in history to have been established by a slave revolt?
Answer: Haiti
Question 89
Which Republic, which later turned full-blown empire, gained dominance over Italy around 274 B.C.?
Answer: The Roman Empire
Question 90
Which Russian Empress came to power after overthrowing her husband?
Answer: Catherine the Great
Question 91
What is the name of the Chinese dynasty that began in 1368 and means "bright" in Mandarin?
Answer: Ming
Question 92
In 1945, which German city hosted the trials where former Nazi leaders were prosecuted for war crimes?
Answer: Nuremberg
Question 93
What was the name given to a knight's student?
Answer: Squire
Question 94
Which two countries agreed to reunite on February 13th, 1989?
Answer: East and West Germany
Question 95
What historic event happened on July 20, 1969?
Answer: Moon landing
Question 96
Which was the victorious side in the U.S. Civil War?
Answer: The North
Question 97
Which ancient artifact was discovered in 1947 in caves in the Qumran region of the West Bank?
Answer: The Dead Sea Scrolls
Question 98
'We shall fight on the beaches', is a quote from Winston Churchill immediately following the evacuation from which French port?
Answer: Dunkirk
Question 99
What type of media was first released in 1996?
Answer: DVD
Question 100
The fall of Constantinople in 1453 marked the end of which empire?
Answer: The Byzantine Empire
Question 101
Which famous military leader was defeated in the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains in 451 A.D.?
Answer: Attila
Question 102
Which empire put down a revolt led by Vercingetorix in 52 B.C.?
Answer: Roman
Question 103
Who was the English king that was crowned in Westminster Abbey in 1066?
Answer: William the Conqueror
Question 104
Who resigned from the vice presidency and admitted tax evasion in 1967?
Answer: Spiro Agnew
Question 105
With what country did the US almost start a war during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Answer: Soviet Union
Question 106
Which country did Angela Merkel lead from 2005 to 2021?
Answer: Germany
Question 107
Which of these was a grandson of Ghengis Khan?
Answer: Kublai Khan
Question 108
What country was invaded by Iraq in 1990?
Answer: Kuwait
Question 109
Who was Charles de Gaulle?
Answer: French president
Question 110
Which famous Turkish landmark started as a Byzantine Christian cathedral, then was converted to an Ottoman imperial mosque, became a museum, and in 2020 became a Mosque again?
Answer: Hagia Sophia
Question 111
Who was the monarch of England during the time period 1066-1087?
Answer: William I
Question 112
Who was the 43rd president of the USA, in term during the period 2001–2009?
Answer: George W. Bush
Question 113
Who was the 41st president of the USA, in term during the period 1989–1993?
Answer: George H. W. Bush
Question 114
Who was the 33rd president of the USA, in term during the period 1945–1953?
Answer: Harry S. Truman
Question 115
Who was the 32nd president of the USA, in term during the period 1933–1945?
Answer: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Question 116
Which Roman Emperor moved the capital from Rome to the city now known as Istanbul?
Answer: Constantine
Question 117
Which of these was a kingdom in Anglo-Saxon England?
Answer: Wessex
Question 118
Who Was Head Of State Of Spain Before King Juan Carlos?
Answer: General Franco
Question 119
Whose army did Admiral Nelson defeat at the battle of Trafalgar?
Answer: Napoleon
Question 120
Who was the second person to set foot on the moon?
Answer: Buz Aldrin
Question 121
Who was the monarch of England before Elizabeth II?
Answer: George VI
Question 122
Who was known as 'the peanut president'?
Answer: Jimmy Carter
Question 123
Who was George Washington's vice-president?
Answer: John Adams
Question 124
Who was crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey on Christmas day 1066?
Answer: William The Conqueror
Question 125
Who is reputed to have said said: "Let them eat cake"?
Answer: Marie Antoinette
Question 126
Who said 'public service is my motto'?
Answer: Al Capone
Question 127
Who sailed to the new world in The Mayflower?
Answer: Pilgrims
Question 128
Who Had An 80's Hit With The Song 'Just The Two of Us,'?
Answer: Bill Withers
Question 129
Which War Involving The UK Began In 1982?
Answer: The Falklands War
Question 130
Which City Did The Allies Liberate On August 25th 1944?
Answer: Paris
Question 131
Which 1776 American Affirmation Asserted The Basic Rights Of All?
Answer: The Declaration Of Independence
Question 132
What was the name of the B-29 used at Hiroshima to drop the bomb?
Answer: Enola Gay
Question 133
What was name of the Titanic's sister ship?
Answer: Lucitania
Question 134
What ocean was amelia earhart flying over when she disappeared
Answer: Pacific
Question 135
What name did the indians give the black soldiers that were fighting against them in the late 1800's?
Answer: Buffalo soldiers
Question 136
To What Was Byzantium Renamed In 330 AD?
Answer: Constantinople
Question 137
The Nordic countries (Denmark, Sweden, Norway notably) tend to celebrate Christmas chiefly on which date?
Answer: 24th December
Question 138
Who was the first First Lady to be received privately by the Pope?
Answer: Jackie kennedy
Question 139
In Which City Was John F Kennedy Assassinated?
Answer: Dallas
Question 140
Who was assassinated on Dec. 8, 1980 in New York City?
Answer: John Lennon
Question 141
Who taught Alexander the Great?
Answer: Aristotle
Question 142
Who coined the phrase "Goverment of the people, by the people, for the people"?
Answer: Abraham Lincoln
Question 143
Which US President was forced to resign in 1974?
Answer: Richard Nixon
Question 144
Who assassinated president Kennedy?
Answer: Lee Harvey Oswald
Question 145
Which river did George Washington famously cross in the American Revolutionary War?
Answer: Delaware
Question 146
Which political party rose to power in China in 1949?
Answer: The Communists
Question 147
Which King of France was known as The Sun King?
Answer: Louis XIV
Question 148
Which Islands In The Indian Ocean Gained Their Independence From Britain In 1976?
Answer: The Seychelles
Question 149
Which Instrument Of Torture Had a Hinged Case Full Of Spikes?
Answer: The Iron Maiden
Question 150
Which dictator was executed by firing squad on Christmas Day 1999?
Answer: Nicolae Ceausescu
Question 151
Which famous tapestry commemorates the Norman conquest of England?
Answer: The Bayeux Tapestry
Question 152
Which explorer is best known for exploring and surveying North America's northwest Pacific coast regions?
Answer: Captain Vancouver
Question 153
Which country was previously known as the Dutch East Indies?
Answer: Indonesia
Question 154
Which country ruled Cambodia immediately before WWII?
Answer: France
Question 155
Where was the Rosetta Stone found?
Answer: Cairo
Question 156
Where was Nelson Mandela held in prison?
Answer: Robben Island
Question 157
Where did Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin meet in 1945?
Answer: Yalta
Question 158
In What year did British Honduras become Belize?
Answer: 1973
Question 159
What wonder stood 32m high in Rhodes harbour?
Answer: The Colossus
Question 160
What was the nickname of President Duvalier of Haiti, who died in 1971?
Answer: Papa Doc
Question 161
What was the nationality of Marco Polo?
Answer: Italian
Question 162
What was the name of the pandemic which killed over 1% of the world's population in 1918?
Answer: Spanish Flu
Question 163
What Was The Name Given To Textile Workers Who Opposed Modernisation During The Nineteenth Century?
Answer: Luddites
Question 164
What was the name given to the atom bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima?
Answer: Fat Man
Question 165
What Was A Ballista?
Answer: A Siege Machine
Question 166
What explorer landed in China and reached Kublai Khan's court in 1275?
Answer: Marco Polo
Question 167
What Shakespearean king was actually king of Scotland for 17 years?
Answer: Macbeth
Question 168
What historic event does the nursery rhyme 'Ring-a-ring of roses' commemorate?
Answer: The Great Plague
Question 169
What Happened To Alaska In 1867?
Answer: It Was Sold To The United States
Question 170
What did Henry Shrapnel invent?
Answer: The exploding shell
Question 171
What did Marie Curie die of on 4th July, 1934?
Answer: Radiation poisoning
Question 172
What city was destroyed by a 'little boy'?
Answer: Hiroshima
Question 173
What came to an end in the United States in December 1933?
Answer: Prohibition
Question 174
Which war began on June 25, 1950?
Answer: The Korean War
Question 175
Which of these is a building in the acropolis of Athens?
Answer: Parthenon
Question 176
The invention of what in 1867, made Alfred Nobel famous?
Answer: Dynamite
Question 177
The American M4 tank is better known as what?
Answer: The Sherman Tank
Question 178
Who was called 'The Maid of Orleans'?
Answer: Joan of Arc
Question 179
In Which Year Did The Battle Of Hastings Take Place?
Answer: 1066
Question 180
In which Massachusetts town were 20 people executed for witchcraft in 1692?
Answer: Salem
Question 181
In which country was Adolf Hitler born?
Answer: Austria
Question 182
In What Year Did World War I Begin?
Answer: 1914
Question 183
In What Year Did Neil Armstrong First Step Foot On The Moon?
Answer: 1969
Question 184
In What Year Did Great Britain Gain Control Of Hong Hong?
Answer: 1842
Question 185
How Many Colonies Signed The American Declaration Of Independence?
Answer: 13
Question 186
How many astronauts manned each Apollo flight?
Answer: 3
Question 187
Following World War 2, Germany was split into two zones by which agreement?
Answer: Yalta Agreement
Question 188
As what is the Frankish ruler Charles the Great better known?
Answer: Charlemagne
Question 189
In what year did the U.S. begin direct military involvement in Vietnam?
Answer: 1964
Question 190
1955 saw the first ever Disneyland open in which U.S. state?
Answer: California
Question 191
Which of these was an empire on the Indian subcontinent?
Answer: Gupta Empire
Question 192
When was the partition of India and Pakistan?
Answer: 1947
Question 193
In which year did the Vietnam war begin?
Answer: 1955
Question 194
When was COVID-19 declared a Global Pandemic?
Answer: 2020
Question 195
In which year did the first human set foot on the moon?
Answer: 1969
Question 196
When did the demolition of the Berlin wall begin?
Answer: 1990
Question 197
In which year was the first human sent into space?
Answer: 1961
Question 198
In what year did a tsunami trigger the Fukushima nuclear disaster?
Answer: 2011
Question 199
Which of the following countries was founded during the 18th century?
Answer: The United States of America
Question 200
What was the name of the tax imposed by the British government on the American colonies in the 18th century?
Answer: Stamp Act
Question 201
What was the name of the major uprising led by Toussaint L'Ouverture in the 18th century?
Answer: Haitian Revolution
Question 202
Which two countries signed the Non-Aggression Pact of 1939?
Answer: Germany and the Soviet Union
Question 203
What kind of government dominated most of Europe during the 17th century?
Answer: Absolute Monarchy
Question 204
What was the major economic revolution that started in the 18th century?
Answer: The Industrial Revolution
Question 205
The 15th century was characterized by a decline in which economic system?
Answer: Feudalism
Question 206
Which of these was not a type of Viking weapon?
Answer: Flail
Question 207
In which year did the Berlin Wall fall?
Answer: 1989
Question 208
In which year did the European Union (EU) form?
Answer: 1993
Question 209
In which year did the Cuban Revolution begin?
Answer: 1953
Question 210
Which English queen was known as 'The Virgin Queen'?
Answer: Elizabeth I
Question 211
In which year did the United States enter World War I?
Answer: 1917
Question 212
What is the name given to the period of European history between the Middle Ages and modernity?
Answer: Renaissance
Question 213
Who became the Prime Minister of India in 2014?
Answer: Narendra Modi
Question 214
What is the name of the first space station launched into orbit in 1971?
Answer: Salyut 1
Question 215
What was the capital of the Ottoman Empire during most of its existence?
Answer: Istanbul
Question 216
What event marked the beginning of the decline of the Ottoman Empire?
Answer: The Siege of Vienna
Question 217
Who was the first Prime Minister of India?
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
Question 218
What year did the coronation of Charlemagne as Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire take place?
Answer: 800
Question 219
In 1610, what firm shipped tea to Europe for the first time?
Answer: Dutch East India Company
Question 220
Which British queen did not go out in public for three years after the death of her husband in 1861?
Answer: Queen Victoria
Question 221
Which Polish astronomer, born in 1473, had his books on heliocentric theory censored by church edict in 1616?
Answer: Nicolaus Copernicus
Question 222
Who served as Secretary of Defense under President George W. Bush?
Answer: Donald Rumsfeld
Question 223
What fabled city was German adventurer Philipp Von Hutten searching for when he explored South America in the 1540s?
Answer: El Dorado
Question 224
During World War I, which strait between the Aegean and the Sea of Marmara was unsuccessfully contested by the Allies in 1915?
Answer: The Dardanelles
Question 225
What is the former name of Mumbai, India, which was changed in 1996?
Answer: Bombay
Question 226
Which New York island was bought by the Dutch in 1626 and is named after the Indian tribe who lived there?
Answer: Manhattan
Question 227
What is the name of the stepped structure used as a temple by Mesopotamian cultures?
Answer: Ziggurat
Question 228
Which Native American tribe thrived in the scorching heat of the California desert that bears their name?
Answer: Mojave
Question 229
Battles known as Con Thien and Hamburger Hill were fought during which 20th century conflict?
Answer: Vietnam
Question 230
What bacterial toxin was used in a number of attacks in late 2001?
Answer: Anthrax
Question 231
Which French teenager led the French troops that raised the Siege of Orleans during the Hundred Years' War?
Answer: Joan of Arc
Question 232
What is the name of the 1944 German counteroffensive that was beaten back by allied units?
Answer: Battle of the Bulge
Question 233
What is the term for the 6,000-mile retreat begun by the Chinese Communist Army in 1934?
Answer: The Long March
Question 234
Which French queen led a fashion revolution in 1783 by wearing a strikingly simple white muslin dress?
Answer: Marie Antoinette
Question 235
King Ancus Marcius is said to have built the Sublician Bridge, the first bridge across which river in the 7th century B.C.?
Answer: The Tiber
Question 236
What man-made waterway did the 1979 Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty allow Israel access to?
Answer: The Suez Canal
Question 237
Who was arrested in 1996 after years spent living in the wilderness as a wanted man?
Answer: the Unabomber
Question 238
Which Roman statesman and military general was assassinated in 44 BC?
Answer: Julius
Question 239
Which of these was an 11th-century Spanish knight and warlord?
Answer: El Cid
Question 240
In which decade was Hong Kong returned to China?
Answer: The 1990s
Question 241
What was the name of the Empire founded by Osman I around 1300AD?
Answer: The Ottoman Empire
Question 242
Which historic figure's statue, signaling 'V for victory!', stands outside the British embassy in Washington, D.C.?
Answer: Winston Churchill
Question 243
Which family held the position of Holy Roman Emperor almost uninterrupted from 1438 to 1806?
Answer: The Hapsburgs
Question 244
In what year did the Dow Jones Industrial Average crash and lose 23% of its value in what is known as 'Black Tuesday'?
Answer: 1929
Question 245
Onto which river did an Airbus A320 make an emergency landing in January 2009, with all 155 people onboard surviving?
Answer: The Hudson
Question 246
Nguyen Van Thieu served as the president of which Asian country from 1967 to 1975?
Answer: South Vietnam
Question 247
What was the name of the defensive fortifications built by France along its border before World War 2?
Answer: The Maginot Line
Question 248
Which epidemic hit London in the 17th century, killing tens of thousands of people each time?
Answer: The Bubonic Plague
Question 249
On April 19, 1956, Grace Kelly had a storybook wedding with Prince Rainier of which country?
Answer: Monaco
Question 250
Which Roman missionary is credited with bringing Christianity to Ireland in the 5th century?
Answer: St. Patrick
Question 251
Who was the Russian mystic who was a favorite at the court of Nicholas II?
Answer: Rasputin
Question 252
In which country did red figure pottery flourish from the 6th to the 4th century B.C.?
Answer: Greece
Question 253
Who was the youngest person ever elected president of the USA?
Answer: John F. Kennedy
Question 254
In the 480 B.C. Battle of Salamis, Athens joined other cities to defeat which nation?
Answer: Persia
Question 255
Which volcano caused the destruction of Pompeii?
Answer: Vesuvius
Question 256
Which city hosted a revolutionary "Tea Party" in 1773?
Answer: Boston
Question 257
What resin was used by Ancient Romans as jewelry?
Answer: Amber
Question 258
Who was Sun Tzu?
Answer: Military strategist
Question 259
What type of people were obsessed with turning ordinary metals into gold in the Middle Ages?
Answer: Alchemists
Question 260
What was the name of the system that kept Black and White people separated in South Africa?
Answer: Apartheid
Question 261
Which of these countries was once part of the British Empire?
Answer: India
Question 262
What nationality did Adolf Hitler have until 1925?
Answer: Austrian
Question 263
Who of these is not a famous Indian person?
Answer: Aref Qazvini
Question 264
Who was the first female prime minister of India?
Answer: Indira Gandhi
Question 265
What disease killed millions of Europeans in the 14th century?
Answer: Bubonic plague
Question 266
What kind of country did Cuba become under Fidel Castro?
Answer: Socialist state
Question 267
Which of these people was a United States Army general during World War II?
Answer: George S. Patton
Question 268
Who was the monarch of The United Kingdom during the time period 1837-1901?
Answer: Victoria
Question 269
Who was the 35th president of the USA, in term during the period 1961–1963?
Answer: John F. Kennedy
Question 270
Who was the 34th president of the USA, in term during the period 1953–1961?
Answer: Dwight Eisenhower
Question 271
Who was the ruler of the Principality of Monaco who married actress Grace Kelly in 1956?
Answer: Prince Ranier
Question 272
Who was the leader of the Khmer Rouge?
Answer: Pol Pot
Question 273
Who Was Quoted As Saying "Ask Not What Your Country Can Do For You But What You Can Do For Your Country''?
Answer: John F Kennedy
Question 274
Who was the British Prime Minister at the outbreak of the Second World War?
Answer: Neville Chamberlain
Question 275
Who shot Abraham Lincoln?
Answer: John Wilkes Booth
Question 276
Who said "Veni, vidi, vici" ("I came, I saw, I conquered")?
Answer: Julius Caesar
Question 277
Who is famous for historically riding naked on horseback through Coventry, England?
Answer: Lady Godiva
Question 278
Which country did China invade on Christmas day 1950
Answer: Tibet
Question 279
Where did the bayonet originate?
Answer: France
Question 280
What's fidel castro's brother's name?
Answer: Raoul
Question 281
Where was Napoleon defeated?
Answer: Waterloo
Question 282
U.S. President, Herbert C. _________.
Answer: Hoover
Question 283
On What Japanese City Was The First Atomic Bomb Dropped?
Answer: Hiroshima
Question 284
Who became President of France after Charles de Gaulle?
Answer: Georges Pompidou
Question 285
Which type of British fighter plane shot down 1,294 enemy aircraft in World War One?
Answer: The Sopwith Camel
Question 286
Which state became the 47th US state in 1912?
Answer: New Mexico
Question 287
Which revolutionary icon was killed on 9th October 1967?
Answer: Che Guevara
Question 288
Which revolution began in 1789?
Answer: The French Revolution
Question 289
Which founder of The Organisation for Afro-American Unity was murdered in Harlem on 21 February 1965?
Answer: Malcolm X
Question 290
Which building in Berlin was burned down In 1933?
Answer: The Reichstag
Question 291
Which American president was assassinated in a theatre?
Answer: Abraham Lincoln
Question 292
Which American gangster was shot dead outside a Chicago cinema in July 1934?
Answer: John Dillenger
Question 293
When was the Greek alphabet first used?
Answer: 800BC
Question 294
When was Julius Caesar murdered?
Answer: The Ides of March
Question 295
When Did Napoleon Bonaparte Begin His Reign As Emperor Of France?
Answer: 1804
Question 296
What Was The Name Given To The French Goverment Which Collaborated With The Nazis?
Answer: Vichy
Question 297
What Was Deciphered As A Result Of The Discovery Of The Rosetta Stone?
Answer: Hieroglyphics
Question 298
What country was ruled by Pol Pot, leader of the Khmer Rouge party?
Answer: Cambodia
Question 299
What age preceded the Iron Age?
Answer: The Bronze Age
Question 300
Which U.S. Secretary of State won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1973?
Answer: Henry Kissinger
Question 301
Which Spaniard conquered most of Mexico and lead to the downfall of the Aztec Empire?
Answer: Hernando Cortez
Question 302
What are commonly believed to be the last words of Julius Caesar?
Answer: Et tu, Brute?
Question 303
Southern Rhodesia became what country in 1980?
Answer: Zimbabwe
Question 304
On what date did America become an independant nation?
Answer: July 4th, 1776
Question 305
On the 3rd January 1959 which state became America's 49th?
Answer: Alaska
Question 306
Leading to the American War of Independence, what was the incident in which tea was dumped into a harbor?
Answer: Boston Tea Party
Question 307
Introduced in 46 BC by Julius Caesar, how many months was the Julian calendar divided into?
Answer: 12
Question 308
In which country was the Rosetta Stone found?
Answer: Egypt
Question 309
In What Year Was The United Nations Formed?
Answer: 1945
Question 310
Which country invaded Tibet in 1950?
Answer: China
Question 311
The Misubishi A6M fighter aircraft used by Japan in World War 2 was commonly known as what?
Answer: Zero
Question 312
When did the Maastricht Treaty lay the foundation for the European Union?
Answer: 1992
Question 313
In which year were the 9/11 attacks?
Answer: 2001
Question 314
In which year was the end of WWII?
Answer: 1945
Question 315
When was the first satellite sent into orbit?
Answer: 1957
Question 316
When was the first black US President elected?
Answer: 2008
Question 317
What year did World War II begin?
Answer: 1939
Question 318
Which country declared war on the US after the attack on Pearl Harbor?
Answer: Japan
Question 319
Which country was the main power in Europe during the 17th century?
Answer: France
Question 320
What was the name of the famous trade route that was established in the 2nd century BCE?
Answer: The Silk Road
Question 321
What is the name of the legendary Viking warrior who fought in the Battle of Stamford Bridge?
Answer: Harald Hardrada
Question 322
Which of these is not a type of Viking armor?
Answer: Chainmail
Question 323
Which British Prime Minister was in office for the majority of World War II?
Answer: Winston Churchill
Question 324
What year did the United States enter World War II?
Answer: 1941
Question 325
What were the Ottoman Empire’s elite slave infantrymen called?
Answer: Janissaries
Question 326
What did the Congress of Vienna meet to discuss in 1815?
Answer: The new European political order
Question 327
In what year did the Sons of Liberty throw a tea party in Boston?
Answer: 1773
Question 328
Which French region is named after invading Vikings of the mid-9th century?
Answer: Normandy
Question 329
Who captured Valencia in 1094 and ruled it until his death on July 10, 1099?
Answer: El Cid
Question 330
What was the name the Romans gave to Great Britain?
Answer: Britannia
Question 331
Who was the father of Leif Eriksson?
Answer: Erik the Red
Question 332
Which group emerged after the disintegration of the Mongol Empire and pillaged much of Europe throughout the 14th century?
Answer: The Golden Horde
Question 333
Which empire of 30 million people was crushed by Cortez and his few hundred men in 1521?
Answer: The Aztecs
Question 334
In a sensational 1980s police case in Australia, which animal did Lindy Chamberlain claim took her baby?
Answer: A Dingo
Question 335
Which female leader of India was killed by her bodyguards in 1984?
Answer: Indira Gandhi
Question 336
Which US state was the second-to-last to join the Union?
Answer: Alaska
Question 337
During World War 2, which country was home to the White Rose, a group of student rebels fighting against fascism?
Answer: Germany
Question 338
Which political leader played a major role in Myanmar's transition from a military junta in the 2010s?
Answer: Aung San Suu Kyi
Question 339
What ancient civilization occupied the city of Cusco?
Answer: The Inca
Question 340
Which decade saw the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War?
Answer: The 1990s
Question 341
Which newly independent nation took control of Texas in 1821?
Answer: Mexico
Question 342
Which country was declared a socialist nation by its prime minister on May Day, 1961?
Answer: Cuba
Question 343
Which famous female ruler came to power in a 1762 coup against her husband?
Answer: Catherine the Great
Question 344
What type of war vehicle is the M26 Pershing and the M4 Sherman?
Answer: A tank
Question 345
Before becoming a politician, which US President was a Hollywood actor?
Answer: Ronald Reagan
Question 346
What was the nickname given to the possible computer bug that caused worldwide concern leading up to the year 2000?
Answer: Y2K
Question 347
Which country was suspended from the G8 in 2014?
Answer: Russia
Question 348
On which continent was the historical country of Rhodesia?
Answer: Africa
Question 349
Atatürk was a statesman of which country?
Answer: Turkey