History Trivia

Hirohito was the leader of what country during world war II?

In what year did Neil Armstrong first set foot on the moon?

In days how long did the Cuban Missile Crisis last for?

What native American war leader had a US stamp created to honour him in 1982?

What was the name of the German air force in world war II?

Sir Malcolm Campbell was the first man to drive an automobile over 300 mph True or False?

The Battle of Trafalgar was fought between the British Navy and the combined forces of what countries?

General George Smith Patton Jr was killed on the way to a pheasant hunt in 1945 True or False?

Which Emperor was said to have played the fiddle while Rome burned?

The statue of liberty was a gift to the people of the United States? True or False?

What modern day island country was named ‘Ceylon’ as recently as 1972?

Who was the captain of The Titanic when it struck an iceberg in 1912?

John Lennon was assassinated by what person in New York in 1980?

The Victoria Cross is awarded for gallantry “in the presence of the enemy” by which army?

What length was the Berlin Wall?

The Chernobyl nuclear disaster occurred in the Ukraine in what year?

What famous event lasted for 8 days, 3 hours, 18 minutes, 35 seconds?

Francisco Franco Bahamonde was a dictator that ruled over which country from 1939 until 1975?

The Battle of Hastings took place in France True or False?

Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen was better known by what name?

The Diary of a Young Girl was written by which famous girl during world war II?

Christopher Columbus was a Portuguese explorer True or False?

Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan died in what battle in the Philippines in 1521?

Che Guevara was a Marxist revolutionary from which country?

Where does the name Balaclava come from?

What was the name of the first space mission that landed on the moon?

What city was the primary target of the first nuclear bombing mission on 6 August 1945?

James Earl Ray assassinated what civil rights leader in 1968?

In what year did the Russian civil war start?

Julius Caesar was a great hero of which French General?