History Trivia

Merchant explorer and writer Marco Polo was born in which country?

The sons of liberty organised what protest in Boston Harbour on December 16th 1773?

What aircraft made history in 1969 by becoming the first supersonic passenger aircraft?

German submarines are more commonly called by what name?

What ancient sport took place in the Circus Maximus in the city of Rome in Italy?

The Berlin wall divided Germany from 1961 until it fell in what year?

What was unique about Roman emperor ‘Constantine the Great’?

Who was the first person to reach the north and south poles?

The Cuban missile crisis was a confrontation between the Soviet Union and which other country?

What name is given to the private aircraft for the president of the United States

The Great Fire of London took place in what year?

Where was John F. Kennedy Assassinated?

In what year was Diana Princess of Wales killed in a car crash in Paris?

In what year did the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Centre occur?

Hugo Chávez was president of what country between 2002-2013?

What did the ‘D’ stand for in John D. Rockefeller?

The War to End All Wars’ was the name given to which particular war?

What record breaking event links Newfoundland in Canada with Clifden in Ireland?

Who became the first president of Russia democratically elected by the people?

What independence activist was assassinated on the 30th January 1948?

In what year did the original wall street crash occur triggering economic hardship for many?

Who was president of Iraq from 1979 to 2003?

What caused the Lusitania to sink on May 7th 1915?

The Battle of Trafalgar was fought at sea True or False?

The world’s first nonstop transatlantic flight was achieved by what two people in 1919?

The Munich air disaster of 1958 involved what English football team?

In what year did Sri Lanka gain its independence from Britain?

Who was the first president of the United States of America?

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