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.
What did knights fight with most often in the Middle Ages?
More History questions
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Which battlefield sealed Napoleon's final defeat in 1815?
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- Waterloo
- Austerlitz
- Leipzig
- Trafalgar
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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 reactor exploded in 1986?
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- Chernobyl
- Fukushima
- Sellafield
- Harrisburg
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Which animals did Hannibal use to cross the Alps?
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- Elephants
- Camels
- Horses
- Donkeys
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In which modern country is the ancient rock-carved city of Petra located?
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- Jordan
- Saudi Arabia
- Israel
- Lebanon
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A refined magnetic compass for sea navigation became widely used in China during which dynasty?
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- Song Dynasty
- Han Dynasty
- Tang Dynasty
- Ming Dynasty
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Magna Carta's lasting significance lies in establishing that even the king was subject to what?
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- The rule of law
- Church doctrine
- Feudal tribute
- Trial by combat
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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The First World War began with the assassination in Sarajevo in June 1914.
Reveal Reveal
True.
On 28 June 1914, Gavrilo Princip shot the Austro-Hungarian heir to the throne Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie in Sarajevo - the trigger for the July Crisis and the outbreak of war.
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Theodor Heuss was the first federal president of the Federal Republic.
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True.
Heuss (FDP) was elected the first federal president on 12 September 1949 and remained in office until 1959.
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The Spanish Civil War lasted from 1936 to 1939.
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True.
From July 1936 to April 1939, Republicans and the Nationalists under Franco fought each other.
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Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany in 1903.
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False.
He became chancellor in 1933.
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