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?
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The First World War began with the assassination in Sarajevo in June 1914.
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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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The Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation was dissolved in 1806.
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True.
Under pressure from Napoleon, Emperor Francis II laid down the imperial crown on 6 August 1806 - the Holy Roman Empire ended after more than 800 years.
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The capital of the Federal Republic was officially moved from Bonn to Berlin in 1999.
Reveal Reveal
True.
After the capital decision of 1991, the Bundestag and government moved to Berlin in 1999 - Bonn kept some ministries.
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The popular uprising in the GDR took place in 1989.
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False.
The popular uprising against the SED regime took place on 17 June 1953.
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