History Trivia Questions — page 6
2,004 trivia questions with answers, all ages. Multiple-choice trivia with answers, sorted by topic and level. Reveal the answers below, pick one at random, or present them full-screen.
- 251.
These wars for the English throne were fought between 1455 and 1485.
- AWars of the Roses
- BEnglish Civil War
- CWar of the two brothers
- DAll of these
Answer: Wars of the Roses - 252.
What prominent figure in Nazi Germany was Adolf Hitlers deputy in the Nazi Party?
- ARudolph Hess
- BJoseph Goebbels
- CHeinrich Himmler
- DNone of these
Answer: Rudolph Hess - 253.
How did the French aid the American patriots during the Revolutionary War?
- Aby providing substantial amounts of military supplies
- Ball of these
- Cby sending part of the French Army to America
- Dby allowing the French fleet to aid the Americans at a critical point of the war
Answer: all of these - 254.
What was U.S. Grant doing at the outbreak of the Civil War?
- AGoing to West Point
- BNone of these
- CWorking in the family business
- DHad a command out West
Answer: Working in the family business
How to use these trivia questions
- Warm-up. Open a lesson or meeting with 3–5 questions — enough to wake the room, short enough to keep the agenda.
- Review game. Pick 10 questions on the topic you just taught and play them in teams; discuss every wrong answer.
- Quiz night. Mix two or three topics, read each question twice, and give 20 seconds before revealing the answer.
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