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History Free Quiz Questions
Those who do not study history are destined to repeat it, and to do badly in the final pub quiz scores. You can use these free trivia quiz questions and answers in a history or general knowledge themed round.
Last updated June 2025.
| What currency did Italy use before the Euro? | Lira |
| How many US Presidents have won the Nobel Peace Prize? | 4 |
| How many kings has France had who were called Louis? | 18 |
| Which of these countries was not part of the Soviet Union? Georgia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, or Estonia | Bulgaria |
| What did Chuck Yeager famously break on 14 October 1947? | The sound barrier or the speed of sound |
| According to the Book of Exodus, how any plagues befell ancient Egypt? | 10 |
| How many kings of England or Britain are traditionally given the title “the Great”? | 2 (Alfred and Cnut) |
| Which former country was originally called The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes? | Yugoslavia |
| Who had himself crowned King of Scotland at Scone in 1306? | Robert the Bruce |
| Who was the head of the German Luftwaffe during the Second World War? | Hermann Goering |
| Which famous battle was fought on 18th June 1815? | Waterloo |
| What structure was built to host The Great Exhibition in London in 1851? | Crystal Palace |
| What was the last battle of the English Civil War? | The Battle of Worcester |
| “Egghead Weds Hourglass” was the headline when the playwright Arthur Miller married which actress? | Marilyn Monroe |
| Fulgencio Batista was overthrown as the leader of which country on 1st January 1959? | Cuba |
| Which country elected the world’s first female Prime Minister in 1960? | Sri Lanka (or Ceylon) |
| Who was assassinated in a theatre by John Wilkes Booth? | Abraham Lincoln |
| Which Celtic tribe was Boadicea a queen of? | The Iceni |
| Who was the captain of the ship The Endeavour on its famous voyage of exploration between 1768 and 1771? | James Cook or Captain Cook |
| Which old British coin was worth the equivalent of 12½p in today’s money? | Half-crown |
| Which future president was defeated by John F Kennedy in the 1960 US presidential election? | Richard Nixon |
| What is Scotland’s oldest university, founded in 1411? | St Andrews |
| What name is given to the stepped pyramids built in ancient Mesopotamia? | Ziggurat |
| What was Margaret Thatcher’s husband called? | Denis |
| Which army famously sacked Rome in 410 AD, marking the begining of the end of the Roman Empire? The Visigoths, The Ostrogoths, or the Vandals | The Visigoths |