Historical Facts
Sunday, 17 August 2025
Q: Megasthenes was an ambassador for which of the following empires?
A: Greek
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Q: Which of the following helped pottery flourish in Athens?
A: Athenians develoed a new, much faster potter's wheel
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Q: During the reign of which dynasty was the Great Wall of China constructed?
A: Chin
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Q: Alexander Kerensky was
A: the head of the Provisional Government in Russia before the October Revolution
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Q: The Victorian and Art Deco Ensembles inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The Victorian Gothic and Art Deco is situated in which city?
A: Mumbai
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Q: George Washington was made the commander in chief of the American forces
A: at the Second Continental Congress in 1775
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Q: A peace treaty between Japan and which country has not been concluded yet, even after 70 years have passed since the end of World War Two?
A: Russia
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Q: People in all the following countries had to be resettled after the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster, except
A: Kazakhstan
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Q: The English defeated the ______ in the battle of Wandiwash.
A: French
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Q: Which country first tried unsuccessfully to build the Panama Canal?
A: France.
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Q: Which family ruled Florence for three centuries from 1434?
A: Medici.
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Q: Who were the Celtic-speaking peoples living in France and Belgium during Roman times?
A: Gauls.
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Q: Which king of England had a mother and a son who were both beheaded?
A: James I.
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Q: Which battle of 1746 ended the Jacobite revolution?
A: Culloden.
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Q: The best History and Historical Trivia Quiz Questions with Answers can be found where?
A: Trivia Country!
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Q: What Soviet "man of steel" was educated for the priesthood but was expelled from the seminary?
A: Joseph Stalin.
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Q: In which year did Brunei gain independence fro Britain?
A: 1984.
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Q: What country sold land including the present-day states of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Oklahoma to the USA in 1803?
A: France.
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Q: Which British monarch married Anne of Denmark?
A: James I.
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