History Guild Quizzes
These history quizzes have a range of difficulties or are about specific topics. Scroll down for our weekly general history quizzes.
History Guild Quiz – Beginner
History Guild Quiz – BeginnerSee how your history knowledge stacks up. Want to know more about any of the questions? Once you’ve finished the quiz click here to learn more. Have an idea for a question? Suggest it here and we’ll include it in a future quiz! The stories behind the questions 1. Which colonial […]
History Guild Quiz – Intermediate
History Guild Quiz – IntermediateSee how your history knowledge stacks up. Want to know more about any of the questions? Once you’ve finished the quiz click here to learn more. Have an idea for a question? Suggest it here and we’ll include it in a future quiz! The stories behind the questions 1. In what […]
History Guild Quiz – Advanced
History Guild Quiz – AdvancedSee how your history knowledge stacks up. Want to know more about any of the questions? Once you’ve finished the quiz click here to learn more. Have an idea for a question? Suggest it here and we’ll include it in a future quiz! The stories behind the questions 1. Where was […]
History Guild Weekly History Quizzes
These quizzes cover a range of different history topics each week. See how your history knowledge stacks up!
General History Quiz 153
1. Which English monarch was in power when Thomas Beckett was murdered?
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General History Quiz 152
1. When did the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman become the first European to reach New Zealand?
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General History Quiz 151
1. Which was the first country to be ruled by a Fascist government?
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General History Quiz 150
1. Which country was previously known as the New Hebrides?
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General History Quiz 149
1. When did the Bronze Age collapse occur?
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General History Quiz 148
1. Who said “War is the only proper school for a surgeon.”?
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General History Quiz 147
1. When did the famous Charge of the Light Brigade occur?
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General History Quiz 145
1. Who led the communists to victory in the Chinese civil war?
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General History Quiz 144
1. The 430 BCE plague of Athens coincided with what event?
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General History Quiz 143
1. Which country operated the Mexico-Manila galleon trade from the 16th to the 19th centuries?
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Christmas History Quiz 2022
1. Where was the historical Saint Nicholas born?
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General History Quiz 142
1. L’Anse aux Meadows is an important archaeological site from which culture?
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General History Quiz 141
1. In 1493 Pope Alexander VI issued a proclamation dividing the ‘New World’ between Spain and which other country?
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General History Quiz 140
1. Who did the 1521 Edict of Worms decree was “a notorious heretic”?
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General History Quiz 139
1. In the 1930’s which country introduced deliberate errors into its maps in order to confuse potential invaders?
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General History Quiz 138
1. Which Roman emperor ordered the construction of a wall across the width of Northern Britain in 121 CE?
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General History Quiz 137
1. Which country enslaved the greatest number of Africans and transported them across the Atlantic?
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General History Quiz 136
1. What did the first urban civilisations all have in common?
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General History Quiz 135
1. Which Soviet city was besieged by the Germans from September 1941 to January 1944?
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General History Quiz 134
1. Ghana was previously which British colony?
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General History Quiz 133
1. What name did Norse explorers give to North America?
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General History Quiz 131
1. Who destroyed the second temple at Jerusalem in 70 CE?
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