Ultimate History Trivia Questions and Answers for Kids

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History Trivia for Kids

1. Who was the first president of the United States?
   Answer: – George Washington
2. What is the name of the company that built Titanic?
   Answer: – Harland & Wolff
3. Who was the US president during the civil war?
   Answer: – Abraham Lincoln
4. What was the first permanent English settlement in the US?
   Answer: – Jamestown, Virginia
5. Who is the father of History?
   Answer: – Herodotus
6. Archaic Period of Egypt has how many Dynasties?
   Answer: – Two
7. The Constitution of the United States was written in which year?
   Answer: – 1787
8. When did American Revolutionary War begin?
   Answer: – April 19, 1775
9. Who was the president who brought the Louisiana territory from France?
   Answer: – Thomas Jefferson
10. When did the United States involve in WW2?
    Answer: – December 1941
11. Which year did women in the United States allow to vote?
    Answer: – 1920
12. When did the Magna Carta sign?
    Answer: – June 1215
13. The Jacobin Club was formed in which year?
    Answer: – June 1789
14. Who was the first person on the moon?
    Answer: – Neil Armstrong
15. Which country where the Olympic Games first organised?
    Answer: – Greece
16. Who was the US president who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
    Answer: – Thomas Jefferson
17. Who was the US president was the first leader of the Continental Army?
    Answer: – George Washington
18. The tea is originally from which country?
    Answer: – China
19. Who is considered as the Father of the Constitution?
    Answer: – James Madison
20. The Cotton Gin was invented by?
    Answer: – Eli Whitney

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21. When did George Washington become the first president of the United States?
    Answer: – April 30, 1789
22. How long did World War 2 last?
    Answer: – Six Years
23. What was the name of Romulus’s brother?
    Answer: – Remus
24. Which American president was a great musician?
    Answer: – Richard Nixon
25. What were the two sides of WW2?
    Answer: – Allied powers and Axis Power
26. Who was the emperor of Rome who made his horse a Senator?
    Answer: – Caligula
27. The Statue of Liberty was gifted by which country to the USA?
    Answer: – France
28. In world war 2 which British army hired a magician, What was his name?
    Answer: – Jasper Maskelyne
29. The US flag was designed and sewed by whom?
    Answer: – Betsy Ross
30. Which country has the oldest parliament?
    Answer: – Iceland
31. The pyramid of Giza was built by whom?
    Answer: – Khufu
32. What was the first space operation to the moon?
    Answer: – Apollo 11
33. Who was the first US president to die before his parents?
    Answer: – John F. Kennedy
34. When did Christopher Columbus arrive in America?
    Answer: – 1492
35. Who was leading Germany in World War II?
    Answer: – Adolf Hitler
36. Rome was founded by whom?
    Answer: – Romulus
37. Which country ended world war 2?
    Answer: – Japan
38. Which year did America become the United States of America?
    Answer: – 1976
39. What was the position of George Washington during the war before being president?
    Answer: – Commander in Chief
40. Who has written the popular Christmas song “Jingle Bells”?
    Answer: – James Lord Pierpont

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41. Who is the inventor of the first car?
    Answer: – Karl Benz
42. Jacobin Club was led by whom during the french revolution?
    Answer: – Robespierre
43. What was the last letter added to the alphabet?
    Answer: – “J”
44. Which US president has the Wrestling Hall of Fame?
    Answer: – Abraham Lincoln
45. Who was the first US president to represent the Republican Party?
    Answer: – Abraham Lincoln
46. Who was the longest-ruling queen of England?
    Answer: – Queen Elizabeth II
47. Who was the acting president of the United States during WW2?
    Answer: – Franklin D. Roosevelt
48. The ancient Egypt New Year celebration was called?
    Answer: – Wepet-Renpet festival
49. Which conqueror was once attacked by a horde of bunnies?
    Answer: – Napoleon Bonaparte
50. Easter Island has how many giant heads?
    Answer: – 900
51. Which US president was also a licensed bartender?
    Answer: – Abraham Lincoln
52. When was the republican party founded in the US?
    Answer: – March 20, 1854
53. When was the First French Republic founded?
    Answer: – September 21, 1792
54. Which country did Germany first invade during World War II?
    Answer: – Poland
55. Who was the second president of the United States?
    Answer: – John Adams
56. The first US president to live in the white house was?
    Answer: – John Adams
57. When was the University of Oxford founded?
    Answer: – 1096
58. Which year did scientists declare Pluto a dwarf planet?
    Answer: – 2006
59. Mirror Writing was created by whom?
    Answer: – Leonardo da Vinci
60. Who was the acting prime minister of the UK during WW2?
    Answer: – Winston Churchill

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61. The radio was invented by whom?
    Answer: – Guglielmo Marconi
62. Who was the pope Who declared war against cats?
    Answer: – Pope Gregory IX
63. The shortest war was fought between which countries?
    Answer: – United Kingdom and the Zanzibar Sultanate (38 minutes)
64. Who was the president of the United States during Quasi-War?
    Answer: – John Adams
65. The award “Novel Prize” was inspired by whom?
    Answer: – Alfred Nobel
66. What was the birthplace of the US President “Thomas Jefferson”?
    Answer: – Virginia
67. Who designed the white house?
    Answer: – James Hoban
68. When was the Monroe Doctrine written?
    Answer: – December 2, 1823
69. Who was the first US president who has served as a vice president?
    Answer: – John Adams
70. Who invented the lightning rod?
    Answer: – Benjamin Franklin
71. What was the darkest period of the french revolution?
    Answer: – Reign of Terror 
72. What is the oldest pyramid in the World?
    Answer: – Pyramid of Djoser
73. Paper currency was introduced by which country?
    Answer: – China
74. What was the first living animal in space?
    Answer: – Dog Laika
75. Who was the last queen of Egypt?
    Answer: – Cleopatra VII Philopator
76. The telegraph and Morse code were invented by whom?
    Answer: – Samuel F. B. Morse
77. Who was the founder of Ford?
    Answer: – Henry Ford
78. What is the oldest language in the World?
    Answer: – Sumerian
79. King Louis xvi was executed by whom?
    Answer: – Charles-Henri Sanson
80. The French Revolution ended in which year?
    Answer: – November 9, 1799
81. The light bulb was invented by whom?
    Answer: – Thomas Edison
82. What was the popular building in Ancient Rome civilization?
    Answer: – Colosseum
83. When did Great Britain declare war against Germany?
    Answer: – 3 September 1939
84. What was the capital of the United States before Washington DC?
    Answer: – Philadelphia
85. When did the Declaration of Independence sign?
    Answer: – August 2, 1776
86. Who were the two US presidents who died on the same day?
    Answer: – Thomas Jefferson & John Adams