History quiz questions and answers: 15 questions for your history home pub quiz
HISTORY questions are among fan-favourites at a pub quiz, with thousands of years of subjects to choose from and a dizzying array of topics for people to test their intellectual mettle. Here are 15 questions for your pub quiz.
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History pub quiz questions rank amongst the most difficult, thanks to their wide variety and ample subjects to choose from. While they serve as a mainstay for the traditional quiz, they can be difficult to come up with, and Express.co.uk has provided a handy guide on which eras to pick from.
15 history questions for your pub quiz round
History questions are versatile, but they can also prove difficult to source due to their massive range.
As such, people may need a hand coming up with the right questions to ask their guests without completely blindsiding them.
Here, Express.co.uk has compiled 15 questions people can pose to their pub quiz guests.
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1. Which Queen of England had the name "Bloody Mary"?
2. Who was Henry VII's last wife?
3. Who was the youngest Prime Minister in British history?
4. Which Carthaginian general was famous for his use of elephants in battle?
5. Who was Queen while William Shakespeare was alive?
6. Which King presided over England during the Great Fire of London?
7. How long was the Hundred Years' War?
8. Who was the first explorer to discover North America?
9. Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
10. Which mythical beast could turn you to stone?
11. Who succeeded Hitler on his death in 1945?
12. Who led the confederate army during the American civil war?
13. Which of Henry VIII's wives shares a name with a British actress?
14. Which French fortress played a pivotal role in 18th-century politics?
15. Which Roman emperor declared war on Neptune, God of the sea?
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Answers:
1. Mary I
2. Catherine Parr
3. William Pitt The Younger
4. Hannibal
5. Queen Elizabeth I
6. Charles II
7. 116 years
8. Leif Erikson
9. John Wilkes Booth
10. A gorgon
11. Admiral Donitz
12. General Robert E Lee
13. Jane Seymour
14. The Bastille
15. Caligula