History Trivia for Kids

[Pages:5]History Trivia for Kids

Which ancient people built pyramids

The Egyptians

Who was the first American President?

George Washington

When was the Declaration of Independence signed?

Who was the Greek god of love?

4th July 1776 Aphrodite

Who first discovered Rubber?

Charles Macintosh

Which large bronze statue was located on a small Greek island in the Aegean Sea?

Who founded the first settlement in Greenland?

Colossus of Rhodes Eric the Red (Viking)

Who first stepped on the moon?

Neil Armstrong and Buz Aldrin

Copyright homeschooling-

History Trivia for Kids

Who was burned at the stake in 1431?

Joan of Ark

Who was the Roman god of fire?

Vulcan

Who was the British Prime Minister during World War II

Who started the nobel peace price?

Winston Churchill Alfred Nobel

Who wrote the plays Hamlet and midsummers Night Dream?

William Shakespeare

Who was Atilla the Hun?

Emperor of the Huns in the 400's AD

Which came first? World War I in 1914 or World War II in 1939.

World War I

Which Roman Emperor fiddled while Rome burned?

Nero

Copyright homeschooling-

History Trivia for Kids

How many wives did Henry VIII have?

Six

Who was the first person to climb Everest?

It is generally thought to be Edmund Hilary and Tenzing Norgay

Where did the Olympic Games originate?

Greece

Which famous US president delivered the Gettysburg Address in 1862?

Abraham Lincoln

Name one famous artist from the Italian Renaissance.

Who invented the telephone?

Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael (also German artists Hans Holbein, and Albrecht Durer).

Alexander Graham Bell

In which city was the worlds first underground railway open?

In Greek Mythology ? what did Prometheus steal from the gods to give to man?

London, England Fire

Copyright homeschooling-

History Trivia for Kids

Who invented the lightbulb?

Thomas Edison

Who were the Norse?

Germanic people (or the Vikings)

Who said "I have a dream" What contintent did Dr. Livingstone explore?

Martin Luther King Africa

On which city was the first Atomic bomb attack?

Hiroshima

Which city was destroyed by Mt. Versuvius erupting?

Who was the leader of the Nazi party?

Pompeii Adolf Hitler

How many arms does the Venus de Milo statue have?

Which country first used paper money?

None! China

Copyright homeschooling-

History Trivia for Kids

Which country gifted the Statue of Liberty to the USA?

Which ancient king had a round table?

France King Arthur

What are the Wright brothers famous for?

Flying the first powered aircraft

In which town was Jesus born?

Bethlehem

Which year was the Battle of Hastings?

1066

Which came first? The Stone Age or the Bronze Age?

What sank the SS Titanic?

Stone Age An iceberg

Which English city had a great fire in 1666?

London

Copyright homeschooling-

 ................
................

In order to avoid copyright disputes, this page is only a partial summary.

Google Online Preview   Download