Easy History True or False

Try to guess whether these historical statements are true or false.
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1. The Great Pyramid was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
True
False
2. Abraham Lincoln was the first President of the United States
It was George Washington
True
False
3. Hong Kong used to be controlled by the United Kingdom
True
False
4. Mahatma Gandhi was king of India
True
False
5. Germany was on the losing side of both World Wars
True
False
6. Christopher Columbus was the first person to sail around the entire Earth
True
False
7. Mongol soldiers usually fought on horseback
True
False
8. Gunpowder was first invented in Africa
Gunpowder is a Chinese invention
True
False
9. Islam was an important religion in ancient Rome
Islam did not start until more than 100 years after the fall of the Roman Empire
True
False
10. Australia was completely uninhabited until it was discovered by Europeans
True
False
11. Babylon was a city that actually used to exist
True
False
12. The Aztecs practiced human sacrifice
True
False
13. Socrates lived in what is today Iran
He lived in Greece
True
False
14. Thor was one of the gods worshipped by the Vikings
True
False
15. Buddha was a real person
True
False
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51 Comments
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Level 86
Oct 4, 2021
After finishing the quiz, the random Interesting Fact was #378:

During the Middle Ages, Buddha was recognized as a Christian saint who was named Josaphat.

Coincidence? I don't think so!!!!!

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Level 74
Oct 4, 2021
I got #54: "Velociraptors had feathers." Now that is definitely not a coincidence!!!!

BTW is the Great Pyramid no longer one of the seven wonders of the ancient world?

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Level ∞
Oct 5, 2021
Verb tenses are so imprecise. I was debating whether to use past or present tense for that one, but I think past tense is better. We're no longer in the ancient world.
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Level 81
Aug 22, 2023
A monument which has been destroyed such as the Pharos of Alexandria would be appropriate to describe using "was an ancient wonder of the world". But the Great Pyramid is still with us, so it "is a wonder of the ancient world".
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Level 64
Oct 10, 2021
You should use ‘is’ because the question is about the seven wonders of the ancient world. ‘Was’ implies that it isn’t an ancient wonder any more
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Level 45
Dec 15, 2022
I got: Interesting Facts #706

There were more German soldiers who died in January of 1945 than American soldiers who died in the entirety of World War II.

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Level 48
Oct 10, 2021
I got #274 which is “In the year 1913,Hitler,Stalin,Trotsky,Tito,and Freud all lived in the city of Vienna.”Nothing special
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Level 80
Oct 11, 2021
They not only lived there but they also were all regular customers at the Café Central, a coffeehouse were people used to sit and discuss current affairs or play cards or chess. To think that Stalin and Hitler might have played a game of chess there while Freud walked by casually saying something along the lines of, Meine Herren, this does not look good at all...
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Level 55
Dec 16, 2021
Let's face it. Freud would've been in the bathroom snorting lines. He was a notorious cocaine fiend.
+1
Level 45
Apr 11, 2024
I got

"Interesting Facts #534

There was once a city in Philippines named Sexmoan. It changed its name to Sasmuan in 1991."

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Level 76
Apr 22, 2024
We got a town called Sexbierum which would be sex beer um. I think a few other unusual ones too. I can only think of Monster.

(My fact was about Ostara, but I don't see the point of all of us listing them (unless they were relevant)

Plus, the past tense indeed threw me too. It made me pause a while to think about what and how it was meant, as in did they change things, was it demoted. I see no reason to use was. That is like saying Spain used to border the Atlantic. Or Japan used to be an island.

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Level 62
Mar 9, 2026
I got #1029

"The restaurant chain "Hard Rock Cafe" is owned by the Seminole Tribe of Florida."

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Level 84
Oct 5, 2021
When using practise as a verb, it should be spelt with an ‘s’. Even in British English, there is no such word as ‘practiced’.
+22
Level ∞
Oct 5, 2021
Practiced is the preferred form in American English:

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/practiced

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Level 81
Oct 8, 2021
If Mexico was a 1990s movie, Aztecs would be the piggy faced guy with an attitude problem (and potentially a mullet).
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Level 73
Oct 10, 2021
So easy!
+3
Level 89
Oct 10, 2021
Man, you weren't kidding when you said easy, lol!
+1
Level 51
Oct 10, 2021
100% got
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Level 56
Oct 10, 2021
easy easy, 15/15 with a lot of time left
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Level 82
Oct 10, 2021
Aaarggghhh.. I could have got 15/15 but decided to change my (correct) answer to the Mongol question to the wrong one!!
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Level 63
Nov 10, 2021
Never change a multiple choice answer. It's usally not a good idea.
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Level 35
Aug 22, 2025
I read a book called "Think Again" that said, statistically, you're more likely to get the right answer than the wrong one if you rethink multiple-choice questions.
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Level 77
Oct 11, 2021
My brain corrected the gunpowder question to 'in Asia' so I put true... thanks, brain.
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Level 97
Oct 12, 2021
Isn't the pyramid still a Wonder of the Ancient World? When you say was it made me think that it was asking if it no longer was a Wonder.
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Level 63
Oct 14, 2021
Easy 15/15 with 3:18 left
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Level 40
Oct 21, 2021
#1 should be FALSE or re-worded, the Great Pyramid is still one of the seven ancient wonders of the world.
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Level 94
Nov 5, 2021
Is it one of them? Yes.

Was it one of them? Still Yes.

I don't see the problem here.

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Level 83
Dec 16, 2021
Considering that Herodotus (likely) made the original list of the 7 Wonders of the World, using the past tense here makes sense. This is not a current list that gets updated. When people refer to the 7 Wonders of the World, they are by default referring to the list made thousands of years ago.
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Level 79
Dec 28, 2021
These easy true/false quizzes are a good way to rack up points, usually I don't waste much time with them but I gotta say this is fun
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Level 61
Jun 19, 2022
Dang! Missed the Gunpowder one. I knew the answer, but read the question wrong! :P
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Level 37
Dec 13, 2022
Super easy, barely an inconvenience.

(Comment if you get the reference but don't say what it's from)

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Level 37
Mar 5, 2025
[Name of YouTuber redacted] references are tight!
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Level 43
Jun 5, 2023
60% 💀💀, yes very easy for me
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Level 43
Jun 5, 2023
wait, this because I was bad in english and understand questions...
+1
Level 87
Aug 5, 2023
15/15, perfect score, wow.
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Level 47
Aug 7, 2023
I got all right
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Level 56
Sep 9, 2024
I got this one :)

Interesting Facts #573

The New River in West Virginia is considered by some geologists to be one of the oldest rivers in the world.

+1
Level 62
Mar 9, 2026
My home state!
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Level 77
Oct 11, 2024
"Islam did not start until more than 100 years after the fall of the Roman Empire".

I can't stress out enough how wrong this is. Roman Empire didn't fall until much later, and for the first 100+ years of Islam it actually included Rome. Carthage and southern Spain were conquered by the Umayyads from Rome.

But that was not Ancient Rome, it was Medieval Rome, so the question is still right.

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Level 61
Oct 11, 2024
Do not make such sweeping comments about things that you are not very well-informed about. While it is true that the Byzantine empire did continue for another thousand years, and historians do emphasize the continuity between the two states, the Byzantine state was also clearly not identical to the "Roman empire" as it existed until the 5th century (easily predating the rise of Islam).

Carthage and Spain were not controlled by the Byzantines at the time of Muslim conquest anyways; they were controlled by Germanic states (the Vandals and Visigoths, respectively).

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Level 62
Mar 9, 2026
Very true. While the Byzantine was formed because of the fall of the Roman, it is not the same.
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Level 62
Mar 9, 2026
Rome fell in 476 AD when a Germanic tribe sacked Rome. Islam is believed to have began during the early 7th century AD on the Arabian Peninsula. There was the Byzantine Empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire, but it formed after the Roman Empire fell. The Byzantine Empire is not the same as the Roman.
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Level 53
Oct 11, 2024
Buddha is a title not a person
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Level 62
Oct 11, 2024
100%😁
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Level 56
Mar 2, 2025
ez
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Level 43
Aug 7, 2025
to the 16% that said Australia was completely uninhabited before it was discovered by Europeans... oof
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Level 45
Sep 29, 2025
I hope most of them misread the question.
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Level 62
Mar 9, 2026
I don't think many people know about the Aboriginal Australians...
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Level 35
Aug 22, 2025
Wow, there are sooooo many comments about the first question and only one about the last question. Before I read the comments, I was expecting a million people trying to make an argument about whether or not Buddha was real, but most of the arguments were about the word "was"
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Level 62
Mar 9, 2026
I mean, Buddha isn't a god or anything to be worshipped, just the person who founded the religion.
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Level 61
May 7, 2026
I once filled a job application in the mid-80's where one of the multiple choice questions was SEX, seldom, yes, or never?? Nowadays you would be crucified if you put that option in a legit job. By the way that company was a cheap Hoover vacuum salesperson knockoff that never told you what you were gonna do. Then the super dude poured a bag of sand on the pretty red carpet and 92 percent of us bolted REAL quick. Anywho...... Have a great evening!