History General Knowledge

1) Who defeated Harold Godwinson at Hastings in 1066, earning the title "Conquerer"?

2) What famous battle pitted an outnumbered Spartan force against a massive Persian army?

3) What Macedonian ruler expanded the Greek empire and is considered one of the greatest military leaders?

4) What US city was burned by British forces during the War of 1812 in retaliation of the attack on York?

5) What indigenous woman is said to have led Lewis and Clark on their journey to the Pacific?

6) Where did Napoleon meet his final defeat in 1815?

7) What Carthaginian general famously crossed the high Alps to surprise the Romans from the north?

8) For what country did Columbus sail for, despite being Genoese?

9) Who set out into the Massachusetts countryside in 1775, warning of the British invasion, made famous in the Midnight Ride

10) In what building was Lincoln shot in on the night of April 14, 1865?

11) What famous slogan did Booth yell after the shooting of president Lincoln in the above?

12) What famous composer was born in Salzburg, Austria in 1756?

13) What icy river did General Washington cross to surprise the Hessian force at Trenton?

14) What Greek/Egyptian pharaoh was famously connected with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony?

15) What teenage pharaohs tomb laid undiscovered for over 3200 years until 1922?

16) What conquistador captured the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan in 1521?

17) What teenage French woman famously defended France from an English attack at Orleans?

18) What Portuguese navigator is credited with the first circumnavigation of the globe?

19) Which state is synonymous with Abraham Lincoln due to his long work there as a lawyer?

20) Who was assassinated in Sarajevo in 1914, jumpstarting WW1?