10 Random History Questions

Name either of the last two battles in the Pacific during World War II.

During the invasion of Syracuse by Rome, a roman soldier killed an old man for refusing to obey him. This man would later turn out to be this genius mathematician and philosopher.

Which US president owned 600+ slaves and was later discovered to have fathered a secret child with one of his slaves?

This food, according to the Bible, was sent by God to keep the Israelites from starving.

Alexander the Great was known for ruling this empire, expanding it from the balkans all the way out to India.

This Renaissance artist painted the ceilings of the Sistine Chapel.

During a jail transport following the assassination of US president John F Kennedy, Lee Harvey Oswald was then assassinated himself by this man.

In which century did humans first settle in Aotearoa (New Zealand)?

A part of the First Triumvirate alongside Pompey and Caesar, this man is often considered “the richest man in Rome”, owning a large percentage of the city of Rome’s real estate.

In 1903, the Wright Brothers tested their first flight at this site, near the town of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.