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History by Letter - Y

Name these historical people, places, and things beginning with the letter Y.
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First submittedJuly 31, 2014
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Country that broke into pieces in 1992
Yugoslavia
Cradle of Chinese civilization
Yellow River
Derogatory term for New Englanders,
turned into a point of pride
Yankee
Russia's first democratically-
elected leader
Boris Yeltsin
Meeting place of Churchill, Stalin,
and Roosevelt
Yalta
Wintertime holiday of Germanic pagans
Yule
Language that was once common
among European Jews
Yiddish
Founder of Salt Lake City
Brigham Young
Holiday on which Arab states
launched a suprise attack on Israel
Yom Kippur
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Mongol dynasty that ruled China
Yuan
Peninsula struck by an asteroid,
circa 65 million BC
Yucatán
Preferred wood for making longbows
Yew
He broke the sound barrier
Chuck Yeager
Site of a chilly gold rush in the 1890s
Yukon
Original name of San Francisco
Yerba Buena
Way that herders once yelled
across the Alps
Yodeling
First name of cosmonaut Gagarin
Yuri
Commander of Japan's navy
during WWII
Isoroku
Yamamoto
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61 Comments
fuanacdc
+7
Level 89
Aug 1, 2014
I'm an idiot, I kept saying, "Chuck Jaeger broke the sound barrier, WTH?"
englishsystem
+14
Level 67
Nov 18, 2014
Too much Jagermeister?
gtohara
+6
Level 56
Sep 27, 2014
Chuck Jaeger was the first to do it in a bomber?
Twentysix385
+1
Level 63
Nov 18, 2014
+1
mikeyanderson7
+14
Level 67
Nov 18, 2014
I didn't read the question correctly and spent some good time trying to figure out how to spell Yodelayheehoo.
Anzi
+8
Level 68
Apr 24, 2018
Nice try but it only accepts yodelediledilehihoo
Sifhraven
+1
Level 76
Nov 22, 2019
It is yodelahi-tii
PietjePuk24
+1
Level 85
Jan 27, 2025
Yodela E.T.
kalbahamut
+2
Level 79
Nov 18, 2014
I tried "Yran" as the answer for the Allied leaders meeting place. Forgot about Yalta. and I'm not sure how I knew Yerba Buena but I did manage to get it after several guesses.
SummerMcLovin
+3
Level 49
Nov 18, 2014
I'd only just read this somewhere else but couldn't remember the name. Jokingly tried Yukraine but glad it didn't work.
JWatson24
+3
Level 71
Sep 11, 2020
I knew Yerba Buena because there's an island in the San Francisco Bay that still has that name. One of the bridges in that area (I think the Oakland Bridge) passes through it.
joanie97
+1
Level 71
Sep 11, 2020
If by Oakland Bridge you mean the Bay Bridge, then yes. It's right next to Treasure Island.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 79
Sep 11, 2020
that might be why it rang a bell for me, too, then. I briefly lived not far from the east terminus of the Bay Bridge.
seabird
+1
Level 69
Sep 11, 2020
I knew it too but tried Yuerba and Yorba. I'll remember its Yerba now.
Sulps
+2
Level 55
Nov 18, 2014
I jokingly typed Yakamoto and just now realized I was almost right...

More importantly, 3 countries split off Yugoslavia in 1991, only 1 did in 1992. 1992 is technically right, but I wouldn't suggest that.

Either way, as always with front-page quizzes, good quiz!

SummerMcLovin
+4
Level 49
Nov 18, 2014
I would suggest changing the clue simply to "the 1990s", rather than being wrongly over-specific.
wgliam
+1
Level 58
Sep 11, 2020
What about Yemen though?
sergeantmalice
+4
Level 56
Jul 27, 2022
Yemen didn't split, it united, no?
Speed4TheNeed
+3
Level 88
Dec 14, 2022
Stay tuned...
Yanni47
+1
Level 80
Jan 7, 2018
I also guessed the commander by trying a Japanese sounding name with Y. I got it on my first attempt!
Enemagneto
+1
Level 44
Feb 19, 2026
I just typed "Yakamato" myself as a joke. Funny how that's a common enough Japanese name to many people. :)
MuppetMan
+1
Level 44
May 26, 2015
I spelled Yeltsin a million different ways and could not figure out that it was spelled Yeltsin
evacooper
+1
Level 50
Dec 1, 2015
yiddish is still alive and well...
Malbaby
+10
Level 70
Mar 18, 2016
He runs a Deli in Bradford
BlackLab
+1
Level 66
Jan 9, 2018
Ha!
divantilya
+5
Level 36
Aug 23, 2017
How prescient that San Francisco used to be names "Yerba Buena"

"Good Grass" (as in Marijuana)

AlexThirkell
+4
Level 74
Oct 10, 2021
Hierbabuena is mint.
SenileS
+3
Level 48
Jan 7, 2018
How do so many people know the founder of a single random town? Did he ice a bear with his bare hands?
fitheach
+8
Level 58
Jan 8, 2018
It's not a single random town: not only is it the state capital of Utah, it's also the hometown of the Mormon church, and Salt Lake City's foundation and the Mormons cannot be separated - Brigham Young was the church's leader who founded a city and became governor of the fledgling Utah area. There is also a university (and no doubt lots of other things) named after him, so his name will be used often enough in everyday usage in the USA to make it familiar.
SenileS
+2
Level 48
Jan 10, 2018
That explains a lot about why I have never heard of him! Sounds like he'd be real fun to have at parties.
Quizmaster
+20
Level ∞
Sep 17, 2019
Don't invite Brigham Young to your party. Not only will he force everyone to stop drinking, he'll probably end up leaving with your wife.
xtremeyoylecake
+1
Level 52
Jan 27, 2025
or all 3
kalbahamut
+7
Level 79
Jan 8, 2020
or daughter
EcceHomo
+6
Level 85
Jul 31, 2020
or mother
MovieQuizGuy
+3
Level 64
Dec 4, 2024
Fwiw Brigham Young drank alcohol; he had a whiskey distillery and everything. But he probably was still not fun at parties.
JonOfKent
+1
Level 61
Jan 27, 2025
Surely the plural of "Mormon" is "Mormen"?
kalbahamut
+1
Level 79
Apr 24, 2018
Yeah what fit said. It's part of the foundational lore of the Mormon church. It would be similar to asking who led the Jews out of captivity in Egypt, who built the first Temple in Jerusalem, who the founders of Rome were, who founded Alexandria, or which leader led his followers on hijra to Medina.
camus
+1
Level 80
Sep 11, 2020
I knew about Brigham Young from Lucky Luke, a Franco-Belgian comic book series.
AmyD85
+5
Level 75
Apr 24, 2018
So pleased that I knew "Yangtze", but couldn't figure out why it didn't work. Whoops ....
Tomtrific
+1
Level 80
Apr 27, 2018
Why won't Yeltsin work? You don't need Chuck, Brigham and Isoroku for Yeager, Young and Yamamoto.
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Sep 17, 2019
Yeltsin does work of course.
JackintheBox
+2
Level 82
Jul 31, 2020
I misunderstood the yew question as 'someone who preferred wood for making longbows' 🤦‍♂️
JackintheBox
+3
Level 82
Aug 19, 2021
I re-did the quiz and got everything else, except for this same question!! (misunderstood the question again!)
ing
+3
Level 73
Sep 11, 2020
For the country that broke into pieces in 1992, I kept thinking of Yemen, but actually it "un-broke up" from its pieces in 1990.
MasterKenobi
+1
Level 65
Jan 4, 2022
100%!!! Yay! Yippee! Yes! I never get that haha.
jbro
+2
Level 76
Jul 2, 2022
I wouldn't call the term "Yankee" exceptionally for New Englanders, as it refers to the states the prohibited slavery. This could refer to other Northern states as well like New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. I mean, look at the baseball team the New York Yankees!
PoetsCorner
+2
Level 87
Jul 7, 2022
That's right: Try calling a Bostonian a "Yankee" and see where it gets you!
Koopa
+1
Level 88
Jan 27, 2025
A Brit very well might.
PietjePuk24
+1
Level 85
Jan 27, 2025
True, and maybe count 'Yanks' as a correct answer?
Angryman25
+2
Level 21
Dec 15, 2022
was trying so hard to put "Yangzte" instead of yellow river.

I thought I had spelling problem and didn't know Huan he was known as yellow river.

MovieQuizGuy
+5
Level 64
Dec 4, 2024
Do people not yodel anymore? Cell phones ruined everything.
Koopa
+1
Level 88
Jan 27, 2025
That comment is going to make my day today :)
albanianlore
+3
Level 65
Jan 27, 2025
I was expecting a lot more people to get yuan dynasty
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 78
Jan 27, 2025
Just missed Yerba
Dollyfroggy
+1
Level 63
Jan 27, 2025
FYI, surprise is misspelt as suprise.
MDW
+3
Level 56
Jan 27, 2025
The Yucatan asteroid isn't history, unfortunately. It's geology and pre-history. Perhaps something about the Mayans would be possible here?
sulfuratus
+1
Level 71
Jan 28, 2025
The asteroid impact on Yucatán happened long before the period generally considered history, which begins with the emergence of humans. The area has such a rich history, surely it wouldn't be hard to come up with a clue about the Maya?
Daksh00
+1
Level 64
Jan 29, 2025
Isn't yellow and Yangtze river same name??
vermiciousknid
+1
Level 91
Feb 10, 2025
No, they are two different rivers.

Yellow River

Yangtze River

NovaQuaestio
+1
Level 50
Sep 23, 2025
Pretty sure New Englanders prefer the Red Sox Quizmaster
CapnKetchup
+1
Level 59
Nov 22, 2025
Yurba and Yorba are to be accepted when you correct.
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