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History General Knowledge #14

Can you answer these random history questions?
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What royal dynasty did Henry VIII belong to?
Tudor
What was the tallest human-built structure in the world from roughly 2600 BC
until 1092 AD?
The Great Pyramid
of Giza
What color of dye, made from sea snails, was used to make the robes of
Roman emperors?
Tyrian purple
Who famously wrote a diary while hiding in an attic in Amsterdam?
Anne Frank
What was the nickname of WWII general Erwin Rommel?
The Desert Fox
What was the first European country to colonize South Africa?
Netherlands
What material is known to Germans as Baumwolle, or "tree wool", because Europeans
of the Middle Ages thought it came from trees?
Cotton
What city was founded by conquistador Francisco Pizarro in 1535?
Lima
What sport traces its origins to 12th century France, where unlike today,
it was played indoors and with the palm of the hand?
Tennis
What city, then known as York, did the U.S. sack during the War of 1812?
Toronto
What word meaning "prison camp" gets its name from the Soviet bureau in charge
of running those camps?
Gulag
What family was the subject of the movie "The Sound of Music" ?
Von Trapp
What city was, according to legend, founded by Queen Dido in 814 BC?
Carthage
Who was the first Communist leader of China?
Mao Zedong
What was the name of Blackbeard's pirate flagship?
Queen Anne's
Revenge
Who had no children, a wife named Martha, and more than a hundred slaves who
were freed after his death?
George Washington
What musical instrument was invented in 1931 that changed popular music forever?
Electric guitar
From what country did Panama gain its independence in 1903?
Colombia
What was the former name of Ho Chi Minh City?
Saigon
What city hosted the Winter Olympics in 1984 but was a war zone just 8 years later?
Sarajevo
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15 Comments
davrousseau
+2
Level 75
Jan 12, 2025
Would there be a way to make it so when you type Zedong it registers for Mao Zedong. Most other last names work but for some reason Mao's doesnt. Thanks!
Qikiq
+4
Level 89
Jan 12, 2025
According to the unique way Chinese names work, Mao was his last name. The family name comes first.
MindWax
+8
Level 87
Jan 12, 2025
That is a feature of Chinese names, but is certainly not unique to Chinese. Japanese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese, and Cambodian names all follow the "surname first" paradigm, as do a handful of places outside of East Asia, like Hungary and parts of Finland and India.

See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surname#Order_of_names

kitsims
+2
Level 86
Jan 12, 2025
Thai names actually don't do this - the surname goes last.
sjj93gg
+1
Level 55
Jan 15, 2025
Zedong isn't the family name, that's his given name. It would be the same as accepting 'Albert' for 'Einstein'.
cathlete
+1
Level 78
Jan 12, 2025
Welp, I was today years old when I found out the Von Trapp family isn't fictional
JoanSR
+1
Level 75
Jan 12, 2025
its 99% fictional ...
Yanni47
+4
Level 80
Jan 12, 2025
The Sound of Music may have taken lots of liberties regarding the real story. The family Von Trapp, however, was 100% real, and then some (i.e. they had more children), even if their names got changed in the movie.
kitsims
+2
Level 86
Jan 12, 2025
Tennis is still often played indoors so the wording of that question is a little misleading.
Alexquiz17
+1
Level 94
Jan 12, 2025
What city did the UK sack in the war of 1812?
AntiMatter8192
+5
Level 77
Jan 12, 2025
DC. Why do you ask?
ShriekingLeader
+1
Level 44
Feb 10, 2026
The percentages here are surprising, IMO. More people know about Tyrian purple than that HCMC used to be Saigon?
Jacktheguy
+1
Level 93
Feb 10, 2026
I think it's more likely they guessed random colors and got the answer when they answered purple.
LakeuksienLokari
+1
Level 58
Feb 10, 2026
Maybe accept "Trapp" for "Von Trapp"?
freehuggs
+1
Level 68
Feb 12, 2026
Gran Colombia for Colombia? Or specify that you mean the modern name?
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