Years in History by Picture

Can you guess the years that are represented by these images?

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77 Comments

+102

Level 83

May 31, 2019

Kept thinking Columbus was bay of pigs, like a complete idiot

+33

Level 96

May 31, 2019

My first thought was Bay of Pigs or the Cuba missile crisis. But I figured it out eventually.

+14

Level 79

May 31, 2019

I also thought Bay of Pigs - maybe not so stupid after all

Level 64

Sep 28, 2019

my thoughts too

+12

Level 66

Mar 31, 2020

I was thinking that too. Also somehow missed the twin towers being on fire and tried to guess what year France gave the USA the Statue of Liberty.

Level 76

May 31, 2019

Me four. Also couldn't figure out why the guillotine one wasn't about the French revolution.

+15

Level 87

May 31, 2019

It is. The Revolution is considered to have lasted several years, at the very least until 1794. As for the guillotine, both Louis XVI's and Marie Antoinette's executions happened in 1793.

Level 68

May 31, 2019

Oh thank gawd – I wasn't the only one!

Level 87

May 31, 2019

I also tried a few 60's dates before thinking of Columbus.

Level 91

Jun 2, 2019

Me too

Level 73

Jun 2, 2019

Bay of Pigs was also my only association with the clue.

Level 55

Aug 13, 2019

Same, I only got it with 4 seconds left

Level 36

Aug 13, 2019

^ Same here. I never got it. I associate Columbus with the Bahamas and the Dominican Republic, not Cuba and Haiti.S

Level 47

Aug 13, 2019

Me too

Level 74

Aug 13, 2019

I saw it as Bay of Pigs as well until I clicked on the image and saw that it travel was also onto Hispaniola. Even after I clicked on the image I almost didn't get it because it was so small.

Level 73

Apr 1, 2020

My first thought was Spanish-American War lmao

Level 70

Apr 23, 2023

I initially thought it was the Spanish American war of 1898

Level 78

May 31, 2019

Great idea!

Level 85

Jun 2, 2019

I didn't get the reference to 1966. It wasn't the year of her coronation or any other event I'm familiar with.

+25

Level 85

Jun 2, 2019

It's the FIFA World Cup, celebrated in England (not the UK as a whole, just England) and won by the hosts.

In the photo, Queen Elizabeth II (as the hosts' Head of the State) is presenting the Jules Rimet trophy to Bobby Moore, captain of England.

Level 89

Jun 4, 2019

Thanks for the explanation, that was the only one I couldn't figure out.

Level 48

Aug 14, 2019

Same, thank you

Level 81

Aug 13, 2019

Look more closely at the picture. The guy on the right holding the trophy is wearing a football jersey. He's not being coronated.

Level 64

Aug 20, 2019

As an english football fan this offends me. Its one of the most iconic images of the 60s in england.

Level 83

Nov 22, 2019

LOL. So you know the most iconic events in the 60 for each country (or region even as you mention England).

Level 80

Nov 13, 2019

I must be very stupid...I thought that the image was of Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier

Level 90

Jun 2, 2019

Sophie's doing quite well for being shot first.

Level 75

Jun 5, 2019

Anonymous was founded in 1605?

+15

Level 90

Jun 5, 2019

Lol, Guy Fawkes and the gunpowder plot. I knew the reference, but had no idea the year.

Level 73

Jun 7, 2019

I had no idea that pictures related to Guy Fawkes. How or why is it related to him!?

I also hadnt a clue what the sixth, non bay of pigs, clue related to.

Level 74

Jun 9, 2019

The mask is a depiction of Fawkes face as popularized by the terrible "V for Vendetta" movie. The story swapped the religious dimension of the history for a political one, that may be why many people don't know the connection.

Level 78

Aug 13, 2019

I didn't think it was a bad movie at all, but ok, never knew that mask referred to Guy Fawkes. I also don't know much about the gunpowder plot, except for that it comes up in Jetpunk quizzes quite often (and I always fail to answer correctly).. Perhaps I should read up on it!

Level 74

Aug 13, 2019

My problem as well. I knew the reference but no clue as to the year.

Level 78

Aug 13, 2019

I didn't know the year either, so I just went consecutively through years in the general time period. Luckily, I chose to start at 1600.

Level 75

Aug 14, 2019

I wasn't being serious - I'm British and we had Guy Fawkes imagery drilled into us from a young age. Have to admit that I didn't know the date though.

And it's now twice that I didn't notice the smoking buildings in the background of the Statue of Liberty picture - thought it was asking for the year that the statue was erected in NY

Level 66

May 24, 2023

Remember, remember!

The fifth of November, but not the year :D

So... 1605 King James 1 is still alive.

Level 72

Jun 5, 2019

question: "Can you guess the years that are represented by these images? "

Answer: NO.

what>?!? not a 100%? I was absolutely right though... I cannot guess the years represented by these pictures... I totally answered the question correctly.

Level 74

Aug 15, 2019

I have a different problem with this question. Many of the answers I know - I feel affronted at being asked to guess them :-)

Level 75

Jan 13, 2020

"Can you guess?" is not synonymous with "Do you know?"

Level 65

Aug 13, 2019

I was trying to guess what year the Statue of Liberty arrived in the US because I didn't look closely at the picture.

Level 82

Aug 13, 2019

If I never see another picture of that day it'll be too soon. When I clicked on the quiz I knew it would be there but still....

Level 53

Aug 20, 2019

I saw smoke and thought the old days when fabricks were in town

Level 65

Aug 13, 2019

Why is Mandela's 1994 picture in black and white? so misleading.

Level 85

Aug 13, 2019

Not misleading if you know literally anything at all about Mandela.

Level 78

Aug 13, 2019

If the picture was older, as you may suggest, Mandela would've appeared much younger, too.

Level 67

Aug 14, 2019

Well he's not in jail and he's pretty obviously voting in an election, so...the black and white shouldn't be a problem.

Level 74

Aug 15, 2019

As if black and white has anything to do with South Africa ;-)

Level 56

Aug 13, 2019

Was there any particular significance to the 1966 World Cup? It seems like an odd choice compared to all the other events.

Level 59

Aug 13, 2019

Not particularly. It's just very important in England because it's the only time we've won anything. We're the only country who has won the World Cup but never won anything else - so everyone in England knows that date.

Level 80

Aug 13, 2019

England is the first country to win the Cricket World Cup, Football World Cup and Rugby World Cup (all three).

Level 81

Aug 14, 2019

that's almost as impressive as that time that god conquered death after inventing it.

Level 74

Aug 15, 2019

England is the only country that plays all three to a significant extent :-). Could make a slight case for Scotland & Ireland at cricket, and Australia & South Africa at football, but none are close to being World Cup contenders.

Level 59

Mar 1, 2023

South Africa says you're wrong about that.

Level 81

Aug 13, 2019

Seems incredibly insignificant, but I somehow remembered the year and the event from another quiz on this site, and at the same time couldn't remember the year of the French Revolution.

Level 74

Aug 15, 2019

It's very significant ... but only to about 50 million of us; though I'm surprised the rest of the world doesn't know because we mention it enough times ;-)

Level 81

Aug 19, 2019

Can you just imagine the level of whinging if one of the answers was the US Olympic hockey team's victory over the USSR? Or maybe when the Red Sox won the World Series in 2004?

Level 59

Aug 20, 2019

I think the Olympics would be OK because it's a world wide event and a reasonably famous story, but yes I'd find the baseball a bit odd - though not whinge-worthy.

I'd expect an average of one one or two whinges each time the quiz was featured. Tolerable.

Level 59

Aug 20, 2019

I think a picture of Franz Beckenbauer with the trophy in 1974, or Maradona in 1986 would also get at least 30%. Lots of people watch the World Cup and know the history, and those images get shown on TV a lot.

Level 63

Jan 23, 2020

I knew England won once and kept that in mind while focusing on how old the queen might have been there.

Level 74

Aug 19, 2022

The World Series, despite the name, is virtually unknown outside of North America. The FIFA World Cup is known globally except seemingly in North America. The picture could have been of any captain holding the trophy and many would know the year

Level 59

Aug 13, 2019

I love this quiz! Please make more like this! Only one I missed was the Guy Fawkes one. I was trying different 17th Century dates but ran out of time.

Level 59

Aug 13, 2019

It would be nice to have the name of the event next to the date when the answers are displayed.

Level 67

Aug 14, 2019

Yeah that would be nice cos right now, out of the four I missed, I still don’t know what 3 of them represents.

Level 63

Jan 23, 2020

You can check the image sources.

Level 68

Aug 18, 2019

I can beat your thinking Bay of Pigs for sheer unadulterated stupidity.

I glanced at the Staue of Liberty and started trying to remember when France gifted it. I never saw the smoking towers in the background.......

Level 29

Feb 5, 2020

Totally thrown by the French Revolution one as I always thought The French military wore mostly blue uniforms (white and blue or red, white and blue). Can anyone enlighten me?

Level 73

Mar 12, 2021

How do I get 6, the average is 9 and I get 0 points??

Level 17

Apr 17, 2021

I thought that the Cuba map was the Spanish-American War I don't know what to do with my life now.

Level 78

Jun 21, 2021

1:01 remaining. I'm VERY happy with myself on this one.

Level 82

Oct 6, 2021

I thought the Napoleon picture was Valley Forge in the US Revolutionary War and tried literally every date I could think of to no avail. To be fair, they were both full of freezing, dying people

Level 55

Jan 13, 2022

Here and I thought "Why is there a mask of Salvador Dali as one of the clues?"

Level 71

Aug 16, 2023

Haha

Level 61

Aug 17, 2022

Mosts quizes of this site I do and think "it was definetly made by an american". This quiz I did and thought "it was definetly made by a british". (Not a critic, just found it funny)

I knew everything exept of the Guy guy whom I've never heard of and the one with Queen Elizabeth. I couldn't for the life of me understand what is that white thing the guy was holding. But I should've guessed it was about the world cup by the emblem on his shirt :/

Level 94

Oct 26, 2022

I thought the Guy Fawkes mask was asking for the date of the movie V for Vendetta, and I kept wondering why 2005 wasn't working,

Level 66

Mar 17, 2023

Great quiz, I thought Columbus was Bay of Pigs and Normandy was Vietnam or Korea.

Level 71

Aug 16, 2023

Haha me too for Columbus

Level 71

Aug 16, 2023

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