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100 free History Trivia for Kids trivia questions with answers — history quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
40 free History Trivia for Kids questions with answers. This is easy history trivia built for kids aged 8 to 12, family game nights, and classrooms, though anyone who wants a gentle warm-up before the harder stuff will enjoy it. Every question has four choices, one right answer, and a short explanation that adds one thing worth remembering. The 100 questions roam across ancient Egypt and its mummies, Roman gladiators, Vikings and knights, explorers like Columbus, Magellan and Marco Polo, and big moments such as the Boston Tea Party, the fall of the Berlin Wall and Sputnik. Every answer has been checked against a real source, and that source is shown under each question, so parents and teachers can trust what the kids are learning.
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Q 01Who was the first president of the United States?
George Washington
George Washington was the first US president, serving two terms from 1789 to 1797 after leading the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War.
Q 02In which country would you find the Great Pyramid of Giza?
Egypt
The Great Pyramid of Giza is in Egypt, near Cairo. It was built around 2560 BC as a tomb for the pharaoh Khufu and was the tallest human-made structure for more than 3,700 years.
Q 03Who was the first person to walk on the Moon?
Neil Armstrong
Neil Armstrong commanded Apollo 11 and stepped onto the Moon on 20 July 1969. Buzz Aldrin followed him out about 20 minutes later.
Q 04Which brothers flew the first powered airplane in 1903?
The Wright brothers
The flight took place on December 17, 1903, near Kitty Hawk in North Carolina.
Q 05Which country gave the Statue of Liberty to the United States, shipping it across the ocean in crates to be reassembled?
France
France's people gave the statue, designed by sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, built overseas and shipped across in crates.
Q 06In which city did Rosa Parks refuse to give up her bus seat in 1955?
Montgomery, Alabama
Rosa Parks was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama, on 1 December 1955. Her arrest sparked the 381-day Montgomery Bus Boycott against segregated seating.
Q 07The Great Wall is a long line of old fortifications in which country?
China
The Great Wall is in China. It is not one wall but many, built and rebuilt over centuries; most of what visitors see today dates from the Ming dynasty (1368–1644).
Q 08Whose treasure-filled tomb did Howard Carter uncover in Egypt in 1922?
Tutankhamun
Howard Carter found Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings in November 1922. It was nearly intact, holding the boy king's golden mask and thousands of treasures.
Q 09Who painted the Mona Lisa?
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa in the early 1500s, during the Italian Renaissance. The small portrait hangs in the Louvre in Paris.
Q 10The ship Titanic sank in 1912 after hitting what?
An iceberg
Titanic struck an iceberg late on 14 April 1912 and sank early on 15 April, on her maiden voyage from Southampton toward New York. More than 1,500 people died.
Q 11Which ship carried the Pilgrims from England to America in 1620?
The Mayflower
The Mayflower left Plymouth, England, in September 1620 with about 102 passengers and reached Cape Cod in November, where the Pilgrims founded Plymouth Colony.
Q 12Who built Europe's first movable-type printing press?
Johannes Gutenberg
Johannes Gutenberg of Mainz built Europe's first movable-type press around 1440 and printed his famous 42-line Bible in the 1450s, making books far cheaper to produce.
Q 13Which Roman town vanished under ash when Mount Vesuvius erupted?
Pompeii
Pompeii lay under 4 to 6 metres of volcanic ash and pumice, which preserved it for archaeologists to uncover centuries later.
Q 21Who was awarded the first US patent for the telephone in 1876?
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell received US patent 174,465 for the telephone on 7 March 1876. Three days later he made the first call to his assistant: 'Mr. Watson, come here.'
Q 22In which year did the Great Fire of London break out in a bakery on Pudding Lane?
1666
The Great Fire of London began on 2 September 1666 in Thomas Farriner's bakery on Pudding Lane and burned for four days, destroying about 13,000 houses and old St Paul's.
Q 23Which famous queen was the last active pharaoh of the Ptolemaic Kingdom?
Cleopatra
Cleopatra ruled from 51 to 30 BC, the last of a Ptolemaic line that was Greek rather than Egyptian in origin.
Q 14What was the secret network Harriet Tubman used to lead people to freedom?
The Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman used the Underground Railroad, a secret chain of guides and safe houses. After escaping slavery, she returned about 13 times and led roughly 70 people to freedom.
Q 15Who was the first woman to fly solo and nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean, in 1932, earning the Distinguished Flying Cross?
Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart flew solo from Newfoundland to Northern Ireland on 20–21 May 1932, landing in a field after about 15 hours, five years after Lindbergh's solo crossing.
Q 16In what year did Columbus first sail across the Atlantic?
1492
Columbus sailed from Palos, Spain, on 3 August 1492 with the Niña, Pinta and Santa María, and reached an island in the Bahamas on 12 October 1492.
Q 17The ancient Olympic Games were held at Olympia in honor of which Greek god?
Zeus
The ancient Olympics honored Zeus, king of the Greek gods. Olympia held a great temple of Zeus, and on the middle day of the games 100 oxen were sacrificed to him.
Q 18Gladiators once fought in the Colosseum, a giant amphitheatre in the centre of which city?
Rome
The Colosseum stands in the centre of Rome. Opened in AD 80, it held around 50,000 spectators for gladiator fights, animal hunts and even mock sea battles.
Q 19Which US president led the country through the Civil War and issued the Emancipation Proclamation?
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president, led the Union through the Civil War and issued the Emancipation Proclamation on 1 January 1863. He was assassinated in April 1865.
Q 20Who gave the famous 'I Have a Dream' speech to a crowd of more than 250,000 people in 1963?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. gave the 'I Have a Dream' speech on 28 August 1963 from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
Q 24In which year did the Berlin Wall come down?
1989
The Berlin Wall came down on 9 November 1989, when East Germany opened its border crossings. It had divided the city since August 1961, for 28 years.
Q 25Which English king sealed Magna Carta at Runnymede in 1215?
John
King John sealed Magna Carta at Runnymede, near Windsor, on 15 June 1215 under pressure from rebel barons. Its name is Medieval Latin for 'Great Charter'.
Q 26In what year did the Second Continental Congress adopt the Declaration of Independence?
1776
The Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence on 4 July 1776 in Philadelphia, two days after voting to break from Britain. July 4 became the US national holiday.
Q 27Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite, was launched in 1957 by which country?
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1 on 4 October 1957. The beach-ball-sized satellite circled Earth every 96 minutes, and its name simply means 'satellite' in Russian.
Q 28Which Native American people joined the Pilgrims' three-day feast at Plymouth in 1621?
Wampanoag
Their farming and hunting had produced much of the bounty; along with wild turkey, the meal likely included fish, eels and shellfish.
Q 29Which Roman leader was assassinated by a group of senators on the Ides of March in 44 BC?
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar was stabbed to death on 15 March 44 BC at the Theatre of Pompey in Rome by senators led by Brutus and Cassius, who feared he would become king.
Q 30Marco Polo, who travelled the Silk Road and met Kublai Khan, came from which Italian city?
Venice
Marco Polo came from Venice, the trading republic on the Adriatic. He left in 1271 as a teenager and spent about 17 years in Kublai Khan's empire before returning in 1295.