History quiz for grades 5 to 13

237 History questions across three grade bands. In the game you pick the subject and the band, and every duel draws questions you haven't had yet. Here are six examples, two from each band.

Play HistoryGrades 5–7: 98 · Grades 8–10: 93 · Grades 11–13: 46

Sample questions

Grades 5–7 · Rome

According to legend, who founded the city of Rome together with his brother Remus?

  1. AAeneas
  2. BBrutus
  3. CCato
  4. DRomulus
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D: Romulus

Grades 5–7 · Greece

On which mountain did the gods live, according to Greek mythology?

  1. AEtna
  2. BVesuvius
  3. CParnassus
  4. DOlympus
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D: Olympus

Grades 8–10 · Cold War

What was the military counter-alliance of the Soviet Union and its allies called?

  1. ANATO
  2. BMarshall Plan
  3. CWarsaw Pact
  4. DCominform
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C: Warsaw Pact

Grades 8–10 · European unification

Which agreement made it possible to scrap border checks between many EU countries?

  1. ASchengen Agreement
  2. BMaastricht Treaty
  3. CTreaty of Lisbon
  4. DTreaty of Nice
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A: Schengen Agreement

Grades 11–13 · First World War

Which German wartime measure from 1917 helped bring the USA into the war?

  1. AOccupation of Belgium
  2. BUse of poison gas
  3. CThe Battle of the Marne
  4. DUnrestricted submarine warfare
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D: Unrestricted submarine warfare

Grades 11–13 · Nazi Germany

Which assassination attempt on Hitler failed on 20 July 1944?

  1. AThe Reichstag fire
  2. BThe November pogroms
  3. CThe Stauffenberg plot
  4. DThe Beer Hall Putsch
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C: The Stauffenberg plot