The Bing history quiz is all about past events, people, societies, and cultures. It aims to help you understand how civilizations developed as well as how decisions shaped the world today.
Can you name the first President of the United States?
Answer: George Washington
Can you name the empire that was ruled by Genghis Khan?
Answer: The Mongol Empire
Can you name the person who discovered America in 1492?
Answer: Christopher Columbus
Can you tell us about the ancient civilization that built the pyramids of Giza?
Answer: Ancient Egypt
Can you name the British Prime Minister during World War II?
Answer: Winston Churchill
Can you name the empire that was known as the “Eastern Roman Empire”?
Answer: The Byzantine Empire
Can you name the first man to step on the moon?
Answer: Neil Armstrong
Which year did the French Revolution take place?
Answer: 1789
Can you name the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (UK)?
Answer: Margaret Thatcher
Which year did The Great Fire of London occur?
Answer: 1666
Can you name the first emperor of Rome?
Answer: Augustus
Can you name the country where The Renaissance began?
Answer: Italy
Can you name the first President of South Africa after apartheid?
Answer: Nelson Mandela
The Trojan War is famously described in which epic poem?
Answer: The Iliad
Can you name the longest-reigning British monarch before Queen Elizabeth II?
Answer: Queen Victoria
Can you name the artist who painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling?
Answer: Michelangelo
Which year did The Great Depression begin?
Answer: 1929
Can you name the first President of Nigeria?
Answer: Nnamdi Azikiwe
Which year was the Magna Carta signed?
Answer: 1215
Can you name the first female ruler of England?
Answer: Mary I (Mary Tudor)
Can you tell us why the Great Wall of China was primarily built to protect against which group?
Answer: Mongol invasions
Can you name the first U.S. president to be impeached?
Answer: Andrew Johnson
Can you name the first emperor of China?
Answer: Qin Shi Huang
Which year did The Boston Tea Party take place?
Answer: 1773
Can you name the first female pharaoh of Egypt?
Answer: Hatshepsut
The League of Nations was founded after which war?
Answer: World War I
Can you name the U.S. president during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Answer: John F. Kennedy
Can you name the first emperor of the Mughal Empire?
Answer: Babur
Can you name the first explorer to circumnavigate the globe?
Answer: Ferdinand Magellan (his expedition)
Can you tell us when the Ottoman Empire collapsed after which war?
Answer: World War I
Can you name the first president of the United States to resign?
Answer: Richard Nixon
Which year was The United Nations founded?
Answer: 1945
Can you name the first emperor of Japan according to tradition?
Answer: Emperor Jimmu
Can you name the year that the Civil Rights Act in the U.S. was passed?
Answer: 1964
Can you name the first female Prime Minister of India?
Answer: Indira Gandhi
Can you name the first President of France’s Fifth Republic?
Answer: Charles de Gaulle
Can you tell us the Battle of Gettysburg occurred during which war?
Answer: The American Civil War
Can you name the first emperor of the Holy Roman Empire?
Answer: Charlemagne
Can you tell us where the Meiji Restoration began?
Answer: Japan
Can you name the first President of Ghana?
Answer: Kwame Nkrumah
Can you tell us the two city states that fought the Peloponnesian War?
Answer: Athens and Sparta
Can you name the first female ruler of Russia?
Answer: Catherine the Great
Can you name the invention that the Wright brothers are credited with?
Answer: The airplane
Can you name the first President of Mexico?
Answer: Guadalupe Victoria
Can you tell us when the Battle of Stalingrad took place?
Answer: World War II
Can you name the first emperor of India’s Maurya Empire?
Answer: Chandragupta Maurya
The Louisiana Purchase was made under which U.S. president?
Answer: Thomas Jefferson
Can you name the first female Prime Minister of Pakistan?
Answer: Benazir Bhutto
The Thirty Years’ War ended with which treaty?
Answer: Treaty of Westphalia
Can you name the first President of Turkey?
Answer: Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
The Mayflower carried settlers to which region?
Answer: New England
Can you name the first emperor of Ethiopia?
Answer: Menelik II
Which country did The Boxer Rebellion take place?
Answer: China
Can you name the first President of Kenya?
Answer: Jomo Kenyatta
The Battle of Midway occurred during which war?
Answer: World War II
Can you name the first emperor of the Aztec Empire?
Answer: Acamapichtli
The Marshall Plan was designed to rebuild which continent?
Answer: Europe
Can you name the first President of Brazil?
Answer: Deodoro da Fonseca
Which country was The Boer War fought?
Answer: South Africa
Can you name the first emperor of the Inca Empire?
Answer: Manco Cápac
Who led The Cuban Revolution?
Answer: Fidel Castro
Can you name the first President of the Philippines?
Answer: Emilio Aguinaldo
The Crimean War involved which famous nurse?
Answer: Florence Nightingale
Can you name the first emperor of Persia’s Achaemenid Empire?
Answer: Cyrus the Great
Which year did The Great Chicago Fire occur?
Answer: 1871
Can you name the first President of Egypt?
Answer: Muhammad Naguib
Which year did the Spanish Civil War end?
Answer: 1939
Can you name the first emperor of the Romanov dynasty in Russia?
Answer: Michael I
The Battle of Agincourt took place during which war?
Answer: The Hundred Years’ War
Can you name the first President of Zimbabwe?
Answer: Canaan Banana
The Opium Wars were fought between China and which country?
Answer: Britain
Can you name the first emperor of the Mali Empire?
Answer: Sundiata Keita
Which year did the Great San Francisco Earthquake occur?
Answer: 1906
Can you name the first President of Indonesia?
Answer: Sukarno
Which year did the Battle of Lepanto take place?
Answer: 1571
Can you name the first emperor of the Habsburg dynasty?
Answer: Rudolf I
Can you tell us the person who led the Haitian Revolution?
Answer: Toussaint Louverture
Can you name the first President of Uganda?
Answer: Milton Obote
The Battle of the Bulge occurred during which war?
Answer: World War II
Can you name the first emperor of the Sassanian Empire?
Answer: Ardashir I
The Salem witch trials took place in which century?
Answer: 17th century
Can you name the first President of Tanzania?
Answer: Julius Nyerere
Which year did the Battle of Trafalgar take place?
Answer: 1805
Can you name the first emperor of the Ottoman Empire?
Answer: Osman I
The Berlin Conference of 1884–85 divided which continent among European powers?
Answer: Africa
Can you name the first President of Liberia?
Answer: Joseph Jenkins Roberts
The Battle of the Somme took place during which war?
Answer: World War I
Can you name the first emperor of the Seleucid Empire?
Answer: Seleucus I Nicator
Which year did the Great Wall Street Crash occur?
Answer: 1929
Can you name the first President of South Korea?
Answer: Syngman Rhee
The Punic Wars were fought between Rome and which other power?
Answer: Carthage
Can you name the first emperor of the Carolingian dynasty?
Answer: Charlemagne
The Indian Rebellion of 1857 is also known as what?
Answer: The Sepoy Mutiny
Can you name the first President of Sierra Leone?
Answer: Siaka Stevens
The Battle of Verdun occurred during which war?
Answer: World War I
Can you name the first emperor of the Gupta Empire?
Answer: Chandragupta I
The Treaty of Versailles ended which war?
Answer: World War I
Can you name the first President of Algeria?
Answer: Ahmed Ben Bella
Which year did The Boston Massacre occur?
Answer: 1770
Can you name the first emperor of the Han Dynasty?
Answer: Emperor Gaozu (Liu Bang)
The Great Exhibition of 1851 was held in which city?
Answer: London
Can you name the first President of Zambia?
Answer: Kenneth Kaunda
The Battle of Yorktown ended which war?
Answer: The American Revolutionary War
Can you name the first emperor of the Tang Dynasty?
Answer: Emperor Gaozu of Tang
The Great Depression ended with the outbreak of which war?
Answer: World War II
Can you name the first President of Senegal?
Answer: Léopold Sédar Senghor
The Battle of the Alamo took place during which conflict?
Answer: The Texas Revolution
Can you name the first emperor of the Song Dynasty?
Answer: Emperor Taizu of Song
Can you name the country where The Industrial Revolution began?
Answer: Britain
Can you name the first President of Malawi?
Answer: Hastings Banda
Which year was The Battle of the Nile fought?
Answer: 1798
Can you name the first emperor of the Safavid dynasty?
Answer: Shah Ismail I
The Great Migration in the U.S. involved the movement of African Americans to which regions?
Answer: Northern and Western cities
Can you name the first President of Botswana?
Answer: Seretse Khama
Which country was The Battle of the Spanish Armada was fought?
Answer: England
Can you name the first emperor of the Macedonian Empire?
Answer: Alexander the Great
Who led the Great Salt March?
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
Can you name the first President of Mozambique?
Answer: Samora Machel
Which year did the Battle of Marathon take place?
Answer: 490 BCE
Can you name the first emperor of the Kushan Empire?
Answer: Kujula Kadphises
The Great Depression in Germany led to the rise of which party?
Answer: The Nazi Party
Can you name the first President of Angola?
Answer: Agostinho Neto
The Battle of Thermopylae was fought between Greece and which empire?
Answer: Persia
Can you name the first emperor of the Byzantine Empire?
Answer: Constantine the Great
Can you tell us the region where the Great Fire of Rome took place?
Answer: Nero
Can you name the first President of Cameroon?
Answer: Ahmadou Ahidjo
Can you name the first emperor of the Hittite Empire?
Answer: Labarna I
The Great Depression in the U.S. was preceded by which decade’s prosperity?
Answer: The Roaring Twenties
Can you name the first President of Namibia?
Answer: Sam Nujoma
The Battle of Cannae was fought during which war?
Answer: The Second Punic War
Can you name the first emperor of the Akkadian Empire?
Answer: Sargon of Akkad
The Great Exhibition showcased which famous building?
Answer: The Crystal Palace
Can you name the first President of Madagascar?
Answer: Philibert Tsiranana
The Battle of Actium in 31 BCE was fought between Octavian and whom?
Answer: Mark Antony and Cleopatra
Can you name the first President of Ghana after independence?
Answer: Kwame Nkrumah
The Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 led to the rise of which shogunate?
Answer: Tokugawa Shogunate
Can you name the first emperor of the Zhou Dynasty?
Answer: King Wu of Zhou
The Great Depression in Canada was worsened by which global event?
Answer: The 1929 stock market crash
Which country did The Battle of Bannockburn in 1314 secure independence for?
Answer: Scotland
Can you name the first emperor of the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt?
Answer: Ptolemy I Soter
The Great Depression in the U.S. was addressed by which president’s New Deal?
Answer: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Can you name the first President of Burkina Faso?
Answer: Maurice Yaméogo
Which country was The Battle of the Boyne in 1690 fought?
Answer: Ireland
Can you name the first emperor of the Roman Empire to convert to Christianity?
Answer: Constantine the Great
Which year did The Great Fire of Chicago destroy much of the city?
Answer: 1871
Can you name the first President of Chad?
Answer: François Tombalbaye
The Battle of Balaclava during the Crimean War is famous for what charge?
Answer: The Charge of the Light Brigade
Can you name the first emperor of the Yuan Dynasty in China?
Answer: Kublai Khan
The Great Depression in Britain led to the rise of which coalition government?
Answer: The National Government
Can you name the first President of Mali?
Answer: Modibo Keïta
The Battle of Naseby in 1645 was part of which war?
Answer: The English Civil War
Can you name the first emperor of the Roman Empire to split it into East and West?
Answer: Diocletian
The Great Depression in Australia was marked by which unemployment crisis?
Answer: The 1930s unemployment crisis
Can you name the first President of Niger?
Answer: Hamani Diori
The Battle of Salamis in 480 BCE was fought between Greece and which empire?
Answer: Persia
Can you name the first emperor of the Byzantine Empire to codify Roman law?
Answer: Justinian I
Which economic policy did The Great Depression in Latin America led to?
Answer: Import Substitution Industrialization (ISI)
Can you name the first President of Gabon?
Answer: Léon M’ba
The Battle of Poitiers in 1356 was part of which war?
Answer: The Hundred Years’ War
Can you name the first emperor of the Roman Empire to persecute Christians?
Answer: Nero
Can you name the first President of the Democratic Republic of Congo?
Answer: Joseph Kasa-Vubu
The Battle of the Plains of Abraham in 1759 decided control of which colony?
Answer: New France (Canada)
Can you name the first emperor of the Roman Empire to legalize Christianity?
Answer: Constantine the Great
Which public works program was created due to The Great Depression in the U.S.?
Answer: Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Can you name the first President of Equatorial Guinea?
Answer: Francisco Macías Nguema
The Battle of the Nile was fought between Britain and which country?
Answer: France
Can you name the first emperor of the Roman Empire to move the capital to Byzantium?
Answer: Constantine the Great
The Great Depression in the U.S. led to the establishment of which banking reform?
Answer: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Can you name the first President of Mauritius?
Answer: Sir Veerasamy Ringadoo
The Battle of Blenheim in 1704 was part of which war?
Answer: The War of the Spanish Succession
Can you name the first emperor of the Roman Empire to be assassinated?
Answer: Caligula
Which labour movement rose due to The Great Depression in the U.S.?
Answer: The Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)
Can you name the first President of Seychelles?
Answer: James Mancham
The Battle of the Somme in 1916 is remembered for what?
Answer: High casualties and trench warfare
Can you name the first emperor of the Roman Empire to build the Colosseum?
Answer: Vespasian
Which environmental disaster worsened The Great Depression in the U.S.?
Answer: The Dust Bowl
Can you name the first President of The Gambia?
Answer: Dawda Jawara
Which empire did The Battle of Vienna in 1683 stop?
Answer: The Ottoman Empire
Which retirement program was created due to The Great Depression in the U.S.?
Answer: Social Security Act
Can you name the first President of Lesotho?
Answer: Leabua Jonathan (Prime Minister and later the Head of State)
The Battle of Hastings in 1066 led to the rule of which dynasty in England?
Answer: The Norman dynasty
Can you name the first President of Somalia?
Answer: Aden Abdullah Osman Daar
The Battle of Chaeronea in 338 BCE marked the rise of which kingdom?
Answer: Macedon
Can you name the first emperor of the Roman Empire to be baptized?
Answer: Constantine the Great
Which agency regulation stock market came to existence during The Great Depression in the U.S.?
Answer: Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Can you name the first President of Sudan?
Answer: Ismail al-Azhari
The Battle of Adrianople in 378 CE was fought between Rome and which group?
Answer: The Goths
Can you name the first emperor of the Roman Empire to conquer Britain?
Answer: Claudius
Which agricultural program was created in The Great Depression in the U.S.?
Answer: Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
Can you name the first President of Burundi?
Answer: Michel Micombero
The Battle of Manzikert in 1071 was fought between Byzantines and which empire?
Answer: The Seljuk Turks
Can you name the first emperor of the Roman Empire to build Hadrian’s Wall?
Answer: Hadrian
Which authority was created due to The Great Depression in the U.S.?
Answer: Federal Housing Administration (FHA)
Can you name the first President of the Central African Republic?
Answer: David Dacko
The Battle of Philippi in 42 BCE was fought between Octavian/Mark Antony and whom?
Answer: Brutus and Cassius
Can you name the first emperor of the Roman Empire to rule during Pax Romana?
Answer: Augustus
Which labour protection law came into existence during The Great Depression in the U.S.?
Answer: Fair Labor Standards Act
Can you name the first President of Benin?
Answer: Hubert Maga
The Battle of Zama in 202 BCE ended which war?
Answer: The Second Punic War
Can you name the first emperor of the Roman Empire to expand into Dacia?
Answer: Trajan
Which rural electrification program was created due to The Great Depression in the U.S.?
Answer: Rural Electrification Administration (REA)
Can you name the first President of Togo?
Answer: Sylvanus Olympio
The Battle of Chaul in 1508 was fought between Portugal and which alliance?
Answer: The Mamluks and Gujarat Sultanate
Can you name the first emperor of the Roman Empire to build the Pantheon?
Answer: Hadrian (rebuilt version)
Great Depression in the U.S. led to the creation of which unemployment insurance system?
Answer: Social Security Act provisions
Can you name the first President of Ivory Coast?
Answer: Félix Houphouët-Boigny
The Battle of Adrianople marked the decline of which empire?
Answer: The Western Roman Empire
Can you name the first emperor of the Roman Empire to establish the Praetorian Guard?
Answer: Augustus
Which public health service was created due to The Great Depression in the U.S?
Answer: National Institutes of Health expansion
Can you name the first President of Mauritania?
Answer: Moktar Ould Daddah
The Battle of Teutoburg Forest in 9 CE was fought between Rome and which tribes?
Answer: Germanic tribes
Can you name the first emperor of the Roman Empire to build aqueducts extensively?
Answer: Augustus
Which rural employment program was created due to the Great Depression in the U.S?
Answer: Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Can you name the first President of Guinea?
Answer: Ahmed Sékou Touré
The Battle of Ctesiphon in 363 CE was fought between Rome and which empire?
Answer: The Sassanian Empire
Can you name the first emperor of the Roman Empire to establish the Julian calendar?
Answer: Julius Caesar
Which farm credit system was created due to The Great Depression in the U.S?
Answer: Farm Credit Administration
Can you name the first President of Cape Verde?
Answer: Aristides Pereira
The Battle of Adrianople was fought during the reign of which Roman emperor?
Answer: Valens
Can you name the first emperor of the Roman Empire to expand into Mesopotamia?
Answer: Trajan
The Great Depression in the U.S. led to the creation of which labor relations board?
Answer: National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
Can you name the first President of São Tomé and Príncipe?
Answer: Manuel Pinto da Costa
The Battle of Carrhae in 53 BCE was fought between Rome and which empire?
Answer: The Parthian Empire
Can you name the first emperor of the Roman Empire to build the Forum of Trajan?
Answer: Trajan
Which federal relief agency was created due to The Great Depression in the U.S?
Answer: Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)
Can you name the first President of Djibouti?
Answer: Hassan Gouled Aptidon
The Battle of Chalons in 451 CE was fought between Rome and which group?
Answer: The Huns
Can you name the first emperor of the Roman Empire to build the Colosseum’s completion?
Answer: Titus
Which public works agency was created due to The Great Depression in the U.S?
Answer: Public Works Administration (PWA)
Can you name the first President of Comoros?
Answer: Ahmed Abdallah
The Battle of Adrianople in 378 CE is considered the beginning of the end for which empire?
Answer: The Roman Empire