NYT History Quiz Questions

The Black Death, which killed millions in the 14th century, was caused by which disease?

1

Smallpox

2

Typhoid

3

Bubonic plague

4

Cholera

Which battle marked the turning point in the Pacific Theater during World War II?

1

Battle of Midway

2

Battle of Pearl Harbor

3

Battle of Guadalcanal

4

Battle of Iwo Jima

The Renaissance was a cultural movement that began in which country?

1

France

2

Italy

3

Spain

4

Germany

In which year did World War I begin?

1

1912

2

1914

3

1918

4

1920

Who was the first President of the United States?

1

George Washington

2

Thomas Jefferson

3

Abraham Lincoln

4

John Adams

Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?

1

Harriet Quimby

2

Bessie Coleman

3

Amelia Earhart

4

Jacqueline Cochran

The Magna Carta, signed in 1215, was a document that limited the power of which monarch?

1

King John of England

2

King Henry VIII

3

King Louis XIV

4

King Edward I

Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

1

Joseph Stalin

2

Nikita Khrushchev

3

Leonid Brezhnev

4

Mikhail Gorbachev

In which year did the Berlin Wall fall, symbolizing the end of the Cold War?

1

1985

2

1989

3

1991

4

1993

The ancient Roman Empire famously fell in which year?

1

476 AD

2

1453 AD

3

1066 AD

4

1000 AD

What was the main cause of the U.S. Civil War?

1

Territorial expansion

2

Slavery

3

Taxation

4

Religious freedom

Which country gifted the Statue of Liberty to the United States?

1

France

2

United Kingdom

3

Germany

4

Italy

Which U.S. president issued the Emancipation Proclamation?

1

Andrew Johnson

2

Ulysses S. Grant

3

Abraham Lincoln

4

James Buchanan

Who was the first human to travel into space?

1

Yuri Gagarin

2

Neil Armstrong

3

Buzz Aldrin

4

John Glenn

Who was the British Prime Minister during most of World War II?

1

Winston Churchill

2

Neville Chamberlain

3

Clement Attlee

4

David Lloyd George

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