Tavern Quiz / History
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History quiz questions

Wars, rulers, discoveries and turning points. The history quiz travels from ancient Rome through the great revolutions to the fall of the Berlin Wall.

three levels

Choose your difficulty

Every level has its own pool of questions. The samples below give you a taste of each, and they are kept separate from the questions that appear in the live game.

Easy Sample questions (the live game draws from a separate pool of 100)
  • The famous British wartime PM was Winston ____?
    Answer: Churchill
  • What kind of symbols did the ancient Egyptians write in?
    Answer: Hieroglyphs
  • Which country gave the Statue of Liberty to the USA?
    Answer: France
Play Easy round
Medium Sample questions (the live game draws from a separate pool of 100)
  • Which Macedonian king built a vast empire by age 30?
    Answer: Alexander the Great
  • The Renaissance began in which country?
    Answer: Italy
  • Which wall divided a German city during the Cold War?
    Answer: Berlin Wall
Play Medium round
Difficult Sample questions (the live game draws from a separate pool of 100)
  • Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
    Answer: Marie Curie
  • The Rosetta Stone helped decode which writing system?
    Answer: Egyptian hieroglyphs
  • Which 1648 peace ended the Thirty Years War?
    Answer: Peace of Westphalia
Play Difficult round
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Frequently asked questions

How many questions are in a round?

Each round draws 10 questions at random from the chosen difficulty, so no two games are quite the same.

How do players join?

The host opens a game and shows a QR code. Players scan it on their phones, enter a name, and they are in. There is no limit on the number of players.

What do the difficulty levels mean?

Easy covers common general knowledge, Medium is a step up, and Difficult is for confident players. You pick the level when you start a round.

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