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History trivia questions for a live quiz

Sixteen history trivia questions with answers: dates to guess, events to put in order, leaders to match with their era. Players scan the QR code, answer on the phone, and the leaderboard does the rest.

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  • Free up to 80 participants
  • No credit card
  • No app to install

The big screen and a participant's phone

Made for curious rooms

Revision game

Ten minutes of dates and events before a test.

Pub quiz night

A history round between the geography and music rounds.

Museum visit

A closing quiz on the phones after the tour.

Remote team

Share the short link in the video call so everyone plays from home.

History is a timeline, so use it

A date is a number, and a number is a perfect guessing game: the closest year scores. Events are an order: ask players to sort five of them. Leaders and inventions are pairs to match. Plain multiple choice is only one tool in the box.

  • Guess a number for years, ages and lengths of reigns
  • Right order for a timeline of five events
  • Match pairs for leaders and countries or inventions and centuries
  • Quiz with a timer for the quick facts, with the leaderboard after each round

Keep each round to one era

Antiquity, the Middle Ages, the twentieth century: one era per round keeps the questions coherent and lets teams who know a period shine. The free plan allows five questions per presentation, so play one era per presentation, or use topic rounds on a paid plan.

For lessons, museums and quiz nights

Teachers run it as a revision game before a test, museum guides as a closing quiz after a visit, pubs as one round of a bigger night. Players join in their browser in the language of their phone, no app and no account.

16 history trivia questions

Answers are in each note. Free plan: 5 questions per presentation, so play one era at a time.

  1. Guess a number

    In which year did the Berlin Wall fall?

    1989. Guess a number: the closest year scores.

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  2. Quiz

    Which civilization built Machu Picchu?

    The Inca.

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  3. Right order

    Put these events in order, earliest first: the printing press, the French Revolution, the first Moon landing, the fall of Rome.

    Fall of Rome (476), printing press (about 1450), French Revolution (1789), Moon landing (1969).

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  4. Match pairs

    Match each leader to their country: Cleopatra, Napoleon, Queen Victoria, Gandhi.

    Egypt, France, Britain, India.

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  5. Quiz

    Who was the first emperor of Rome?

    Augustus.

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  6. Guess a number

    In which year did the Titanic sink?

    1912. Guess a number: the closest year scores.

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  7. Fill in the blanks

    Complete: the Magna Carta was signed in ___ in 1215.

    England. Fill in the blanks with words to place.

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  8. Quiz

    Which wall was built to protect northern China from invasions?

    The Great Wall of China.

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  9. Right order

    Put these inventions in order, oldest first: the wheel, the telephone, the compass, the light bulb.

    Wheel, compass, telephone (1876), light bulb (1879).

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  10. Spin the wheel

    Spin the wheel: which era do we play next?

    Entries like Antiquity, Middle Ages, Renaissance, 19th century, 20th century.

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  11. Quiz

    Which ship carried the Pilgrims to America in 1620?

    The Mayflower.

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  12. Find on the image

    Map round: tap where ancient Rome was on the map of Europe.

    Find on the image: add a map, draw the right zone, taps inside it score.

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  13. Guess a number

    How many years did the Hundred Years' War last, in fact?

    116 years (1337 to 1453). Guess a number.

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  14. Word cloud

    Name a historical figure you would like to meet.

    A word cloud. The biggest name is the room's favorite.

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  15. Single choice

    Which period would you visit for one day?

    A poll on three or four eras, a light way to end.

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  16. Rating

    How much did you enjoy history at school?

    A rating from 1 to 5 stars, great for a chat.

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Three steps, no setup

  1. 1

    Write your questions

    Poll, quiz, word cloud, rating or Q&A. Or let the AI draft them.

  2. 2

    Show the QR code

    On screen or in your slides. People scan it and they are in.

  3. 3

    Watch answers arrive

    Results update live on the big screen, then export them.

Questions

How many history questions should I ask?

Ten to sixteen makes a quiz of 20 to 30 minutes. Open with famous dates, put the timeline question in the middle, and end with a lighter poll such as the period players would visit.

Can players guess a year?

Yes. The guess a number question accepts any figure and the closest answers score the most, which suits dates better than a four-option list.

Is it free?

Yes to start: every question type, up to 80 participants and 5 questions per presentation, no credit card. The Event Pass is €9 and the Big Event Pass €29, paid once for 72 hours.

Do players need an account?

No. They scan the QR code or type hopvote.com and the 5-character code, then answer in their browser.

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