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How Much Random History Do You Actually Know?

Random History Quiz

If You Breeze Through This Quiz, You Know Too Much About History

[Wilbur and Orville Wright](https://www.history.com/topics/inventions/wright-brothers)!

What were the names of the two brothers who both successfully flew the first free controlled airplane?

[Russia](https://www.space.com/16159-first-man-in-space.html)!

[Leonardo da Vinci](https://mymodernmet.com/leonardo-da-vinci-vitruvian-man/)!

Whose works of art include pieces such as _The Vitruvian Man_?

[Pompeii](https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/pompeii)!

In 79 A.D., Mount Vesuvius erupted, covering which Italian city in thick layers of ash?

[Amelia Earhart](https://time.com/5486999/amelia-earhart-disappearance-theories/)!

Which aviator famously disappeared over the Pacific in 1937?

[The 1920s](https://www.britannica.com/art/Art-Deco)!

Art Deco is a style movement that took place during:

[King Arthur](https://www.britannica.com/topic/Round-Table-Arthurian-legend)!

The Knights of the Round Table are associated with stories about:  


[Formally ended WWI](https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/treaty-of-versailles-1)!

[Eros](https://www.ancient.eu/Eros/)!

[The Mongol Empire](https://www.britannica.com/place/Mongol-empire)!

Genghis Khan was the founder of which empire?

She was [never a pharaoh](https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/phar/hd_phar.htm) of Egypt, but her husband, Akhenaten, ruled from 1351–1334 BC.

Nefertiti!

Which of the following people was never a pharaoh?

[The Inca](https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/274/)!

Machu Picchu was a historical city built by:

[Juan Ponce de León](https://fcit.usf.edu/florida/lessons/de_leon/de_leon1.htm)!

Which explorer accidentally discovered Florida while searching for the Fountain of Youth?

The [camera](https://mymodernmet.com/who-invented-the-camera-photography-history/) was invented in 1816, [toilet paper](https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/23210/toilet-paper-history-how-america-convinced-world-wipe) was invented in 1857, the [radio](https://public.wsu.edu/~bryan.mclaughlin/Radio/Who_Invented_Radio.html) was invented in 1866, and the [lightbulb](https://www.livescience.com/43424-who-invented-the-light-bulb.html) was invented in 1840.

Camera!

Which of the following was invented first?

[John Wilkes Booth](https://www.britannica.com/event/assassination-of-Abraham-Lincoln)!

The rest [became extinct](https://naturalhistory.si.edu/education/teaching-resources/paleontology/extinction-over-time) before the 20th century.

[Passenger Pigeon](https://www.audubon.org/magazine/may-june-2014/why-passenger-pigeon-went-extinct)!

All of the following animals went extinct in the 19th century with the exception of:

You aren't one to dwell in the past, which could explain why history has always been a challenging topic for you. You're too invested in the "here" and "now" to bother with all of those things that happened so many years ago.

Only Hip and Current!

You've got a pretty good grasp on history. You're definitely one of those people who aced their social studies classes in grade school, but probably hasn't brushed up on their past events since then.

Historian in the Making!

You know practically everything that ever happened. Whether it was historic art, science, or geography, if it took place in the past, you know about it. You are like a human World Book. Remember those?

True Historian!

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