History Trivia Quizzes

History gets strange when two familiar events sit side by side. A famous landmark may be older than you expect. A modern device may have roots far earlier than you assume.

Which Came First? puts two events against each other. You pick the earlier one. No long list of dates to recite. Just a question that can turn your sense of time upside down.

A decade can change the answer

The telephone, the microwave oven, the first iPhone - most people know what each one does. Fewer know exactly when each arrived. Guess the Decade It Was Invented gives you four possible decades for each invention.

Every question has an explanation after you answer. Sometimes the date is the least memorable part of the fact. Try a round and see how well your mental timeline holds up.