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20 Which Happened First? Questions | World History Trivia Quiz

I give you four people, events, etc. and you tell me which occurred first. Good luck!

A multiple-choice quiz by Zepcat. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
Zepcat

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
24,255

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
20

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
9 / 20

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Question 1 of 20

1. Which happened first? Hint

The Birth of Socrates

The Founding of Rome

The First Olympic Games

The Birth of Buddha

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Question 2 of 20

2. Which happened first? Hint

Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius and Destruction of Pompeii

Martyrdom of St. Peter

Inauguration of the Colosseum

Construction of Hadrian's Wall

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Question 3 of 20

3. Which happened first? Hint

St. Francis of Assisi dies

Archbishop Becket murdered at Canterbury

William the Conqueror is victorious at The Battle of Hastings

Construction of Notre Dame in Paris begins

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Question 4 of 20

4. Which happened first? Hint

The Black Death grips Europe

Dante dies

William Wallace defeats the English at Stirling

Outbreak of The Hundred Years War

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Question 5 of 20

5. Which happened first? Hint

Gutenberg invents the printing press

Spanish Inquisition authorized

Michelangelo completes his 'David'

Martyrdom of Joan of Arc

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Question 6 of 20

6. Which happened first? Hint

Raphael's 'School of Athens'

DaVinci's 'Mona Lisa'

Botticelli's 'Birth of Venus'

Michelangelo's 'Pieta'

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Question 7 of 20

7. Which happened first? Hint

House of Tudor

House of Hanover

House of Stuart

House of Plantagenet

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Question 8 of 20

8. Which happened first? Hint

Roanoke Island established

Mayflower lands at Plymouth

Jamestown settled

Peter Minuit buys New Amsterdam

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Question 9 of 20

9. Which musical period happened first? Hint

Classical

Rococo

Baroque

Romantic

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Question 10 of 20

10. Which happened first? Hint

Birth of Peter the Great, Czar of Russia

Louis XVI ascends the throne of France

1st Continental Congress

Boston Tea Party

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Question 11 of 20

11. Which happened first? Hint

U.S. Army founded

U.S. Navy founded

'The Shot Heard 'Round the World' at Lexington-Concord

U.S. Marines founded

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Question 12 of 20

12. Which happened first? Hint

First Intolerable Act

Stamp Act

Currency Act

Declaratory Act

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Question 13 of 20

13. Which happened first in the Revolutionary Era? Hint

Battle of Bunker Hill

Congress formally endorses the Declaration of Independence

Paine writes 'Common Sense'

British capture Fort Ticonderoga

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Question 14 of 20

14. Which happened first? Hint

Fort Sumter attacked

South Carolina secedes from the Union

Lincoln elected President

Confederate States of America formed

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Question 15 of 20

15. Which happened first? Hint

Battle of the Monitor and the Merimac

Grant takes Richmond

Battle of Antietam

Sherman captures Atlanta

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Question 16 of 20

16. Which was invented first? Hint

Penicillin

Television

Plastic

Sliced bread

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Question 17 of 20

17. Which happened first? Hint

Battle of the Alamo

Napoleon defeated at Waterloo

Start of the Great Irish Potato Famine

The Communist Manifesto is published

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Question 18 of 20

18. Which happened first? Hint

Treaty of Versailles

Paris Peace Treaty

Treaty of Ghent

Treaty of Paris

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Question 19 of 20

19. Which happened first? Hint

Apollo 11

Mercury Redstone 4

Gemini 3

Mercury Atlas 6

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Question 20 of 20

20. Who came first? Hint

Zachary Taylor

Abraham Lincoln

Millard Fillmore

Franklin Pierce

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which happened first?

Answer: The First Olympic Games

Olympics - 776 B.C., Rome - 753 B.C., Buddha - 563 B.C. and Socrates - 470 B.C.

2. Which happened first?

Answer: Martyrdom of St. Peter

St. Peter - 67, Mt. Vesuvius - 79, Colosseum - 80, and Hadrian's Wall - 130.

3. Which happened first?

Answer: William the Conqueror is victorious at The Battle of Hastings

Battle of Hastings - 1066, Notre Dame begun - 1163, Becket murdered - 1170, and St. Francis dies - 1226.

4. Which happened first?

Answer: William Wallace defeats the English at Stirling

Wallace's victory - 1297, Dante dies - 1321, 100 Years War begins - 1337, and Black Death - 1347.

5. Which happened first?

Answer: Martyrdom of Joan of Arc

Joan of Arc - 1431, Gutenberg - 1450, Spanish Inquisition - 1478, and 'David' - 1504.

6. Which happened first?

Answer: Botticelli's 'Birth of Venus'

'Birth of Venus' - 1485, 'Pieta' - 1499, 'Mona Lisa' - 1505, and 'School of Athens' - 1511.

7. Which happened first?

Answer: House of Plantagenet

The order is: Plantagenet, Lancaster, York, Tudor, Stuart, Hanover and Windsor.

8. Which happened first?

Answer: Roanoke Island established

Roanoke - 1585, Jamestown - 1607, Plymouth - 1620, and New Amsterdam -1626.

9. Which musical period happened first?

Answer: Baroque

The order is: Baroque(1600-1750), Roccoco and Classical (1700-1800), and Romantic (1790-1850).

10. Which happened first?

Answer: Birth of Peter the Great, Czar of Russia

Peter the Great - 1672, Tea Party - 1773, Louis XVI - 1774, and 1st Congress - 1774.

11. Which happened first?

Answer: 'The Shot Heard 'Round the World' at Lexington-Concord

Lexington-Concord - 4-19-1775, Army - 6-14-1775, Navy - 10-13-1775, and Marines - 11-10-1775.

12. Which happened first?

Answer: Currency Act

Currency(1764)-colonists may not issue legal {tender;} Stamp(1765)-direct tax on {stamps;} Declaratory(1766)-British Government has complete legislative {power;} and First Intolerable(1774)-Boston Port Bill shuts down all commercial shipping in Boston Harbor.

13. Which happened first in the Revolutionary Era?

Answer: Battle of Bunker Hill

Bunker Hill - 6-17-1775, 'Common Sense' - 1-9-1776, Declaration - 7-4-1776, and Ticonderoga - 7-6-1777.

14. Which happened first?

Answer: Lincoln elected President

Lincoln - 11-6-1860, South Carolina secedes - 12-20-1860, Confedeate States of America formed - 2-9-1861, and Fort Sumter - 4-12-1861.

15. Which happened first?

Answer: Battle of the Monitor and the Merimac

Monitor and Merimac - 3-9-1862, Antietam - 9-17-1862, Atlanta - 9-2-1864, and Richmond - 4-3-1865.

16. Which was invented first?

Answer: Plastic

Plastic-1907, Television-1927, Sliced bread-1928 and Penicillin-1929.

17. Which happened first?

Answer: Napoleon defeated at Waterloo

Waterloo-1815, Alamo-1836, Potato Famine-1845, and Communist Manifesto-1847.

18. Which happened first?

Answer: Treaty of Paris

Treaty of Paris-1763-ends the French-Indian War, Paris Peace Treaty-1783-ends the American Revolution, Treaty of Ghent-1814-ends the War of 1812, and Treaty of Versailles-1919-ends World War I.

19. Which happened first?

Answer: Mercury Redstone 4

Redstone 4-1961, Atlas 6-1962, Gemini 3-1965, and Apollo 11-1969.

20. Who came first?

Answer: Zachary Taylor

Taylor-1849, Fillmore-1850, Pierce-1853 and Lincoln-1861.

Source: Author Zepcat

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