People who love to study history are also often fans of the game show Jeopardy!. This is not overly surprising as Jeopardy! quite regularly includes questions about history. Only history experts are going to be able to do well on this Jeopardy!-themed quiz, however. Much like the real Jeopardy!, some of these questions are pretty hard.
All of these questions were actually asked on episodes of the trivia show. As anyone who watches Jeopardy! will know, the questions are often quite challenging. So, don't expect to do well on this quiz if you only have a passing knowledge of history topics. On the other hand, if you consider yourself something of a history whiz and a Jeopardy! aficionado, you might do well on this quiz. There is only one way to find out. If you want to find out how you rank when compared to other history experts or Jeopardy! contestants then go ahead and take this quiz.
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Only History Experts Can Pass This Jeopardy! Quiz Questions
On December 19, 1984, Margaret Thatcher & Zhao Ziyang signed a joint declaration to end British rule in this place.
What is Hong Kong?
What is Tibet?
What is Nepal?
What is Mongolia?
In 1664, the province of New Netherland & the city of New Amsterdam were both renamed this.
What is Washington?
What is Alabama?
What is New York?
What is Florida?
In the 1390s King John I of Castile & King John I of Aragon both died by falling from these animals.
What are horses?
What are elephants?
What are dinosaurs?
What are camels?
In 1616 this Native American created a sensation in London, where she was known as Lady Rebecca.
Who is Sacagawea?
Who is Pocahontas?
Who is Winona LaDuke?
Who is Pine Leaf?
The 381-day bus boycott in this city was triggered by Rosa Parks' arrest for refusing to give up her seat to a white man.
What is Atlanta, Georgia?
What is Montgomery, Alabama?
What is Little Rock, Arkansas?
What is Miami, Florida?
Queen Victoria's eldest son took the throne in 1901 with this name & number.
Who is King George V?
Who is King George VI?
Who is King Edward VIII?
Who is King Edward VII?
It was the eastern boundary of the land bought in the Louisiana purchase.
What is Alabama?
What is the Missouri River?
What is the Mississippi River?
What is Texas?
The Treaty of the Pyrenees in 1659 ended Spain's war with this neighbor.
What is Morocco?
What is France?
What is Portugal?
What is Italy?
In 1914, St. Petersburg's name was changed to this, which sounded more Russian.
What is Leningrad?
What is Petrograd?
What is Volkhovstroy?
What is Kremlyov?
A lack of genetic diversity in this crop in 1840s Ireland was a major cause of disaster for the population.
What is wheat?
What is barley?
What are potatoes?
What are oats?
1950-51 in the Alps was the "Winter of Terror" as these disasters destroyed buildings & killed more than 200 people.
What are earthquakes?
What are avalanches?
What are blizzards?
What are tornadoes?
Known as the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma in 1974, the nation changed its name to this 15 years later.
What is Ceylon?
What is Cambodia?
What is Siam?
What is Myanmar?
In the Kalmar War of 1611-1613, Denmark beat up on this rival to the north.
What is Sweden?
What is Germany?
What is Norway?
What is Finland?
In 1819 Spain agreed to turn this territory over to the U.S.
What is Florida?
What is Texas?
What is Georgia?
What is California?
On Dec. 16, 1773, during a wild night of partying, 342 chests of this were dumped into Boston Harbor.
What is beer?
What is coffee?
What is tea?
What is chocolate?
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