How Much Do You Know About World History? | 59-Question History Quiz

Test your knowledge of world history from ancient civilizations to the twentieth century in this 59-question play-along quiz. Five rounds rise from Easy to Impossible, covering the Ancient World, the Medieval Age, the Age of Exploration, the era of Revolutions and Industry, and the Modern World. Each question gives you four choices and eight seconds to answer. Keep score as you go and see how you measure up! Chapters: 0:00 Round 1: Easy 5:44 Round 2: Medium 11:36 Round 3: Hard 17:29 Round 4: Very Hard 23:02 Round 5: Impossible 29:06 Final score — Every answer is fact-checked, but if you spot a mistake, tell us in the comments and we will pin the correction. Photographs and artworks come from Wikimedia Commons, Openverse, the Wellcome Collection, The Met and NASA and are credited below. Sources: • Encyclopaedia Britannica Footage and images: • Ввласенко — Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... • Nicholas Hartmann — Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... • Dudva — Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... • Tulipanos — Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... • Sharon Mollerus — Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... • Vyacheslav Argenberg — Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0) — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... • High Contrast — Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0 de) — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... • Nhartmannphotos — Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... • BeckenhamBear — Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... • Mbrickn — Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0) — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... • Krak_des_Chevaliers_landscape.jpg: (Ergo) derivative work: Nev1 (talk) — Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... • Flickr user: Bjørn Giesenbauer https://www.flickr.com/photos/giesenb... — Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... • Jose L. Marin — Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.5) — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... • APK — Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0) — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... • Vyacheslav Argenberg — Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0) — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... • Petar Milošević — Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... • Internet Archive Book Images — Wikimedia Commons (No restrictions) — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... • Alex Proimos from Sydney, Australia — Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... • Nbendersky — Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... • Ciell — Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... • Diego Delso — Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... • Dan Lundberg — Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... • Moheen Reeyad — Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... • Zelma / Георгий Зельма — Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... • Cassowary Colorizations — Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... • Gary Todd from Xinzheng, China — Wikimedia Commons (Public domain) — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... • After Lysippos — Wikimedia Commons (Public domain) — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... • Wilfredor — Wikimedia Commons (CC0) — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...