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    History Trivia Game

    A free, timed history trivia game: 12 multiple-choice questions per run, four question types, 20 seconds each, and a streak multiplier that rewards you for not guessing. Questions are drawn fresh every run from 50 documented historical moments — from the building of the Great Pyramid to the present day. No sign-up, and every answer comes with the fact behind it.

    12 questions · 4 question types

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    Date the event, name the country, order the centuries. Answer fast for a bigger time bonus and keep a streak alive to double your points.

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    Leaderboard

    Best run per player · weekly board, resets in 6 days

    How the scoring works

    Base points

    100 – 200

    Every correct answer is worth 100 points, rising to 140 for a medium question and 200 for a hard one. Difficulty is set by how far back the event sits — dating 1969 is easier than dating 447 BC.

    Time bonus

    up to +100

    In timed mode you have 20 seconds per question, and the share of the clock you leave on the table is added as a bonus. Answer instantly and you bank the full 100.

    Streak multiplier

    up to ×2

    Three correct in a row multiplies everything by 1.25, five by 1.5, eight by 2. One wrong answer resets the streak to zero, which is where the game gets tense.

    A perfect timed run lands somewhere between 4,000 and 5,000 points depending on how hard the run's twelve events are, and the result screen always shows the ceiling you were playing against. Your best score is kept on this device so you can chase it. Prefer no clock? Switch the timer off before you start — you keep the base points and the multiplier.

    The four question types

    • Date it

      In what year did this happen? Four years, one right, and the decoys get closer together the more recent the event is.

      In what year did this happen: Discovery of the Rosetta Stone?

      Options: 1759 · 1765 · 1787 · 1799

      Answer: 1799 1799. The Rosetta Stone's three scripts (hieroglyphic, Demotic, Greek) unlocked 1,400 years of lost Egyptian history when Champollion cracked the code in 1822.

    • Place it

      In which country would you find this? Four countries drawn from the same library the panorama game uses.

      In which country would you find this: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom?

      Options: 🇫🇷 France · 🇩🇪 Germany · 🇺🇸 the United States · 🇨🇳 China

      Answer: 🇺🇸 the United States the United States, 1963. MLK's famous 'I Have a Dream' refrain was improvised after gospel singer Mahalia Jackson shouted 'Tell them about the dream, Martin!'

    • Order it

      Which of these happened first? Four events, sometimes centuries apart, sometimes a handful of years.

      Which of these happened first?

      Options: Lindbergh's Arrival in Paris After Transatlantic Flight · The Great Exhibition at Crystal Palace, London · V-J Day Celebration in Times Square · Burj Khalifa and Dubai Skyline Under Construction

      Answer: The Great Exhibition at Crystal Palace, London The earliest of the four, in 1851 — the next one followed in 1927. Built in 9 months from 293,655 glass panes, the Crystal Palace was so large that mature elm trees were enclosed inside rather than cut down.

    • Match it

      Which of these happened in a given year? The reverse of a dating question, and usually the one that breaks a streak.

      Which of these happened in 1879?

      Options: Christ the Redeemer Under Construction, Rio de Janeiro · Discovery of the Rosetta Stone · Golden Spike Ceremony, Promontory Summit · Edison's Light Bulb Demonstration, Menlo Park

      Answer: Edison's Light Bulb Demonstration, Menlo Park 1879, and the only one of the four from that year. Edison didn't invent the light bulb—he improved it after testing 3,000 materials and built the entire electrical system to make it practical.

    Play a single era instead

    This run pulls from every era in the library. If you'd rather stay in one — ancient Rome, the age of exploration, the 20th century — each era has its own timed round with its own personal best and its own dating cues. Or read the questions with the answers printed underneath: the full bank of 72 questions lives on the trivia page, grouped by era.

    Questions about the game

    Is this history trivia game free?
    Yes. No sign-up, no account, no email and no paywall — press start and play. Your score and personal best are stored on your own device, not on a server.
    How many questions are in a run?
    Twelve, drawn fresh from the full library every time you press start, so no two runs are the same. A timed run takes about four minutes; the relaxed mode takes as long as you like.
    How is the score calculated?
    Each correct answer is worth 100 to 200 points depending on difficulty, plus up to 100 more for answering fast. Three correct answers in a row multiply your points by 1.25, five by 1.5 and eight by 2 — a clean run is worth far more than a careful one.
    Can I play without the timer?
    Yes — flip the clock off on the start card. You keep the base points and the streak multiplier but lose the time bonus, which makes it a better fit for a classroom or a shared screen.
    Where do the questions come from?
    Every question is generated from the same library of documented historical moments the main game uses, each with a verified place and year. Answers include a short factual note, and events with a full write-up link straight to it.
    What's the difference between this and the quizzes?
    The quizzes at /quiz are fixed 10-question sets on a single topic — the same questions every visit, good for studying or sharing a specific challenge. This is the arcade version: mixed eras, four question types, a clock and a running score.
    Can I use it in a classroom?
    Yes, and the relaxed mode exists for exactly that. Project it on the board, take answers by show of hands and read the explanation out after each reveal. There are era-aligned lesson plans on the history games for students page.
    How do I get a higher score?
    Protect the streak. Two safe answers in a row are worth more than one lucky guess, because the multiplier applies to every point after it — including the time bonus. Guessing wildly at a hard question early can cost more than the question is worth.

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