History & Myths trivia quizzes

History & Myths quizzes

• American History: We The People American history · 195 questions The United States from 1776 to the moon: presidents' odd stories, rebels, outlaws and the real history behind Hamilton and Oppenheimer.
• European History: Rome To Brussels European history · 175 questions Europe's biggest stories in one quick tour: Caesars, Vikings, Tudors, Napoleon and the Berlin Wall, plus the history behind Gladiator and Bridgerton.
• Greek Myths: Oh My Gods Greek mythology · 175 questions Greek gods, heroes and monsters, from the old myths to Nike, Percy Jackson and Hades. One very messy family.
• Indian History: Indus To 1947 Indian history · 167 questions Emperors, explorers, inventors and rebels, from the Indus to 1947. Five thousand years, one party.
• Indian Mythology: Leelas & Legends Indian mythology · 200 questions Gods, avatars, Puranic stories and the legends behind our festivals. Grew up on these?
• Mahabharata: Eighteen Days Mahabharata · 187 questions Pandavas, Kauravas, a game of dice and eighteen days at Kurukshetra. How well do you know the great epic?
• Ramayana: Bridge to Lanka Ramayana · 150 questions Exile, a golden deer, Hanuman's leap and a bridge across the sea. How well do you know Rama's story?
• World Politics: Power Moves World politics · 144 questions Presidents, prime ministers, popes and summits since 2000: who runs what, where they live, and the moments that went viral.
• World Wars: Keep Calm World Wars · 189 questions WWI and WWII through the films, spies, codebreakers and turning points you know from Oppenheimer, Dunkirk and Call of Duty.

Try a few questions

1. American History: We The People

   After marching 60,000 troops from Atlanta to the coast in 1864, which Union general wired Lincoln offering him the city of Savannah as a Christmas present?

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   William Tecumseh Sherman

   His march wrecked railways and farms to break the South's ability to fight, a strategy known as 'total war'.

2. European History: Rome To Brussels

   In 1911 a Louvre handyman walked out with the Mona Lisa hidden under his clothes. Which country was he from?

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   Italy

   He kept it in his Paris flat for over two years, and was caught in Florence trying to sell it in 1913.

3. Greek Myths: Oh My Gods

   The moon goddess loved a shepherd so much that Zeus let him stay young forever, but only if he did what, forever?

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   Sleep

   He lies dreaming in a cave on Mount Latmus, and the moon visits him every night.

4. Indian History: Indus To 1947

   Which Delhi sultan, who began the Qutb Minar, died after falling from his horse during a game of polo?

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   Qutb-ud-din Aibak

   His son-in-law Iltutmish went on to finish the minar's upper storeys.

5. Indian Mythology: Leelas & Legends

   Choti Diwali marks Narakasura's death. In popular legend, which queen of Krishna, a form of the demon's own mother, struck him down?

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   Satyabhama

   Naraka could only die by his mother's hand, and Satyabhama was a form of the earth goddess who bore him.

6. Mahabharata: Eighteen Days

   On day 15, after hearing his son was dead, what did Drona do on his chariot?

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   Laid down his weapons

   He sat in meditation, and his spirit is said to have left before Dhrishtadyumna's sword reached him.

7. Ramayana: Bridge to Lanka

   Hanuman's earthly father was a vanara chief whose name means 'lion' or 'mane'. Who?

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   Kesari

   So Hanuman is also called Kesari Nandan, son of Kesari, besides being the Wind god's son.

8. World Politics: Power Moves

   By mid-2026, which cat, adopted from Battersea in 2011 to be the PM's 'Chief Mouser', had served under seven prime ministers?

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   Larry

   He's the first No. 10 cat with the official title Chief Mouser; David Cameron was the first of his seven PMs.

How to play with friends

1. Start a room. Open Braggit and pick a quiz. It plays in any browser or the app.
2. Invite your friends. Share the room code or link. Friends join from their own phones, in the same room or over a video call.
3. Type, wager, brag. Everyone types an answer before the timer runs out. Wager points when you are sure, then share your brag card.