Epic History Quiz

What was Robert E. Lee's position in the Confederate Army?

Who is considered the founder of the American Indian Movement (AIM)?

The photograph features a statue known as "William" or "William the hippopotamus", the unofficial mascot of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the US. Do you know to which ancient civilization this statue belonged?

About which President was Walt Whitman’s poem Oh Captain, My Captain written?

Do you know what year the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the United States was established?

What was the name of the Inca Empire's capital?

Which 19th-century policy sought to assimilate Native Americans into mainstream American society?

On which two Japanese cities did the U.S. drop atomic bombs in August 1945?

The last Inca emperor was assassinated in 1533, but resistance to the Spanish continued for several decades. In which year was the last Inca stronghold conquered, ending the stubborn resistance of the once-great empire?

What was the name of Robert E. Lee's beloved horse during the Civil War?

What was the US policy of preventing the spread of communism known as?

What was the name of the settlement of colonists that grew up on the site of today's city of New York in the 17th century?

Who was the first President of the United States?

In which country did the USSR intervene in 1968?

In what year was Julius Caesar assassinated?

In which year was the Declaration of Independence signed?

In what year did the English take over New Amsterdam from the Dutch and rename it, New York?

What was the name of the Egyptian queen with whom Julius Caesar had a romantic liaison?

Which Viking explorer founded the first Norse settlements in Greenland?

What was the significance of the Emancipation Proclamation?