Think you know world history? Prove it.
From the first cities to the modern age, The Ultimate World History Trivia Book packs 500 multiple-choice questions into ten themed rounds spanning every continent, every era, and every major turning point. And after every round, a Deep Dive essay tells the real story behind one of history's best-known myths or mysteries.
What's inside:
- 500 multiple-choice questions, 50 in each of 10 themed rounds, four options per question
- An answer key after every round, with a one-sentence explanation for every answer
- 10 Deep Dive essays, one after each round, each ending with its sources
- A How to Play page for solo play, head-to-head races, or trivia night
>The ten rounds:
- The Ancient World
- Classical Civilizations
- The Medieval World
- The Age of Exploration
- Empires Around the World
- Revolutions
- The 19th Century
- Two World Wars
- The Cold War Era
>The Deep Dives include:
- The ancient writing system with a $1 million prize for whoever can read it
- The farmers digging a well who found the Terracotta Army
- Mansa Musa: the man whose generosity wrecked an economy, and then fixed it
- The deadliest consequence of 1492 wasn't a battle
- A repatriation dispute that is actually being resolved
- The famous "one-third" quote that wasn't about the American Revolution
- The conference that redrew Africa with no Africans in the room
- The Christmas Truce, and how high command made sure it never happened again
- The man whose single "no" may have prevented nuclear war
>A great gift for history lovers, students, armchair travelers, and anyone who loves a good "actually..." story. It works for family game nights, road trips, classrooms, and trivia nights, or for testing yourself one round at a time.