History Riddles

Sometimes I am liked, sometimes I am hated. Usually I am old, usually I am dated. What am I?

Ancient and majestic, great big piles of stones,
Used to encase both riches and bones.
Seen from certain angles,
They look like big triangles.

Who invented the Round Table?

He died for people's entertainment.

It describes an era in history during which lights was hard to come by.

What was General Washington's favorite tree?

I am killer of trees but people need me.
I can be blown away by a breeze
and I have been here since ancient Greece.
What am I?

What kind of tea did the American colonists thirst for?

Although I'm not an insect, some people found me very difficult to exterminate. They called me something like 'insane priest.' The first half of my name means the same as 'scrape,' & my last three letters are a metal. Who am I?

When people come for me to meet,
they come to me with heavy feet.
The one I hold, when I get my chance,
will turn and spin, and start to dance.

How many E’s are in the 4th of July?

Five hundred begins it, five hundred ends it. Five in the middle is seen. First of all figures, the first of all letters. Take up their stations between. Join all together, and then you will bring before you the name of an eminent king.

What did King George think of the American colonists?

I'm a lion with a human head. Guess my Riddle or you'll be dead.

A single syllable do I claim,
black was my most famous name;
Fetal to mortals here below,
thousands have I slain in a single blow.

A setting that proved to be deadly for Abraham Lincoln.

A circle of stones, never in rows.
Stacked one on the other, mystery it sows.
What is it?

What dance was very popular in 1776?

A huge mythical animal said to resemble a whale.

What was Thomas Jefferson’s favorite dessert?

It is where kings, queens, knights and bishops go to war together.

Why did Paul Revere ride his horse from Boston to Lexington?

What quacks, has webbed feet, and betrays his country?

You will always find me in the past.
I can be created in the present,
But the future can never taint me.
What am I?

Soldiers fight it but never changes.

It can be repeated but rarely in the same way. It can't be changed but can be rewritten. It can be passed down, but should not be forgotten.

What did Sir Lancelot wear to bed?

What fruit is of great use in history?

Small was my stature, but my success was great.
Until I entered Belgium to be handed my fate.
Who am I?

Where was the Declaration of Independence signed?

Which bus could cross the ocean?

What did Polly the parrot want on the 4th of July?

During the 1800's these turned women into hourglasses and is becoming more popular again these days.

The Titanic is still here. What am I?

I am a rock group with four members. All dead, one was assassinated. What am I?