A collection of history riddles from ancient Rome to Napoleon. Can you solve them all?
Sometimes I am liked, sometimes I am hated. Usually I am old, usually I am dated. What am I?
See answerAncient 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?
See answerHe died for people's entertainment.
See answerIt describes an era in history during which lights was hard to come by.
See answerWhat was General Washington's favorite tree?
See answerI 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?
See answerAlthough 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?
See answerWhen 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?
See answerFive 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.
See answerWhat did King George think of the American colonists?
See answerI'm a lion with a human head. Guess my Riddle or you'll be dead.
See answerA 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.
See answerA circle of stones, never in rows.
Stacked one on the other, mystery it sows.
What is it?
What dance was very popular in 1776?
See answerA huge mythical animal said to resemble a whale.
See answerWhat was Thomas Jefferson’s favorite dessert?
See answerIt is where kings, queens, knights and bishops go to war together.
See answerWhy did Paul Revere ride his horse from Boston to Lexington?
See answerWhat quacks, has webbed feet, and betrays his country?
See answerYou 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.
See answerIt 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.
See answerWhat did Sir Lancelot wear to bed?
See answerWhat fruit is of great use in history?
See answerSmall 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?
See answerWhich bus could cross the ocean?
See answerWhat did Polly the parrot want on the 4th of July?
See answerDuring the 1800's these turned women into hourglasses and is becoming more popular again these days.
See answerThe Titanic is still here. What am I?
See answerI am a rock group with four members. All dead, one was assassinated. What am I?
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