October 2026 edition

History quiz

Q14 / 50Easy15.0s
Korea was annexed by which empire in 1910?
AQing dynasty
BEmpire of Japan
CBritish Empire
DRussian Empire
112 pts+10

How much history do you really know? Put it to the test with Zip Blitz, the quick-fire trivia game - fifty free questions, covering everything from the Tudors to the far reaches of the Mughal Empire.

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Q4 / 50Opener
Which divided city's wall fell on 9 November 1989?
AVienna
BJerusalem
CBerlin
DBelfast

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Five rounds, climbing10 questions each
1OpenerNightingale, Inca ruins and Franco's revolt
2EasyThe Christmas truce, Aristotle and Partition
3TrickySaladin, Kublai Khan's court and penicillin
4HardThe New Deal, Count Zeppelin and gunpowder
5BrutalWitch laws, the Mona Lisa and Bagan
History titlesout of 500
Made history50 / 50
Front cover350+
Whole book275+
Whole chapter200+
Paragraph100+
Footnote1+
Dark Ages0

44 of 50 right · six short of Made history

You vs Sam BHistory · Tricky
412 pts
78%
You
389 pts
72%
Sam
Which Chinese city was historically known as Chang'an?
Luoyang
Nanjing
Beijing
Xi'an✓GBKB

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History waits for no one.

Twenty seconds a question, and the faster you answer, the more you score. Which city's wall fell in 1989? Clock's ticking.

The ramp

From the classroom to the archives.

Five rounds of ten. Each one gets trickier.

Titles

Earn your place in history.

When you finish, your score earns a title: Dark Ages if you score nothing, Made history if you get every question right.

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Review every question and compare answers with friends. Who knew which Chinese city was once called Chang'an?

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