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Test your history knowledge with our trivia quizzes brought to you by BBC History Magazine, Britain's best-selling history magazine.

General History

Quiz of the weekWhat was a common ingredient in ancient Roman toothpaste?

Week four quiz: medicine and health in Victorian Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Week three quiz: education and school in Victorian Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Week two quiz: leisure in Victorian Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Portrait of George III.

QuizHow well do you know the Georgian period?

Soldiers of the English infantry in France, running out of their trenches at the signal to assault.

The ultimate First World War quiz. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A silhouette of troops of the 1st Australian Division during the First World War.

First World War

QuizHow much do you know about WW1?

Quiz: what year is it?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Older man in a Sherlock Holmes type matching outfit and hat with a hand and a magnifying glass up to his face with a large pipe hanging out of his mouth.

QuizCan you find the odd one out?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Family of Henry VIII

The ultimate Tudor quiz. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Butter, Milk, Eggs And Beef

QuizHistorical food. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Question mark on green background.

QuizWhich woman from history said this?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

American Gothic by Grant Wood

QuizArt decades. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Black and white sunset at Westminster abbey with the Big Ben backlit taken in may before starting the repair works at the tower.

QuizPolitics

Viking ships arriving in Britain, c1130.

The ultimate Viking quiz. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

King Lear

QuizHistorical misconceptions. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Cinemas in New York City, circa 1970.

QuizHistory on the screen

A family watching television in their home, circa 1955.

QuizHow well do you know the history behind everyday inventions?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Bayeux Tapestry with a figure missing

QuizWho's missing from these images?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Black and white photo of Lancaster bombers in the Battle of Britain.

The ultimate Second World War quiz. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Vintage illustration of a variety of strawberry desserts.

QuizWhat historical recipe should you try next?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Vikings quiz - week one

Vikings quiz - week one. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

QuizIntroduction to the Regency. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Woman in fur coat holding Christmas gifts.

QuizWhat should you gift the history lover in your life?

Barbenheimer quiz: should you see Barbie or Oppenheimer first, based on your historical knowledge?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

QuizHow much do you know about the Civil War?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Julius Caesar

QuizHow much do you know about Julius Caesar?

British Army tanks are unloaded on to Gold Beach on D-Day

D-Day quizTest your knowledge of the Normandy Landings. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

India Amarteifio as Young Queen Charlotte, Corey Mylchreest as Young King George in episode 3 of 'Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story'.

QuizCould You Make It Through A London Season In The Regency Era?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Antique and rare books including English playwright William Shakespeare's (1564-1616) first folio are lit by candlelight in the library at Longleat stately home, Wiltshire, England, February 1968.

QuizHow much do you know about Shakespeare's life and work?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.