✪History Bard

Quizzes

We built these quizzes ourselves, from the information in the books — our games on the books' knowledge, not tests reprinted from their pages.

The Herald's Examination

Blazons, shields and the medieval alphabet of rank, from the 1886 parlor guide to heraldry.

From Dame Heraldry, 1886

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Guess the Year

Lossing gives you the event; you supply the year. Within two years is a bullseye; within twenty-five is forgiven.

From Our Country, 1877

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The Republic's Shelf Quiz

Signers, inaugurals and founding documents — rank from Just Off the Boat to Signer's Descendant.

From The American's Own Book, 1855

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The Old Ships Quiz

Ten questions from Culver's fleet — rank from Landlubber to Admiral of the Fleet.

From The Book of Old Ships, 1924

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Which Era?

File the reading in the right stretch of American history — a placement game from the 1902 half-hour series.

From The Great Republic, 1902

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The Cloakroom Quiz

Ten questions from the 1921 portraits — rank from Outside the Gates to Cabinet Insider.

From The Mirrors of Washington, 1921

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