History

Good Question

 Good Question
Question score of 25 or more. This badge can be awarded multiple times.
Awarded 864 times.
Between 1948 and 1967, were Arab people in the West Bank in favour of Jordanian rule or opposed to it?
Awarded Nov 16 at 3:41
Why did Napoleon march to Moscow instead of Saint Petersburg?
Awarded Nov 15 at 9:33
Why were slings phased out of medieval armies in favor of bows?
Awarded Nov 3 at 20:07
Why was the US so pro-China and so anti-Japan before WW2?
Awarded Nov 2 at 10:36
Has there ever been a truly bilingual country prior to the contemporary period?
Awarded Nov 2 at 4:52
Why did the USSR stop in the Winter War against Finland in 1940?
Awarded Oct 4 at 10:50
When did Kievan Rus' rulers become culturally Slavic?
Awarded Sep 8 at 21:12
Did Romans complain about sundials?
Awarded Sep 7 at 5:46
What set Checkpoint Charlie apart from the other border checkpoints in Berlin during the Cold War?
Awarded Sep 1 at 15:46
What role did the Eastern Roman Empire play in the fall of the Western Roman Empire?
Awarded Aug 24 at 2:36
How did Native Americans refer to themselves in the 19th century?
Awarded Aug 18 at 7:51
Did the aborigines of Australia and the Maoris in New Zealand know about each other's existence, before the Europeans came?
Awarded Aug 17 at 10:10
What was the shortest time between a historical event occuring and a museum opening dedicated to said event?
Awarded Aug 15 at 18:36
Did active frontiersmen really eat 20,000 calories a day? How does this compare to other highly-active people in recorded history?
Awarded Jul 31 at 14:22
How were diplomats and their staffs treated when World War II was declared?
Awarded Jul 29 at 11:52
How difficult was it to spoof the sender of a telegram in 1890-1920's in USA?
Awarded Jul 27 at 18:27
What was the strategy to protect the British Museum during the World Wars?
Awarded Jul 26 at 17:17
Why did England consistently adopt red as their primary colour for insignia and uniform?
Awarded Jul 21 at 9:34
Why did it take over 100 years for Britain to begin seriously colonising America?
Awarded Jul 18 at 9:17
Is there a record of a rabid human attacking another human?
Awarded May 7 at 9:21
Has NATO ever started a war?
Awarded Apr 30 at 23:06
Why didn't pre-Norman English kings build stone town walls?
Awarded Mar 23 at 18:07
Is there an accepted explanation for multiple independent "cradles of civilization"?
Awarded Mar 2 at 1:52
Why require every ploughman to make his own plough?
Awarded Feb 1 at 12:47
What is the historical basis for the claim that "Taiwan has always been part of China"?
Awarded Jan 27 at 0:47
Did medieval peasants work 150 days a year?
Awarded Jan 25 at 11:25
When did the U.S. Army start saying "oh-six-hundred" for "6 AM"?
Awarded Jan 24 at 18:51
What was the planned line of succession for the Nazi Party in the event that Hitler died?
Awarded Jan 23 at 9:05
Why did it take so long for Europeans to adopt the moldboard plow?
Awarded Jan 19 at 15:36
What is this strange symbol painted on basement floor?
Awarded Jan 19 at 5:00
How did off-grid UK homes in the 1800s generate gas?
Awarded Jan 14 at 15:56
Did the Finns have aluminum screw caps in 1939?
Awarded Jan 12 at 13:03
Did Akhenaten's religion influence early Judaism?
Awarded Dec 29, 2022 at 20:50
Where does the name 'D-Day' come from?
Awarded Dec 23, 2022 at 2:02
Why was uranium mined in the 1500s, but only "discovered" in 1789?
Awarded Dec 22, 2022 at 18:40
Where would the first nuke have been dropped in Germany? [closed]
Awarded Dec 22, 2022 at 2:26
Why were nomadic tribes (like the Mongols) from the Eurasian steppes a much reduced threat from the 15th century onwards?
Awarded Dec 2, 2022 at 20:40
What evidence is there for chain stores or restaurant chains in Ancient Rome?
Awarded Nov 27, 2022 at 1:21
Was there really a navy officer named Picard at the Battle of Trafalgar?
Awarded Oct 25, 2022 at 20:16
What was a plausible timetable for a train journey across Europe in 1870?
Awarded Oct 5, 2022 at 8:06
What mysterious Flemish peasant activity is depicted in this painting?
Awarded Oct 3, 2022 at 15:36
How significant was the Fall of Constantinople as an event leading to the Age of Exploration?
Awarded Sep 30, 2022 at 16:41
How do we know the gender distribution of cave art painters?
Awarded Sep 6, 2022 at 0:09
Why did Austronesian/Polynesian people not colonize Australia?
Awarded Sep 5, 2022 at 12:07
Why were the West African islands uninhabited?
Awarded Aug 27, 2022 at 12:46
Who is depicted in this Soleimani propaganda image?
Awarded Aug 19, 2022 at 17:06
What was the criminal charge of "pretending sodomy" in 1719 England?
Awarded Aug 4, 2022 at 17:48
What is this military patch with the silhouette of a pegasus on it?
Awarded Jul 16, 2022 at 21:11
Why is this Latin text black but the Latin numerals are red?
Awarded Jul 14, 2022 at 0:20
What made the Russian Navy suspect Japanese torpedo boats were in North Sea in 1904?
Awarded Jun 28, 2022 at 22:03
What were birthdays like in Medieval times?
Awarded Jun 10, 2022 at 23:05
Did galley captains put corks in the mouths of slave rowers to keep them quiet?
Awarded May 30, 2022 at 6:17
Why does the US use the opposite convention to the rest of the world for colour-coding harbour buoys?
Awarded May 23, 2022 at 16:18
When did horseback riding start? Are Doosheh cave petroglyphs authentic and correctly dated?
Awarded May 11, 2022 at 2:27
Why was the Roman Empire considered an empire rather than a kingdom (again)?
Awarded Apr 19, 2022 at 19:47
What is the last historical mention of people worshipping the Roman gods?
Awarded Apr 18, 2022 at 18:42
Why didn't Germany attack Turkey during WW2?
Awarded Apr 1, 2022 at 21:19
Were there luxury restaurants in East Germany?
Awarded Apr 1, 2022 at 5:47
What time of day was the White House burned in August of 1814?
Awarded Mar 28, 2022 at 22:57
Why is Lady Jane Grey called Lady instead of Queen?
Awarded Mar 15, 2022 at 21:51
1
2 3 4 5
…
15

Your privacy

By clicking “Accept all cookies”, you agree Stack Exchange can store cookies on your device and disclose information in accordance with our Cookie Policy.