If you saw an ancient vase in a museum, which questions wouldn't help you learn more about it?

What material is it made from and what was stored in it?

Where was it made, and by whom?

How old is it and who owned it?

How long has it been at the museum and what day was it found?

When we read an account of an event from history, what's the most important question to ask?

What sort of pen was it written with?

What kind of paper is it written on?

If you met someone who had painted a portrait of a famous person from history, which of the following would be a sensible question to ask?

Which is your favourite colour?

What was the famous person really like?

What time of day did you paint it?

Which of the following is not a sensible history question?

What was life like in time gone by?

How are our lives different today from 100 years ago?

How have people from history changed our world?

How do historians find out more about artefacts from the past?

By reading about them in a book

By phoning the owners and asking about them

By making up stories and pretending they are true

By asking questions about who owned them, what they are made from and what they were used for

Imagine you find, in your attic, a very old photograph of a lady. What sort of question might you ask about it?

Why am I not in the photograph?

Will someone take my photograph one day?

What day was the photograph taken?

Who is the lady and are we related to each other?

Which of the following would mean you probably would not go down in the history books?

Inventing something amazing and life-changing

Living a quiet, ordinary sort of life

Changing the way things are done so that lots of people are much better off

The Great Fire of London began in a baker's shop in 1666. Which question would not help you find out more about this event?

How did the fire affect people's lives?

If you time-travelled back to Victorian England and met a child your age, which question would you ask to find out more about life at the time?

What is your day to day life like?

When historians and archaeologists find ancient jewellery, what question would they probably not ask?

What kind of person wore the jewellery and how wealthy were they?

What is the jewellery made from?

What kinds of tools may have been used to make the jewellery?

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KS1 History Asking Questions Quiz

History involves asking questions about the past. Take a fossil - what was it? How long has it been a fossil? How did it live and what did it eat? Does your ch…

Written by Dr. Emma ClarkeReviewed by Dr. Emma ClarkeUpdated 17 Mar 2026

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Topic: Asking Questions

Questions: 10

Duration: 10 min

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Focus: applying Asking Questions with consistent method and answer precision.

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History involves asking questions about the past. Take a fossil - what was it? How long has it been a fossil? How did it live and what did it eat? Does your child know how to ask questions about the past? Help teach them this History skill by playing our KS1 quiz which is aimed at year 1 and year 2.

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How should I use this KS1 History Asking Questions Quiz?

Complete the quiz once under normal timing, review every mistake, then return to the History subject page to try a related quiz while the topic is still fresh.

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Use your score as a signal. If the result is strong, move to another History quiz for wider coverage. If the result is weak, repeat practice in the same subject before switching topics.

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