If you know a lot about history, it will be easy for you to impress people who are intellectuals  But unfortunately, you will not know much about history if you have not, for example, read a large number of history books
Ttherefore, if you are not well versed in history due to a lack of reading, it will not be easy for you to impress people who are intellectuals
there are other easy ways to impress intellectuals that do not involve knowing history